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Scarcely any records held the #1 Fab Forty slot for more than one week, but the Spencer Davis Group (pictured here half-way up the stairs) and Somebody Help Me, was one of the FFFF – Fab Forty Fortunate Few! |
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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Substitute | Who |
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
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The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters |
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Alfie | Cilla Black |
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A Legal Matter | Who |
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Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel |
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Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful |
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration | Righteous Brothers |
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Someday, One Day | Seekers |
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Twinkle Toes | Roy Orbison |
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(You Got) The Power Of Love | Everly Brothers |
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You Won't Be Leaving | Herman's Hermits |
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Frankie And Johnny | Elvis Presley |
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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Something On My Mind | Chris Andrews |
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I Think Of You | Chantelles |
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My Life | Overlanders |
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
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Pretty Flamingo | Manfred Mann |
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Run For Your Life | Harbour Lites |
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Let's Run For Cover | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band |
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Little Latin Lupe Lu | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels |
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If You've Got A Minute Baby | Freddie & the Dreamers |
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Dedicated Follower Of Fashion | Kinks |
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Blue Turns To Grey | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
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Don't Stop Loving Me Baby | Pinkerton's Assorted Colours |
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I Feel A Cry Coming On | Hank Locklin |
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Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
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A Sign Of The Times | Petula Clark |
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How Can I Tell Her | Foresters |
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Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
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Got To Run | Echoes |
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Splendor In The Grass | Gullivers People |
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Baby Don't Push Me | Alan Bown Set |
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Love Me With All Your Heart/The Sound Of Silence | Bachelors |
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 Jackie de Shannon was inspired to write Splendor (US spelling) in the Grass after watching the Oscar-winning 1961 movie of the same name, starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Gullivers People, a six-person harmony group, was the resident band at Tiffany's nightclub in Piccadilly Circus (club publicity shot, left) where they were discovered and signed up by Norman 'Hurricane' Smith. For some reason, the band name never acquired the missing apostrophe from 'Gulliver's', so we have listed the band name and the American spelling of 'Splendour', as they appear on record labels Billy Butler (not the well-known Liverpudlian DJ) joined the band in 1965. The film Splendor in the Grass is available in various formats. |
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| How Does That Grab You Darlin' | Nancy Sinatra | Dave Cash |
| Magic Town | Vogues | Dave Dennis |
| I Take It That We're Through | Riot Squad | John Edward |
| Take It Or Leave It | Searchers | Ed Stewart |
| You'd Better Make Up Your Mind | Koobas | Duncan Johnson |
| Together Again | Ray Charles | Paul Kaye |
| Cheat And Lie | Miki Dallon | Mike Lennox |
| You've Got To Learn | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott | Earl Richmond |
| One Track Mind | Knickerbockers | Mark Roman |
| I'm Comin' Home, Cindy | Trini Lopez | Tony Windsor |
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| Three Thousand Miles | Brian Hyland |
| This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) | Isley Brothers |
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| Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
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| Aftermath | Rolling Stones |
| Take It Or Leave It | Searchers | Pye 7N 17094 |
Take it Or Leave It is a Jagger/Richards composition, but the Searchers' version, produced by Tony Hatch, was released first. The Stones' own recording of the song appears on their Aftermath LP, chosen as this (and next) week's Album of the Week.
This week aboard the Galaxy
Earl Richmond left Big L around Saturday, April 16th, but was retained by Radlon Media for live work ashore.
This week Ashore
On Friday, April 15th 1966, at Beaconsfield Youth Club, a year
after their hit Concrete And Clay,
the Knees Club recruited Unit 4 + 2 – Rod Garwood (#203), Pete Moules (#204), Dave
'Buster' Meikle (#205), Hugh Halliday (#206), Tommy Moeller (#207) and Lem (Howard) Lubin, (#202).
For more about Unit 4 + 2 see Fab Forty for 14th March 1965.
Tommy's brother Billy Moeller (#209), who was acting as the band's roadie, also joined. The following year, in the guise of Whistling Jack Smith (see Fab Forty 26th Feb '67), Billy did what might be termed a 'whistle-stop tour' (sorry) to perform the hit single I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman.
Click on the picture for info on the 30-track Unit 4 + 2 The Singles CD, containing both 'A-' and 'B-sides' of the band's singles released between 1964 and 1969.