The Early Radio London Fab Forties
Sunday 26th December 1965

Ebb Tide (lyrics here) had been #5 in the US Hot Hundred in the spring of '65. In the UK, the single performed poorly, but fared considerably better in The Fab Forty than in the Nationals, barely scraping into the Top Fifty.

The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. In November of the same year, Bobby Hatfield died, aged 63. A beautiful piece of computer art called Ebb Tide and dedicated to Bobby's memory, is here.

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Keep On Running Spencer Davis Group
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A Must To Avoid Herman's Hermits
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We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper Beatles
10
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The Little Girl I Once Knew Beach Boys
13
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England Swings Roger Miller
7
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Take Me For What I'm Worth Searchers
19
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The Long Cigarette Roulettes
24
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The Water Is Over My Head Rockin' Berries
5
9
Till The End Of The Day Kinks
4
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You Make It Move Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
18
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My Girl Otis Redding
22
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Mirror Mirror Pinkerton's Assorted Colours
27
13
Eight Days A Week Alma Cogan
15
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Don't Push Me Hedgehoppers Anonymous
6
15
It's All Happening Leapy Lee
40
16
Spanish Flea Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
32
17
May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Little Jimmy Dickens
17
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Something About You Four Tops
23
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Hello Dolly Bachelors
35
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Make The World Go Away Eddy Arnold
35
20
Make The World Go Away Dodie West
8
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Rescue Me Fontella Bass
2
22
To Whom It Concerns Chris Andrews
12
23
My Ship Is Coming In Walker Brothers
11
24
Let's Hang On Four Seasons
25
A Hard Day's Night Peter Sellers
26
Creation Rick & Sandy
31
27
I Can't Believe What You Say Val McKenna
28
Friends And Lovers Forever New Breed
39
29
A Sweet Woman Like You Joe Tex
30
Tchaikovsky One Second City Sound
38
31
Ebb Tide Righteous Brothers
32
Witches' Brew Janie Jones
28
33
Starlight Melody Nini Rosso
14
34
I Stand Accused Merseybeats
16
35
Maria P J Proby
36
Can't Nobody Love You David Essex
37
Second Hand Rose Barbra Streisand
36
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I Hear A Symphony Supremes
39
Music Talk Beryl Marsden
40
Midnight To Six Man Pretty Things

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A Hard Day's Night Peter Sellers Parlophone R5393


It has been a hard day's night and Peter Sellers has been working like a dog to sound like Richard III. He performed this mock-Shakespearean version of the Beatles' song on a Granada TV Music of Lennon & McCartney special. Help was the single's B-side and a Hard Day's Night EP was released with a cover spoofing that of the Beatles album from the film. The 2 other Fab Four tracks on the EP are She Loves You and Can't Buy Me Love.


The Caroline 'Sounds of '65' chart (south ship) for this week is here


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