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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1
Small Faces My Mind’s Eye / I Can’t Dance With You
Cover: Dead End Street / Big Black Smoke von The Kinks
2
The Kinks Dead End Street / Big Black Smoke
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3
Seekers Morningtown Ride
4. Dezember 1966

Vollständige Liste

  1. 1 2 4 Kein Cover Small Faces My Mind’s Eye / I Can’t Dance With You
  2. 2 8 3 Cover: Dead End Street / Big Black Smoke von The Kinks The Kinks Dead End Street / Big Black Smoke
  3. 3 7 3 Kein Cover Seekers Morningtown Ride
  4. 4 11 4 Cover: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) / Good To Me von Otis Redding Otis Redding Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) / Good To Me
  5. 5 27 2 Cover: You Keep Me Hangin’ On von The Supremes The Supremes You Keep Me Hangin’ On
  6. 6 1 6 Cover: Green Green Grass of Home von Tom Jones Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home
  7. 7 23 4 Kein Cover Martha Reeves & The Vandellas I’m Ready For Love
  8. 8 15 3 Cover: True Story / You’re So Good to Me von Twice as Much Twice as Much True Story / You’re So Good to Me
  9. 9 3 4 Kein Cover Val Doonican What Would I Be
  10. 10 18 3 Kein Cover Little Richard I Need Love
  11. 11 27 2 Kein Cover Bachelors Walk With Faith In Your Heart
  12. 12 31 2 Kein Cover Peter & Gordon Knight In Rusty Armour
  13. 13 37 2 Kein Cover The Washington DC’s Seek and Find / I Love Gerald Chevin the Great
  14. 14 33 2 Cover: If Every Day Was Like Christmas von Elvis Presley Elvis Presley If Every Day Was Like Christmas
  15. 15 22 2 Cover: East West von Herman’s Hermits Herman’s Hermits East West
  16. 15 37 2 Kein Cover Chris Montez Time After Time
  17. 16 13 3 Kein Cover Wayne Fontana Pamela Pamela
  18. 17 20 3 Kein Cover Jackie Wilson Whispers
  19. 18 32 2 Kein Cover Crispian St. Peters But She’s Untrue
  20. 18 32 2 Kein Cover Crispian St. Peters Your Ever Changin’ Mind
  21. 19 N 1 Kein Cover Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Save Me
  22. 20 N 1 Kein Cover Donovan Sunshine Superman
  23. 21 28 2 Kein Cover The Righteous Brothers Island In The Sun
  24. 22 N 1 Kein Cover Petula Clark Colour My World
  25. 23 30 2 Kein Cover Normie Rowe It’s Not Easy
  26. 24 40 2 Kein Cover Tony Jackson Anything Else You Want
  27. 25 N 1 Kein Cover The Merseys Rhythm of Love
  28. 25 32 2 Kein Cover Neil Spence Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus
  29. 26 N 1 Cover: Going Nowhere / Brand New Baby von Los Bravos Los Bravos Going Nowhere / Brand New Baby
  30. 27 12 3 Kein Cover Paul & Barry Ryan Missy Missy
  31. 28 N 1 Kein Cover Young Idea Gotta Get Out Of The Mess I’m In
  32. 28 39 2 Kein Cover Roy Orbison There Won’t Be Many Coming Home
  33. 29 4 6 Cover: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted von Jimmy Ruffin Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
  34. 30 17 3 Kein Cover Chanters Every Night (I Sit And Cry)
  35. 31 34 2 Kein Cover Peddlers I’ve Got To Hold On
  36. 32 9 6 Kein Cover The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin'
  37. 33 N 1 Kein Cover Junior Walker & The All Stars Money (That’s What I Want)
  38. 34 N 1 Kein Cover Simon Dupree And The Big Sound I See the Light / It Is Finished
  39. 34 39 2 Kein Cover High Society People Passing By
  40. 35 N 1 Kein Cover Ike & Tina Turner Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You
  41. 35 38 2 Kein Cover Keith Relf Make Me Break This Spell
  42. 36 N 1 Kein Cover Ebony Keyes Sitting In A Ring
  43. 37 N 1 Kein Cover Spellbinders Help Me
  44. 37 N 1 Kein Cover Tim Hardin Hang On To A Dream
  45. 38 N 1 Kein Cover Inez & Charlie Foxx Come By Here
  46. 38 N 1 Kein Cover Studio Six When I See My Baby
  47. 39 35 2 Kein Cover Maze Hello Stranger
  48. 40 N 1 Kein Cover Association Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies
  49. 40 N 1 Kein Cover Frankie Valli The Proud One