SA Rock Lists

SA Charts 1969 - 1989
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ARTIST (Nationality, SA Artists are highlighted) Comments and information
Chart entry date (day-Month-year) highest position
number of weeks on chart TITLE additional info (UK highest position) (US highest position)

T'PAU (UK) named after a character in Star Trek
12 Dec 87 18 4 HEART AND SOUL (4) (4)
16 Apr 88 12 9 CHINA IN YOUR HANDS (1) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 13

T. REX (UK) featuring Marc BOLAN
30 Apr 71 12 6 HOT LOVE (1) (72)
30 Jun 72 14 7 METAL GURU (1) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 13

TACO (GERMANY)
19 Aug 83 3 17 PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ (-) (4)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

TALK TALK (UK)
04 Feb 83 1 18 TALK TALK (52) (75)
remixed version of 'Talk Talk' reached UK #23 in 1983
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 18

TALKING HEADS (US)
27 Dec 85 6 17 ROAD TO NOWHERE (6) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

TAMELETJIE (SA)
26 Sep 75 9 9 MY KLEIN WIT DUIFIE a cover of PALOMA BLANCA by the George BAKER SELECTION (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

Sharon Tandy Sharon TANDY (SA) real name: Sharon Finkelstein, see also HARVEST
27 Oct 72 5 13 HELLO-A (Duet with Billy FORREST) (-) (-)
29 Jul 77 9 11 I BELIEVE IN YOU (Duet with Graham CLARK) (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 24

TARNEY SPENCER BAND (Australia) featuring Alan TARNEY
26 Jan 79 7 12 TAKIN' ME BACK (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

TAVARES (US)
28 Jan 77 16 5 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL (4) (15)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

R. Dean TAYLOR (CANADA)
13 Nov 70 3 13 INDIANA WANTS ME (2) (5)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Roger TAYLOR (UK) drummer for QUEEN
09 Nov 84 11 8 MAN ON FIRE (66) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

TEACH-IN (NETHERLANDS)
28 Mar 75 5 13 IN THE SUMMERNIGHT (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

TEARS FOR FEARS (UK)
11 Feb 83 2 18 MAD WORLD (3) (-)
08 Jul 83 5 10 CHANGE (4) (73)
29 Mar 85 2 16 SHOUT (4) (1)
05 Jul 85 14 8 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (2) (1)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 52

the TEE SET (NETHERLANDS)
20 Mar 70 1 16 MA BELLE AMIE (-) (5)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 16

TELEX (BELGIUM)
26 Apr 80 13 6 MOSKOW DISKOW (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

The TEMPTATIONS (US)
15 Jun 73 6 12 PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (14) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

THIN LIZZY (IRELAND)
01 Oct 76 17 5 WILD ONE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

THIRD WORLD (JAMAICA)
14 Nov 81 5 13 DANCIN' ON THE FLOOR (10) (-)
12 Jun 82 4 11 TRY JAH LOVE (47) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 24

B.J. THOMAS (US)
16 Jan 70 1 12 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD (38) (1) from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

Nicky THOMAS (JAMAICA)
04 Sep 70 7 7 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE (9) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

THOMPSON TWINS (UK) named after characters in the TIN TIN comics
09 Mar 84 8 15 HOLD ME NOW (4) (3)
15 Jun 84 20 4 DOCTOR DOCTOR (3) (11)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 19

the THREE DEGREES (US)
04 Oct 74 2 21 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN (1) (2)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 21

THREE DOG NIGHT (US)
21 Aug 70 10 6 MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME (3) (1)
14 May 71 1 12 JOY TO THE WORLD (24) (1)
03 Aug 73 13 11 SHAMBALA (-) (3)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 29

TIDAL WAVE (SA)
10 Apr 70 1 12 SPIDER, SPIDER (-) (-)
27 Nov 70 16 4 GREEN MAMBA (-) (-)
01 Jan 71 7 10 MANGO, MANGO (-) (-)
20 Aug 71 15 3 MONEY BABY (-) (-)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 29

TIFFANY (US)
06 Feb 88 1 23 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW (1) (1)
11 Jun 88 12 14 COULD HAVE BEEN (4) (1)
28 Jan 89 7 3 RADIO ROMANCE (13) (35)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 40

TIME BANDITS (NETHERLANDS)
25 Oct 85 7 12 ENDLESS ROAD (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

TITANIC (NORWAY)
17 Dec 71 15 5 SULTANA (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

TOMITA (JAPAN)
17 May 80 12 4 BOLERO (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 4

Oscar TONEY JNR (US)
14 Feb 69 4 7 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

The TONICS (Unknown, possibly South African or Dutch)
24 Jan 69 5 6 CHEWY, CHEWY (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

Peter TOSH (JAMAICA) born Winston Hubert McIntosh, 19th October 1944, died 11th September 1987. He was a member of the legendary WAILERS.
29 Jul 83 5 14 JOHNNY B GOODE Reggae cover of the Chuck BERRY classic (48) (84)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

TOTO (US)
02 Mar 79 1 13 HOLD THE LINE (14) (5)
17 Jul 82 3 17 ROSANNA (12) (2)
25 Feb 83 18 4 AFRICA (3) (1)
07 Feb 87 10 10 I'LL BE OVER YOU (-) (11)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 44

TOTO CEOLO called TOTAL CEOLO in the US(UK)
27 May 83 3 17 I EAT CANNIBALS (8) (66)
07 Oct 83 4 14 MILK FROM THE COCONUTS (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 31

TOYAH (UK)
23 Jan 82 10 8 I WANT TO BE FREE (8) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Umberto TOZZI (ITALY)
01 Mar 80 7 8 GLORIA covered by Laura BRANIGAN (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

The TRAMMPS (US)
27 Feb 76 5 11 ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (29) (64)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 11

TRANSVISION VAMP (UK)
26 Nov 88 1 12 I WANT YOUR LOVE (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

John TRAVOLTA (US)
21 Jul 78 2 18 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT (Duet with Olivia NEWTON-JOHN) from GREASE (1) (1)
27 Oct 78 9 7 SUMMER NIGHTS (Duet with Olivia NEWTON-JOHN) from GREASE (1) (5)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 25

The TREMELOES (UK)
10 Jan 69 7 4 MY LITTLE LADY (6) (-)
09 May 69 5 9 HELLO WORLD (14) (-)
05 Dec 69 1 12 CALL ME NUMBER ONE (2) (-)
30 Oct 70 5 6 ME AND MY LIFE (4) (-)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 31

TRIO (GERMANY)
11 Sep 82 1 18 DA DA DA (2) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 18

The TROGGS (UK)
10 Jan 69 1 8 YOU CAN CRY IF YOU WANT (-) (-)
19 Mar 71 15 4 THE RAVER (-) (-)
23 Jun 72 7 10 FEELS LIKE A WOMAN (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 22

Andrea TRUE CONNECTION (US)
14 Jul 78 10 10 WHAT'S YOUR NAME, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER (34) (56)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

The TUMBLEWEEDS (Holland)
19 Dec 75 3 15 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

Ike TURNER (US)
18 Jan 74 9 11 NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS (As Ike & Tina Turner) (23) (22)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 11

Tina TURNER (US)
18 Jan 74 9 11 NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS (As Ike & Tina Turner) (23) (22)
14 Sep 84 2 19 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (3) (1)
18 Oct 85 9 10 WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO (3) (2)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 40

The TURTLES (US)
10 Jan 69 6 6 ELENORE (7) (6)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

TWISTED SISTER (US)
09 Aug 85 3 13 I WANNA ROCK (-) (68)
07 Mar 86 9 10 LEADER OF THE PACK cover of the SHANGRI-LAS hit from 1964 (47) (53)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 23

Conway TWITTY real name: Harold Lloyd JENKINS (US)
02 May 75 1 16 AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE (Duet with Loretta LYNN)
(-) (-)
12 Dec 75 17 2 TOUCH THE HAND (-) (-)
02 Apr 76 13 7 DON'T CRY JONI (-) (63)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 25

Maria TYL (SA)
29 Aug 81 7 8 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Bonnie TYLER (UK)
04 Feb 77 2 15 LOST IN FRANCE (9) (-)
08 Jul 77 7 12 MORE THAN A LOVER (27) (-)
13 Jan 78 2 18 IT'S HEARTACHE (4) (3)
22 Apr 83 1 20 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART written and produced by Jim STEINMAN (1) (1)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 65

The TYMES (US)
07 Mar 75 2 12 MS GRACE (1) (91)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

TYPICALLY TROPICAL (UK)
03 Oct 75 1 14 BARBADOS re-recorded in 1999 by the VENGA BOYS as IBIZA
(1) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

All info generously supplied by John Samson, September/October 2000 with major input from Chris Kimberley and Kevin Farquharson. Thanks also to Vladimir Kruglov for some US Top 100 chart positions, September 2003.


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