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 Hollies Stop, Stop, Stop
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2
Four Tops Reach Out I’ll Be There
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3
Bobby Darin If I Were a Carpenter
30 oktober 1966

Complete list

  1. 1 2 5 No cover art The Hollies Stop, Stop, Stop
  2. 2 1 4 No cover art Four Tops Reach Out I’ll Be There
  3. 3 3 5 No cover art Bobby Darin If I Were a Carpenter
  4. 4 6 4 No cover art The Temptations Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
  5. 5 9 3 No cover art Cilla Black A Fool Am I
  6. 6 7 5 No cover art Cat Stevens I Love My Dog
  7. 7 29 2 No cover art Manfred Mann Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James
  8. 8 8 5 No cover art Paul Jones High Time
  9. 9 5 5 No cover art Cliff Richard and The Shadows Time Drags By
  10. 10 14 3 No cover art Ike & Tina Turner A Love Like Yours
  11. 11 23 2 No cover art Cream Wrapping Paper
  12. 12 12 5 No cover art Herman’s Hermits No Milk Today
  13. 13 17 3 No cover art The Easybeats Friday on My Mind
  14. 14 31 2 No cover art The Animals Help Me Girl
  15. 15 4 5 No cover art The Troggs I Can’t Control Myself
  16. 16 32 2 No cover art Shotgun Express I Could Feel the Whole World Turn Around
  17. 17 37 3 No cover art P.J. Proby I Can't Make It Alone
  18. 18 15 3 No cover art The Monkees Last Train to Clarksville
  19. 19 18 4 No cover art Elvis Presley All That I Am
  20. 19 36 2 No cover art Lee Dorsey Holy Cow
  21. 20 10 6 No cover art The Rolling Stones Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow
  22. 20 24 3 No cover art Chris Farlowe Ride on Baby
  23. 21 34 2 No cover art Tommy Roe Hooray for Hazel
  24. 22 N 1 The Beach Boys Good Vibrations
  25. 23 N 1 No cover art Bobby Hebb A Satisfied Mind
  26. 24 N 1 No cover art The Dave Clark Five Nineteen Days
  27. 25 37 2 No cover art The Alan Bown Set Emergency 999
  28. 26 N 1 No cover art Gene Pitney Just One Smile
  29. 27 22 3 No cover art The Byrds Mr. Spaceman
  30. 28 35 3 No cover art Barry Mason Over the Hills
  31. 29 N 1 No cover art The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin'
  32. 30 N 1 No cover art Ken Dodd It’s Love (In Un Fiore)
  33. 31 N 1 No cover art David and Jonathan Ten Storeys High
  34. 32 N 1 No cover art Clinton Ford Dandy
  35. 32 N 1 No cover art The Rockin' Vickers Dandy
  36. 32 N 1 No cover art The Shadows The Dreams I Dream
  37. 33 N 1 No cover art Billy Stewart Secret Love
  38. 34 N 1 No cover art Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home
  39. 35 N 1 No cover art Gates of Eden Too Much on My Mind
  40. 36 N 1 No cover art Gidian Feeling
  41. 36 25 4 No cover art Neil Christian and The Crusaders Two at a Time
  42. 37 27 2 No cover art The Lovin’ Spoonful Rain on the Roof
  43. 38 30 2 No cover art Brenda Lee Coming on Strong
  44. 39 N 1 No cover art Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
  45. 39 N 1 No cover art The Righteous Brothers The White Cliffs of Dover
  46. 40 11 4 No cover art Peter Fenton Marble Breaks Iron Bends