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Number of Hits on the
South African Charts
1969 - 1989


NUMBER OF TOP 20 HITS

18 - ABBA
16 - CLIFF RICHARD
14 - NEIL DIAMOND
14 - ELTON JOHN
[Includes 1 hit as part of Dionne & Friends]
13 - BILLY FORREST
[Includes hits with GELI, Sharon TANDY and under the pseudonyms DENNIS, QUENTIN E. KLOPJAEGER and WILLIAM E.]
12 - BEE GEES
12 - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
[Includes 2 hits with John TRAVOLTA]
12 - BARBARA RAY
[Includes 1 with 5th Association, 2 with Lance JAMES and 1 with Bobby ANGEL]
12 - LEO SAYER
11 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
11 - MICHAEL JACKSON
10 - ELVIS PRESLEY


NUMBER OF TOP 10 HITS


16 - ABBA
12 - NEIL DIAMOND
12 - BEE GEES
12 - ELTON JOHN
10 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
10 - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
10 - CLIFF RICHARD


NUMBER OF TOP 3 HITS
13 - ABBA
9 - BEE GEES
7 - JOE DOLAN
6 - CLIFF RICHARD
6 - BONEY M.
5 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
5 - ROD STEWART


MOST HITS BY A SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST
13 - BILLY FORREST
12 - BARBARA RAY
8 - ALAN GARRITY
7 - DAVE MILLS
7 - BOBBY ANGEL
7 - JODY WAYNE
7 - JOHN EDMOND
7 - LIONEL PETERSEN
7 - RICHARD JON SMITH
6 - ROY BULKIN
5 - LANCE JAMES
5 - TOMMY DELL
5 - THE DEALIANS
5 - PETER VEE (Including one with Buffalo)


All information generously supplied by John Samson with help from Chris Kimberly, November 2000.


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