Last |
This |
Presented
by Ed Stewart |
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Week |
Week |
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6 |
1 |
I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Tom Jones |
3 |
2 |
Death Of A Clown | Dave Davies |
2 |
3 |
I Was Made To Love Her | Stevie Wonder |
5 |
4 |
Gin House | Amen Corner |
7 |
5 |
Creeque Alley | Mamas & Papas |
1 |
6 |
Pleasant Valley Sunday | Monkees |
19 |
7 |
I Take What I Want | James & Bobby Purify |
13 |
8 |
Shake, Rattle And Roll | Arthur Conley |
25 |
9 |
A Bad Night | Cat Stevens |
18 |
10 |
Green Street Green | New Vaudeville Band |
14 |
11 |
Trying To Forget | Jim Reeves |
8 |
12 |
Up Up And Away | Johnny Mann Singers |
20 |
13 |
Sticks And Stones | Warm Sounds |
24 |
14 |
My Mammy | Happenings |
4 |
15 |
Tonight In Tokyo | Sandie Shaw |
21 |
16 |
Bye Bye Baby | Symbols |
23 |
17 |
Excerpt From A Teenage Opera | Keith West |
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18 |
Long-Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) | Elvis Presley |
22 |
19 |
Suddenly Things | Ivy League |
27 |
20 |
Things Get Better | Eddie Floyd |
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21 |
Love Years Coming | Strawberry Children |
26 |
22 |
Mercy Mercy Mercy | Buckinghams |
15 |
23 |
Hi Hi Hazel | Troggs |
39 |
24 |
Tiny Goddess | Nirvana |
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25 |
Back To Memphis | Chuck Berry |
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26 |
It's A Happening Thing | Peanut Butter Conspiracy |
34 |
27 |
King Of The World | Quik |
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28 |
The Day I Met Marie | Cliff Richard |
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29 |
Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me | Critters |
40 |
30 |
Step Out Of Your Mind | American Breed |
36 |
30 |
Go On Home | Julie Rogers |
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31 |
Craise Finton Kirk | Johnnie Young |
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32 |
Hello Lover | Billy Forrest (of the Dream Merchants) |
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33 |
Time Seller | Spencer Davis Group |
35 |
34 |
Come And Play With Me In The Garden | John's Children |
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35 |
The House That Jack Built | Alan Price Set |
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36 |
Running Away With My Baby | Majority |
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36 |
It's A Hang-Up Baby | Jerry Lee Lewis |
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37 |
Some Other Someday | West Coast Consortium |
38 |
38 |
The Greatest Love | Billy Joe Royal |
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38 |
I Can't Wait | Barry Benson |
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39 |
For Brandy | Dave Justin |
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40 |
Even The Bad Times Are Good | Tremeloes |
"It's little short of sensational!" raved a 1967 Tony Blackburn-soundalike reviewer. Time Seller was the first release for the new post-Steve and Muff Winwood line-up of the Spencer Davis Group. Their replacements were organist Eddie Hardin and guitarist Phil Sawyer. Apparently one band audition reject had been a pre-Elton Reg Dwight – who presumably went away and practised a lot. A complete departure from the band's previous, bluesy style, Time Seller ventures into trendy psychedelia and like the current Nirvana release, featured a strong cello-and-strings backing. The band recorded a promo for the single - presumably for the cinema - which falls into the 'so naff it's good' category. Literal attempts at depicting a time seller result in a plethora of clocks and watches and an embarrassed-looking Grim Reaper bedecked with cloak and scythe, bemusing passers-by in the park. The whole thing is mixed with home-grown attempts at psychedelic special effects. Definitely full marks for effort. In the Time Seller film promo, the lyric 'When it rains, it rains lemonade' is illustrated by some of R White's finest being tipped onto a brolly The single only reached #30 in the UK Nationals and #100 in the US Hot Hundred, but fared well in the Netherlands where it made the Top Ten. (Right) US Pic sleeve Spencer Davis Group feature on Brumbeat.net here. |
Tiny Goddess was the first single released on Chris Blackwell's Island label by Nirvana – Patrick Campbell-Lyons (right of photo) and Alex Spyropoulos. In our opinion, it should have been a huge hit, but with the majority of the offshore stations soon to cease broadcasting, it was not to be. In a full-page feature, Patrick Campbell-Lyons talks to Radio London about this 'happening' time, offshore radio and his book Psychedelic Days. |