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
The Yardbirds Heart Full of Soul
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2
The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
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3
Dusty Springfield In the Middle of Nowhere
18 juli 1965

Complete list

  1. 1 2 4 No cover art The Yardbirds Heart Full of Soul
  2. 2 1 5 No cover art The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
  3. 3 4 6 No cover art Dusty Springfield In the Middle of Nowhere
  4. 4 5 6 No cover art The Ivy League Tossing and Turning
  5. 5 20 2 No cover art Tom Jones With These Hands
  6. 6 N 1 No cover art The Beatles Help!
  7. 6 N 1 No cover art The Beatles I'm Down
  8. 7 21 3 No cover art Billy Fury In Thoughts of You
  9. 8 N 1 No cover art Joan Baez There but for Fortune
  10. 9 3 4 No cover art P.J. Proby Let the Water Run Down
  11. 10 14 3 No cover art The Searchers He's Got No Love
  12. 11 9 6 No cover art Manfred Mann The One in the Middle
  13. 12 7 4 No cover art Bobby Goldsboro Voodoo Woman
  14. 13 8 6 No cover art Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully
  15. 14 19 5 No cover art The Boston Crabs Down in Mexico
  16. 15 10 6 No cover art Peter & Gordon To Know You Is to Love You
  17. 16 13 8 No cover art Gene Pitney Looking Trough the Eyes of Love
  18. 17 36 2 No cover art Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
  19. 18 N 1 No cover art The Animals We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
  20. 19 6 4 No cover art Horst Jankowski A Walk in the Black Forest
  21. 20 11 8 No cover art Lulu Leave a Little Love
  22. 21 17 6 No cover art Sir Douglas Quintet She’s About a Mover
  23. 22 23 3 No cover art Jonathan King Everyone's Gone to the Moon
  24. 23 25 2 No cover art The Fortunes You've Got Your Troubles
  25. 24 30 2 No cover art Françoise Hardy Just Call and I’ll Be There
  26. 25 28 3 No cover art Dave Berry This Strange Effect
  27. 26 37 2 No cover art Brian Poole & The Tremeloes I Want Candy
  28. 27 33 2 No cover art Brenda Lee Too Many Rivers
  29. 28 29 2 No cover art The Marionettes Under the Boardwalk
  30. 29 34 2 No cover art The Dave Clark Five Catch Us If You Can
  31. 30 N 1 No cover art Elvis Presley Tickle Me (EP)
  32. 31 N 1 No cover art Roy Orbison (Say) You're My Girl
  33. 32 12 7 No cover art The Beach Boys Help Me, Rhonda
  34. 33 N 1 No cover art Marianne Faithfull Summernights
  35. 34 40 3 No cover art Bobby Vinton Don’t Go Away Mad
  36. 35 27 3 No cover art Lesley Gore Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
  37. 36 N 1 No cover art Dionne Warwick Looking With My Eyes
  38. 37 N 1 No cover art Johnny Rivers Seventh Son
  39. 38 N 1 No cover art Christine Quaite If You’ve Got A Heart
  40. 39 N 1 No cover art The Guess Who Shakin’ All Over
  41. 40 39 2 No cover art The Fourmost Everything in the Garden