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Reach Out, I'll Be There | Four Tops |
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Stop Stop Stop | Hollies |
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If I Were A Carpenter | Bobby Darin |
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I Can't Control Myself | Troggs |
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Time Drags By | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
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Beauty Is Only Skin Deep | Temptations |
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I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens |
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High Time | Paul Jones |
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A Fool Am I | Cilla Black |
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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? | Rolling Stones |
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Marble Breaks, Iron Bends | Peter Fenton |
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No Milk Today | Herman's Hermits |
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You're Ready Now | Frankie Valli |
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A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) | Ike & Tina Turner |
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Last Train To Clarksville | Monkees |
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Winchester Cathedral | New Vaudeville Band |
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Friday On My Mind | Easybeats |
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All That I Am | Elvis Presley |
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Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds |
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Walk Away Renee | Left Banke |
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My World Fell Down | Ivy League |
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Mr Spaceman | Byrds |
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Wrapping Paper | Cream |
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Ride On Baby | Chris Farlowe |
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Two At A Time | Neil Christian & the Crusaders |
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Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure | McCoys |
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Rain On The Roof | Lovin' Spoonful |
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Que Sera Sera | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band |
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Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James | Manfred Mann |
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Coming On Strong | Brenda Lee |
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Help Me Girl | Eric Burdon & the Animals |
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Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Frankie & Johnny |
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I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round | Shotgun Express |
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The English Girl | Bruno |
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All Strung Out | Nino Tempo & April Stevens |
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Hooray For Hazel | Tommy Roe |
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Stormy Weather | Cloda Rogers |
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Over The Hills And Far Away | Barry Mason |
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Holy Cow | Lee Dorsey |
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High On A Hill | Tuesday's Children |
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Emergency 999 | Alan Bown Set |
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I Can't Make It Alone | P J Proby |
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What Would I Be | Val Doonican |
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Boulevard De La Madeleine | Moody Blues |
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This Thing Called Love | Johnny Wyatt |
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I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens |
Kenny Everett (during his show following the Fab Forty): "The flipside is just as lovely if not lovelier Portobello Road."
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No Milk Today | Herman's Hermits |
Radio London was playing a 'phased' version of No Milk Today, specially produced by the on-board engineers. The track sounds an unlikely candidate for phasing, but the experiment worked so well that the record no longer sounds right to us (or probably any of Big L's other fans) without it. The engineers turned their same talents to a number of other tracks, eventually including A Day in the Life.
The picture sleeve on the right was released in the Netherlands, where it appears the typographer had two attempts at getting the title right! This Carter/Lewis composition was covered in the USA by studio band, Sagittarius. Curt Boettcher, the producer of both Along Comes Mary and the Association's debut album, And Then Along Comes the Association, formed the band with Byrds' producer Gary Usherwith. The Ivy League's Beachboyesque harmonies were recreated by Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher. The Sagittarius version of My World Fell Down scraped into the US Hot Hundred at #70 in July '67. |
DJ Climbers: | ||
You Keep Me Hangin' On | Supremes | Tony Blackburn |
Turn On Your Love Light | Dean Parrish | Dave Dennis |
The White Cliffs Of Dover | Righteous Brothers | Pete Drummond |
Psychotic Reaction | Count Five | Kenny Everett |
The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin | Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | Paul Kaye |
I Feel So Bad | Jackie Edwards | Mike Lennox |
Come On Up | Young Rascals | Mark Roman |
Walking On New Grass | Buddy Greco | Keith Skues |
Just One Smile | Gene Pitney | Ed Stewart |
Look Through My Window | Mamas & Papas | Norman St John |
Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | Tony Windsor |
You Keep Me Hangin' On holds the record for the longest-standing Big L climber. It was unheard of for a single to spend longer on the climber list than in the Fab Forty, but that was what happened with the Supremes' new single, probably because Radio London started playing it seven weeks before its UK release. (It was already big in the USA) It remained on the climber list for no less than five weeks, finally entering the Fab Forty at a joint #27 on November 27th. It peaked at #4 on Dec 11th and spent its final week in the chart on December 18th a grand total of eight weeks on the Big L playlist.
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Green Green Grass Of Home | Tom Jones |
I Was Only Playing Games | Unit 4 + 2 |
Anything That You Do | Chapter Five |
Dandy | Clinton Ford / Rockin' Vickers |
Road To Nowhere | Judy Henske |
Secret Love | Billy Stewart |
A Satisfied Mind | Bobby Hebb |
Good Vibrations | Beach Boys |
Ten Storeys High | David & Jonathan |
Gimme Some Loving | Spencer Davis Group |
Girl On A Swing | Gerry & the Pacemakers |
Feeling | Gidian with Chris Lambe & the Universals |
Too Much On My Mind | Gates Of Eden |
Disc of the Week: | |
Nineteen Days | Dave Clark Five |
Album of the Week: | |
Face To Face | Kinks |
Anything That You Do | Chapter Five |
Alan Field:
Anything That You Do is the title that appeared on promo copies of the record, and reflects the way it was announced on Big L in its one week on the climber list (it never made the Fab 40). When released, on Friday 28th October, the title on stock copies was shown as Anything You Do Is Alright.
Feeling | Gidian with Chris Lambe & the Universals | Columbia DB8041 |
This was Gidian's third and final shot at the Radio London Fab Forty. He first appeared on the climber list in February 66 with There Isn't Anything, then returned in May with See if She Cares. He would finally make the lower reaches
of the chart next week, October 30th 1966, with his third single, Feeling,
for which he had written both the A-side and the Pall Mall-published B-side, Don't Be Sentimental.
On both the pre-release and released versions of Feeling, The Columbia label credits 'Gidian with Chris Lambe (sic) and the Universals. Exactly who backed Gidian on the single is hard to pin down, as it is not known exactly when it was recorded, but according to the Forgotten Bands blog, the Universals line-up for July 1965 - September 1966 (their 5th – and quite possibly the musicians on this single) was: Chris Lamb (no 'e') (Trumpet), Mort Sullivan (Tenor Sax), Brian Keith (Vocals/Trombone), Bill Parkinson (Lead Guitar), Tony Dangerfield (Bass), Paul Raymond (Keyboards) and Carlo Little (Drums)
Version #6 of the Universals, late 1966 - December 1967, saw Foggy Little taking over the lead guitar and either Terry Parsons on drums, or someone called Eddie.
Fight for Your Love (penned by Gidian) the B-side of See if She Cares, appears on Mix a Fix Floor Fillers Vol 2. Spot the name of the Big L DJ on the sleeve? Yes, it's Mike Quinn, who worked for the station ashore. Mike has a single of his own in next week's chart.
Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty!