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Biggest Gap
between hits on the
South African Charts
1969 - 1989



Format: ARTIST (No. of days Gap)
Previous Hits - Date of Exit from the Chart
Next Hit - Date of Entry into the Chart


BORIS GARDINER (5999)
- ELIZABETHAN REGGAE 05-Jun-70
- I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU 07-Nov-86

ROBIN GIBB (5439)
- SAVED BY THE BELL 07-Nov-69
- BOYS DO FALL IN LOVE 28-Sep-84

JIMMY CLIFF (5138)
- WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 30-Jan-70
- REGGAE NIGHT 24-Feb-84

GEORGE HARRISON (4747)
- DING DONG 14-Mar-75
- GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU 12-Mar-88

CARLY SIMON (4726)
- MOCKINGBIRD 28-Jun-74
- COMING AROUND AGAIN 06-Jun-87

TOM JONES (4726)
- PAPA 05-Mar-76
- KISS 11-Feb-89

PAUL SIMON (4711)
- TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS 30-Nov-73
- YOU CAN CALL ME AL 24-Oct-86

STEVIE WONDER (4453)
- YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY 06-Mar-70
- EBONY AND IVORY 15-May-82

SLADE (4228)
- TAKE ME BAK 'OM 27-Oct-72
- MY OH MY 25-May-84

TINA TURNER (3822)
- NUT-BUSH CITY LIMITS 29-Mar-74
- WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT 14-Sep-84

ROBERTA FLACK (3801)
- KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG 15-Jun-73
- TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE 11-Nov-83

CLIVE BRUCE (3466)
- SALLY SUNSHINE 20-Aug-71
- IF YOU GOT NOTHING ON TONIGHT 14-Feb-81

GERRY RAFFERTY (3459)
- RIGHT DOWN THE LINE 19-Jan-79
- SHIPYARD TOWN 09-Jul-88

MANFRED MANN (3353)
- FOX ON THE RUN 25-Apr-69
- MIGHTY QUINN 30-Jun-78

HOT CHOCOLATE (3325)
- EMMA 09-Aug-74
- WHAT KINDA BOY YOU LOOKIN' FOR (GIRL) 16-Sep-83

LINDA RONSTADT (3179)
- BACK IN THE U.S.A. 19-Jan-79
- SOMEWHERE OUT THERE 03-Oct-87

ALAN PRICE (3094)
- ROSETTA 09-Jul-71
- THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY 28-Dec-79

BEE GEES (3067)
- TRAGEDY 01-Jun-79
- YOU WIN AGAIN 24-Oct-87

CROCODILE HARRIS (3067)
- MISS EVA GOODNIGHT 10-May-74
- GIVE ME THE GOOD NEWS 02-Oct-82



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

South African artists are highlighted.

© SA Rock Files 2000


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