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Monday Monday | Mamas & Papas |
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2
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Strangers In The Night | Frank Sinatra |
5
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3
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When A Man Loves A Woman | Percy Sledge |
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4
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Paint It Black | Rolling Stones |
7
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5
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Promises | Ken Dodd |
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6
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Nothing Comes Easy | Sandie Shaw |
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Hey Girl | Small Faces |
29
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Lady Jane | David Garrick/Tony Merrick |
28
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9
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Misty Morning Eyes | Barry Mason |
12
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10
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Twinkie-Lee | Gary Walker |
14
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11
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Not Responsible | Tom Jones |
4
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12
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Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35 | Bob Dylan |
26
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13
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Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) | Four Seasons |
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14
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Wild Thing | Troggs |
18
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15
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Whatcha Gonna Do Now | Chris Andrews |
32
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Remember The Rain/Truly Julie's Blues | Bob Lind |
25
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Baby (You're My Everything) | Hedgehoppers Anonymous |
31
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18
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Stop Her On Sight (SOS) | Edwin Starr |
36
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19
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While I Live | Kenny Damon |
35
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20
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You Can't Buy Love | Ernestine Anderson |
37
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21
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For A Moment | Unit 4 + 2 |
40
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22
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I Can't Rest | Fontella Bass |
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23
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Stay A Little While | Barry Benson |
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24
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Don't Take The Lovers From The World | Shirley Bassey |
21
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25
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Gotta Find Another Baby | Force West |
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26
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Look Before You Leap | Dave Clark Five |
38
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27
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Sweet Talkin' Guy | Chiffons |
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28
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Don't Answer Me | Cilla Black |
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29
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Don't Bring Me Down | Animals |
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30
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Over Under Sideways Down | Yardbirds |
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31
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Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long | Barbra Streisand |
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32
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I've Got So Used To Loving You | Marty Wilde |
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33
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River Deep Mountain High | Ike & Tina Turner |
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34
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Solitary Man | Neil Diamond/Sandy |
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35
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You'll Never Put Shackles On Me | Tony Hazzard |
27
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36
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Little Man In A Little Box | Barry Fantoni |
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37
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Water | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band |
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37
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Shake Hands With The Devil | Patterson's People |
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Club Of Lights | Oscar |
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The Cheat | Lord Sutch |
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40
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Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine | Greenwoods |
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Lady Jane |
David Garrick |
(Piccadilly 7N35317) (Columbia DB7913) |
Can it be put down to mere coincidence that the two artists covering the Stones' song had confusingly similar names? Radio London took the bizarre step (even for the Fab Forty) of allowing the two versions of Lady Jane to climb the chart joined like Siamese twins, neck-and-neck till they reached the number eight position. Then the following week, (05/06) Garrick had climbed again, but Merrick had vanished without trace! Another week on, and Garrick was gone for good too.
In the nationals, Merrick only managed to squeeze in at #49, while Garrick, perhaps reaping the benefit of a superior publicity campaign, climbed to #28.
The Stones songs were as much in demand as their autographs. (Right, from the Mary Payne collection).
The following year, Tony Merrick joined Radio Scotland as Steve (or Stevi) Merike, just before the station's enforced closure. After the Marine Offences Bill became law in August 67, Steve swelled the ranks of the 'Caroline outlaws' aboard the Mi Amigo. The photo (left) was taken after Steve's guest DJ appearance on Pirate BBC Essex 2009. See a photo of Steve aboard Caroline in the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. (He's changed a bit!)
In December 1965, while still serving in the Royal Air Force, Steve (Michael Willis) had been the first singer to record a single with a Stones 'A' side, As Tears Go By, and a Beatles 'B' side, Girl. This first outing, funded by his mother at a cost of £50.00, was never released. "Immediate didn't like it!" Steve said, but he obviously thought he was on to a winner with a Stones/Beatles combination, and repeated the exercise with Lady Jane/Michelle. A shame that he didn't choose a different Jagger/Richards composition avoiding the situation of a simultaneous release from another singer.
David Garrick trained as an opera singer and clearly retained a flair for the flamboyant and theatrical. Two decades before Saturday Night Fever, Garrick was given to wearing frilly shirts slashed to the waist, revealing a medallion the size of an LP. Well-promoted by Big L, he made a number of guest appearances at Radio London shows including the Coronation ballroom at Pleasurama in Ramsgate. The May 13th Pleasurama show was hosted by Mark Roman, resplendent in toga; at David's June 10th appearance, Keith Skues was the man in charge. David also guested at the Radio London Trophy meeting at Brands Hatch on June 19th.
David's follow-up single, Dear Mrs Applebee, was marginally more successful in the nationals (#22) and a huge hit in Germany. David eventually returned to opera singing. He made a brief on-stage appearance at the 1999 Brighton Festival of the Sixties - sans medallion! Sadly, he died in August 2013.
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Baby (You're My Everything) | Hedgehoppers Anonymous | Decca 12400 |
DJ Climbers: | ||
A Street That Rhymes At 6am | Norma Tanega | Chris Denning |
Lana | Roy Orbison | Dave Dennis |
Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin' | Soul Brothers | John Edward |
I Am A Rock | Simon & Garfunkel | Duncan Johnson |
So Much Love | Steve Alaimo | Paul Kaye |
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind | Lovin' Spoonful | Mike Lennox |
Beggars Parade | Falling Leaves | Mark Roman |
Walking Away | Karlins | Keith Skues |
Hideaway | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich | Ed Stewart |
Top Girl | Cymbaline | Willy Walker |
Nobody Needs Your Love | Gene Pitney | Tony Windsor |
The photo is from Teenbeat Annual 1967, which explains that the Karlins consist of 'the only set of girl triplets in show business' plus two unrelated boys. Although the book makes much of the fact that the band is Scottish (the big thistles, the tartan kilts and the flag are a bit of a giveaway) and that their records have sold well north of the border, curiously, it fails to name any of its five members. We have since established that the girls' names were Evelyn, Elaine and Linda. The girls played the part of... judo-triplets (no, really) in the1968 comedy
film, Diamonds for Breakfast, starring Rita
Tushingham. But they still don't get credits under their individual
names. The Karlins' success in Scotland was probably in no small way due to the country's own offshore station and the triplets were cover stars on 242 Showbeat Monthly for January 1967, minus two of the unnamed male musicians in the Teenbeat photo. The Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide lists Walking Away as the b-side of a single called You Mean Nothing to Me, one of four released by the Karlins between 1966 and 68. In December 1966, they were in the Christmas Big L Family 40 with It's Good to Be Around. |
Climbers: | |
Younger Girl | Critters |
Stupid Girl | Attraction |
Don't Let A Little Pride (Stand In Your Way) | Billy Fury |
I've Laid Some Down In My Time | Tony Colton |
Yum Yum | Steve Darbishire |
Come And Get Me | Susan Maughan/Lisa Shane |
Mame | Bobby Darin/Louis Armstrong |
Sorry She's Mine | Jimmy Winston & his Reflections |
You've Made Your Choice | Rothchilds |
Haywire | Bean & Loopy's Lot |
Elvira | Dallas Frazier |
Chartbuster (listed by Brian Long as 'The TW Chartbuster'): | |
Paperback Writer | Beatles |
Disc of the Week: | |
Sunny Afternoon | Kinks |
Album of the Week: | |
Animalisms | Animals |
"The union, with 35,000 members, has forbidden its members to record any music which they know is to be played by the pirates." says the paper. "The ban hits particularly at the 1,000 or so 'pop' musicians who would normally be directly concerned with the offshore radio stations' normal music output. Manager of Pinkerton's Colours is Mr Reg Calvert of Rugby, who is also owner of the pirate radio station Radio City."
(Left) The band mimes to 'Mirror Mirror' on Blue Peter, 3rd January 66.
Was this a genuine MU ban, or merely a Reg Calvert publicity stunt? No sources are listed in the archive feature, but if a genuine story, Reg might have been expected to have been somewhat vocal about it.
Without a crystal ball, could offshore radio airplay be predicted at a song's recording stage, unless it was a session involving acts of the calibre of the Beatles or the Stones? Some managers had the right contacts, or more likely, the right budget to make such a prediction, but even singles with Radio London's publishing company's Pall Mall B-sides, were not automatically added to the Big L playlist.
How the MU intended to police this strange rule is anyone's guess, but it does not appear to have had a massive impact on either offshore radio, or the artists being heard on the pirated airwaves.
Whether or not the alleged MU ban affected the band, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours released no more singles until September 66. The name, strangely abbreviated to Pinkerton's Assort Colours, on the 'Mirror Mirror' follow-up, 'Don't Stop Lovin' Me Baby', had by then become simply Pinkerton's Colours. 'Magic Rocking Horse' was picked as Norm St John's climber for only one week, 180966 and never made the Fab Forty, but the single spent three weeks in October in the 'pay for play' section of the Caroline Countdown of Sound. Not surpringly, the record reached #15 on the City Sixty!
The red additions to the climbers indicate singles listed in Brian Long's book 'The London Sound' based on information typed
in the Curzon Street offices, or other sources.
Alan Field did not hear them played or announced as climbers.
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