SA Charts 1965 - 1989
(As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion)
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| BABE (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 7-Nov-80 | The Drunken Sailor | 5 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 9 |
| BACCARA (Spain) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 15-Jul-77 | Yes Sir, I Can Boogie | 3 | 15 |
| 2-Dec-77 | Sorry, I'm A Lady | 10 | 7 |
| 2-Mar-79 | The Devil Sent You To Laredo | 10 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 30 |
| BACHELORS (Ireland) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 14-Oct-66 | Can I Trust You | 6 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE (Canada) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Dec-74 | You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | 1 | 20 |
| 18-Jul-75 | Hey You | 2 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 30 |
| BADFINGER (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Jan-71 | No Matter What | 1 | 11 |
| 14-Apr-72 | Day After Day | 9 | 10 |
| 11-Aug-72 | Baby Blue | 18 | 2 |
| 16-Aug-74 | Apple Of My Eye | 11 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 34 |
| Joan BAEZ (US) born 9 January 1941 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Nov-71 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Cover of a song by The Band) | 18 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 4 |
| Philip BAILEY (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Feb-85 | Easy Lover (with Phil COLLINS) | 6 | 14 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 14 |
| George BAKER SELECTION (Netherlands) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Jun-70 | Little Green Bag | 7 | 10 |
| 31-Aug-73 | Baby Blue | 1 | 17 |
| 9-Aug-74 | Over And Over | 11 | 10 |
| 23-May-75 | Sing A Song Of Love | 17 | 3 |
| 15-Aug-75 | Paloma Blanca | 1 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 5 |
| Total Weeks | 53 |
| Long John BALDRY (UK) born 12 January 1941, died 21 July 2005 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Jan-68 | Let The Heartaches Begin | 16 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 3 |
| BALLYHOO (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 17-Oct-80 | Man On The Moon | 1 | 19 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 19 |
| BALTIMORA (Italy) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Oct-85 | Tarzan Boy | 3 | 21 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 21 |
| BANANARAMA (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 11-Nov-83 | Cruel Summer | 3 | 18 |
| 15-Jun-84 | Robert De Niro's Waiting | 7 | 14 |
| 31-Aug-86 | Venus | 1 | 25 |
| 22-Oct-87 | I Heard A Rumour | 23 | 6 |
| 25-Feb-88 | Love In The First Degree | 10 | 17 |
| Number of Hits | 5 |
| Total Weeks | 80 |
| BAND AID (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 18-Jan-85 | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 13 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| BANGLES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 11-May-86 | Manic Monday | 1 | 26 |
| 7-Dec-86 | Walk Like An Egyptian | 1 | 21 |
| 5-May-88 | Hazy Shade Of Winter | 28 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 49 |
| Bobby BARE (US) born 7 April 1935 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Jan-67 | Streets Of Baltimore | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 1 |
| BAR-KAYS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 1-Dec-67 | Soul Finger | 12 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 7 |
| Pierre BAROUH (France) born 19 February 1934 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Aug-67 | A Man And A Woman (with Nicole CROISILLE. From the French film 'Un Homme Et Une Femme') | 17 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 3 |
| J.J. BARRIE (Canada) born 7 July 1933 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Jun-76 | No Charge | 2 | 15 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 15 |
| Len BARRY (US) born 12 June 1942 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 11-Feb-66 | 1-2-3 | 4 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| Toni BASIL (US) born 22 September 1943 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-May-82 | Mickey | 3 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| Shirley BASSEY (UK) born 8 January 1937 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-May-73 | Never Never Never | 1 | 22 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 22 |
| THE BATS (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Jun-65 | Shabby Little Hut | 3 | 8 |
| 3-Dec-65 | That's How I Feel | 13 | 9 |
| 12-Jul-68 | Groen En Goud | 7 | 9 |
| 1-Nov-68 | Weltevrede Stasie | 15 | 6 |
| 24-Oct-69 | Who's That Girl | 6 | 10 |
| 6-Mar-70 | Rebecca Stein | 17 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 6 |
| Total Weeks | 45 |
| Mike BATT (UK) born 6 February 1949 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 8-Feb-80 | Run Like The Wind (as Mike BATT & Friends) | 19 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| BAY CITY ROLLERS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-May-75 | Bye Bye Baby | 6 | 12 |
| 26-Mar-76 | Saturday Night | 16 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 17 |
| BEACH BOYS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 8-Oct-65 | California Girls | 1 | 19 |
| 1-Apr-66 | Barbara Ann | 2 | 13 |
| 10-Jun-66 | Sloop John B | 1 | 13 |
| 25-Nov-66 | Good Vibrations | 2 | 16 |
| 7-Jul-67 | Then I Kissed Her | 2 | 12 |
| 25-Aug-67 | Heroes And Villains | 11 | 8 |
| 20-Sep-68 | Do It Again | 7 | 7 |
| 3-Jul-70 | Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) | 2 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 8 |
| Total Weeks | 97 |
| BEAT UNIT (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Mar-71 | Carnival Candyman | 16 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 3 |
| BEATLES (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Jun-65 | Ticket To Ride | 2 | 10 |
| 6-Aug-65 | Help | 1 | 12 |
| 7-Jan-66 | We Can Work It Out | 2 | 14 |
| 1-Jul-66 | Paperback Writer | 9 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 42 |
| Robin BECK (US) born 7 November 1954 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-Feb-89 | First Time (originally used in a Coca Cola advert) | 25 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| BEE GEES (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 30-Jun-67 | New York Mining Disaster 1941 | 2 | 7 |
| 10-Nov-67 | Massachusetts | 1 | 17 |
| 15-Mar-68 | World | 18 | 3 |
| 29-Mar-68 | Words | 5 | 12 |
| 13-Sep-68 | To Love Somebody | 10 | 8 |
| 11-Oct-68 | I've Gotta Get A Message To You | 1 | 13 |
| 21-Feb-69 | I Started A Joke | 2 | 9 |
| 2-May-69 | First Of May | 4 | 11 |
| 8-Aug-69 | Tomorrow, Tomorrow | 9 | 6 |
| 10-Oct-69 | Don't Forget To Remember | 1 | 13 |
| 13-Aug-71 | How Can You Mend A Broken Heart ? | 7 | 9 |
| 20-Oct-72 | Run To Me | 3 | 17 |
| 20-Jan-78 | How Deep Is Your Love (From the film 'Saturday Night Fever)' | 2 | 23 |
| 7-Apr-78 | Stayin' Alive (From the film 'Saturday Night Fever)' | 1 | 16 |
| 5-May-78 | Night Fever (From the film 'Saturday Night Fever)' | 2 | 14 |
| 19-Jan-79 | Too Much Heaven | 1 | 16 |
| 6-Apr-79 | Tragedy | 2 | 9 |
| 15-Oct-87 | You Win Again | 2 | 27 |
| Number of Hits | 18 |
| Total Weeks | 230 |
| Celi BEE & THE BUZZY BUNCH (US) Celida Ines Camacho | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Jul-77 | Superman | 3 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 7 |
| BELLAMY BROTHERS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-May-76 | Let Your Love Flow | 1 | 16 |
| 24-Jun-77 | Crossfire | 6 | 12 |
| 14-Dec-79 | If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me) | 6 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 41 |
| BELLE STARS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Nov-82 | The Clapping Song | 2 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| Pat BENATAR (US) born 10 January 1953 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 25-Jan-85 | We Belong | 5 | 20 |
| 10-Nov-88 | All Fired Up | 12 | 15 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 35 |
| George BENSON (US) born 22 March 1943 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Dec-80 | Give Me The Night | 5 | 12 |
| 19-Mar-82 | Turn Your Love Around | 14 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 20 |
| Brook BENTON (US) born 19 September 1931 died 9 April 1988 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 1-Sep-67 | Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) | 20 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| BERLIN (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-Sep-86 | Take My Breath Away (From the film 'Top Gun starring Tom Cruise) | 2 | 22 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 22 |
| BIDDU ORCHESTRA (UK) Biddu Appaiah (born 1944) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 13-May-77 | Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon | 7 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| BIG COUNTRY (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Jul-86 | Look Away | 11 | 16 |
| 1-Dec-88 | King Of Emotion | 27 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 25 |
| BIG JOHN'S ROCK 'N' ROLL CIRCUS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 15-Nov-74 | Rockin' In The U.S.A. | 11 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| BIMBO JET (France) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 15-Aug-75 | El Bimbo | 9 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| BLACK LACE (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Oct-84 | Agadoo | 3 | 24 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 24 |
| BLACK SABBATH (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 13-Nov-70 | Paranoid | 3 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| Cilla BLACK (UK) born 27 May 1943 died 1 August 2015 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Sep-69 | Conversations | 6 | 9 |
| 18-Feb-72 | Something Tells Me (Somethings Gonna Happen Tonight) | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| Jack BLANCHARD (US) born 8 May 1942 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Jun-70 | Tennessee Bird Walk (with Misty MORGAN) | 14 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 5 |
| BLANCMANGE (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 25-Mar-83 | Living On The Ceiling | 3 | 15 |
| 15-Jul-83 | Waves | 24 | 4 |
| 29-Jul-83 | Blind Vision | 28 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 22 |
| BLONDIE (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 6-Apr-79 | Heart Of Glass | 2 | 17 |
| 27-Jul-79 | Sunday Girl | 8 | 7 |
| 23-May-80 | Atomic | 16 | 5 |
| 4-Jul-80 | Call Me | 2 | 15 |
| 2-Jan-81 | The Tide Is High | 5 | 12 |
| 20-Mar-81 | Rapture | 6 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 6 |
| Total Weeks | 64 |
| BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Sep-69 | Spinning Wheel | 13 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 3 |
| Bobby BLOOM (US) born 15 January 1946 died 28 February 1974 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Oct-70 | Montego Bay | 5 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| BLOW MONKEYS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 17-May-87 | It Doesn't Have To Be This Way | 8 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 13 |
| BLUE MINK (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 30-Jul-71 | The Banner Man | 3 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| BLUE RIDGE RANGERS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-Feb-73 | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | 20 | 1 |
| 6-Jul-73 | Hearts Of Stone | 13 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| BLUE SWEDE (Sweden) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-May-74 | Hooked On A Feeling | 7 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| BLUE SYSTEM (Germany) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 3-Mar-88 | Sorry Little Sarah | 19 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| BOLLAND (Netherlands) brothers Rob & Ferdi Bolland who lived in South Africa for a period. | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-Apr-82 | You're In The Army Now | 9 | 9 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 9 |
| BON JOVI (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Feb-87 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 15 | 16 |
| 19-Apr-87 | Livin' On A Prayer | 5 | 19 |
| 23-Jul-87 | Wanted Dead Or Alive | 23 | 3 |
| 26-Jan-89 | Bad Medicine | 23 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 42 |
| BONEY M (Jamaica) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Nov-76 | Daddy Cool | 2 | 19 |
| 5-Aug-77 | Ma Baker | 2 | 13 |
| 9-Jun-78 | Rivers Of Babylon | 1 | 21 |
| 22-Sep-78 | Rasputin | 9 | 7 |
| 22-Dec-78 | Mary's Boy Child | 1 | 10 |
| 25-May-79 | Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday | 12 | 10 |
| 19-Oct-79 | El Lute/Gotta Go Home | 2 | 16 |
| 18-Jul-80 | I See A Boat On The River | 4 | 12 |
| 15-Jan-82 | We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) | 1 | 22 |
| Number of Hits | 9 |
| Total Weeks | 130 |
| BONZO DOG BAND (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 17-Jan-69 | I'm The Urban Spaceman | 13 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| BOOKER T & THE MG'S (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-Jun-69 | Time Is Tight (from the film 'Up Tight') | 1 | 16 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 16 |
| BOOM BOOM ROOM (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Apr-86 | Here Comes The Man (local band The Parlotones have covered this song) | 8 | 22 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 22 |
| BOOMTOWN RATS (Ireland) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Oct-79 | I Don't Like Mondays | 1 | 13 |
| 24-Apr-81 | Banana Republic | 12 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 18 |
| Daniel BOONE (UK) born 31 July 1942 Real name Peter Lee Stirling | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Nov-71 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast | 7 | 12 |
| 31-Mar-72 | Beautiful Sunday | 1 | 23 |
| 8-Sep-72 | Sunshine Lover | 4 | 14 |
| 5-Jan-73 | Annabelle | 16 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 52 |
| Debby BOONE (US) born 22 September 1956 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-Jan-78 | You Light Up My Life (theme from a film of the same title) | 3 | 18 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 18 |
| Pat BOONE (US) born 1 June 1934 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 27-Aug-65 | Pearly Shells | 3 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| BOONES (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-May-75 | Viva Espana (Forever A Song In My Heart) | 7 | 11 |
| 28-Feb-75 | Please Mr. Postman (as The Pat Boone Family) | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| Jean-Claude BORELLY (France) born 2 July 1943 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Mar-76 | Dolannes Melodie | 2 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| BOSTON (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 14-Dec-86 | Amanda | 29 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| David BOWIE (UK) Real name David Jones, born 8 January 1947 died 10 January 2016 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 30-Nov-73 | Sorrow (cover of The Merseys' hit from 1966) | 1 | 17 |
| 13-Mar-81 | Fashion | 8 | 6 |
| 4-Dec-81 | Under Pressure (with QUEEN) | 4 | 16 |
| 29-Apr-83 | Let's Dance | 2 | 18 |
| 19-Aug-83 | China Girl (cover of an Iggy Pop song) | 17 | 11 |
| 30-Nov-84 | Blue Jean | 13 | 16 |
| 5-Oct-85 | Dancing In The Street (with Mick JAGGER. Recorded for Live Aid) | 10 | 10 |
| 8-Jun-86 | Absolute Beginners (from the film of the same name) | 6 | 17 |
| 24-May-87 | Day-In, Day-Out | 30 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 9 |
| Total Weeks | 112 |
| BOX TOPS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 3-Nov-67 | The Letter | 4 | 18 |
| 17-May-68 | Cry Like A Baby | 17 | 6 |
| 26-Sep-69 | Soul Deep | 2 | 10 |
| 23-Jan-70 | Turn On A Dream | 20 | 1 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 35 |
| BOY GEORGE (UK) Real name George O'Dowd born 14 June 1961 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Apr-87 | Everything I Own (Cover of the song by Bread which was also a hit for Ken Boothe) | 1 | 26 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 26 |
| Tommy BOYCE (US) born 29 September 1939 died 23 November 1994 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Apr-68 | I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight (with Bobby HART) | 18 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| BOYS DON'T CRY (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-Oct-86 | I Wanna Be A Cowboy | 11 | 16 |
| 25-Feb-88 | Who The Am Damn Do You Think I Am | 26 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 24 |
| Laura BRANIGAN (US) born 3 July 1952 died 26 August 2004 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 19-Nov-82 | Gloria | 9 | 11 |
| 29-Jun-84 | Self Control | 1 | 28 |
| 22-Mar-85 | Ti Amo | 22 | 9 |
| 26-Oct-85 | Spanish Eddie | 6 | 23 |
| 13-Aug-87 | Shattered Glass | 29 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 5 |
| Total Weeks | 73 |
| Patty BRARD (Netherlands) born 25 March 1955 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 12-Jun-81 | Hold On To Love | 12 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| THE BRAT (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 10-Dec-82 | Chalk Dust/The Umpire Strikes Back | 14 | 6 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 6 |
| Freddy BRECK (Germany) born 21 January 1942 died 17 December 2008 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 9-Feb-73 | We Believe In Tomorrow (based on Verdi's 'Va Pensiero' from the opera 'Nabucco') | 1 | 25 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 25 |
| BRIAN AND MICHAEL (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 26-May-78 | Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs (Lowry's Song) (a tribute to artist L.S. Lowry) | 18 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 4 |
| Alicia BRIDGES (US) born 15 July 1953 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 14-Sep-79 | I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) | 7 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 10 |
| Sarah BRIGHTMAN (UK) born 14 August 1960. Married to Andrew Lloyd-Webber for 6 years. | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Mar-79 | I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper (with Hot Gossip) | 15 | 4 |
| 1-Mar-87 | All I Ask Of You (with Cliff RICHARD. Song from the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical 'The Phantom Of The Opera') | 1 | 30 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 34 |
| BRONSKI BEAT (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Nov-84 | Small Town Boy | 27 | 2 |
| 30-Nov-84 | Why? | 7 | 16 |
| 16-Feb-86 | Hit That Perfect Beat | 5 | 19 |
| 17-Aug-86 | C'mon C'mon | 24 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 4 |
| Total Weeks | 41 |
| Elkie BROOKS (UK) born 25 February 1945 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 28-May-82 | Fool If You Think It's Over | 18 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 4 |
| BROS (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 22-Sep-88 | I Owe You Nothing | 10 | 20 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 20 |
| BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 21-May-76 | Save Your Kisses For Me (winner of the 1976 Eurovision Song Competition) | 4 | 12 |
| 16-Sep-77 | Angelo | 1 | 17 |
| 24-Mar-78 | Figaro | 12 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 36 |
| Bernie BROWN (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 8-Jan-71 | Sing Out Glory | 11 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 8 |
| Sammy BROWN (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-May-75 | Storybook Children | 16 | 4 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 4 |
| Jackson BROWNE (US) born 9 October 1948 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 18-Nov-83 | Lawyers In Love | 11 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| Clive BRUCE (SA) Real name Clive Bergman | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 2-Jul-71 | Sally Sunshine | 11 | 8 |
| 13-Feb-81 | If You've Got Nothing On Tonight | 16 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 13 |
| Peabo BRYSON (US) born 13 April 1951 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Nov-83 | Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (with Roberta FLACK) | 4 | 27 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 27 |
| BUBBLEY (Netherlands) Known as Champagne in The Netherlands. | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 16-Sep-77 | Oh Me, Oh My, Goodbye | 5 | 11 |
| 24-Feb-78 | Valentino | 11 | 10 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 21 |
| Lindsey BUCKINGHAM (US) born 3 October 1949 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 5-Mar-82 | Trouble | 1 | 14 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 14 |
| BUCKINGHAMS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 23-Jun-67 | Kind Of A Drag | 19 | 2 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 2 |
| BUCKS FIZZ (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 15-May-81 | Making Your Mind Up (Winner of the 1981 Eurovision Song Competition) | 7 | 7 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 7 |
| BUFFALO (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Jul-79 | Magic Carpet Ride (featuring Peter Vee) | 5 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| BUGGLES (UK) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 25-Jan-80 | Video Killed The Radio Star (the first video played on MTV) | 6 | 11 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 11 |
| Roy BULKIN (SA) born 16 Jan 1952, died 19 Jan 1996 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 13-Feb-76 | Twinkle Toes | 8 | 7 |
| 10-Sep-76 | The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | 6 | 10 |
| 27-May-77 | Make Her An Angel | 6 | 8 |
| 4-Nov-77 | Soldier Of Fortune | 16 | 5 |
| 4-Jan-80 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | 18 | 3 |
| 17-Jul-81 | How I Feel Inside | 15 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 6 |
| Total Weeks | 41 |
| Eric BURDON (UK) born 11 May 1941 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 25-Apr-69 | Ring Of Fire (with The ANIMALS) | 6 | 5 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 5 |
| Rocky BURNETTE (US) born 12 June 1953 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 8-Feb-80 | Tired Of Toein' The Line | 3 | 14 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 14 |
| Kate BUSH (UK) born 30 July 1958 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 14-Jul-78 | Wuthering Heights | 3 | 11 |
| 3-Oct-80 | Babooshka | 12 | 8 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 19 |
| Jonathan BUTLER (SA) born 10 October 1961 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 1-Aug-75 | Please Stay | 2 | 13 |
| 21-Nov-75 | I Love How You Love Me | 4 | 11 |
| 14-May-76 | I'll Be Home | 16 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 3 |
| Total Weeks | 27 |
| BUTTERCUP (SA) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 4-Jul-75 | Baby Love Affair | 7 | 9 |
| 2-Jan-76 | Sha La La La | 15 | 3 |
| Number of Hits | 2 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
| Max BYGRAVES (UK) born 16 October 1922 died 31 August 2012 | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 20-Jan-67 | Remember When | 2 | 13 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 13 |
| BYRDS (US) | PEAK | WEEKS |
| 30-Jul-65 | Mr Tambourine Man (cover of the Bob Dylan song) | 1 | 12 |
| Number of Hits | 1 |
| Total Weeks | 12 |
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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