Field's Fab New Year Forty for Sunday 01/01/67

The New Year's Day #1 could have been a plea from Lil herself!

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 Save Me Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
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 Any Way That You Want Me Troggs
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 In The Country Cliff Richard & the Shadows
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4
 (I Know) I'm Losing You Temptations
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5
 Too Many Fish In The Sea Young Rascals
15
6
 Baby Do The Philly Dog Olympics
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7
 Single Girl Sandy Posey
10
8
 Night Of Fear Move
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9
 Happy Jack Who
30
10
 (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need Miracles
25
11
 Listen To My Heart Bats
22
12
 I See The Light Simon Dupree & the Big Sound
21
13
 Progress Pretty Things
33
14
 Call Her Your Sweetheart Frank Ifield
32
15
 I'm A Believer Monkees
23
16
 When Will The Good Apples Fall Ronnie Hilton
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 Hang On To A Dream Tim Hardin
26
18
 Nashville Cats Lovin' Spoonful
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 My Girl, The Month Of May Dion & the Belmonts
29
20
 Sugar Town Nancy Sinatra
6
21
 Sunshine Superman Donovan
35
22
 From Head To Toe Escorts
31
23
 The Eggplant That Ate Chicago Dr West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
18
24
 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix Experience
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25
 Standing In The Shadows Of Love Four Tops
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 Run To The Door Clinton Ford
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27
 Sea Of Faces Ways & Means
40
28
 I'm Not Your Stepping Stone Flies
8
29
 Deadlier Than The Male Walker Brothers
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30
 I Want Her, She Wants Me Mindbenders
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31
 Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
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32
 Matthew And Son Cat Stevens
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33
 His Girl Guess Who
20
34
 I Feel Free Cream
33
35
 The Star Of The Show (The La La Song) Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
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36
 Club Nitty Gritty Chuck Berry
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37
 Oh What A Fool Peter Lee Stirling
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38
 Hard Lovin' Guy Darrell
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39
 Listen To The River Roll Along Wee Willie Harris
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 Tell It To The Rain Four Seasons


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 The Eggplant That Ate Chicago Dr West's Medicine Show & Junk Band CBS 202492

Many thanks to Keith King, who wrote to tell us: "The artist who wrote and sung The Eggplant That Ate Chicago was Norman Greenbaum who in 1970 made enough money to retire for life with Spirit in the Sky."

In addition to Norman Greenbaum, Dr West's Medicine Show & Junk Band consisted of Jack Carrington, gtr, vcls, percussion, Evan Engber, percussion and Bonnie Walach, gtr, vcls.

The Eggplant single reached #52 in the US Hot Hundred and the band issued an album of the same name in 1969.

Click on Allison Waddington's photo on the left, for a link to Norman Greenbaum's website.



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. With fewer new releases during the Christmas and New Year period, there were no DJ picks this week.

Climbers:  
The Girl That Stood Beside Me Bobby Darin
No Fun At The Fair Bobby Goldsboro
(He's) Raining In My Sunshine Jay & the Americans
Gotta Be A First Time Riot Squad
That's My Woman Nashville Teens
Peek-A-Boo New Vaudeville Band
Seagulls Jonathan King
It Tears Me Up Percy Sledge
Can You Help Me Knickerbockers
Snoopy Vs The Red Baron Royal Guardsmen
I Don't Need Anything Sandie Shaw
Only Your Love Kenny Damon
Disc of the Week:  
98.6 Keith
Chartbuster:  
Let's Spend The Night Together/Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones
Album of the Week:  
Cass, John, Michelle, Denny – The Mamas And The Papas Mamas & Papas

The 'Family Forty' - an additional 40 tracks to cover the festive period, is here
The Caroline 'Countdown Sixty' chart (south ship) for this week is here

Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty!