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The Caroline Countdown,
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Many thanks to Brian Long for sending us a cutting from the issue of Record Retailer magazine dated 4th August 1966 which includes the Radio Caroline Top 50 for 6th August (date confirmed by the listing in the Stonewashed Collection). |
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CAROLINE TOP 50 COUNTDOWN OF SOUND...... SATURDAY 6th AUGUST 1966
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week |
last
week |
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1
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19
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God Only Knows |
The Beach Boys |
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2
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2
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Black Is Black |
Los Bravos |
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3
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3
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Summer In The City |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
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4
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5
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I Want You |
Bob Dylan |
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5
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1
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With A Girl Like You |
The Troggs |
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6
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8
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Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo |
The Alan Price Set |
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7
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6
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Out Of Time |
Chris Farlowe |
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8
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7
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Love Letters |
Elvis Presley |
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9
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4
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Get Away |
Georgie Fame |
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10
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9
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The More I See You |
Chris Montez |
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11
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14
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Mama |
Dave Berry |
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12
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12
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Barefootin' |
Robert Parker |
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13
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28
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I Saw Her Again |
The Mamas & the Papas |
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14
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-
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Eleanor Rigby /
Yellow Submarine |
The Beatles |
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15
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11
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Goin' Back |
Dusty Springfield |
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16
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15
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Midnight Mary |
The Rockin' Berries |
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17
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30
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Hanky Panky |
Tommy James & The Shondells |
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18
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13
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(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me |
The Walker Brothers |
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19
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50
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Give Me Your Word |
Billy Fury |
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20
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17
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Can I Trust You |
The Bachelors |
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21
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23
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Visions |
Cliff Richard |
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22
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10
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I Love How You Love Me |
Paul & Barry Ryan |
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23
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16
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Sunny Afternoon |
The Kinks |
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24
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20
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I Couldn't Live Without Your Love |
Petula Clark |
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25
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22
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Nobody Needs Your Love |
Gene Pitney |
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26
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27
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Along Comes Mary |
The Association |
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27
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24
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Lana |
Roy Orbison |
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28
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42
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Working In The Coalmine |
Lee Dorsey |
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29
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26
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Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do) |
Wilson Pickett |
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30
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25
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Mysterious People |
Val Doonican |
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31
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46
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This And That |
Tom Jones |
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32
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34
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Keep Looking |
Solomon Burke |
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33
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35
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If You Were Mine, Mary |
Eddy Arnold |
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34
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21
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River Deep Mountain High |
Ike & Tina Turner |
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35
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33
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Lovers Of The World Unite |
David & Jonathan |
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36
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29
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Paperback Writer |
The Beatles |
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37
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-
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More Than Love |
Ken Dodd |
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38
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48
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What Am I Doing Here With You |
Twinkle |
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39
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-
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So Sad About Us |
The Merseys |
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40
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31
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Solitary Man |
Neil Diamond |
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41
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-
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Just Like A Woman |
Manfred Mann |
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42
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43
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A Million and One |
Billy Walker |
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43
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39
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It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World |
James Brown |
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44
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32
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A House In The Country |
The Pretty Things |
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45
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-
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Oh Yeah |
Shadows of Knight |
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46
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49
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Beware |
The Odyssey |
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47
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-
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All Or Nothing |
The Small Faces |
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48
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18
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Excuse Me Baby |
Magic Lanterns |
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49
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-
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*
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Just Once In My Life |
Righteous Brothers |
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50
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Just Like A Woman |
Jonathan King |
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SURE SHOTS |
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Too Soon To Know |
Roy Orbison |
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Sweet Dreams |
Tommy McLain |
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Tom and Jim |
Bob & Jackie |
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Stop That Girl |
Chris Andrews |
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* Record Retailer has both these records at number 48. The Stonewashed Collection has them as above. |
The Radio London Fab 40 for the same weekend can be found on the Radio
London web site.
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