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by Ed Stewart
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Reach Out, I'll Be There | Four Tops |
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5
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2
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Stop Stop Stop | Hollies |
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4
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3
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If I Were A Carpenter | Bobby Darin |
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3
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4
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I Can't Control Myself | Troggs |
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7
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5
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Time Drags By | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
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9
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6
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Beauty Is Only Skin Deep | Temptations |
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11
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7
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I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens |
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10
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8
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High Time | Paul Jones |
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19
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9
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A Fool Am I | Cilla Black |
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8
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10
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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? | Rolling Stones |
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22
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11
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Marble Breaks, Iron Bends | Peter Fenton |
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6
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12
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No Milk Today | Herman's Hermits |
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14
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13
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You're Ready Now | Frankie Valli |
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32
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14
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A Love Like Yours | Ike & Tina Turner |
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34
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15
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Last Train To Clarksville | Monkees |
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1
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16
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Winchester Cathedral | New Vaudeville Band |
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38
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17
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Friday On My Mind | Easybeats |
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16
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18
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All That I Am | Elvis Presley |
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30
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19
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Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds |
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18
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20
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Walk Away Renee | Left Banke |
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26
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21
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My World Fell Down | Ivy League |
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40
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22
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Mr Spaceman | Byrds |
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23
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Wrapping Paper | Cream |
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36
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24
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Ride On Baby | Chris Farlowe |
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25
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25
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Two At A Time | Neil Christian |
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26
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Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure | McCoys |
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27
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Rain On The Roof | Lovin' Spoonful |
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29
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28
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Que Sera Sera | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band |
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29
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Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James | Manfred Mann |
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30
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Coming On Strong | Brenda Lee |
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31
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Help Me Girl | Eric Burdon & the Animals |
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33
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32
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Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Frankie & Johnny |
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32
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I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round | Shotgun Express |
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33
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33
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The English Girl | Bruno |
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33
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All Strung Out | Nino Tempo & April Stevens |
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34
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Hooray For Hazel | Tommy Roe |
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34
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Stormy Weather | Clodagh Rodgers |
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37
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35
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Over The Hills And Far Away | Barry Mason |
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36
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Holy Cow | Lee Dorsey |
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24
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36
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High On A Hill | Tuesday's Children |
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37
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Emergency 999 | Alan Bown Set |
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39
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37
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I Can't Make It Alone | P J Proby |
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38
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What Would I Be | Val Doonican |
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39
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Boulevard De La Madeleine | Moody Blues |
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40
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This Thing Called Love | Johnny Wyatt |
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11
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7
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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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12
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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.
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My World Fell Down | Ivy League |
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. 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 Lovelight | 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 The Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | Tony Windsor |
You Keep Me Hanging 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 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 / Rocking 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 Lovin' | Spencer Davis Group |
| Girl On A Swing | Gerry & the Pacemakers |
| Feeling | Gidian |
| Disc of the Week: | |
| Nineteen Days | Dave Clark Five |
| Album of the Week: | |
| Face To Face | Kinks |