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A Day In The Life | Beatles |
8 |
2 |
Carrie Anne | Hollies |
7 |
3 |
Paper Sun | Traffic |
12 |
4 |
Give Me Time | Dusty Springfield |
11 |
5 |
Night Of The Long Grass | Troggs |
6 |
6 |
When You're Young And In Love | Marvelettes |
24 |
7 |
Strange Brew | Cream |
20 |
8 |
She'd Rather Be With Me | Turtles |
18 |
9 |
I'll Come Runnin' | Cliff Richard |
22 |
10 |
What Good Am I | Cilla Black |
23 |
11 |
Respect | Aretha Franklin |
10 |
12 |
Tabatha Twitchit | Dave Clark Five |
2 |
13 |
A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Procol Harum |
28 |
14 |
With A Little Help From My Friends | Young Idea / Joe Brown |
1 |
15 |
There Goes My Everything | Engelbert Humperdinck |
9 |
16 |
Walking In The Rain | Walker Brothers |
3 |
17 |
Groovin' | Young Rascals |
25 |
18 |
The Man I Love | Chantelles |
33 |
19 |
She's Leaving Home | David & Jonathan |
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20 |
Seven Rooms Of Gloom | Four Tops |
4 |
21 |
Don't Sleep In The Subway | Petula Clark |
30 |
22 |
And Suddenly | Left Banke |
5 |
23 |
The Happening | Supremes |
34 |
24 |
Can't Take My Eyes Off You | Frankie Valli |
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25 |
You Only Live Twice | Nancy Sinatra |
39 |
26 |
Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
32 |
27 |
No Good To Cry | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds |
19 |
28 |
When I Was Young | Eric Burdon & the Animals |
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29 |
My Love Sonata | Toys |
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30 |
Morning Dew | Episode Six |
37 |
31 |
Can't Seem To Make You Mine | Seeds |
38 |
32 |
Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? | Paul Revere & the Raiders |
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33 |
Lace Covered Window | New Faces |
26 |
34 |
Do It Again Just A Little Bit Slower | Jon & Robin |
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35 |
Rapid Transit | Robbs |
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36 |
Please Let Them Be | Gerry Marsden |
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37 |
The Candy Shop Is Closed | George Bean |
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38 |
Windy | Association |
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39 |
See Emily Play | Pink Floyd |
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40 |
So Much For Mary | Jon |
A month after Radio London's exclusive first play of the Sgt Pepper's LP, Alan Keen took the unprecedented step of giving the top Fab Forty slot to the Beatles' album track A Day In the Life. This was the only time an album track that was never released as a single featured in the Big L chart, let alone at the top slot. It was also the sole recording in Fab Forty history to leap straight in at #1 and straight out again after just one week. A Day In the Life had been banned from the Beeb's airwaves because of its supposed drug references. Alan decided to counteract the ban by making the final track of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band a Big L #1, in hopes of causing further controversy and attracting publicity for Radio London. Sadly, only two months later, A Day In the Life would be the last-ever track to be played on Radio London, minutes before Paul Kaye's close-down announcement at 3.00pm on August 14th. If you've worn out your original copy of Sgt Pepper, you can of course buy a CD of the album, but you can also replace it with a real vinyl copy. (Click on the sleeve for details) This is, of course, the only way to fully appreciate the artwork at its full size. |
From Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, the Robbs signed to Mercury records and relocated to California when Dick Clark chose them for regular appearances on Where The Action Is. The ABC TV show had become a popular spin-off of Clark's famous American Bandstand, but it was cancelled in the spring of 1967. The Robbs consisted of brothers, David, Robert and George Donaldson, who all adopted the surname Robb. Known as Dee (David, lead vocals and guitar), Bruce (Robert guitar and vocals), and Joe or Joey ( George, keyboards) they were joined by their friend, drummer Craig Krampf who also took the 'Robb' moniker. Dee Robb who was the band's main songwriter died in February 2008. Band Wikipedia entry |
Ashore
June 14th
Attending a work course in Stanmore for a week, I remarked in my diary
that I "Could only get Radio 390 on the crappy radio" in the common room, so
the following day I took my own trannie and we listened to Big L.
June 17th
Keith Skues took his cardboard flip-flops to Estartit on a 'Holidays With Deejays' package.
The Melody Maker music paper printed a voting form for its 1967 Pop Pol. Results were not published till September, well after the demise of Big L and it was rather sad, but not surprising to see the the Fab Forty at #1, beating the Beeb Light Programme's longstanding chart show 'Pick of the Pops' into second place.
John's Children appeared on Saturday Club on the BBC Light Programme, performing four numbers including one called 'The Perfumed Garden'.
Although it had started during May, the exact date of John Peel creating his famous programme of the same name, is not known. The show crept into the schedules by stealth. We can assume that Peelie, bored stiff with the strict Radio London format, began by introducing a few non-playlist tracks during his late-night show and when he received no management repremands, he decided to launch a full-blown programme with its own title, intoducing new music that would probably never have been aired on Radio London. It is well known that Radlon Management was unaware of John Peel's show and its listener impact until the game was given away by the arrival of an avalanche of mail addressed to The Perfumed Garden.
DJ Climbers: | ||
C'mon Marianne | Four Seasons | Tony Blackburn |
Mr Abercrombie Taught Me | Lady Murray | Chuck Blair |
Too Much Of A Good Thing | Shirelles | Tony Brandon |
Your Love Is Everywhere | Jackie Trent | Pete Drummond |
Here We Go Again | Ray Charles | Paul Kaye |
Tremblin' | Swinging Blue Jeans | Mike Lennox |
Alternate Title | Monkees | John Peel |
Daylight Saving Time | Keith | Mark Roman |
Every Single Day | Two Of Each | Keith Skues |
You Can't Come Home Again | P J Proby | Ed Stewart |
Daily Situation | Simon Raverne | Willy Walker |
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.
Climbers: | |
Riding With the Milkman | Winston G (*) |
Stargazer | Shawn Phillips |
I'm Your Witchdoctor | John Mayall's Bluesbreakers |
Pink, Purple, Yellow and Red | Sorrows |
Photographs | Nola York |
At The Third Stroke | Piccadilly Line |
A Little Bit O' Soul | Music Explosion |
It's Alright | Sugar Simone |
Hold Me Closer | Equals |
Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day | Bystanders |
Function At The Junction | Ramsey Lewis |
Disc of the Week: | |
Claire | Paul & Barry Ryan |
Album of the Week: | |
The Mamas And The Papas Deliver | Mamas & Papas |
Ballad Box: | |
A Fistful of Dollars | Dalys |
Roses Of Picardy | Vince Hill |
Loving You | Billy Fury |
This Song Is Just For You | Clinton Ford |
Mary In The Morning | Al Martino |
I | Kiki Dee |
Soul Set: | |
Doggin' Me Around | Albert Washington |
Ready, Willing And Able | Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King |
Shake | Otis Redding |
Thank You John | Willie Tee |
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) | Sweet Inspirations |
Get Ready | Donnie Elbert |
Fab Note: I by Kiki Dee which has now moved to the Ballad Box, had previously been a Climber for two weeks.
Green additions to the climbers indicate singles sourced from 'Monty's Diary'. (See Fab Forty for 010167). As well as new addition Function At The Junction, Monty has noted that Stargazer, Pink, Purple, Yellow and Red, Photographs, At The Third Stroke and Hold Me Closer remained on the climber list from last week. It's Alright, Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day, I'm Your Witchdoctor and A Little Bit O' Soul have all been relegated from DJ picks to unassigned climbers. Monty also confirms Wolfgang Buchholz'slisting of the Winston G climber.
Alan Field did not hear the records sourced from Monty's Diary played or announced as climbers.
The symbol (*) indicates additional information from personal listings, courtesy of Wolfgang Buchholz.
The Top Ten of the Caroline 'Countdown Sixty' chart (south ship) for this week is here
This week's Radio 270 'Top Forty' on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is here
Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty