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(Our feature including full cast list, and photos taken during the filming, and at the preview, is here. Click on the photo (left) to buy the DVD.) Sadly, there was to be no National chart entry either for Kiki, or this Bert Burns song, until the Seventies, when, retitled 'I'm Gonna Run Away From You', it became a Top Ten hit in 1971 for Tami Lynn. Tami's version was subsequently reissued in 1975, when it entered the Nationals for a second time. |
probably had to
leap from the tender when she came aboard the Galaxy later in
the year to film 'Dateline Diamonds'.|
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I Can't Let Go | Hollies |
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Lightnin' Strikes | Lou Christie |
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Backstage | Gene Pitney |
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Hold Tight | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich |
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Woman | Peter & Gordon |
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Jenny Take A Ride | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels |
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Make The World Go Away | Eddy Arnold |
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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Barbara Ann | Beach Boys |
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10
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Shapes Of Things | Yardbirds |
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
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Elusive Butterfly | Val Doonican |
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Nowhere Man | Three Good Reasons / Settlers |
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Sha La La La Lee | Small Faces |
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Me And You | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
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Dedicated Follower Of Fashion | Kinks |
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I Met A Girl | Shadows |
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This Golden Ring | Fortunes |
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38
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Why Don't I Run Away From You? | Kiki Dee |
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Blue River | Elvis Presley |
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Uptight (Everything's Alright) | Stevie Wonder |
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Norwegian Wood | Frugal Sound |
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19th Nervous Breakdown | Rolling Stones |
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Hide And Seek | Sheep |
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What Now My Love | Sonny & Cher |
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Invitation | A Band Of Angels |
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Something I've Got To Tell You | Glenda Collins |
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Pop-Art Goes Mozart | Tornados |
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Working My Way Back To You | Four Seasons |
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel / Quiet Five |
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Love Me With All Your Heart/The Sound Of Silence | Bachelors |
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You Don't Love Me | Gary Walker |
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I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown & the Famous Flames |
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In My Room | Julie Rogers / Verdelle Smith |
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There'll Be Another Spring | Frank Ifield |
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Tomorrow | Sandie Shaw |
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Stop Breaking My Heart | Tom Jones |
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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So Much In Love | Herd |
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You've Come Back | P J Proby |
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Baby Never Say Goodbye | Unit 4 + 2 |
No less than five 'doubles' in this week's Radio London playlist, with two versions each of Nowhere Man, Elusive Butterfly, In My Room, Ballad of the Green Berets and Homeward Bound and 44 singles in the Fab 'Forty'.
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A mint-condition copy of Something I've
Got To Tell You can command a price tag of around £75.
In fact, all of Glenda's Joe Meek-produced singles are highly collectable.
Like most Meek recordings, the backing would have been provided
by either the Outlaws or the Tornados. The
Outlaws usually comprised Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Chas
Hodges (bass); Ken Lundgren (gtr) and Mick
Underwood (drm) with Nicky Hopkins, or sometimes Paul Goddard, on piano. Scan of promo single courtesy of Bert Bossink
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The former Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco started singing as a choirboy
in Glenwillar, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Renamed Lou
Christie, he reached #24 in the US Hot Hundred with his first
single, The Gypsy Cried, in 1963. Post-Big L, I'm Gonna Make You Mine (#2 in 1969) proved the biggest UK Lou Christie hit, although it peaked lower on the other side of the pond, at #10. Lou penned virtually all his releases with songwriting partner Twyla Herbert. (Right) On a visit to England, Lou contemplates whether lightnin' ever strikes Nelson's Column. Lou's website is here. |
| DJ Climbers: | ||
| He Fought The Law | She Trinity | Dave Cash |
| If You've Got A Minute Baby | Freddie & the Dreamers | John Edward |
| I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set | Duncan Johnson |
| Let's Run For Cover | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band | Paul Kaye |
| Song Without End | Barbara Ruskin | Mike Lennox |
| Ballad Of The Green Berets | Staff Sgt Barry Sadler / Alan Moorhouse Orchestra | Earl Richmond |
| If It Don't Work Out | West Five | Ed Stewart |
| Up And Down | McCoys | Tony Windsor |
| Climbers: | |
| That's Nice | Neil Christian |
| Substitute | Who |
| Summer Love | Sounds Orchestral |
| Tijuana Taxi | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
| Call My Name | Them |
| Ja-Da | Bunnies |
| Ready Steady* | Clockwork Oranges |
| Disc of the Week: | |
| Blue Turns To Grey | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
*Svenn Martinsen in Norway noted hearing Ready Steady by the Clockwork Oranges played by Paul Kaye as a climber this week. It had been Mike Lennox's pick for the previous week, 270266.
Svenn also noted hearing GTO by Ronnie and the Daytonas on several occasions, remarking that he believed Paul Kaye played it more than the other DJs. As the single was released in 1964, it was probably played on Big L as a Revived 45. By the sound of it, particularly favoured by Paul Kaye.
The PURPLE additions to the DJ climber information are kindly provided by Roy Taylor.
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 Big L Fab 40!