As Pet Clark says, 'It's a Sign of the Times' that Angela & the Fans are in the Fab 40 at #36 with 'Love Ya Illya' while 'Illya' himself David McCallum (right) arrives at #30 with 'Communication'. In 1966, those Men from U.N.C.L.E. were mega-stars who even inspired a Knees Monthly spoof, 'The Knee From A.N.K.L.E.'! The other 'Man' in the series, agent Napoleon Solo Robert Vaughan (left, trying desperately to climb aboard the Galaxy after having swum all the way from Frinton) missed the boat when it came to the Radio London chart. (More Angela and the Fans info in the Big L Fab 40 for 01/05/66) |
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Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful |
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The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters |
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Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
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Pretty Flamingo | Manfred Mann |
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Alfie | Cilla Black |
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration | Righteous Brothers |
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Frankie And Johnny | Elvis Presley |
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Twinkle Toes | Roy Orbison |
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Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
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Come On Home | Wayne Fontana |
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Splendor In The Grass | Gullivers People |
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A Sign Of The Times | Petula Clark |
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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How Does That Grab You Darlin' | Nancy Sinatra |
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Cheat And Lie | Miki Dallon |
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Substitute | Who |
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Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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Something On My Mind | Chris Andrews |
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I'm Comin' Home, Cindy | Trini Lopez |
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You'd Better Make Up Your Mind | Koobas |
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Baby Don't Push Me | Alan Bown Set |
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She Can Build A Mountain | Paul Dean & the Soul Savages |
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Love Around The World | David Ballantyne |
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Together Again | Ray Charles |
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Sorrow | Merseys |
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Communication | David McCallum |
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How Can I Tell Her | Foresters |
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Never Leave Your Baby's Side | Tony Jackson |
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Shotgun Wedding | Roy C |
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You've Got To Learn | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
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Once | Geneveve |
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Love Ya Illya | Angela & the Fans |
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Ain't That A Groove | James Brown & the Famous Flames |
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I Hear Trumpets Blow | Episode Six |
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Run For Your Life | Harbour Lites |
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I Can't Get Through | Bill Oddie |
NOTE: In an archive recording of last week's Fab Forty show (170466) Kees Brinkerink heard Mike Lennox announce that Ed Stewart would be presenting this week's chart.
With no confirmation as to whether Ed actually did so, we're unable to list his name definitively as the presenter, but are happy to record the information here. Many thanks to Kees for the details.
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She Can Build A Mountain | Paul Dean & the Soul Savages | Reaction 591002 |
Paul Dean was the pianist in two of the many line-ups of Lord Sutch's Savages and apparently regularly dressed up as female 'victims' of Sutch's onstage 'Jack the Ripper'character. He is often to be seen in TV documentaries about the 2 IIs Coffee Bar, where the band played regularly. Paul featured on the 1963 Sutch single, I'm A Hog For You Baby and was with the band in 1964, when His Lordship was running Radio Sutch from the Shivering Sands fort.
Two singles were issued under the Paul Dean name in 1965 and '66. The first, You Don't Own Me, a cover of the Lesley Gore's 1964 hit as seen from a male perspective, was credited to Paul Dean and the Thoughts. The two musicians who mainly backed Dean under various guises were Pete Phillipps and Stuart Taylor. In The London Sound, the information that Brian Long has used for the Fab 40 credits the single to Paul Dean and the Thoughts, as per the first release. (Elsewhere, the single has been credited to Paul Dean and the Soul Savages.) However, it appears that Reaction gave Radio London a demo copy and then at release date changed the credit to simply 'Paul Dean'. This probably happened on a number of occasions, as Big L was always ahead of the crowd and the record companies clamoured to get their new singles out to the Galaxy. Both the A - She Can Build a Mountain and B-side – A Day Gone By - were written by Dean, under his real name of Paul Oscar Beuselinck (he co-wrote the B-side with Ronnie Harwood), both were published by Radio London's Pall Mall Music and produced by Robert Stigwood.
Paul, (above left) appeared with his band, at the time called the Dreamers, at the California Ballroom, Dunstable in 1962.
Paul Dean later appeared in the Fab Forty under the name of Oscar, with Club of Lights, (see FF for 19/06/66) and Join My Gang (written by Pete Townshend) , but it was the 1967 novelty song Over the Wall We Go (penned by David Bowie) that attracted the most attention. Dean eventually became best known as actor Paul Nicholas.
According to the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide, the single She Can Build a Mountain/A Day Gone By, credited to Paul Dean and the Soul Savages, first appeared on Polydor (NH 59102) in 1964, and is thought to have remained unreleased. This could account for the discrepancy over the credits. The sharp-eyed viewer will notice that this matrix number is almost identical to the later Reaction number, 591002. The connection between Sutch's Savages and the Soul Savages, is covered in detail on Forgotten Bands of the 50s and 60s. (Click on the picture for an Amazon link to more information about the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide) |
Episode Six: Chapter 2 – Trumpets still blowing in 2010! "Last summer Roger Glover, Tony Landon and I played together for the first time since 1967. We originally formed a group together (The Madisons) in 1961. Here we are Uxbridge Golf Club. And yes, that's Sheila Dimmock on stage too!"Harvey now lives in Los Angeles and is a member of Doo-Wop group The Mighty Echoes. The band, signed to the Philip Birch Agency, was heavily promoted on Radio London, and made many Fab Forty appearances, but their singles never charted nationally. Deep Purple's Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were founders and also Knees Club Members. In December 2015, Episode Six celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a reunion gig in London. |
Episode Six spent December 1966 and January 1967 in Beirut. They brought gifts back for all the Big L staff and Keith Skues became the proud owner of a 'camel scarer'. This object made a sound like a a vintage car horn and when he began using it during his shows, listeners would write and request a personalised 'honk' from the camel scarer. (Photo courtesy of Brian Long.) |
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I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree | Just Us | Chris Denning |
Eight Miles High | Byrds | Dave Dennis |
I Do | Goldie | John Edward |
I Go To Sleep | Truth | Duncan Johnson |
Nothing's Too Good For My Baby | Stevie Wonder | Paul Kaye |
My Darling Hildegarde | Statler Brothers | Mike Lennox |
The Train To Disaster | Voice | Mark Roman |
Stop Her On Sight (SOS) | Edwin Starr | Ed Stewart |
Here In My Arms | Robie Porter | Tony Windsor |
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Monday Monday | Mamas & Papas |
Wild Thing | Troggs |
The Big Hurt | Del Shannon |
Lies A Million | Roving Kind |
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Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You | Mindbenders |
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Cilla Sings a Rainbow | Cilla Black |
Del Shannon's version of The Big Hurt, arranged by Leon Russell and produced by Russell and Snuff Garrett, was a remake of Toni Fisher's US #3 from 1959. Seven years later, Del's cover was complete with the famous phasing effect that had enhanced the original, which had happened thanks to a studio error that the producers liked and decided to keep. Toni Fisher's recording is thought to be the first time this effect was used. In the UK, in 1960, Toni Fisher's original made #30, but lost out to competition from a non-phased UK cover by Welsh songstress Maureen Evans, who took it to #26. (Top left) The Big Hurt released on an overseas EP. (Right). Toni looks somewhat miffed with Maureen WXYZ's Detroit Sound Survey for this week in 1966, placed the Del Shannon version at #16. It featured on at least 10 US local radio playlists , but #16 was its highest placing. Nationally, it remained in the lower ten of the Hot Hundred for just 2 weeks before vanishing. Later in 1966, Radio London engineers Dave Hawkins and Russell Tollerfield experimented with their own phased versions of No Milk Today and other singles on the Big L playlist. The effect became popular on later recordings, such as the Small Faces' Itchycoo Park, Nirvana's Rainbow Chaser and the Supremes' Nathan Jones. The Big Hurt is on This is My Bag, /Total Commitment a compilation of the first two Del Shannon albums that were released on the Liberty label. |
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On Tuesday, April 25th, Wycombe Town Hall. Neil Christian, promoting present chart action from That's Nice signed up to the Knees Club as member #218. His backing group were the Crusaders: Jimmy 'Tornado' Evans (#219), Tony Marsh (#221), Avid Andersen (#222) and Ritchie Blackmore (#220). Manager, Ron Watell also joined (#224). The group members wrote fictitious names in the Knees Club Book as a prank. Our only assurance that the individuals listed above were the members of the Crusaders at that time, comes from Pete Frame's 'Rock Family Trees' book. (For more info, click on the Amazon link, left). The book lists the band line-up (its sixth) in April '66. Thus, the club acquired Ritchie Blackmore, the first of 5 founder members of Deep Purple to join. (See 'The Knees Club Deep Purple Connection'.) On Friday, April 29th at Beaconsfield Youth Club, the club recruited the Four Pennies: Fritz Fryer (230), Mike Wilsh (231), Lionel Morton (232) and Alan Buck (233). At the time, Lionel was married to actress Julia Foster, who accompanied the band, but we somehow failed to recruit Julia for the club. |