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

Cover: Strawberry Fields Forever von The Beatles
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The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever
Cover: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane von The Beatles
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The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
Cover: Release Me / Ten Guitars von Engelbert Humperdinck
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Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me / Ten Guitars
19. Februar 1967

Vollständige Liste

  1. 1 1 2 Cover: Strawberry Fields Forever von The Beatles The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever
  2. 1 1 2 Cover: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane von The Beatles The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
  3. 2 5 6 Cover: Release Me / Ten Guitars von Engelbert Humperdinck Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me / Ten Guitars
  4. 3 11 2 Kein Cover Troggs Give It To Me
  5. 4 10 2 Cover: Mellow Yellow von Donovan Donovan Mellow Yellow
  6. 5 9 3 Kein Cover Herman’s Hermits There’s a Kind of Hush
  7. 6 26 2 Cover: On a Carousel / All the World Is Love von The Hollies The Hollies On a Carousel / All the World Is Love
  8. 7 4 4 Kein Cover Jimmy Ruffin I’ve Passed This Way Before
  9. 8 18 2 Cover: Detroit City / More / Ten Guitars / Memphis Tennessee von Tom Jones Tom Jones Detroit City / More / Ten Guitars / Memphis Tennessee
  10. 9 19 3 Kein Cover Billy Joe Royal Yo-Yo
  11. 10 25 2 Kein Cover Bobby Darin Lovin’ You
  12. 11 16 3 Cover: Indescribably Blue / Fools Fall in Love von Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Indescribably Blue / Fools Fall in Love
  13. 12 7 4 Kein Cover Sonny & Cher The Beat Goes On
  14. 13 2 4 Kein Cover Petula Clark This Is My Song
  15. 14 6 4 Kein Cover Little Richard Get Down With It
  16. 15 24 3 Kein Cover Casinos Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
  17. 16 8 4 Kein Cover PJ Proby Niki Hoekey
  18. 17 14 4 Cover: I Won’t Come in While He’s There von Jim Reeves Jim Reeves I Won’t Come in While He’s There
  19. 18 N 1 Kein Cover Seekers Georgie Girl
  20. 19 38 2 Kein Cover Marianne Faithfull Is This What I Get For Loving You
  21. 20 20 4 Kein Cover The Walker Brothers Stay With Me, Baby / Turn Out the Moon
  22. 21 31 2 Kein Cover Neil Diamond You Got To Me
  23. 22 3 6 Kein Cover Tremeloes Here Comes My Baby
  24. 23 N 1 Kein Cover Gene Pitney (In The) Cold Light Of Day
  25. 24 N 1 Kein Cover James & Bobby Purify Wish You Didn’t Have To Go
  26. 25 N 1 Cover: I’ll Try Anything von Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield I’ll Try Anything
  27. 26 34 2 Kein Cover Johnny Rivers Baby I Need Your Lovin’
  28. 27 17 3 Kein Cover Episode Six Love, Hate, Revenge
  29. 28 N 1 Kein Cover Stella Starr Bring Him Back
  30. 29 40 2 Kein Cover Young Idea Peculiar Situation
  31. 30 36 2 Kein Cover Oscar Over the Wall We Go
  32. 31 N 1 Kein Cover Paul & Barry Ryan Keep It Out Of Sight
  33. 32 N 1 Cover: I’ve Been Lonely Too Long / If You Knew von The Young Rascals The Young Rascals I’ve Been Lonely Too Long / If You Knew
  34. 33 29 3 Kein Cover John’s Children Just What You Want - Just What You’ll Get / But She’s Mine
  35. 34 N 1 Kein Cover Lesley Dawson Run For Shelter
  36. 35 N 1 Kein Cover Seeds Pushin’ Too Hard
  37. 36 N 1 Kein Cover The Byrds So You Want to Be a Rock’n’Roll Star
  38. 37 28 2 Kein Cover Emma Rede Just Like A Man
  39. 38 N 1 Kein Cover Bats You Look Good Together
  40. 39 N 1 Kein Cover Velvelettes He Was Really Saying Something
  41. 40 N 1 Kein Cover Fifth Dimension Go Where You Wanna Go