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)

LABIONDA (Italy)
10 Nov 78 2 13 ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME (54) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

Patti LABELLE (US)
04 Jul 86 2 14 ON MY OWN (Duet with Michael McDonald) (2) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 14

Francis LAI ORCHESTRA (FRANCE)
23 Apr 71 9 10 THEME FROM LOVE STORY (-) (31)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

LAID BACK (NORWAY)
24 Feb 84 2 16 SUNSHINE REGGAE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 16

Frankie LAINE (US)
21 Mar 69 12 6 YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN (-) (24)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

Audrey LANDERS (US)
24 Aug 84 1 24 MANUEL GOODBYE (-) (-)
20 Dec 85 10 7 SUMMERNIGHT IN ROME (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 31

Ken J. LARKIN (SA) born in Port Elizabeth
18 Jul 69 5 14 TURNAROUND (-) (-)
12 Dec 69 13 7 DOES ANYBODY MISS ME (-) (-)
08 May 70 16 4 SHE'S GONE (-) (-)
21 Dec 73 14 7 ONE MORE NIGHT (-) (-)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 32

LASTIQUE (SA)
31 Jan 81 14 6 HOLD ON (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 6

Cyndi LAUPER (US)
20 Apr 84 3 20 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN (2) (2)
16 Nov 84 6 15 SHE BOP (46) (3)
10 Jan 87 14 8 TRUE COLOURS (12) (1)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 43

Julian LAXTON BAND (SA)
02 Jul 76 10 8 CELEBRATE (-) (-)
14 Jan 77 7 8 BLUE WATER (-) (-)
17 Mar 78 13 8 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 24

Viktor LAZLO (BELGIUM)
17 Oct 87 13 8 BREATHLESS (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Vicky LEANDROS (GREECE)
02 Jun 72 1 23 COME WHAT MAY (2) (-)
02 Mar 73 2 20 THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES (40) (-)
17 Aug 73 7 12 WHEN BOUZOUKIS PLAYED (44) (-)
05 Apr 74 12 7 DREAMS ARE GOOD FRIENDS (-) (-)
Total songs: 4 Total weeks: 62

Amanda LEAR (GERMANY)
23 Jun 78 3 13 FOLLOW ME (-) (-)
25 Aug 78 11 10 ENIGMA (GIVE A BIT OF MMH TO ME) (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 23

LED ZEPPELIN (UK)
13 Feb 70 6 7 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (-) (4)
26 Feb 71 7 8 IMMIGRANT SONG (-) (16)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 15

Dickey LEE (US)
20 Jul 73 4 18 ASHES OF LOVE (-) (-)
13 Feb 76 18 4 ROCKY (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 22

Leapy LEE (UK) born Lee Graham in Sussex, England in 1942
10 Jan 69 10 2 LITTLE ARROWS (2) (16)
27 Jun 69 1 9 LITTLE YELLOW AEROPLANE (-) (-)
27 Mar 70 16 4 GOOD MORNING (29) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 15

Paul LEKAKIS (US)
14 Mar 87 1 16 BOOM BOOM (60) (43)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 16

John LENNON (UK)
17 Dec 71 1 12 IMAGINE (1) (3)
11 Feb 72 5 13 MOTHER (-) (43)
20 Dec 74 15 8 WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT (36) (1)
18 Jul 75 1 13 STAND BY ME (30) (20)
27 Dec 80 4 13 ( JUST LIKE ) STARTING OVER (1) (1)
28 Mar 81 4 13 WOMAN (1) (2)
Total songs: 6 Total weeks: 72

Julian LENNON (UK)
01 Mar 85 18 3 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES (6) (5)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 3

LEVEL 42 (UK)
15 Aug 86 1 20 LESSONS IN LOVE (3) (12)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 20

Jona LEWIE (UK)
13 Sep 80 15 9 YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES (16) (-)
07 Feb 81 4 10 STOP THE CAVALRY (3) (-)
11 Jul 81 5 10 LOUISE (WE GET IT RIGHT) (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 29

Huey LEWIS & THE NEWS (US)
22 Nov 85 4 16 POWER OF LOVE (9) (1)
17 Oct 86 5 17 STUCK WITH YOU (12) (1)
05 Nov 88 14 11 PERFECT WORLD (48) (3)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 44

LIEUTENANT PIGEON (UK)
03 Nov 72 2 15 MOULDY OLD DOUGH (1) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 15

Gordon LIGHTFOOT (CANADA)
13 Aug 71 7 7 ME AND BOBBY McGEE (-) (-)
12 Jul 74 1 12 SUNDOWN (33) (1)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 19

LIMAHL (UK)
25 Jan 85 2 13 NEVER ENDING STORY (4) (17)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

LINCOLN (SA)
21 May 71 2 13 LONELY DAYS AND LONELY NIGHTS (-) (-)
15 Oct 71 15 3 I BELIEVE (-) (-)
01 Dec 72 18 1 EVERLASTING FAITH (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 17

Des & Dawn LINDBERG (SA) Des met Dawn Silver at WITS, they married in 1965. Won SARIEs in 1971 and 1973 for Best Vocal Group. Des also had solo hits in the 60s
21 May 71 4 12 THE SEAGULLS NAME WAS NELSON (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

Mark LINDSAY (US) from Paul REVERE and the RAIDERS
13 Mar 70 3 10 ARIZONA (-) (10)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 10

LIPPS INC. (US)
06 Sep 80 5 8 FUNKY TOWN (2) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

LIVING IN A BOX (UK)
15 Aug 87 14 9 LIVING IN A BOX (5) (17)
02 Jan 88 17 3 SCALES OF JUSTICE (30) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 12

James LLOYD (Holland/Netherlands Antilles)
14 Aug 70 6 13 KEEP ON SMILING (-) (-)
28 Apr 72 15 3 IF YOU GO (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 16

Dickie LOADER (SA)
23 May 69 9 10 YOUNG LOVE CAN HURT (-) (-)
02 Oct 70 7 6 POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (-) (-)
26 May 72 20 1 WITH THIS RING (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 17

LOBO (US) real name: Kent Lavoie
18 Jun 71 6 9 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO (4) (5)
15 Dec 72 1 21 I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME (5) (2)
23 Mar 73 6 12 DON'T EXPECT ME TO BE YOUR FRIEND (-) (8)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 42

John LODGE (UK)
24 Oct 75 14 4 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT (Duet with Justin HAYWOOD aka The BLUE JAYS) (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 4

Nils LOFGREN (US)
16 Nov 79 15 8 SHINE SILENTLY (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

Johnny LOGAN (IRELAND)
02 Aug 80 12 7 WHAT'S ANOTHER YEAR (1) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

Kenny LOGGINS (US)
10 Jan 81 5 12 I'M ALRIGHT (-) (7)
27 Apr 84 1 17 FOOTLOOSE (6) (1)
26 Sep 86 3 15 DANGER ZONE (45) (2)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 44

David LONDON (US)
11 Oct 80 8 9 SAMANTHA from CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC film (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

Baron LONGFELLOW (US)
12 Sep 81 6 9 AMOUR (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 9

Steve LONSDALE (SA)
04 Sep 70 17 5 BOTH SIDES NOW (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

The LOOK (UK)
28 Mar 81 1 12 I AM THE BEAT (6) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 12

LOOKING GLASS (US)
29 Sep 72 14 7 BRANDY (YOURE A FINE GIRL) (-) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 7

Richard LORING (SA) born in Guernsey (Channel Islands); came to SA in 1970
30 May 75 19 2 ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN from JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT by Tim RICE and Andrew LLOYD WEBBER (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 2

LOS LOBOS (US)
19 Sep 87 1 24 LA BAMBA (1) (1)
30 Jan 88 15 7 C'MON LET'S GO (18) (21)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 31

Peter LOTIS (SA) born in Johannesburg
22 Jun 73 7 15 SUNDAY GIRL (-) (-)
16 Jun 78 2 13 HEIDI theme from a TV series (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 28

LOVE AFFAIR (UK)
10 Jan 69 16 2 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE (6) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 2

LOVE GENERATION (Germany)
11 Nov 77 13 5 SAN FRANCISCO '69 (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA (US)
15 Feb 74 1 17 LOVE'S THEME (-) (1)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 17

The LOVEMASTERS (SA)
04 Apr 87 9 13 CARAVAN OF LOVE (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 13

LOVERBOY (US)
20 Jun 81 4 8 TURN ME LOOSE (-) (35)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

LULU (UK)
10 Jan 69 2 8 I'M A TIGER (9) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 8

LUV (Holland) featured Patty BRARD
22 Dec 78 15 8 YOU'RE THE GREATEST LOVER (-) (-)
27 Apr 79 17 7 TROJAN HORSE (-) (-)
Total songs: 2 Total weeks: 15

Loretta LYNN (US)
02 May 75 1 16 AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE (Duet with Conway Twitty) (-) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 16

Tammi LYNN (US)
27 Aug 71 11 5 I'M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU (4) (-)
Total songs: 1 Total weeks: 5

Glenys LYNNE (SA) born Glenys Lynne Mynott in Boksburg in 1945. "Jill" in FOUR JACKS AND A JILL.
24 May 74 7 13 HAAI CASANOVA a cover of HEY JOE McKENZIE by Vicky LEANDROS (-) (-)
20 Sep 74 19 3 MY HART HET 'N KLEINE VENSTER (-) (-)
09 Jul 76 1 16 RAMAJA (-) (-)
Total songs: 3 Total weeks: 32

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