De Fab40, ook wel Fabulous Forty genoemd, was een wekelijkse hitlijst die werd uitgezonden op de zeezender Radio London ("Big L"). De afkorting "Fab" was in de jaren '60 in zwang en verbonden met de Beatles, die ook wel de "Fab Four" werden genoemd. In tegenstelling tot andere Engelse hitlijsten, was de Fab40 niet gebaseerd op platenverkopen. De Fab40 was daarom meestal 'sneller' dan de gangbare lijsten en kende grotere stijgers en dalers.

De lijst werd elke zondag uitgezonden in een 3-uur durend programma tussen 11 en 2. De laatste lijst werd uitgezonden op 6 augustus 1967. Nummer 1 in die aflevering was het nummer Heroes and Villains van The Beach Boys. Als gevolg van de Marine Broadcasting Offences Act staakten de uitzendingen van Radio London op 14 augustus 1967.

Top 3

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Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers Got to Get You Into My Life
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Lee Dorsey Working in the Coal Mine
Cover: Stop That Girl / I’d Be Far Better off Without You von Chris Andrews
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Chris Andrews Stop That Girl / I’d Be Far Better off Without You
4. September 1966

Vollständige Liste

  1. 1 3 5 Kein Cover Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers Got to Get You Into My Life
  2. 2 4 4 Kein Cover Lee Dorsey Working in the Coal Mine
  3. 3 6 4 Cover: Stop That Girl / I’d Be Far Better off Without You von Chris Andrews Chris Andrews Stop That Girl / I’d Be Far Better off Without You
  4. 4 5 6 Kein Cover Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band Big Time Operator
  5. 5 18 3 Kein Cover Episode Six Here There And Everywere
  6. 6 8 3 Cover: Distant Drums von Jim Reeves Jim Reeves Distant Drums
  7. 7 21 2 Kein Cover The Who I’m a Boy
  8. 8 11 5 Cover: Summertime von Billy Stewart Billy Stewart Summertime
  9. 9 1 4 Kein Cover Roy Orbison Too Soon To Know
  10. 10 27 2 Kein Cover Sandie Shaw Run / Long Walk Home
  11. 11 2 5 Kein Cover The Small Faces All Or Nothing
  12. 12 15 3 Kein Cover Twice As Much Step Out Of Line
  13. 13 7 6 Kein Cover Manfred Mann Just Like a Woman / I Wanna Be Rich
  14. 14 20 3 Kein Cover Mindbenders Ashes To Ashes
  15. 15 17 3 Cover: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) von Jr. Walker & the All Stars Jr. Walker & the All Stars How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
  16. 16 22 3 Cover: I Dig Everything / I’m Not Losing Sleep von David Bowie David Bowie I Dig Everything / I’m Not Losing Sleep
  17. 17 28 2 Cover: Land of 1000 Dances / You’re So Fine von Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett Land of 1000 Dances / You’re So Fine
  18. 18 19 3 Kein Cover McCoys (You Make Me Feel) So Good
  19. 19 24 3 Kein Cover Symbols See You In September
  20. 20 25 2 Kein Cover The Spencer Davis Group When I Come Home
  21. 21 9 5 Cover: Eleanor Rigby von The Beatles The Beatles Eleanor Rigby
  22. 21 9 5 Cover: Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby von The Beatles The Beatles Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
  23. 22 10 4 Cover: I Can’t Turn You Loose / Just One More Day von Otis Redding Otis Redding I Can’t Turn You Loose / Just One More Day
  24. 23 14 4 Kein Cover Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas You Make Me Feel Like Someone
  25. 24 23 3 Kein Cover Bobby Hebb Sunny
  26. 25 N 1 Cover: You Can’t Hurry Love von The Supremes The Supremes You Can’t Hurry Love
  27. 26 30 2 Kein Cover David Essex Thigh High
  28. 27 26 3 Kein Cover Gary Lewis & the Playboys My Heart’s Symphony
  29. 28 16 3 Kein Cover Jackie Trent If You Ever Leave Me
  30. 29 N 1 Kein Cover Seekers Walk With Me
  31. 30 34 2 Kein Cover Roaring Sixties We Love The Pirate Stations
  32. 31 N 1 Kein Cover Fortunes Is It Really Worth Your While
  33. 32 N 1 Kein Cover Los Bravos I Don’t Care
  34. 33 31 3 Kein Cover Laurel Aitken Never You Hurt The One You Love
  35. 34 N 1 Cover: Little Man von Sonny & Cher Sonny & Cher Little Man
  36. 35 N 1 Cover: Cherry, Cherry von Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Cherry, Cherry
  37. 35 33 2 Cover: Winchester Cathedral von The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band Winchester Cathedral
  38. 36 N 1 Kein Cover Salena Jones I Am Yours (Mon Credo)
  39. 36 37 2 Kein Cover Kenny Damon The World Of No Return
  40. 37 N 1 Kein Cover Crispian St. Peters Changes
  41. 38 N 1 Cover: Beg, Steal or Borrow von The New Seekers The New Seekers Beg, Steal or Borrow
  42. 39 35 3 Kein Cover Chippy Another Time Another Place
  43. 40 N 1 Kein Cover Critters Mr Dieingly Sad