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.

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Jim Reeves Distant Drums
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Lee Dorsey Working in the Coal Mine
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The Who I’m a Boy
11. September 1966

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  1. 1 6 4 Cover: Distant Drums von Jim Reeves Jim Reeves Distant Drums
  2. 2 2 5 Kein Cover Lee Dorsey Working in the Coal Mine
  3. 3 7 3 Kein Cover The Who I’m a Boy
  4. 4 8 6 Cover: Summertime von Billy Stewart Billy Stewart Summertime
  5. 5 1 6 Kein Cover Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers Got to Get You Into My Life
  6. 6 14 4 Kein Cover Mindbenders Ashes To Ashes
  7. 7 22 5 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
  8. 8 20 3 Kein Cover The Spencer Davis Group When I Come Home
  9. 9 17 3 Cover: Land of 1000 Dances / You’re So Fine von Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett Land of 1000 Dances / You’re So Fine
  10. 10 25 2 Cover: You Can’t Hurry Love von The Supremes The Supremes You Can’t Hurry Love
  11. 11 32 2 Kein Cover Los Bravos I Don’t Care
  12. 12 10 3 Kein Cover Sandie Shaw Run / Long Walk Home
  13. 13 29 2 Kein Cover Seekers Walk With Me
  14. 14 31 2 Kein Cover Fortunes Is It Really Worth Your While
  15. 15 34 2 Cover: Little Man von Sonny & Cher Sonny & Cher Little Man
  16. 16 37 2 Kein Cover Crispian St. Peters Changes
  17. 17 24 4 Kein Cover Bobby Hebb Sunny
  18. 17 N 1 Kein Cover Cher Sunny / Will You Love Me Tomorrow
  19. 18 4 7 Kein Cover Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band Big Time Operator
  20. 19 35 3 Cover: Winchester Cathedral von The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band Winchester Cathedral
  21. 20 35 2 Cover: Cherry, Cherry von Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Cherry, Cherry
  22. 21 39 2 Kein Cover Chippy Another Time Another Place
  23. 22 9 5 Kein Cover Roy Orbison Too Soon To Know
  24. 23 N 1 Cover: Bend It! / She’s So Good von Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Bend It! / She’s So Good
  25. 24 N 1 Cover: All I See Is You / Go Ahead On von Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield All I See Is You / Go Ahead On
  26. 25 N 1 Kein Cover Kit-Kats That’s The Way
  27. 26 N 1 Kein Cover Searchers Have You Ever Loved Somebody
  28. 27 N 1 Cover: 7 and 7 Is von Love Love 7 and 7 Is
  29. 28 11 6 Kein Cover The Small Faces All Or Nothing
  30. 29 12 4 Kein Cover Twice As Much Step Out Of Line
  31. 30 30 3 Kein Cover Roaring Sixties We Love The Pirate Stations
  32. 31 N 1 Kein Cover Cymerons I Can See You
  33. 32 N 1 Kein Cover Sandpipers Guantanamera
  34. 33 N 1 Kein Cover Finders Keepers Light
  35. 34 N 1 Kein Cover Jeeps Ain’t It A Great Big Laugh
  36. 35 N 1 Kein Cover Checkmates Every Day Is Just The Same
  37. 35 N 1 Kein Cover Rothchilds Artificial City
  38. 36 N 1 Kein Cover Giorgio & Marco’s Men Run Run / Girl Without a Heart
  39. 36 N 1 Kein Cover Guy Darrell My Way Of Thinking
  40. 37 15 4 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)
  41. 37 38 2 Cover: Beg, Steal or Borrow von The New Seekers The New Seekers Beg, Steal or Borrow
  42. 38 N 1 Kein Cover Birds Say Those Magic Words
  43. 39 N 1 Kein Cover Association Cherish
  44. 39 N 1 Kein Cover Simon & Garfunkel The Dangling Conversation
  45. 40 N 1 Cover: Dear Mrs. Applebee von David Garrick David Garrick Dear Mrs. Applebee
  46. 40 N 1 Kein Cover Peter & Gordon Lady Godiva