for Sunday 4th December 1966

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Presented by Ed Stewart
Week
Week
2
1
My Mind's Eye Small Faces
8
2
Dead End Street Kinks
7
3
Morningtown Ride Seekers
11
4
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Otis Redding
27
5
You Keep Me Hangin' On Supremes
1
6
Green Green Grass Of Home Tom Jones
23
7
I'm Ready For Love Martha & the Vandellas
15
8
True Story Twice As Much
3
9
What Would I Be Val Doonican
18
10
I Need Love Little Richard
27
11
Walk With Faith In Your Heart Bachelors
31
12
Knight In Rusty Armour Peter & Gordon
37
13
Seek And Find Washington DC's
33
14
If Every Day Was Like Christmas Elvis Presley
22
15
East West Herman's Hermits
37
15
Time After Time Chris Montez
13
16
Pamela Pamela Wayne Fontana
20
17
Whispers Jackie Wilson
32
18
But She's Untrue / Your Ever Changin' Mind Crispian St Peters
19
Save Me Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
20
Sunshine Superman Donovan
28
21
Island In The Sun Righteous Brothers
22
Colour My World Petula Clark
30
23
It's Not Easy Normie Rowe
40
24
Anything Else You Want Tony Jackson
32
25
Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus Neil Spence
25
Rhythm Of Love Merseys
26
Going Nowhere Los Bravos
12
27
Missy Missy Paul & Barry Ryan
28
Gotta Get Out Of The Mess I'm In Young Idea
39
28
There Won't Be Many Coming Home Roy Orbison
4
29
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Jimmy Ruffin
17
30
Every Night (I Sit And Cry) Chanters
34
31
I've Got To Hold On Peddlers
9
32
Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group
33
Money (That's What I Want) Junior Walker & the All Stars
34
I See The Light Simon Dupree & the Big Sound
39
34
People Passing By High Society
35
Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You Ike & Tina Turner
38
35
Shapes In My Mind [Make Me Break This Spell] Keith Relf
36
Sitting In A Ring Ebony Keyes
37
Hang On To A Dream Tim Hardin
37
Help Me Spellbinders
38
Come By Here Inez & Charlie Foxx
38
When I See My Baby Studio Six
35
39
Hello Stranger Maze
40
The Proud One Frankie Valli
40
Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies Association

Besides climbers that were played at the time of the broadcast of the Sunday Fab Forty, Alan kept a note of others he heard later in the week and incorporated them into his list.

DJ Climbers:    
From Head To Toe Escorts Tony Blackburn
Progress Pretty Things Chuck Blair
Happy Jack Who Pete Drummond
Sitting In The Park Georgie Fame Kenny Everett
A Place In The Sun Stevie Wonder Paul Kaye
The Star Of The Show (The La La Song) Zoot Money's Big Roll Band Mike Lennox
Too Many Fish In The Sea Young Rascals Mark Roman
Always Waitin' Barry Benson Keith Skues
(I Know) I'm Losing You Temptations Ed Stewart
Can't Stop Around Human Instinct Norman St John
In The Country Cliff Richard & the Shadows Tony Windsor

Climbers:  
You Better Run Listen/'N Betweens
When Will The Good Apples Fall Ronnie Hilton
Night Of Fear Move
The Fun Loving Kind Robert Peters
Can't Stop Talkin' About My Baby Mike Patto
Stone Free Jimi Hendrix Experience
Any Way That You Want Me Troggs
Something Inside Of Me Died Gene Latter
Disc of the Week:  
Deadlier Than The Male Walker Brothers
Album of the Week:  
For Certain Because Hollies



The Hollies – probably penning 'thank you' letters to TW for selecting For Certain Because as Radio London Album of the Week

You Better Run 'N Betweens Columbia DB 8080

Paul Kay from Telford, who describes himself as: 'a bit of a Slade fanatic' explains why mint condition copies of this single can fetch £225:

The first line up of a popular 1960s Wolverhampton band called The 'N Betweens recorded 2 EPs for the French label 'Barclay Records'. The first EP was never officially released, but on the second EP, this band recorded a version of The Sorrows' Take A Heart at the Pye Records studio in Birmingham.

The first line up of The 'N Betweens featured drummer Don Powell and guitarist Dave Hill. When in mid-1966, the other 3 members of this band left, they were replaced by Neville 'Noddy' Holder MBE, on vocals/guitar and Jimmy Lea on bass. The second version of the 'N Betweens recorded for EMI's Columbia Records in 1966 and went on to become Ambrose Slade on Fontana in 1969. By 1970, they became just Slade with the hit-making songwriting talents of Mr Holder and Mr Lea – the rest you probably already know!

Possibly the only copy still in existence of the first Barclay Records EP is/was believed to be in the possession of Johnny Howells. He was the vocalist on Take A Heart and was replaced by Noddy Holder.

Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty!


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