for Sunday 9th October 1966

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Presented by Tony Blackburn
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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? Rolling Stones
3
2
Winchester Cathedral New Vaudeville Band
9
3
I've Got You Under My Skin Four Seasons
7
4
Lady Godiva Peter & Gordon
6
5
Guantanamera Sandpipers
12
6
Another Tear Falls Walker Brothers
25
7
I Can't Control Myself Troggs
14
8
Dear Mrs Applebee David Garrick
1
9
I'm A Boy Who
5
10
Bend It Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
28
11
Stop Stop Stop Hollies
4
12
All I See Is You Dusty Springfield
27
13
Time Drags By Cliff Richard & the Shadows
31
14
I Love My Dog Cat Stevens
8
15
Walk With Me Seekers
34
16
High Time Paul Jones
10
17
Sunny Bobby Hebb /Georgie Fame
29
18
If I Were A Carpenter Bobby Darin
30
19
No Milk Today Herman's Hermits
11
20
Have You Ever Loved Somebody Paul & Barry Ryan/Searchers
17
21
I Don't Care Los Bravos
33
22
Born A Woman Sandy Posey
37
23
Everything I Touch Turns To Tears Brian Poole
24
Reach Out, I'll Be There Four Tops
15
25
You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
23
26
Distant Drums Jim Reeves
27
Full Stop Giorgio
28
The English Girl Bruno
28
29
That Loving Feeling Honeycombs
30
All That I Am Elvis Presley
30
High On A Hill Tuesday's Children
31
My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died Roger Miller
32
Who Am I? Petula Clark
35
33
End Of The Season Uglys
21
33
She Drives Me Out Of My Mind Swingin' Medallions
34
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Temptations
37
34
Join My Gang Oscar
22
35
We Love The Pirates Roaring 60's
36
In Our Time Nancy Sinatra
37
You're Ready Now Frankie Valli
37
Marble Breaks, Iron Bends Peter Fenton
26
38
There's Something About You Chantelles
31
38
Summer Wind Frank Sinatra
39
Two At A Time Neil Christian & the Crusaders
40
Step By Step Wishful Thinking
40
Cheryl's Goin' Home Adam Faith


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Have You Ever Loved Somebody Paul & Barry Ryan/Searchers

Alan Field writes in September 2021:
"There's an interesting history regarding Have You Ever Loved Somebody and the two versions that charted on Big L, in that they DIDN'T shadow each other all the way up and all the way down the Fab 40. They spent many weeks bracketed together, however the Searchers entered the Fab 40 a week ahead (while Paul and Barry Ryan were still in the climber list) and also left the chart a week or two earlier (while Paul and Barry Ryan were still on their way down). As more sources have become available, there's a growing consensus that the Searchers' version of Have You Ever Loved Somebody remained on the Fab 40 this week, one week longer than previously thought. We've amended the chart to include the Searchers, sharing the #20 spot with the Paul & Barry Ryan version. This continues the pattern of joint listings over the last few weeks, but next week, 16th October, the Searchers' version had indeed been dropped and only the Paul & Barry Ryan version was being played."

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The English Girl Bruno Parlophone R5507

Bruno's first release Wander Boy had been in the Fab Forty back in May. As we remarked then, the spelling of Bruno's surname seems to vary between Kretschmar, Kretzschmar and Kretchmar, which is probably why he decided to release singles under his first name. Unfortunately, The English Girl (its tune more familiar as Mendelssohn's Wedding March) fared no better than the first.

Bruno's singing career stalled, but he went on to greater things in the music industry, becoming MD of Intersong Music Ltd and in 1985, president of Chrysalis Music Worldwide

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Step By Step Wishful Thinking Decca F12499

Step By Step was recorded by the band's original line-up of Roy Daniels (vcls), Terry New (lead gtr), Roger Charles (bass) and Brian Allen (drms). Wishful Thinking had two other singles on the Big L playlists for June 26th,'66, and April 16th, 1967, (by the second band line-up) but the band made no musical impression till 1969, when their forth line-up achieved an overseas hit, Hiroshima. Taken from their album of the same name, the single was a huge hit in Germany. Full Wishful Thinking profile is on the Fab for 16th April '67.

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.

DJ Climbers:    
Poor Side Of Town Johnny Rivers Tony Blackburn
My World Fell Down Ivy League Dave Dennis
Secret Love Billy Stewart Pete Drummond
Over The Hills And Far Away Barry Mason Kenny Everett
Boulevard De La Madeleine Moody Blues Paul Kaye
Last Train To Clarksville Monkees Mike Lennox
Mr Spaceman Byrds Mark Roman
I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing Fingers Keith Skues
Ride On Baby Chris Farlowe Ed Stewart
A Man With Money A Wild Uncertainty Norman St John
Climb Ev'ry Mountain Frankie & Johnny Tony Windsor

Poor Side of Town was already a smash hit in the Hot Hundred, as proclaimed by this US advert for Gibson Guitars


Climbers:  
Wrapping Paper Cream
The Bend Potatoes
Just Say Goodbye Lesley Dawson
A Fool Am I Cilla Black
I Can't Make It Alone P J Proby
Friday On My Mind Easybeats
Two Kinds Of Lovers Gibsons
This Thing Called Love Johnny Wyatt
Disc of the Week:  
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) Ike & Tina Turner
Album of the Week:  
Drivin' You Wild Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers

The Caroline 'Countdown Sixty' chart (south ship) for this week is here
This week's Radio City 'City Sixty' on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is here

Tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty!


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