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All on the way up: James and Bobby Purify leap from #40 to #19) and Jeff Beck climbs from #15 to #12. |  |
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Pleasant Valley Sunday | Monkees |
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I Was Made To Love Her | Stevie Wonder |
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Death Of A Clown | Dave Davies |
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4
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Tonight In Tokyo | Sandie Shaw |
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5
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Gin House | Amen Corner |
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25
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6
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I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Tom Jones |
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27
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7
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Creeque Alley | Mamas & Papas |
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Up Up And Away | Johnny Mann Singers |
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9
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San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) | Scott McKenzie |
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10
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All You Need Is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man (#) | Beatles |
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007 | Desmond Dekker & the Aces |
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15
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12
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Tallyman | Jeff Beck |
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17
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13
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Shake, Rattle And Roll | Arthur Conley |
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14
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Trying To Forget | Jim Reeves |
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15
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Hi Hi Hazel | Troggs |
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16
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Cry Softly Lonely One | Roy Orbison |
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A Little Piece Of Leather | Gene Latter |
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Green Street Green | New Vaudeville Band |
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19
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I Take What I Want | James & Bobby Purify |
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20
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Sticks And Stones | Warm Sounds |
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21
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Bye Bye Baby | Symbols |
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Suddenly Things | Ivy League |
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Excerpt From A Teenage Opera | Keith West |
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My Mammy | Happenings |
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A Bad Night | Cat Stevens |
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Mercy Mercy Mercy | Buckinghams |
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27
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Things Get Better | Eddie Floyd |
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36
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28
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My Lady | Jet Harris |
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34
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29
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The Time Has Come | P P Arnold |
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30
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Claire | Paul & Barry Ryan |
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14
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31
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Under My Thumb | Who |
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35
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32
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Times Were When | Studio Six |
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Stay In My World | Mary Langley |
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King Of The World | Quik |
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Come And Play With Me In The Garden | John's Children |
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Go On Home | Julie Rogers |
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Reflections Of Charles Brown | Rupert's People |
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The Greatest Love | Billy Joe Royal |
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Tiny Goddess | Nirvana |
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Step Out Of Your Mind | American Breed |
(#) #10 – The additional credit for Baby You're a Rich Man reflects Brian Long's listing.
Aboard
the Galaxy (and elsewhere around the North Sea) this week:
July 23rd
Keith Skues presented his
'History of Big L' on his morning show and announced that MD Philip
Birch would make an announcement on August 1st about the future of
Radio London. Ronan O'Rahilly had already
announced that Caroline would continue broadcasting.
Radio 227 (formerly Radio England) ceased broadcasting from the Olga Patricia.
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July 25th Tommy Vance, (left) having served twice aboard Caroline South, jumped ship to become the final DJ to join Big L. |
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(Far left – click to enlarge) Story from the Daily Mail 28th July 67. This and The Sun's Radio 1 story below are from the Francis Pullen collection. Right: 'Radio London Fight for Free Radio' stamps, courtesy of Alan Hardy.) Keith Skues presented his final 9.00am to noon show, before leaving Radio London. He would return to the Galaxy one last time on August 11th. |
July 28th
Today saw the demise of Radio 390, the sweet-music-format
station based on Red Sand fort.
Ashore July 24th July 25th Far right, is Caroline North's response, in the form of a teeshirt, designed by Daffy Don Allen. |
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July 29th Among the Love-in stars were Eric Burdon and the Animals, Apolistic Intervention, Blossom Toes, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Creation, Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity, Pink Floyd, Sam Gopal Dream, The Nervous System, Scaffold and Tomorrow. Arthur Brown arrived on stage dressed as an insect. Pink Floyd were playing their second gig of the day, after a long drive from Norwich, while Syd Barrett was apparently 'indisposed' and failed to join them on stage. Zoot Money, who had just disbanded his Big Roll Band and gone psychedelic with Dantalian’s Chariot, was present in a biblical-style white robe that made him resemble "a cross between John the Baptist and The Ghost of Christmas-Yet-To-Come". The Love-in (which many regarded as more of an 'orgy-in'), took place during the torrential rain of a typical British summer, causing havoc with the attending flower children's body paint. |
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| Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me | Critters | Chuck Blair |
| Even The Bad Times Are Good | Tremeloes | Tony Brandon |
| It's A Hang-Up Baby | Jerry Lee Lewis | Ian Damon |
| Back To Memphis | Chuck Berry | Pete Drummond |
| I Can't Wait | Barry Benson | Paul Kaye |
| Time Seller | Spencer Davis Group | Mike Lennox |
| It's A Happening Thing | Peanut Butter Conspiracy | John Peel |
| The House That Jack Built | Alan Price Set | Mark Roman |
| Hello Lover | Billy Forrest (of the Dream Merchants) | Keith Skues |
| The Day I Met Marie | Cliff Richard | Ed Stewart |
| Long-Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) | Elvis Presley | Tommy Vance |
| Craise Finton Kirk | Johnnie Young | Willy Walker |
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Now we start to see the appearance of those Summer-of-Love favourites that have since become Big L anthems – Time Seller, Craise Finton Kirk and Love Years Coming. Disc of the Week
Love Years Coming, the first release by Jimmy Webb under the name of Strawberry Children, was produced (as the illegible text at the bottom lefthand corner of the advert says) by fellow Fab Forty artist, Johnny Rivers, singer of another Big L favourite, Poor Side of Town.
Craise Finton Kirk (Royal Academy of Arts) also appears on this week's Album of the Week, Bee Gees First, but sounding nothing like the Johnny Young version, even though the Gibb Brothers did sing on both recordings. |
Besides climbers that were played at the time of the broadcast of the Sunday Fab Forty, Alan kept a note of others he heard later in the week and incorporated them into his list.
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| Some Other Someday | West Coast Consortium |
| For Brandy | Dave Justin |
| Running Away With My Baby | Majority |
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| Love Years Coming | Strawberry Children |
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| Bee Gees First | Bee Gees |
Climber note:
In The London Sound, Brian Long has listed So Many Memories by Martha & the Vandellas as a climber this week. Brian says, "I do not have an official, typed, chart for this week, but the record is listed in a summary log I compiled of evidence from numerous sources. Unfortunately, at this distance, I cannot recall where the information came from - it may have been from a broadcast. However, no such release is listed in the Tamla Motown discography. If you regard the information as suspect, please feel free to delete it."
Kees Brinkerink unearthed to a recording of Mike Lennox presenting his 18:00-21:00 evening show and resolved the mystery. The song Mike actually played by Martha and the Vandellas was Come and Get These Memories, but it was a Revived 45. Mike jokes that he'd had to choose between that track and White Christmas by Bing Crosby, but at some point someone had listened to the recording and misinterpreted his remarks to mean that he was referring to Martha and the Vandellas as a new release. Hearing the recording, (courtesy of Alan Field) it's easy to appreciate how the track mistakenly ended up on the climber list.
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From Hull, the Majority were called the Mustangs, till relocating to London where they played many of the top clubs. Singer Larry Graham (aka Wigley) was backed by Roger France, lead gtr, Don Lill drums, Rob Longo (rhythm gtr, vocals) and Ken Smith, bass. The band released no fewer than eight unsuccessful Decca singles between 1965 and 68. They fared better when they relocated to the continent, changed name to Majority One and signed to the Dutch Pink Elephant label. |
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| Inch'Allah (God Willing) | Adamo |
| When The World Is Ready | Vince Hill |
| Smile | Rockin' Berries |
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| Tramp | Otis Redding & Carla Thomas |
| You Keep Me Hanging On* | Vanilla Fudge |
| Take Me (Just As I Am) | Solomon Burke |
| Eight Days a Week* | Daddy's Act |
| A Little Bit Of Something* | Little Richard |
This week's Ballad Box/Soul Set listings are courtesy of Kees Brinkerink. Kees says:
Although your Fab 40 collection is complete, I could not resist sending you the ONLY complete Fab 40 that I ever wrote down myself. The scan is from a copy of an original that I typed in 1968. At the time, I had just turned 14! For you, this may be just another Fab 40, but I’m still very proud of this one.
In the Soul Set, and I was also proud of that fact at the time, the Dutch group Daddy’s Act is featured with their unique slow, bluesy version of 'Eight Days a Week'.
Please regard this as a belated birthday present and even though you probably cannot use any of the information presented, for me it is a very personal memory of Radio London, which I cherish.
In fact, Kees's birthday present has proved a valuable contribution, as there was no existing information concerning the Ballad Box/Soul Set listings for this week.
| Eight Days a Week | Daddy's Act | Columbia DB8242 |
This band from the Netherlands contained Leon Kleerekoper, who was a DJ for a short time on Radio Veronica and then on Radio 227, under the name of Johnnie van Doorn. As a solo artist, he underwent many changes of name, releasing singles as both John van Doren and David Alexandre Winter. After scoring a huge Euro-hit with Oh Lady Mary, he appears to have stuck with the latter name. (Band info here.)
(Major Minor collectors will find a superb instrumental version of Oh Lady Mary on Raymond le Fevre & his Orchestra Vol 5.)
'Monty's Diary' (See Fab Forty for 010167) confirms three of Kees Brinkerink's Soul Set listings, by Vanilla Fudge, Daddy's Act and Little Richard.
Alan Field did not hear records sourced from Monty's Diary played or announced as climbers.
Tune in next week for
another Field's Fab Forty
This week's Radio 270 'Top Forty' on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is here
July
25th