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Neil Christian has crusaded all the way up the Fab 40 from #21 to #11. Nice! He was also doing well on the other offshore stations (see advert below chart). |
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Shapes Of Things | Yardbirds |
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3
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2
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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5
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3
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind / Val Doonican |
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2
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4
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Dedicated Follower Of Fashion | Kinks |
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8
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5
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Nowhere Man | Settlers / Three Good Reasons |
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11
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6
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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15
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7
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I Met A Girl | Shadows |
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7
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8
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Make The World Go Away | Eddy Arnold |
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9
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9
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What Now My Love | Sonny & Cher |
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10
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Substitute | Who |
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21
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11
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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14
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12
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Working My Way Back To You | Four Seasons |
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23
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13
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Blue Turns To Grey | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
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10
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14
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Lightnin' Strikes | Lou Christie |
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4
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15
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I Can't Let Go | Hollies |
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25
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16
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There'll Be Another Spring | Frank Ifield |
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39
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17
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If You've Got A Minute Baby | Freddie & the Dreamers |
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37
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18
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It's Too Late | Bobby Goldsboro |
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34
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19
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Ballad Of The Green Berets | Staff Sgt Barry Sadler / Alan Moorhouse Orchestra |
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6
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20
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Woman | Peter & Gordon |
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38
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21
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You Won't Be Leaving | Herman's Hermits |
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24
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22
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Love Me With All Your Heart/The Sound Of Silence | Bachelors |
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26
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23
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Try Too Hard | Dave Clark Five |
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24
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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31
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25
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Like A Man | New Faces |
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26
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Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) | Four Tops |
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27
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A Legal Matter | Who |
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28
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Somewhere | Len Barry |
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29
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Someday, One Day | Seekers |
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17
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30
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Barbara Ann | Beach Boys |
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19
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31
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Why Don't I Run Away From You? | Kiki Dee |
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32
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I Fought The Law | Bobby Fuller Four |
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32
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He Fought The Law | She Trinity |
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13
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33
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Backstage | Gene Pitney |
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34
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel |
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35
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Grieg One | Second City Sound |
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36
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Long Live Our Love | Shangri-Las |
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22
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37
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Pop-Art Goes Mozart | Tornados |
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27
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38
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Up And Down | McCoys |
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39
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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30
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40
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Hold Tight | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich |
Down from five to to four 'doubles' this week, with two versions each of Nowhere Man, Elusive Butterfly, Ballad of the Green Berets and I/ He Fought the Law
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Neil Christian's offshore crusade was going well, as this advert for Strike distributors Selecta indicates. Roy Harper and The Deputies were not so lucky. (advert courtesy of Brian Long) |
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney | Columbia DB 7843 |
Graham Bonney's real name was Bradley. He had been a child actor before commencing a musical career and had played with the Trends and the Riot Squad prior to launching a solo career in 1965. His first release My Little World Is All Blue was picked as John Edward's climber for 19th Dec 65.
Super Girl was a climber for three weeks before entering the Fab 40 at #37. It was on its way up to a Fab 40 #2, #10 on the Caroline chart, #3 on Radio City's City Sixty and #19 on the Nationals. Graham Bonney co-wrote Super Girl's Pall Mall-published B-side, Hill of Lovin' with Barry Mason.
Follow-ups No One Knows and Baby's Gone received Big L airplay, but failed to make an impact. The next release Thank You Baby fared much better, Fab 40-wise, hitting #15, but Bonney's cover of Happy Together lost out to the Turtles' original.
In 1969, Granada TV launched Lift Off, an ITV-networked teatime pop show produced by Muriel Young. Graham Bonney co-hosted the first series, but only part of the second, with Ayesha Brough. Lift Off ran for eight series, showcasing all the current pop talent up until 1974, by which time it had been retitled 'Lift Off With Ayesha'.
No doubt assisted by pirate airplay, Graham Bonney found his biggest success on the continent and he relocated to Germany. He continues to perform and release records and hosts a German-language personal website.
| DJ Climbers: | ||
| Kicks | Measles | Dave Cash |
| (You Got) The Power Of Love | Everly Brothers | John Edward |
| Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful | Duncan Johnson |
| One More Heartache | Marvin Gaye | Paul Kaye |
| The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters | Mike Lennox |
| Love Is Me, Love Is You | Jackie Trent | Earl Richmond |
| You Won't See Me | Lee Lynch & the Blue Angels | Mark Roman |
| My Life | Overlanders | Ed Stewart |
| Speak Her Name | David & Jonathan | Tony Windsor |
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| Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
| Alfie | Cilla Black |
| Just A Minute Or Two | Gene Latter |
| Disc of the Week: | |
| You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
| Album of the Week: | |
| Them Again | Them |
On Sunday, March 20th at the Wimbledon Palais, the prize was presented for the 'Million Pound Drum Contest' which had been promoted on Radio London during February. From an entry of 2,700, Carol Offord's 'suitable station announcement' was selected to win Dave Clark's multi-hit-making drum kit. Carol nominated John Tillett to receive the prize from Dave. Carol and John tell their great story here.