Ken Dodd was tickled to jump straight in at #28, while fellow Liverpudlians the Merseys were picked as Mark Roman's climber. Billy Fury had a climber too, but an LP by some other guys from the city was Album of the Week, even though the album in question was not released till August. |
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Black Is Black | Los Bravos |
10
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2
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With A Girl Like You | Troggs |
7
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3
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Love Letters | Elvis Presley |
8
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4
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(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me | Walker Brothers |
11
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5
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Oops | Neil Christian |
22
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6
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Summer In The City | Lovin' Spoonful |
17
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7
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Hi-Lili Hi-Lo | Alan Price Set |
23
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8
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Visions | Cliff Richard |
4
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9
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Goin' Back | Dusty Springfield |
2
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10
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Out Of Time | Chris Farlowe |
1
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11
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I Couldn't Live Without Your Love | Petula Clark |
18
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12
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No 1 In Your Heart | Herbie Goins & the Night-Timers |
36
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13
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The Man Who Took The Valise Off The Floor Of Grand Central Station At Noon | She Trinity |
31
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14
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Barefootin' | Robert Parker |
16
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15
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I Love How You Love Me | Paul & Barry Ryan |
9
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16
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Get Away | Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames |
27
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17
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Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever | Four Tops |
15
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18
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Mama | Dave Berry |
6
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19
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A House In The Country | Pretty Things |
20
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20
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Lil' Red Riding Hood | Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs |
13
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21
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The More I See You | Chris Montez |
24
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22
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Hanky Panky | Tommy James & the Shondells |
19
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23
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Counting | Marianne Faithfull |
5
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24
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You Gave Me Somebody To Love | Manfred Mann / Fortunes |
32
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25
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How Long Is Time | Odyssey |
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26
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God Only Knows | Beach Boys |
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27
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I Want You | Bob Dylan |
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28
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More Than Love | Ken Dodd |
32
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29
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Lovers Of The World Unite | David & Jonathan |
38
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30
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I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water | Johnny Rivers |
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31
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I Saw Her Again | Mamas & Papas |
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32
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Sh-Boom Sh-Boom | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
35
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33
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Green Light | Tony Blackburn |
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34
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Doctor Love | Bobby Sheen |
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35
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The Moment Of Truth | Three Good Reasons |
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36
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Tell Her I'm Not Home | Ike & Tina Turner |
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37
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Half A Picture | Daemon Dee |
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38
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See Me Cry | Bobby Shafto |
37
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39
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It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom | Sharon Tandy |
39
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39
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Little Girl | Syndicate Of Sound |
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40
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You Better Run | Young Rascals |
DJ Climbers: | ||
Where Were You When I Needed You? | Grass Roots | Tony Blackburn |
The Joker Went Wild | Brian Hyland | Chris Denning |
Look At Me Girl | Bobby Vee | Dave Dennis |
5D (Fifth Dimension) | Byrds | Kenny Everett |
Things Get Better | Rey Anton & The Pro Form | Bill Hearne |
Tar And Cement | Verdelle Smith | Duncan Johnson |
Friday's Child | Nancy Sinatra | Paul Kaye |
Big Time Operator | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band | Mike Lennox |
So Sad About Us | Merseys | Mark Roman |
Headline News | Alan Bown Set | Keith Skues |
This And That | Tom Jones | Ed Stewart |
Forbidden Fruit | Nashville Teens | Norman St John |
Hungry | Paul Revere & the Raiders | Tony Windsor |
Things Get Better | Rey Anton & The Pro Form | Parlophone R5487 |
Rey Anton had released a handful of solo singles before his previous band The Peppermint Men had accompanied him into the Fab Forty in August '65, but somehow there was always confusion over the correct name of the new backing boys. The band got labelled variously Pro Forma, The Pro Forma, and even Pro Formula – sometimes as one word, sometimes two! In more recent years, Rey confirmed to us personally that the correct name was Pro Form and this was a collective name for various musicians who were available for recording and gigs when required by him. When the band appeared in the film Dateline Diamonds, released April 66, the billing was 'Rey Anton and The Pro Forma.'
Brian Long's Curzon Street listings for Things Get Better's three weeks of Fab Forty activity, had the recording artists down as 'Rey Anton and The Pro Forma'. Rey penned the Pall Mall-published B-side, although his real name of Leonard Hirons appeared on the publishing contract. (The following year, the song became a UK hit for Eddie Floyd.)
Sadly, Rey died in May 2011 after a short illness.
Alan Field observes that the B-side of the Nashville Teens' Forbidden Fruit is called Revived 45 Time. The song references 'Revived 45s' and 'Blasts from the Past', which is perhaps an insight into how catchphrases imported from the USA and heard on the pirate stations, particularly on Radio London, were by mid-1966 becoming part of our everyday language.
Climbers: | |
Just Like A Woman | Manfred Mann |
Just Like A Woman | Jonathan King |
Give Me Your Word | Billy Fury |
5 O'Clock World | Greg Hunter |
Warm And Tender Love | Percy Sledge |
Working In The Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey |
I Feel Something In The Air | Cher |
Disc of the Week: | |
Got To Get You Into My Life | Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers |
Album of the Week: | |
Revolver | Beatles |
The red additions to the climbers indicate singles listed in Brian Long's book 'The London Sound' based on information typed in the Curzon Street offices or other sources.
Alan Field did not hear them played or announced as climbers.
The Caroline 'Countdown Sixty' chart (south ship) for this week is here
This week's Radio City 'City Sixty' on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is here
Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty!