for Sunday 11th June 1967

Last
This
Presented by Ed Stewart
Week
Week
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1
 A Day In The Life Beatles
8
2
 Carrie Anne Hollies
7
3
 Paper Sun Traffic
12
4
 Give Me Time Dusty Springfield
11
5
 Night Of The Long Grass Troggs
6
6
 When You're Young And In Love Marvelettes
24
7
 Strange Brew Cream
20
8
 She'd Rather Be With Me Turtles
18
9
 I'll Come Runnin' Cliff Richard
22
10
 What Good Am I Cilla Black
23
11
 Respect Aretha Franklin
10
12
 Tabatha Twitchit Dave Clark Five
2
13
 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum
28
14
 With A Little Help From My Friends Young Idea / Joe Brown
1
15
 There Goes My Everything Engelbert Humperdinck
9
16
 Walking In The Rain Walker Brothers
3
17
 Groovin' Young Rascals
25
18
 The Man I Love Chantelles
33
19
 She's Leaving Home David & Jonathan
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20
 Seven Rooms Of Gloom Four Tops
4
21
 Don't Sleep In The Subway Petula Clark
30
22
 And Suddenly Left Banke
5
23
 The Happening Supremes
34
24
 Can't Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli
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25
 You Only Live Twice Nancy Sinatra
39
26
 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
32
27
 No Good To Cry Jimmy James & the Vagabonds
19
28
 When I Was Young Eric Burdon & the Animals
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29
 My Love Sonata Toys
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30
 Morning Dew Episode Six
37
31
 Can't Seem To Make You Mine Seeds
38
32
 Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? Paul Revere & the Raiders
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33
 Lace Covered Window New Faces
26
34
 Do It Again Just A Little Bit Slower Jon & Robin
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35
 Rapid Transit Robbs
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36
 Please Let Them Be Gerry Marsden
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37
 The Candy Shop Is Closed George Bean
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38
 Windy Association
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39
 See Emily Play Pink Floyd
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40
 So Much For Mary Jon

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1
 A Day In The Life Beatles

A month after Radio London's exclusive first play of the Sgt Pepper's LP, Alan Keen took the unprecedented step of giving the top Fab Forty slot to the Beatles' album track A Day In the Life. This was the only time an album track that was never released as a single featured in the Big L chart, let alone at the top slot. It was also the sole recording in Fab Forty history to leap straight in at #1 and straight out again after just one week. The track was never issued as a single.

A Day In the Life had been banned from the Beeb's airwaves because of its supposed drug references. Alan decided to counteract the ban by making the final track of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band a Big L #1, in hopes of causing further controversy and attracting publicity for Radio London.

Sadly, only two months later, A Day In the Life would be the last-ever track to be played on Radio London, minutes before Paul Kaye's close-down announcement at 3.00pm on August 14th.

If you've worn out your original copy of Sgt Pepper, you can of course buy a CD of the album, but you can also replace it with a real vinyl copy. (Click on the sleeve for details) This is, of course, the only way to fully appreciate the artwork at its full size.

Ashore

June 14th
Attending a work course in Stanmore for a week, I remarked in my diary that I "Could only get Radio 390 on the crappy radio' in the common room, so the following day I took my own trannie and we listened to Big L.

DJ Climbers:    
C'mon Marianne Four Seasons Tony Blackburn
Mr Abercrombie Taught Me Lady Murray Chuck Blair
Too Much Of A Good Thing Shirelles Tony Brandon
Your Love Is Everywhere Jackie Trent Pete Drummond
Here We Go Again Ray Charles Paul Kaye
Tremblin' Swinging Blue Jeans Mike Lennox
Alternate Title Monkees John Peel
Daylight Saving Time Keith Mark Roman
Every Single Day Two Of Each Keith Skues
You Can't Come Home Again P J Proby Ed Stewart
Daily Situation Simon Raverne Willy Walker



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.

Climbers:  
Riding With the Milkman Winston G (*)
Disc of the Week:  
Claire Paul & Barry Ryan
Album of the Week:  
The Mamas And The Papas Deliver Mamas & Papas

Ballad Box:
A Fistful of Dollars Dalys
Roses Of Picardy Vince Hill
Loving You Billy Fury
This Song Is Just For You Clinton Ford
Mary In The Morning Al Martino
I Kiki Dee

Soul Set:
Doggin' Me Around Albert Washington
Ready, Willing And Able Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King
Shake Otis Redding
Thank You John Willie Tee
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) Sweet Inspirations
Get Ready Donnie Elbert

Fab Note: I by Kiki Dee had previously been a Climber for two weeks.

The symbol (*) indicates additional information from personal listings, courtesy of Wolfgang Buchholz. Nobody else noted any unallocated climbers being played this week.

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