A non-definitive list of 50 great South African songs, that are not cover versions of overseas hits.
Arranged in chronological order of release date.
1. Vuka Vuka | The Manhattan Brothers |
2. Meadowlands | Archie Coker & The Meteors |
3. Ag Pleez Deddy (aka The Ballad Of The Southern Suburbs) (live 1962) | Jeremy Taylor |
4. Pata Pata | Miriam Makeba |
5. Silence Is Golden | The Square Set |
6. Master Jack | 4 Jacks & A Jill |
7. I Need Someone | Alan Garrity |
8. Orang Otang | Hawk |
9. Charlie | Rabbitt |
10. Playgrounds In Paradise | Finch & Henson |
11. Johannesburg | The Julian Laxton Band |
12. Buccaneer | McCully Workshop |
13. Villagers Theme (from TV series) | Mick Jade |
14. You’re Living Inside My Head | John Ireland |
15. ZX Dan | Radio Rats |
16. Boy Van Die Suburbs | Anton Goosen |
17. Better The Devil You Know | Stingray |
18. Man On The Moon | Ballyhoo |
19. Paradise Road | Joy |
20. Roxy Lady | Neill Solomon |
21. Schoolboy | Asylum Kids |
22. You’re So Good To Me | Hotline feat PJ Powers |
23. Bowtie Boogaloo | Morocko |
24. Give Me The Good News | Crocodile Harris |
25. Shadows | éVoid |
26. See Yourself (Clowns) | Ella Mental |
27. Jabulani | PJ Powers & Hotline |
28. Baby You Been Good | Robin Auld |
29. Burn Out | Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse |
30. Johnny Calls The Chemist | Falling Mirror |
31. We Are Growing | Margaret Singana & Julian Laxton |
32. This Boy | Sweatband |
33. Weeping | Bright Blue |
34. Scatterlings Of Africa | Johnny Clegg & Savuka |
35. Be Bop Pop | The Spectres |
36. Hometalk | Mango Groove |
37. Shosholoza | Ladysmith Black Mambazo with The Team |
38. Afrikan Dream | Vicky Sampson |
39. Sarajevo | Jack Hammer |
40. Shallow Waters | Just Jinger |
41. Who Killed Kurt Cobain | Koos Kombuis |
42. Goeienag Generaal | Piet Botha |
43. Die Mystic Boer | Valiant Swart |
44. Un-Ez | Springbok Nude Girls |
45. Nkalakatha | Mandoza |
46. I’ll Remember You | Brian Finch |
47. Gasoline | Saron Gas |
48. Africa’s Not For Sissies | Syd Kitchen |
49. Another Universe | Arno Carstens |
50. Doo Be Doo | Freshly Ground |
“Silence Is Golden” was written by Neville Whitmill and is not a cover of the Tremoloes hit though both were released in 1967.
http://www.rock.co.za/legends/60s/square_set_index.htm
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That was amazing – call back from the past.
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Brian, how can you leave these out! ;->
‘The Homecoming’ by Freedom’s Children
‘Waiting For A Miracle’ by Dog Detachment
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Miriam Makeba’s Pata Pata is a cover of the original by Dorothy Masuka.
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and and and….
Slow Rain – Celtic Rumours
Competition Rules – No Friends of Harry
White Flag – Dog Detachment
sigh….. going to dig out my Flying Circus and In From the Cold LP’s now….
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