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

cassette
1
The Beach Boys Heroes and Villians
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1
The Tremeloes Even the Bad Times Are Good
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2
Cliff Richard The Day I Met Marie
6 augustus 1967

Complete list

  1. 1 N 1 No cover art The Beach Boys Heroes and Villians
  2. 1 40 2 No cover art The Tremeloes Even the Bad Times Are Good
  3. 2 28 2 No cover art Cliff Richard The Day I Met Marie
  4. 3 18 2 No cover art Elvis Presley Long-Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)
  5. 4 35 2 No cover art Alan Price The House That Jack Built
  6. 5 N 1 No cover art The Rascals A Girl Like You
  7. 6 17 3 No cover art Keith West Excerpt From a Teenage Opera
  8. 7 21 2 No cover art Strawberry Children Love Years Coming
  9. 8 33 2 No cover art The Spencer Davis Group Time Seller
  10. 9 13 3 No cover art Warm Sounds Sticks and Stones
  11. 10 N 1 No cover art Small Faces Itchycoo Park
  12. 11 N 1 No cover art Diana Ross and The Supremes Reflections
  13. 12 N 1 No cover art Marvin Gaye Your Unchanging Love
  14. 13 N 1 No cover art Gladys Knight & the Pips Everybody Needs Love
  15. 14 N 1 No cover art The Isley Brothers That’s the Way Love Is
  16. 15 N 1 No cover art Jimmy Ruffin Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby
  17. 16 N 1 No cover art The Fortunes The Idol
  18. 17 N 1 No cover art The Wonder Who? Lonesome Road
  19. 18 N 1 No cover art Traffic Hole in My Shoe
  20. 19 N 1 No cover art Paul Jones Thinkin' Ain't for Me
  21. 20 N 1 No cover art Aretha Franklin Baby, I Love You
  22. 21 2 5 No cover art Dave Davies Death of a Clown
  23. 22 1 4 No cover art Tom Jones I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
  24. 23 6 3 No cover art The Monkees Pleasant Valley Sunday
  25. 24 3 6 No cover art Stevie Wonder I Was Made to Love Her
  26. 25 9 3 No cover art Cat Stevens A Bad Night
  27. 26 4 4 No cover art Amen Corner Gin House Blues
  28. 27 31 2 No cover art Johnny Young and Kompany Craise Finton Kirk
  29. 28 14 3 No cover art The Happenings My Mammy
  30. 29 N 1 No cover art Bill Kenwright and The Runaways I Want to Go Back There Again
  31. 29 N 1 No cover art New Formula I Want To Go Back There Again
  32. 29 N 1 No cover art Truly Smith I Wanna Go Back There Again
  33. 30 25 2 No cover art Chuck Berry Back to Memphis
  34. 30 25 2 No cover art Chuck Berry I Do Really Love You
  35. 30 N 1 No cover art Dionne Warwick The Windows of the World
  36. 31 N 1 No cover art Moby Grape Hey Grandma
  37. 31 N 1 No cover art Moby Grape Omaha
  38. 32 37 2 No cover art West Coast Consortium Some Other Someday
  39. 33 20 3 No cover art Eddie Floyd Things Get Better
  40. 34 27 3 No cover art The Quik King of the World
  41. 35 N 1 No cover art Madeline Bell Climb Ev'ry Mountain
  42. 36 29 2 No cover art The Critters Don't Let the Rain Fall Down on Me
  43. 37 34 3 No cover art John’s Children Come and Play with Me in the Garden
  44. 38 19 3 No cover art The Ivy League Suddenly Things
  45. 39 39 2 No cover art Dave Mallinson Drops of Brandy
  46. 40 N 1 No cover art Neil Diamond Thank the Lord for the Nighttime