Sunday 14th November 1965
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Both Pet Clark and The Vogues, sharing a new entry at #24, hope they're 'the one' to have the hit in the UK, the Pennsylvania band having already reached #4 in the US Hot Hundred. This sleeve of Pet's German translation of the song that she co-wrote with Tony Hatch, is used merely as an illustration. Her English-language version (lyrics here) was the one being played on Radio London. In German, the title becomes 'Your Love is Wonderful'. We would have preferred 'Your Love is as Wonderful as Radio London!' |
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1-2-3 | Len Barry |
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It's My Life | Animals |
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A Lover's Concerto | Toys |
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My Generation | Who |
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Get Off Of My Cloud | Rolling Stones |
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Don't Bring Me Your Heartaches | Paul & Barry Ryan |
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The Carnival Is Over | Seekers |
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Positively 4th Street | Bob Dylan |
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Baby I'm Yours | Peter & Gordon |
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Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) | Cliff Richard |
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It's Alright | Uglys |
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Value For Love | Bobby Rio & the Revelles |
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Is It Really Over? | Jim Reeves |
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Good Lovin' | Brian Poole & the Tremeloes |
35
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Tell Me Why | Elvis Presley |
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Turn Turn Turn | Byrds |
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But You're Mine | Sonny & Cher |
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Princess In Rags | Gene Pitney |
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Rescue Me | Fontella Bass |
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Yesterday Man | Chris Andrews |
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Until It's Time For You To Go | Four Pennies |
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The River | Ken Dodd |
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Neon City | Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas |
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I've Got Mine | Small Faces |
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You're The One | Petula Clark / Vogues |
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Let's Hang On | Four Seasons |
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Gonna Get Burned | Chantelles |
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Yesterday | Matt Monro |
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This Year, Next Year | Honeycombs |
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Girls Girls Girls | Fourmost |
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I Know How It Feels To Be Loved | Nashville Teens |
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There's No Living Without Your Loving (EP) | Manfred Mann |
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How Can You Tell? | Sandie Shaw |
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Walk Hand In Hand | Gerry & the Pacemakers |
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I Knew You When | Billy Joe Royal |
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I Found A Girl | Jan & Dean |
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You Thrill Me To Pieces | Herbie's People |
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Love Is Strange | Everly Brothers |
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Here It Comes Again | Fortunes |
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Crawling Back | Roy Orbison |
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Ain't That Peculiar | Marvin Gaye |
Alan Field's Fab Notes: Radio England expert Sven Martinsen in Norway noted in his DX log two singles played on Big L on the afternoon of Monday, Nov 15th. "1133 kcs Nov 15th,1965 1430 R London. Great mx, Len Barry 1-2-3, no 1 in Fab 40 played every hour after news. PF Sloan Sins of the Family and Sunrays I Live for the Sun also heard." Unfortunately, Sven did not report how these singles were announced. Neither was ever in the Fab Forty, but they could have been played as American hits, as both saw minor US chart success. However, because both records were issued in the UK on 1st October 1965, it's hard to imagine that six weeks after their release date, they would be included in the climber list, which normally featured new singles. All we know for certain is that the Sunrays and P F Sloan were each played once on a particular afternoon. We cannot verify that either single was regularly included in that week's playlist. |
So far, no recorded evidence has emerged of either side of the Kenny and Cash record having received airplay on Radio London. This was despite the single's B-side – called The B-Side (what else?) – being a product of the Radlon-linked publishing company, Pall Mall Music. The B Side was moved by Decca to the 'A' side (which, as the song's creator, David Cumming pointed out, made no sense whatsoever) Climber lists from this period are far from complete, but one explanation as to why Knees might have failed to make the playlist, could be that the single did not see the light of day till after Dave Cash had moved to the Breakfast Show and the much-loved Kenny and Cash Show was no more. At this stage, Ben Toney probably considered that the only point in Big L promoting a novelty single on its playlist might have been a possible revenue for Pall Mall.
The Caroline 'Sounds of '65' chart (south ship) for this week is here
Tune in next week for another Big L Fab 40!