Sample entry

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)

PABLO CRUISE (US)
08 Mar 80 13 7 I WANT YOU TONIGHT (-) (19)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

PACIFIC EXPRESS (SA)
13 Oct 78 7 10 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

Judy PAGE (SA)
04 Jul 69 10 5 MONTREAL (with KIMBO [Kim KALLIE, Judy's daughter, who had a hit in 1983 as MARGINO]) (-) (-)
24 Sep 71 16 4 TIME AFTER TIME (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 9

Elaine PAIGE (UK)
03 Oct 81 13 4 MEMORY from CATS (6) (-)
17 May 85 2 21 I KNOW HIM SO WELL (Duet with Barbara DICKSON) from CHESS (1) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 25

Robert PALMER (UK)
25 Apr 81 5 8 JOHNNY & MARY (44) (-)
20 Jun 86 4 12 ADDICTED TO LOVE (5) (1)
13 Aug 88 2 22 SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE (44) (2)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 42

PAPER LACE (UK)
16 Aug 74 3 17 THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED (3) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

Ryan PARIS (FRANCE)
27 Jan 84 3 17 DOLCE VITA (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

Dennis PARKER (US)
02 Aug 80 11 10 NEW YORK BY NIGHT (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

Ray PARKER JR (US)
19 Sep 81 16 4 A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (JUST LIKE YOU DO) (-) (4)
10 Jul 82 6 12 THE OTHER WOMAN (-) (4)
05 Oct 84 1 20 GHOSTBUSTERS from the film of the same title (2) (1)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 36

John PARR (UK)
22 Nov 85 2 19 ST ELMO'S FIRE from the film of the same title (6) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 19

Dolly PARTON (US)
05 Mar 71 20 1 JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN (-) (-)
01 Mar 74 14 7 IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES (Duet with Porter WAGONER) (-) (-)
29 Mar 74 3 12 JOLENE (7) (60)
14 Nov 75 4 12 SAY FOREVER YOU'LL BE MINE (Duet with Porter WAGONER) (-) (-)
23 Mar 79 16 6 IT'S TOO LATE TO LOVE ME NOW (-) (-)
18 Apr 81 9 8 9 TO 5 (47) (1)
19 Sep 81 11 6 IF YOU GO I'LL FOLLOW YOU (Duet with Porter WAGONER) (-) (-)
13 Jan 84 4 29 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM (Duet with Kenny ROGERS) (7) (1)
Total songs: 8 Total weeks: 81

The PARTRIDGE FAMILY (US) featuring David CASSIDY
11 Dec 70 4 13 I THINK I LOVE YOU (18) (1)
13 Oct 72 19 3 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO (3) (28)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 16

Bernie PAUL (Germany)
17 Oct 81 10 7 OH NO, NO (-) (-)
13 Mar 82 18 2 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 9

Freda PAYNE (US)
13 Nov 70 11 7 BAND OF GOLD (1) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

PEACH (SA)
31 Jan 81 7 11 A LOT OF THINGS (-) (-)
27 Jun 81 6 10 NIGHTMARE (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 21

PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY (SA)
05 Mar 71 2 17 UNDERSTANDING (-) (-)
09 Jul 71 4 14 HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU GOT (-) (-)
12 Nov 71 2 17 AMEN (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 48

Teddy PENDERGRASS (US)
04 Oct 85 11 7 IN MY TIME (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

PENDULUM (SA)
18 Jun 76 6 11 TAKE MY HEART based on the theme from Ketélbey's 'In A Persian Market' (-) (-)
22 Jul 77 18 3 SEABIRD (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 14

Steve PERRY (US) lead vocalist for JOURNEY
24 Aug 84 6 12 OH SHERRIE (-) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

PET SHOP BOYS (UK)
21 Feb 86 2 18 WEST END GIRLS (1) (1)
05 Sep 87 1 23 IT'S A SIN (1) (9)
16 Jan 88 3 22 ALWAYS ON MY MIND (1) (4)
23 Jan 88 16 4 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS (With Dusty SPRINGFIELD) (2) (2)
25 Jun 88 6 14 HEART (1) (-)
08 Oct 88 2 19 DOMINO DANCING (7) (18)
Total songs: 6 Total weeks: 100

PETER, PAUL & MARY (US)
09 Jan 70 6 10 LEAVIN' ON A JET PLANE written by John DENVER (2) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

PETER, SUE & MARC (Switzerland)
17 Nov 78 3 14 CINDY (-) (-)
12 Oct 79 13 8 MEMORY MELODY (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 22

Lionel PETERSEN (SA)
09 Nov 73 12 7 COME BACK LIZA (-) (-)
19 Apr 74 5 13 I NEED A LITTLE LOVE (-) (-)
11 Oct 74 15 3 TRY A LITTLE LOVE (-) (-)
18 Apr 75 5 11 PRIVATE NUMBER uncredited guest vocals by Sophia FORSTER (-) (-)
28 Nov 75 9 10 BOUNCY, BOUNCY, BOUNCE (-) (-)
02 Jul 76 9 15 THAT'S THE WAY (-) (-)
10 Dec 76 9 8 I'LL KEEP COMING BACK (-) (-)
Total songs: 7 Total weeks: 67

Tom PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (US)
05 Sep 81 4 12 STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND (Duet with Stevie NICKS) (50) (3)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

PhD (UK) Tony HYMAS and Jim DIAMOND
24 Jul 82 6 13 I WON'T LET YOU DOWN (3) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Stu PHILLIPS (CANADA)
10 Jan 69 9 3 VIN ROSE (-) (-)
25 Apr 69 13 6 SPEAK SOFTLY MY LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 9

PICKETTYWITCH (UK)
15 May 70 17 4 THAT SAME OLD FEELING (5) (67)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 4

PILOT (UK)
21 Mar 75 11 6 MAGIC (11) (5)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

PINK FLOYD (UK)
02 Feb 80 1 11 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (part 2) the single edit has four extra bars at the beginning (rhythm guitar intro that doesn't appear on THE WALL album because of the abrupt transition between THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES and ANOTHER BRICK...) and fades out during the guitar solo before the teacher's shouts. (1) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 11

PIPKINS (UK)
05 Jun 70 15 3 GIMME DAT DING (6) (9)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 3

PLASTIK MAK (SA)
29 Mar 80 14 8 SHAKE YOUR BODY written by Terry DEMPSEY; featuring Paul DITCHFIELD from the BATS, taken from the film FOLLOW THAT RAINBOW [1979] (-) (-)
17 Jan 81 14 7 LOVE CONNECTION (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 15

PLATFORM 6 (SA)
06 Aug 76 3 12 WOOGIE BOOGIE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

PLAYER (US)
12 May 78 9 10 BABY COME BACK (32) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

PLAYER ONE (Australia) later became PLAYBACK
16 Aug 80 7 9 SPACE INVADERS (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

POCKET LIPS (SA)
15 Aug 87 6 9 IT'S AMAZING (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

POINTER SISTERS (US)
07 Sep 79 1 15 FIRE (34) (2)
07 Nov 81 10 5 SLOW HAND (10) (2)
12 Oct 84 13 6 JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) (6) (3)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 26

The POLICE (UK)
05 Apr 80 5 14 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (1) (74)
31 May 80 10 8 WALKING ON THE MOON (1) (-)
22 Nov 80 3 12 DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME (1) (10)
28 Feb 81 4 10 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA (5) (10)
02 Jan 82 12 7 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC (1) (3)
08 Jul 83 1 22 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (1) (1)
Total songs: 6 Total weeks: 73

The POPCORN MAKERS (Unknown, possibly South African or Dutch)
01 Sep 72 6 10 POPCORN (-) (-) cover of the HOT BUTTER hit
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

The POPPY FAMILY (CANADA)
19 Jun 70 2 12 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY? (7) (2)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

Gert POTGIETER (SA) born in Johannesburg in 1929. SARIEs for Best Male Vocalist in 1972 and 1974.
01 Oct 71 13 7 SWEET MARIA (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

Cozy POWELL (UK)
08 Nov 74 11 4 NA NA NA (10) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 4

The POWER STATION (UK)
21 Jun 85 10 10 SOME LIKE IT HOT (14) (6)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

Silver POZOLLI (ITALY)
18 Oct 85 1 20 AROUND MY DREAM (-) (-)
21 Mar 86 12 7 STEP BY STEP (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 27

Elvis PRESLEY (US)
21 Feb 69 7 5 IF I CAN DREAM (11) (12)
17 Oct 69 1 16 SUSPICIOUS MINDS (2) (1)
16 Jan 70 3 10 DON'T CRY DADDY (8) (6)
17 Jul 70 8 5 THE WONDER OF YOU (1) (9)
11 Feb 72 6 9 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING (6) (-)
22 Sep 72 7 17 BURNING LOVE (7) (2)
19 Apr 74 18 5 TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER (-) (39)
25 Jun 76 9 9 HURT (37) (28)
18 Feb 77 9 9 MOODY BLUE (6) (31)
02 Sep 77 13 6 WAY DOWN (1) (18)
Total songs: 10 Total weeks: 91

Billy PRESTON (US)
14 Sep 73 20 1 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES (-) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 1

The PRETENDERS (US)
10 May 80 1 17 BRASS IN POCKET (1) (14)
02 May 87 8 12 HYMN TO HER (8) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 29

Alan PRICE (UK)
11 Jun 71 12 5 ROSETTA (Duet with Georgie FAME as FAME AND PRICE TOGETHER) (11) (-)
28 Dec 79 12 8 THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 13

Maxi PRIEST (UK)
04 Feb 89 16 2 WILD WORLD written by Cat STEVENS (5) (25)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 2

The PRIMITIVES (UK)
17 Sep 88 15 7 CRASH (5) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

PRINCE (US)
14 Sep 84 6 12 WHEN DOVES CRY (4) (1)
30 May 86 10 9 KISS (6) (1)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 21

PROMISES (Canada)
04 May 79 3 14 BABY IT'S YOU (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

PSEUDO ECHO (AUSTRALIA)
03 Oct 87 2 20 FUNKY TOWN (8) (6)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 20

PUSSYCAT (NETHERLANDS)
05 Nov 76 1 20 MISSISSIPPI (1) (-)
10 Dec 76 2 14 GEORGIE (-) (-)
11 Mar 77 1 10 SMILE (24) (-)
03 Jun 77 2 13 MY BROKEN SOUVENIRS (-) (-)
10 Mar 78 10 7 IF YOU EVER COME TO AMSTERDAM (-) (-)
Total songs: 5 Total weeks: 64

All info generously supplied by John Samson, September/October 2000 with major input from Chris Kimberley and Kevin Farquharson.