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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