for Sunday 6th August 1967
the last-ever Radio London Ballad Box and Soul Set

Ballad Box:
Up Up And Away Johnny Mann Singers
Sweet Maria Kenny Damon
Up Up And Away 5th Dimension
When The World Is Ready Vince Hill

Alan Field's Fab notes:
Some strange comings and goings this week: Johnny Mann, Arthur Conley and James & Bobby Purify had all been high in the Fab 40 last week. Although there was 'no room at the inn' for them in the final chart, at least there was some space in the 'beer garden' – aka the Soul Set and the Ballad Box! In the opposite direction, Dionne Warwick moves from last week's Ballad Box into this week's Fab 40 at #30 with The Windows Of The World.

Soul Set:
You Keep Me Hanging On Vanilla Fudge
I Take What I Want James & Bobby Purify
Shake, Rattle And Roll Arthur Conley


Sadly, it won't be possible to tune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty.

Alan's marathon task has ended. He has finished the final Fab, has been made redundant and has received his P45 (right). (Click on it to view a larger version – it makes entertaining reading!)

We are sure that all the Radio London viewers would like to join Webmasters Chris and Mary in thanking Alan (left) very much indeed for sharing with us the contents of his Fab Forty notebook, covering the charts from May '66 to August '67.

We wish him luck in his new employment!


Mike Barraclough kindly supplied this Melody Maker clipping. He says:

"Voting forms for the Melody Maker Pop Poll 1967 appeared in the 17th June edition. Results were not published till 21st September, after the demise of Big L. Sad to see that the Fab 40 had been voted Top Show, with the Tony Blackburn Show at number 7."

Ignoring the typos... I find it interesting that in June 1967, people were still listening to and voting for Light Programme stalwarts like Easybeat and Pop Inn. However, we do not know the deadline for sending votes nor who was voting. It has to be remembered that although Radio London had amassed a huge listenership by the time the voting forms were first published, there were vast areas of the UK where the station could not be heard. To beat the Beeb Light Programme's longstanding national chart show 'Pick of the Pops' into second place was quite an achievement!

The same could be said of Johnnie Walker's 3rd placing. Many parts of the UK would not have been able to receive Caroline South – Mary

 

 


Webmaster's note:
As it turned out, the Fab Forties did not end here, because other 'notekeepers' subsequently came forward to supply missing charts. Brian Long kindly allowed us to use his listings from 'The London Sound' to bridge any gaps, and the Radio London website ended up with a unique set of charts that virtually span Big L's lifetime. Our main need now is for climber information from 1965.

New information is constantly being unearthed and feedback is regularly received from the recording artists of the time.
Major updates to the Fabs are listed in 'What's Happening'.

The final Radio 270 'Top Forty', on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is here
Radio Scotland's final Top 50, as presented by Mark West on 13/08/67, is on the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame


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