Compare the top singles in this week's City Sixty with the Big L Fab Forty and the first thing you'll notice is that the FF#1 'Distant Drums' is completely absent from the Radio City chart. However, the City Sixty contains 'Barefootin'' by Robert Parker, Wayne Fontana's 'Goodbye Bluebird' and David & Jonathan's 'Lovers of the World Unite', none of which is on this week's Radio London playlist.
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Distant Drums | Jim Reeves |
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2
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Working In The Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey |
7
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3
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I'm A Boy | Who |
8
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4
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Summertime | Billy Stewart |
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5
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Got To Get You Into My Life | Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers |
14
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6
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Ashes To Ashes | Mindbenders |
22
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7
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I Can't Turn You Loose | Otis Redding |
20
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8
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When I Come Home | Spencer Davis Group |
17
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9
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Land Of 1,000 Dances | Wilson Pickett |
25
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10
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You Can't Hurry Love | Supremes |
32
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11
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I Don't Care | Los Bravos |
10
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12
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Run | Sandie Shaw |
29
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13
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Walk With Me | Seekers |
31
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14
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Is It Really Worth Your While | Fortunes |
34
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15
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Little Man | Sonny & Cher |
37
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16
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Changes | Crispian St Peters |
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Sunny | Bobby Hebb |
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17
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Sunny | Cher |
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18
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Big Time Operator | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band |
35
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19
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Winchester Cathedral | New Vaudeville Band |
35
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20
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Cherry Cherry | Neil Diamond |
39
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21
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Another Time, Another Place | Chippy |
9
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22
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Too Soon To Know | Roy Orbison |
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23
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Bend It | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich |
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24
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All I See Is You | Dusty Springfield |
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25
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That's The Way | Kit-Kats |
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26
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Have You Ever Loved Somebody | Searchers |
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7 And 7 Is | Love |
11
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28
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All Or Nothing | Small Faces |
12
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29
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Step Out Of Line | Twice As Much |
30
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30
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We Love The Pirates | Roaring 60's |
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31
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I Can See You | Cymerons |
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32
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Guantanamera | Sandpipers |
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33
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Light | Finders Keepers |
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34
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Ain't It A Great Big Laugh | Jeeps |
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35
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Artificial City | Rothchilds |
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35
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Every Day Is Just The Same | Checkmates |
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Run Run | Giorgio & Marco's Men |
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36
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My Way Of Thinking | Guy Darrell |
15
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37
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How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | Junior Walker & the All Stars |
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37
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Beg Borrow And Steal | Rare Breed |
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38
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Say Those Magic Words | Birds Birds |
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Cherish | Association |
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The Dangling Conversation | Simon & Garfunkel |
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Dear Mrs Applebee | David Garrick |
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40
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Lady Godiva | Peter & Gordon |
Pristine copies of Beg Borrow And Steal change hands for around £25. Confusion abounds about Rare Breed, as it has frequently been stated (both in the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide and Vernon Joyston's Tapestry of Delights) that this recording is by an earlier version of the group that entered the Fab Forty on 12th February '67, under the name of Pussyfoot. Beg Borrow And Steal is, however, by an American group called Rare Breed, discovered by producers Jeffrey Katz and Jerry Kasenetz, who released this single in the US on Attack AR-140. Paul Coates confirms this, adding:
It seems there must have been a band called Rare Breed on either side of the pond, causing the London band to change its name to avoid confusion. (click on the picture for an Amazon link to more information about the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide) |
DJ Climbers: | ||
What A Wonderful Feeling | Lulu | Tony Blackburn |
'Til Winter Follows Spring | Settlers | Dave Dennis |
I Struck It Rich | Len Barry | Kenny Everett |
I Can Make It With You | Jackie de Shannon | Paul Kaye |
She Drives Me Out Of My Mind | Swingin' Medallions | Mike Lennox |
Baby Toys | Toys | Mark Roman |
Summer Wind | Frank Sinatra | Keith Skues |
Have You Ever Loved Somebody | Paul & Barry Ryan | Ed Stewart |
I Chose To Sing The Blues | Ray Charles | Norman St John |
Rumplestiltskin | Magic Lanterns | Alan West |
I've Got You Under My Skin | Four Seasons | Tony Windsor |
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Sunny | Georgie Fame |
There Will Never Be Another You | Chris Montez |
Ain't That Peculiar | Loving Kind |
What Would Your Mama Say Now? | Miki Dallon |
Two Lovers | Sonny Childe |
I Really Don't Want To Know | Ronnie Dove |
My Strength, Heart And Soul | Johnny Devlin |
Disc of the Week: | |
Another Tear Falls | Walker Brothers |
Album of the Week: | |
Nancy In London | Nancy Sinatra |
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.
Listener
Hans Evers also confirms having heard the Ronnie Dove record as a climber.
Alan Field did not hear these additions 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