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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The Rolling Stones Got Live If You Want It (Ep)
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Manfred Mann The One in the Middle
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Gene Pitney Looking Trough the Eyes of Love
27 juni 1965

Complete list

  1. 1 8 2 No cover art The Rolling Stones Got Live If You Want It (Ep)
  2. 2 10 3 No cover art Manfred Mann The One in the Middle
  3. 3 1 5 No cover art Gene Pitney Looking Trough the Eyes of Love
  4. 4 5 6 No cover art The Kinks Set Me Free
  5. 5 3 6 No cover art The Who Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
  6. 6 6 6 No cover art The Hollies I’m Alive
  7. 7 4 6 No cover art Elvis Presley Crying in the Chapel
  8. 8 2 5 No cover art Donovan Colours
  9. 9 14 3 No cover art Sir Douglas Quintet She’s About a Mover
  10. 10 11 4 No cover art Cliff Richard On My Word
  11. 11 33 5 No cover art Lulu Leave a Little Love
  12. 12 9 7 No cover art The Everly Brothers The Price of Love
  13. 13 N 1 No cover art The Yardbirds Heart Full of Soul
  14. 14 17 4 No cover art The Beach Boys Help Me, Rhonda
  15. 15 12 4 No cover art The Shadows Stingray
  16. 16 19 2 No cover art The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
  17. 17 22 3 No cover art Peter & Gordon To Know You Is to Love You
  18. 18 28 3 No cover art Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully
  19. 19 7 5 No cover art The Moody Blues From the Bottom of My Heart
  20. 20 26 3 No cover art The Ivy League Tossing and Turning
  21. 21 30 3 No cover art Dusty Springfield In the Middle of Nowhere
  22. 22 23 5 No cover art The Spencer Davis Group Strong Love
  23. 23 24 4 No cover art Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders It's Just a Little Bit Too Late
  24. 24 20 6 No cover art The Anglos Incense
  25. 25 13 8 No cover art Unit 4 Plus 2 Never Been in Love Like This Before
  26. 26 29 2 No cover art Jackie DeShannon What the World Needs Now Is Love
  27. 27 32 2 No cover art Pat Wayne Come Dance With Me
  28. 28 N 1 No cover art P.J. Proby Let the Water Run Down
  29. 29 35 2 No cover art Jackie Trent When Summertime Is Over
  30. 30 N 1 No cover art Bobby Goldsboro Voodoo Woman
  31. 31 38 2 No cover art Sounds Orchestral Moonglow (Introducing ’Theme From Picnic’)
  32. 32 N 1 No cover art Horst Jankowski A Walk in the Black Forest
  33. 33 16 7 No cover art Johnny Cash It Ain’t Me, Babe
  34. 34 N 1 No cover art Dean Martin (Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
  35. 35 34 2 No cover art The Boston Crabs Down in Mexico
  36. 36 31 4 No cover art Kenny Lynch I’ll Stay By You
  37. 37 N 1 No cover art Phil Wainman Hear Me A Drummer Man
  38. 38 N 1 No cover art Charles Dickens That’s the Way Love Goes
  39. 39 N 1 No cover art Joan Baez There but for Fortune
  40. 40 N 1 No cover art The Four Seasons Girl Come Running