SA Charts 1965 - 1989
(As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion)
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| T. REX (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 30-Apr-71 | Hot Love | 12 | 6 |
| 30-Jun-72 | Metal Guru | 14 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 13 |
| TACO (Germany) born Taco Ockerse 21 July 1955 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Aug-83 | Puttin' On The Ritz | 3 | 21 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 21 |
| TALK TALK (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Feb-83 | Talk Talk | 1 | 19 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 19 |
| TALKING HEADS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 23-Nov-85 | Road To Nowhere | 6 | 23 |
| 2-Nov-86 | Wild, Wild Life | 19 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 34 |
| TAMALETJIE (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Sep-75 | My Klein Witte Duifie (an Afrikaans cover of The George BAKER SELECTION's 'Paloma Blanca') | 9 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 9 |
| Sharon TANDY (SA) born Sharon Finkelstein 18 September 1943 died 21 March 2015 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-Oct-72 | Hello-A (with Billy FORREST) | 5 | 13 |
| 29-Jul-77 | I Believe In You (with Graham CLARKE) | 9 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 24 |
| TARNEY SPENCER BAND (Australia) Alan Tarney & Trevor Spencer | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Jan-79 | Takin' Me Back | 11 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| TAVARES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 28-Jan-77 | Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel | 16 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 5 |
| James TAYLOR (US) born James Vernon Taylor 12 March 1948 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-May-74 | Mockingbird (with Carly SIMON) | 13 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| R. Dean TAYLOR (Canada) born Richard Dean Taylor 11 May 1939 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 13-Sep-68 | Gotta See Jane | 13 | 6 |
| 13-Nov-70 | Indiana Wants Me | 3 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 19 |
| Roger TAYLOR (UK) born Roger Meddows Taylor 26 July 1949 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Oct-84 | Man On Fire | 11 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 13 |
| TEACH IN (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 28-Mar-75 | In The Summernight | 5 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| TEARS FOR FEARS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 11-Feb-83 | Mad World | 2 | 20 |
| 24-Jun-83 | Change | 5 | 14 |
| 15-Mar-85 | Shout | 2 | 20 |
| 14-Jun-85 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 14 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 67 |
| TEE SET (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Mar-70 | Ma Belle Amie | 1 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| TELEX (Belgium) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 25-Apr-80 | Moskow Diskow | 13 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| TEMPTATIONS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 15-Jun-73 | Papa Was A Rollin' Stone | 6 | 12 |
| 19-Apr-85 | Treat Her Like A Lady | 26 | 4 |
| 26-Apr-87 | Lady Soul | 28 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 19 |
| THEM (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-Jul-65 | Here Comes The Night | 9 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| THIN LIZZY (Ireland) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 1-Oct-76 | Wild One | 17 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 5 |
| THIRD WORLD (Jamaica) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 13-Nov-81 | Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) | 6 | 13 |
| 11-Jun-82 | Try Jah Love | 4 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 24 |
| THOMAS GROUP (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-May-67 | I've Got No More To Say | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 1 |
| B.J. THOMAS (US) born Billy Joe Thomas 7 August 1942 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Jan-70 | Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (from the film 'Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid' starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford) | 1 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| Nicky THOMAS (Jamaica) born Cecil Nicholas Thomas 30 May 1949 died 1990 (date unknown) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Sep-70 | Love Of The Common People | 7 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 7 |
| THOMPSON TWINS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-Jun-83 | Love On Your Side | 24 | 4 |
| 27-Jan-84 | Hold Me Now | 8 | 22 |
| 1-Jun-84 | Doctor! Doctor! | 20 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 34 |
| THREE DEGREES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Oct-74 | When Will I See You Again | 2 | 21 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 21 |
| THREE DOG NIGHT (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-Aug-70 | Mama Told Me Not To Come | 10 | 6 |
| 14-May-71 | Joy To The World | 1 | 12 |
| 3-Aug-73 | Shambala | 13 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 29 |
| TIDAL WAVE (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-Apr-70 | Spider Spider | 1 | 12 |
| 27-Nov-70 | Green Mamba | 16 | 4 |
| 1-Jan-71 | Mango Mango | 7 | 9 |
| 20-Aug-71 | Money Baby | 15 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 28 |
| TIFFANY (US) born Tiffany Renee Darwish 2 October 1971 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 28-Jan-88 | I Think We're Alone Now | 1 | 26 |
| 2-Jun-88 | Could've Been | 12 | 21 |
| 22-Dec-88 | Radio Romance | 5 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 56 |
| Tanita TIKARAM (UK) born 12 August 1969 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-Feb-89 | Good Tradition | 21 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| TIME BANDITS (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Oct-85 | Endless Road | 7 | 18 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 18 |
| TITANIC (Norway) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 3-Dec-71 | Sultana | 15 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| TOMITA (Japan) born Isao Tomita 22 April 1932 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-May-80 | Bolero (a version of Ravel's 'Bolero') | 12 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 4 |
| Oscar TONEY, JR. (US) born 26 May 1939 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-Aug-68 | For Your Precious Love | 3 | 8 |
| 14-Feb-69 | That's All I Want From You | 4 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 15 |
| TONICS (Germany) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 24-Jan-69 | Chewy Chewy | 5 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| Peter TOSH (Jamaica) born Winston Hubert McIntosh 19 October 1944 died 11 September 1987 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Jul-83 | Johnny B Goode | 5 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| TOTO (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-Mar-79 | Hold The Line | 1 | 13 |
| 16-Jul-82 | Rosanna | 3 | 17 |
| 25-Feb-83 | Africa | 18 | 4 |
| 18-Jan-87 | I'll Be Over You | 10 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 50 |
| TOTO COELO (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-May-83 | I Eat Cannibals | 3 | 18 |
| 23-Sep-83 | Milk From The Coconut | 4 | 19 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 37 |
| TOYAH (UK) born Toyah Ann Willcox 18 May 1958 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Jan-82 | I Want To Be Free | 10 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| Umberto TOZZI (Italy) born Umberto Antonio Tozzi 4 March 1952 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 29-Feb-80 | Gloria | 7 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| T'PAU (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Nov-87 | Heart And Soul | 18 | 11 |
| 3-Mar-88 | China In Your Hand | 12 | 18 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 29 |
| TRAMMPS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-Feb-76 | Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart | 5 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| TRANSVISION VAMP (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 17-Nov-88 | I Want Your Love | 1 | 14 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 14 |
| John TRAVOLTA (US) born John Joseph Travolta 18 February 1954 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-Jul-78 | You're The One That I Want (with Olivia NEWTON-JOHN. From the film 'Grease') | 2 | 18 |
| 27-Oct-78 | Summer Nights (with Olivia NEWTON-JOHN. From the film 'Grease') | 9 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 25 |
| TREMELOES (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Jun-67 | Silence Is Golden | 1 | 15 |
| 22-Sep-67 | Even The Bad Times Are Good | 2 | 16 |
| 8-Nov-68 | My Little Lady | 1 | 13 |
| 9-May-69 | Hello World | 5 | 9 |
| 5-Dec-69 | (Call Me) Number One | 1 | 12 |
| 30-Oct-70 | Me And My Life | 5 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 6 |
| Total Weeks | 71 |
| Jackie TRENT (UK) born Yvonne Burgess 6 September 1940 died 21 March 2015 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 18-Jun-65 | Where Are You Now | 12 | 6 |
| 28-Jun-68 | Thank You For Loving Me (with Tony HATCH) | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 7 |
| TRIO (Germany) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-Sep-82 | Da Da Da (I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me) | 1 | 18 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 18 |
| TROGGS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 17-Jun-66 | Wild Thing | 5 | 13 |
| 2-Sep-66 | With A Girl Like You | 1 | 15 |
| 17-Feb-67 | Anyway That You Want Me | 6 | 9 |
| 31-Mar-67 | Give It To Me | 4 | 16 |
| 5-Jan-68 | Love Is All Around | 1 | 15 |
| 26-Apr-68 | Little Girl | 15 | 7 |
| 31-May-68 | Little Red Donkey | 2 | 12 |
| 29-Nov-68 | You Can Cry If You Want | 1 | 14 |
| 19-Mar-71 | The Raver | 15 | 4 |
| 23-Jun-72 | Feels Like A Woman | 7 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 10 |
| Total Weeks | 115 |
| Andrea TRUE CONNECTION (US) born Andrea Marie Truden 26 July 1943 died 7 November 2011 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 14-Jul-78 | What's Your Name, What's Your Number | 10 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| Louise TUCKER (UK) born 1956 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-Sep-83 | Midnight Blue (based on Beethoven's 'Sonata Pathétique') | 21 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| TUMBLEWEEDS (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Dec-75 | Somewhere Between | 3 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| Ike TURNER (US) born Izear Luster Turner, Jr. 5 November 1931 died 12 December 2007 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 18-Jan-74 | Nutbush City Limits (As Ike & Tina Turner) | 9 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| Tina TURNER (US) born Anna Mae Bullock 26 November 1939 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 18-Jan-74 | Nutbush City Limits (As Ike & Tina Turner) | 9 | 11 |
| 31-Aug-84 | What's Love Got To Do With It | 2 | 22 |
| 14-Sep-85 | We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (from the film 'Mad Max Beyond The Thunderdome' which starred Mel Gibson and Tina Turner) | 9 | 17 |
| 9-Nov-86 | Typical Male | 22 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 55 |
| TURTLES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Feb-66 | Let Me Be | 6 | 11 |
| 21-Apr-67 | Happy Together | 3 | 11 |
| 11-Aug-67 | She'd Rather Be With Me | 1 | 10 |
| 20-Dec-68 | Elenore | 6 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 41 |
| TWISTED SISTER (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Jul-85 | I Wanna Rock | 3 | 17 |
| 2-Feb-86 | Leader Of The Pack (a cover of the SHANGRI-LAS hit) | 9 | 18 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 35 |
| Conway TWITTY (US) born Harold Lloyd Jenkins 1 September 1933 died 5 June 1993 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-May-75 | As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone (with Loretta LYNN) | 1 | 16 |
| 12-Dec-75 | Touch The Hand | 17 | 2 |
| 2-Apr-76 | Don't Cry Joni (Conway's daughter Joni Twitty accompanies on vocals) | 13 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 25 |
| Maria TYL (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 28-Aug-81 | Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain | 7 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| Bonnie TYLER (UK) born Gaynor Hopkins 8 June 1951 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Feb-77 | Lost In France | 2 | 15 |
| 8-Jul-77 | More Than A Lover | 7 | 12 |
| 13-Jan-78 | It's A Heartache | 2 | 18 |
| 22-Apr-83 | Total Eclipse Of The Heart | 1 | 22 |
| 11-May-84 | Holding Out For A Hero (from the film 'Footloose') | 23 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 5 |
| Total Weeks | 75 |
| TYMES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 7-Mar-75 | Ms Grace | 2 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| TYPICALLY TROPICAL (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 3-Oct-75 | Barbados | 1 | 14 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 14 |
All info generously supplied by John Samson, September/October 2000 with major input from Chris Kimberley and Kevin Farquharson. Updated and corrected (where necessary) May 2016 with further input from Peet van Staaden and Ian McLean
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