South African Charts 1969-1989: Artists (D)

Terence Trent D'ARBY (US) born 15 March 1962 in New York City
17 Oct 87 6 14 WISHING WELL (4) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

DAMIAN (UK)
04 Jun 88 9 14 TIME WARP II dance cover of the Richard O'BRIEN hit from the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (7) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

DANA (UK)
22 May 70 7 9 ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING (1) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

DANNY WILSON (UK) Scottish trio, named after a Frank SINATRA film
05 Dec 87 10 12 MARY'S PRAYER (3) (23)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

F.R. DAVID (FRANCE)
06 Nov 82 1 25 WORDS (2) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 25

Mac DAVIS (US)
25 Jul 81 5 13 TEQUILA SHEILA (-) (-)
22 Aug 81 8 9 IT'S HARD TO BE HUMBLE (27) (43)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 22

Martha DAVIS (US)
13 Aug 88 10 8 DON'T TELL ME THE TIME (-) (80)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Sammy DAVIS JNR (US)
07 Mar 69 9 8 I'VE GOT TO BE ME (-) (11)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

DAWN (US) Tony ORLANDO, Telma HOPKINS and Joyce VINCENT
09 Oct 70 3 10 CANDIDA (9) (3)
22 Jan 71 1 17 KNOCK THREE TIMES (1) (1)
29 Oct 71 6 9 WHAT YOU DOING SUNDAY (As DAWN and Tony ORLANDO) (3) (39)
01 Jun 73 1 20 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE (As DAWN and Tony ORLANDO) (1) (1)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 56

Taylor DAYNE (US) born Leslie WONDERMAN
23 Jul 88 11 15 TELL IT TO MY HEART (3) (7)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

Reg DE BEER (SA)
30 Sep 77 3 11 WE SALUTE YOU (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 11

Chris DE BURGH (IRELAND)
25 Feb 77 8 10 JUST ANOTHER POOR BOY (-) (-)
28 Sep 84 17 5 HIGH ON EMOTION (44) (44)
17 Oct 86 1 22 THE LADY IN RED (1) (3)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 37

Pierre DE CHARMOY (SA)
29 Jul 83 6 13 LIVE ON (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Waldo DE LOS RIOS (ARGENTINA)
21 May 71 2 14 MOZART SYMPHONY NO. 40 (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

Jackie DE SHANNON (US)
12 Sep 69 1 12 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART (-) (4)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

Stephanie DE SYKES (UK)
01 Nov 74 15 5 BORN WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE (2) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

DEAD OR ALIVE (UK)
19 Jul 85 3 16 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (11) (75)
14 Feb 87 20 3 BRAND NEW LOVER (31) (15)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 19

The DEALIANS (SA) SARIEs for Best Beat Music 1972 & 1974
11 Dec 70 1 15 LOOK OUT, HERE COMES TOMORROW written by Neil DIAMOND, originally recorded by the MONKEES (-) (-)
28 May 71 3 11 WHEN LOVE COMES KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR (-) (-)
07 Jan 72 13 6 ALL OF THE TIME GIRL (-) (-)
23 Feb 73 17 3 TWO OF US cover of the BEATLES song from the LET IT BE album (-) (-)
29 Jun 73 4 15 TIME (-) (-)
Total songs: 5 Total weeks: 50

Hazell DEAN (UK)
20 Jul 84 14 8 SEARCHIN' (6) (-)
31 Jan 86 1 18 THEY SAY IT'S GONNA RAIN (58) (-)
31 Dec 88 16 3 WHO'S LEAVING WHO (4) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 29

DeBARGE (US)
31 May 85 5 15 RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT (4) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

DEBBIE (SA) full name: Debbie MANN; daughter of RPM label owner Matt MANN
21 May 76 12 8 TEARS ON THE TELEPHONE (Duet with Gerry GRAYSON) (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Al DEBBO (SA)
01 May 70 11 7 TANTES VAN NANTES (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

Kiki DEE (UK)
13 Aug 76 1 17 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (Duet with Elton JOHN) (1) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

Tommy DEE (US)
04 Apr 81 3 11 HERE IS MY LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 11

DEEP PURPLE (UK)
30 Oct 70 6 12 BLACK NIGHT (2) (66)
21 Sep 73 7 12 SMOKE ON THE WATER (21) (4) this was the live version from the classic MADE IN JAPAN album
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 24

Desmond DEKKER (JAMAICA)
13 Jun 69 12 8 THE ISRAELITES (1) (9)
29 Aug 69 17 4 IT MEK (7) (-)
04 Dec 70 4 9 YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
(2) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 21

DELANEY & BONNIE (US) Delaney BRAMLETT and wife Bonnie Lynn BRAMLETT
10 Sep 71 10 8 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE (-) (13)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

DELIVERANCE (US) Eric WEISSBERG - banjo & Steve MANDELL - guitar
11 May 73 18 2 DUELLING BANJOS from the movie DELIVERANCE (17) (2)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 2

Tommy DELL (SA) real name: Thomas Albert BERRY, born in East London in 1942.
26 Mar 76 6 14 SOMETIMES (Duet with Caroline du PREEZ) (-) (-)
27 Aug 76 6 13 GOLDEN RING (Duet with Caroline du PREEZ) (-) (-)
03 Sep 76 11 14 DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME (-) (-)
13 Oct 78 2 13 TEDDY BEAR cover of a Red SOVINE song
(-) (-)
30 Mar 79 4 12 LITTLE ROSA cover of a Red SOVINE song (-) (-)
Total songs: 5 Total weeks: 66

The DELLS (US)
19 Sep 69 9 6 SING A RAINBOW - LOVE IS BLUE (MEDLEY) (15) (22)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

DENNIS (SA) real name: William BOARDMAN (Billy FORREST)
20 Aug 71 18 3 JOEY THE LIPSTICK COLLECTOR (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 3

John DENVER (US)
27 Sep 74 11 7 ANNIE'S SONG (1) (1)
24 Jan 75 10 12 BACK HOME AGAIN (-) (5)
14 Nov 75 8 8 I'M SORRY (-) (1)
01 May 82 11 9 PERHAPS LOVE (Duet with Placido DOMINGO) (46) (59)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 36

DEPECHE MODE (UK)
10 Jun 83 14 6 GET THE BALANCE RIGHT (13) (-)
18 Nov 83 20 2 EVERYTHING COUNTS (6) (-)
01 Aug 87 2 18 STRANGELOVE (16) (50)
31 Oct 87 15 5 NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN (22) (63)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 31

DEREK (CANADA) also recorded as Johnny CYMBAL
31 Jan 69 18 3 CINNAMON (-) (11)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 3

DES & DAWN see Des & Dawn LINDBERG

Sheila B. DEVOTION (FRANCE)
17 Feb 78 11 7 SINGING IN THE RAIN (11) (-)
10 May 80 19 3 SPACER (18) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 10

DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS (UK)
23 Oct 82 1 15 COME ON EILEEN (1) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

Jim DIAMOND (UK) ex-PhD
08 Mar 85 4 13 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER (1) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Neil DIAMOND (US) born 24 January 1941 in Brooklyn, New York
10 Oct 69 7 7 SWEET CAROLINE (8) (4)
13 Feb 70 2 11 HOLLY HOLY (-) (6)
23 Oct 70 1 17 CRACKLIN' ROSIE (3) (1)
19 Feb 71 6 10 DO IT recorded in 1966 (-) (36)
04 Jun 71 10 5 SHILO (-) (24)
18 Jun 71 9 7 I AM ... I SAID (4) (4)
01 Oct 71 15 5 I'M A BELIEVER originally a huge hit for the MONKEES in 1967 (reached US & UK #1 spots), re-recorded in 2001 by SMASHMOUTH for the SHREK soundtrack (-) (1)
23 Jun 72 5 14 SONG SUNG BLUE (14) (1)
06 Dec 74 1 16 LONGFELLOW SERENADE (-) (5)
05 Nov 76 7 6 BEAUTIFUL NOISE (13) (-)
03 Mar 78 4 14 DESIREE (39) (16)
09 Mar 79 13 4 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS (Duet with Barbra STREISAND) (5) (1)
11 May 79 7 11 FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS (16) (20)
13 Dec 80 1 14 LOVE ON THE ROCKS (17) (2)
Total songs: 14 Total weeks: 141

Barbara DICKSON (UK)
21 Dec 79 8 11 CARAVAN SONG from CARAVANS (41) (-)
14 Jun 80 9 9 JANUARY, FEBRUARY (11) (-)
17 May 85 2 21 I KNOW HIM SO WELL (Duet with Elaine PAIGE), from CHESS (1) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 41

DIONNE & FRIENDS (US/UK) Dionne WARWICK with Stevie WONDER, Elton JOHN & Gladys KNIGHT. Released to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
27 Dec 85 2 15 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Grammy for Song of the Year 1986, originally recorded by Rod STEWART for the movie NIGHT SHIFT in 1982 (16) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

DIRE STRAITS (UK) featuring Mark KNOPFLER
06 Apr 79 3 12 SULTANS OF SWING (8) (4)
02 Aug 85 5 13 SO FAR AWAY (20) (19)
04 Apr 86 2 19 WALK OF LIFE (2) (7)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 44

The DIRT BAND (US) originally known as The NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND
19 Apr 80 6 13 AN AMERICAN DREAM (-) (13)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Joe DOLAN (IRELAND)
29 Aug 69 2 10 MAKE ME AN ISLAND (3) (-)
12 Mar 71 12 6 YOU AND THE LOOKING GLASS (-) (-)
19 Dec 75 1 14 LADY IN BLUE (-) (-)
10 Jun 77 1 17 HUSH, HUSH MARIA (-) (-)
21 Oct 77 1 17 I NEED YOU (43) (-)
30 Jun 78 9 8 LITTLE BOY, BIG MAN (-) (-)
13 Jul 79 1 17 MY LOVE (-) (-)
13 Jun 81 1 16 MORE AND MORE (-) (-)
28 Nov 81 1 18 IT'S YOU, IT'S YOU, IT'S YOU (-) (-)
Total songs: 9 Total weeks: 123

Joe DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE (US)
21 Feb 81 1 17 SHADDUP YOU FACE (1) (53)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

Placido DOMINGO (SPAIN)
01 May 82 11 9 PERHAPS LOVE (Duet with John DENVER) (46) (59)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

DONOVAN (UK) full name: Donovan LEITCH
28 Feb 69 2 10 ATLANTIS (23) (7)
20 Jun 75 14 8 ROCK 'N ROLL SOULJER (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 18

Jason DONOVAN (AUSTRALIA)
04 Feb 89 20 2 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 2

The DOOBIE BROTHERS (US) not real brothers; a "doobie" is a dagga zol or marijuana joint
31 Aug 73 11 8 LONG TRAIN RUNNING (7) (8)
18 May 79 7 14 WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES (31) (1)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 22

The DOOLEYS (UK)
22 Jun 79 5 14 HONEY I'M LOST (24) (-)
09 Nov 79 6 12 WANTED (3) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 26

The DOORS (US)
28 Feb 69 7 7 TOUCH ME (-) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

DOUBLE (SWITZERLAND) pronounced "Doo-blay"
02 May 86 14 8 CAPTAIN OF HER HEART (8) (16)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

DOUBLE VISION (New Zealand)
25 May 73 5 21 MAORI LOVE SONG recorded in South Africa whilst on tour with FOUR JACKS AND A JILL (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 21

Carl DOUGLAS (US)
11 Oct 74 1 19 KUNG FU FIGHTING (1) (1)
21 Feb 75 16 3 DANCE THE KUNG FU (35) (48)
03 Mar 78 5 14 RUN BACK (25) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 36

Lesley Rae DOWLING (SA)
30 Jan 82 11 15 GRIPS OF EMOTION (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

DR. HOOK (US)
14 Jul 72 1 24 SYLVIA'S MOTHER (2) (5)
16 Aug 80 20 1 SEXY EYES (4) (5)
05 Jun 82 1 24 BABY MAKES HER BLUE JEANS TALK (-) (25)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 49

DR. MARIGOLD'S (UK) originally DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTION
15 Mar 74 1 16 HELLO GIRL (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 16

The DRIFTERS (US)
18 Oct 74 3 13 KISSING IN THE BACK ROW OF THE MOVIES (2) (-)
21 Feb 75 19 3 DOWN ON THE BEACH TONIGHT (7) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 16

DRUMMOND (AUSTRALIA) pseudonym for Adelaide band ALLISON GROS
06 Oct 72 20 1 DADDY COOL originally by THE RAYS in 1957 (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 1

DSCHINGIS KHAN (GERMANY) featuring Louis POTGIETER on vocals
28 Feb 81 14 5 ROME (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

Caroline DU PREEZ (SA)
25 Jul 75 17 5 NET SOOS EK DIE TELEFOON NEERSIT a cover of AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE by Conway TWITTY and Loretta LYNN (-) (-)
26 Mar 76 6 14 SOMETIMES (Duet with Tommy DELL) (-) (-)
27 Aug 76 6 13 GOLDEN RING (Duet with Tommy DELL) (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 32

Vicki Du PREEZ (SA)
14 Oct 77 12 7 TOTSIENS AUFWIEDERSEHEN (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

David DUNDAS (UK) born 1945 in Oxford, England
22 Oct 76 3 18 JEANS ON based on a Brutus Jeans TV ad in the UK (3) (17)
19 Aug 77 11 7 ANOTHER FUNNY HONEYMOON (29) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 25

DURAN DURAN (UK)
04 Sep 82 4 14 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF (5) (3)
11 Jan 85 1 14 WILD BOYS (2) (2)
28 Jun 85 4 12 A VIEW TO A KILL from the James Bond film (2) (1)
12 Dec 86 14 9 NOTORIOUS (7) (2)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 49

All information supplied by John Samson, October 2000 with major input from Chris Kimberley and Kevin Farquharson.