SA Charts 1969 - 1989
(As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion)
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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)
Richard O' BRIEN featuring the cast of the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (US)
30 Jul 76 12 5 TIME WARP from the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5
Gilbert O' SULLIVAN (IRELAND)
08 Dec 72 6 15 CLAIR (1) (2)
11 May 73 3 16 GET DOWN (1) (7)
05 Sep 75 2 13 I DON'T LOVE YOU, BUT I THINK I LIKE YOU (14) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 44
Billy OCEAN (UK)
01 Jul 77 5 9 RED LIGHT (SPELLS DANGER) (2)
(-)
30 Nov 84 7 10 AFRICAN QUEEN aka CARIBBEAN QUEEN (6) (1)
08 Mar 85 1 22 LOVERBOY (15) (2)
07 Mar 86 1 18 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH (1) (2)
11 Jul 86 18 2 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) (12) (1)
02 Apr 88 1 23 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS AND INTO MY CAR (3) (1)
Total songs: 6 Total weeks: 84
ODYSSEY (US)
14 Nov 81 1 15 GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS (4) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15
OHIO EXPRESS (US)
23 May 69 6 9 MERCY (-) (30)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9
Mike OLDFIELD (UK)
30 Sep 83 7 15 MOONLIGHT SHADOW featuring Maggie REILEY, a thinly-veiled reference to John LENNON's murder on 8 December 1980 (4) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15
OLIVER (US)
15 Aug 69 6 8 GOOD MORNING STARSHINE (-) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8
Tommy OLIVER (SA) real name: Tommy HOLLAMBY; born in Rustenburg in 1950.
07 Sep 73 3 17 I WANNA LIVE (-) (-)
30 Aug 74 7 9 JUST AN EVER LOVIN' WOMAN (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 26
OMD (UK) full name: Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark
25 Sep 82 19 2 MAID OF ORLEANS (JOAN OF ARC) (4) (-)
21 Feb 87 12 15 FOREVER LIVE & DIE (11) (19)
28 May 88 2 19 DREAMING (50) (16)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 36
OMEGA LIMITED (SA)
10 Apr 70 3 12 TCHAIKOVSKY 1 based on Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12
ONE WAY (US)
31 Jul 82 7 14 WHO'S FOOLIN' WHO (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14
OPUS (AUSTRIA)
13 Sep 85 2 21 LIVE IS LIFE (6) (32)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 21
Tony ORLANDO see Dawn
Jeffrey OSBORNE (US)
19 Sep 87 19 1 LOVE POWER (With Dionne Warwick) (63) (12)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 1
Donny OSMOND (US)
15 Oct 71 14 5 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL (-) (1)
02 Jun 72 11 5 PUPPY LOVE (1) (3)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 10
Little Jimmy OSMOND (US)
27 Apr 73 7 15 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL (1) (38)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15
Marie OSMOND (US)
15 Feb 74 10 7 PAPER ROSES (2) (5)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7
OSMOSIS (SA)
05 Oct 73 19 3 SHE (DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY NAME) (-) (-) cover of VADO VIA by DRUPI from Italy
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 3
On 7 March 1974, 'She (Didn't Even Remember My Name)', a song by a South African group called Osmosis (Warner Bros. WB-7747, original recording through Gallo Records, South Africa) entered the Australian charts and got to #2 in Sydney and #5 in my home town, Adelaide. The song was based on 'Vado Via' by Italian group Drupi & was also called (with different lyrics) 'Words Are Impossible' by British singer Tony Christie. -- Ken Thomson, August 2004
OTTAWAN (Guadeloupe)
13 Sep 80 5 12 D.I.S.C.O. (2) (-)
11 Jul 81 5 11 HANDS UP (3) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 23
OUTLET (SA)
31 Oct 69 10 6 BACKSTREET (-) (-)
29 May 70 2 14 WORKING ON A GOOD THING (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 20
Tommy OVERSTREET (US)
05 Oct 73 1 20 HEAVEN IS MY WOMANS LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 20
OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS (US)
20 Jun 75 10 8 JACKIE BLUE (-) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8
All info generously supplied by John Samson, September/October 2000 with major input from Chris Kimberley and Kevin Farquharson.
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