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A little Freddie, up to #3 If you fancy ruining your kneecaps trying to do'The Freddie', you'll find 'A Little You', 'Do the Freddie' and all the group's hits available in CD and MP3 formats as 'The Ultimate Collection'.
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Chart compiler 'Fab' Alan Field notes: "Sharp-eyed readers who have Brian Long's book The London Sound may spot differences between this chart and the version originally published. Special thanks are due to Machteld and Gert for filling gaps in Brian's list and resolving one or two other discrepancies."
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2
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1
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Bring It On Home To Me | Animals |
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8
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2
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A World Of Our Own | Seekers |
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7
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3
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A Little You | Freddie & the Dreamers |
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9
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4
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Something Better Beginning | Honeycombs |
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6
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5
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Oh No Not My Baby | Manfred Mann |
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14
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6
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Wonderful World | Herman's Hermits |
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15
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7
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Once Upon A Time | Tom Jones |
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1
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8
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King Of The Road | Roger Miller |
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3
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9
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Ticket To Ride | Beatles |
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20
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10
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Come On Over To My Place | Drifters |
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29
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11
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Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bob Dylan |
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38
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12
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Hello Faithless | Dora Hall |
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4
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13
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Little Things | Dave Berry |
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22
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14
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Blood Red River | Silkie |
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34
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15
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Comin' On To Cry / That's The Way It Goes | Mojos |
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32
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16
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I'm Gonna Get There Somehow | Val Doonican |
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12
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17
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True Love Ways | Peter & Gordon |
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5
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18
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Pop Go The Workers | Barron Knights |
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27
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19
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Don't Get Off That Train | Tony Blackburn |
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16
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20
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Not Until The Next Time | Jim Reeves |
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21
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Love Her | Walker Brothers |
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22
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Where Are You Now (My Love) | Jackie Trent |
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11
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23
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Stop! In The Name Of Love | Supremes |
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28
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24
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Satisfied | Lulu & the Luvvers |
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31
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25
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Poor Man's Son | Rockin' Berries |
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26
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Some Things You Never Get Used To | Calvin James |
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26
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27
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I've Been Wrong Before | Cilla Black |
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28
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Iko Iko | Dixie Cups |
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29
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This Little Bird | Marianne Faithfull |
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30
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Heinz & the Wild Boys |
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35
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31
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I Want That Boy | Chantelles |
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32
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I Live The Life I Love | John Hammond |
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36
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33
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Turn Your Eyes To Me | Cannon Brothers |
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34
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All Over The World | Francoise Hardy |
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35
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Tommy | Twinkle |
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19
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36
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Nowhere To Run | Martha & the Vandellas |
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37
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Mr Pitiful | Otis Redding |
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23
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38
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The Minute You're Gone | Cliff Richard |
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39
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Moonshine | Kenny & the Wranglers |
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10
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40
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Here Comes The Night | Them |
Who was Dora Hall? "Dora Hall was a sweet little woman who, in her seventies, starred in a flurry of syndicated TV specials in the early seventies, surrounded by guest stars." Mark Evanier. Dora's showbiz career was promoted in an unusual manner. Her husband
was Leo Hulseman, the founder of plastic goods manufacturer the Solo Cup
Company, which distributed Dora's singles as free gifts, given away with
packs of disposable cups and plates! No doubt the Solo Cup Company paid for
the Rediffusion TV commercial. The Big L Fab Forty? We couldn't possibly speculate. "Ahhh yes, Dora Hall, the ORIGINAL Red Solo Cup lady. I remember those records that were given away with Solo cup products, as well as the 'Once Upon a Tour' TV special. Believe it or not, one Dora Hall single actually charted on legendary Chicago top 40 station WLS for one week: "Hello Faithless" appeared on the December 15, 1962 Silver Dollar Survey, peaking at #39. I'm guessing a lot of people in the Chicago area bought Solo cups for the upcoming Christmas holiday that year! |
Hello Faithless had the
distinction of being the first record advertised on British TV. The commercial
originally mentioned Radio London, but nervous TV company Rediffusion,
appeared concerned about blatantly plugging a 'pirate'. It refused to accept
the advert for transmission until the words, 'Now in Radio London's Fabulous
Forty' were changed to, 'Now in the Fabulous Forty'. It seems this last-minute
change may have caused a delay in transmission which rendered the commercial
pointless, as it was not broadcast till May 7th. In this first Fab Forty for May, Hello Faithless stood at #12, but when the new Fab 40 was announced
two days after the comercial aired, the single was nowhere to be seen – or heard.
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Ashore this weekMike Barraclough found some Marquee Club monthly newsletters and kindly sent this clip from the May 1965 edition. It confirms that Radio London's Saturday afternoon sessions , one of the station's first regular onshore gigs, commenced on May 8th. |
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