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Rock Me To Sleep – Michael Eagar
Rock Me To Sleep – Michael Eagar ‘Rock Me To Sleep’ was Michael Eagar’s (later calling himself Mike Eager) first Springbok Top 20 hit, entering the charts on 6 August 1976. It would spend 8 weeks on the charts and peak at 13 during that time. He would see 2 further hits (1977’s ‘What Have I Done’ and 1982’s ‘Just How High’), both of which would see better peaks and weeks figures, but this was…
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Teddy Bear – The Spectres
Teddy Bear – The Spectres The Spectres’ ‘Teddy Bear’ has the distinction of being the last local song to make the South African singles charts (in the days when they produced vinyl singles). It would go on to spend 13 weeks and peak at 23 on what was then a top 30. It would also get to 17 on the 702 charts, number 2 on the Capital 604 ones (denied the top spot by Bobby McFerrin’s ‘Don’t Worry Be…
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Born In A Storm – The Usual
Born In A Storm – The Usual ‘Born In A Storm’ was the title track of The Usual’s only full album. They had released the 6 track EP called ‘Six Songs From The Inside’ in 1996 and a 7 track EP called ‘Like A Vision’ in 1997. ‘Born In A Storm’ was released in 1999 and had 15 tracks.While not as immediate as ‘The Shape That I’m In’ (the opening track on ‘Six Songs From The Inside’ and arguably the…
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I Wish I Was A Purple Door – Falling Mirror
The Storming Of The Loft – Falling Mirror Falling Mirror was first heard on vinyl in 1979 when they released the brilliant ‘Zen Boulders’. The following year, they gave us ‘The Storming Of The Loft’, their second album, and on this album we come across the strangely entitled ‘I Wish I Was A Purple Door’. All this was before they came to mainstream attention in South Africa with ‘Johnny Calls The…
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Seabird – Pendulum
Seabird – Pendulum In 1977 Pendulum followed up the success of 1976’s ‘Take My Heart’ with ‘Seabird’. While the former managed to get to number 6 on the Springbok Top 20, ‘Seabird’ did not fly as high, only getting to number 18 during a 3 week run. And this is probably a fair reflection of the 2 songs as ‘Seabird’ is not as anthemic as ‘Take My Heart. It is a more gentle track which kind of…
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Bohemian Rhapsody – Ndlovu Youth Choir
Bohemian Rhapsody – Ndlovu Youth Choir Every wondered what the classic Queen track ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ would have sounded like if Freddie Mercury had been born in Africa. Hang on, wait, Freddie Mercury was born in Africa. Zanzibar in Tanzania to be precise. Okay, so ever wondered what ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ would have sounded like if Freddie Mercury had been born a Zulu? Well, wonder no more as the…
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Just How High – Mike Eager
Just How High – Mike Eager Before he became Mike Eager, he was Michael Eagar and he would have 2 hits on the Springbok charts, the first being ‘Rock me To Sleep’ which made it to number 13, and then the following year he saw ‘What Have I Done’ reach number 8. He would record 2 further singles, one as Michael Eagar and one as Mike Eager before 1982’s ‘Just How High’ which would take him back into…
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Love In A Time Of Visas – Buckfever Underground
Teaching Afrikaans As A Foreign Language – The Buckfever Underground Here’s another one from those masters of the obscurely brilliant lyricists, Buckfever Underground. Even before you get to listening to the song, you are already intrigued by the title which is probably a play on the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel ‘Love In A Time Of Cholera’.‘Love In A Time Of Visas’ is one of those in…
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Get Me Some Help – Neville Whitmill
Get Me Some Help – Neville Whitmill By the time Neville Whitmill was pleading for some help, he had already seen 2 Springbok Top 20 hits as part of The Square Set. Those were ‘Silence Is Golden’ (not a cover of The Tremeloes’ hit of the same time and the same name) which made it to number 3 and then with ‘Carol Corina’ which peaked at 15. ‘Get Me Some Help’ was his first solo hit to make the top…
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Blue Eyes – Van Der Want & Letcher
Bignity – Van Der Want & Letcher Yes, this is a cover of the Springbok Nude Girls song. And yes, the original is one of those that you think could never be bettered. And yes, you are probably right. But with songs where one feels the original can never be bettered, every now and then a cover comes along a version which you go, wait, this is almost as good as the original. In my humble opinion,…
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King Of The West – Psycho Reptiles
Have Beans Will Travel – Psycho Reptiles The clip clop of a posse of horses coming into town. A Spanish styled guitar. A honky tonk guitar. Sounds like you should be in the wild west of America. But you’re not, you’re in the deep south of Africa. And there are no cowboys around, just some punkabilly punks going by the name of The Psycho Reptiles. And it is cooler than the Lone Ranger, has more…
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Ek En Jy En Die Highway – Valiant Swart
Deur Die Donker Vallei – Valiant Swart Taken from his fantastic 1999 album, ‘Deur Die Donker Vallei’, ‘Ek En Jy En Die Highway’ is as a relaxed road trip song that you would ever find. It sees Valiant in a melancholy mood as he cruises along ‘die highway’. And when you examine the lyrics, you realise why he is feeling that way as they talk of a lost love with the first line being ‘Jy’t opgestaan…
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Red Guitar – Black Diamond
Street Level Bare Essentials – The Hits – Various Artists Black Diamond were the precursor to Semisane, a local band who were big in the early 2000’s. However, Black Diamond were not as successful. Not much is out there by them that I can tell, in fact I am only aware of the 2 tracks of theirs that appeared on the compilation CD ‘Street Level Bare Essentials – The Hits’ which brought together…
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Guinevere – McCully Workshop
 Ages – McCully Workshop After 1970’s ‘McCully Workshop Inc’ and 1971’s ‘Genesis’, we had a bit of a wait before we heard from McCully Workshop again for it was 1975 before the aptly titled ‘Ages’ appeared. Now whether the McCully’s et al were playing on the fact we had to wait ages for the album or not, I don’t know. Still, for those waiting, the album did come and it was the worth wait as,…
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Quick Quick – Marcalex
Quick Quick – Marcalex It’s been almost 40 years since Marcalex bounced onto the local music scene and my wife still will often say ‘Quick Quick Baby’ when trying to chivvy me up. For some this may not make sense, but ‘Quick Quick Baby’ is part of the chorus of Marcalex’s super catchy 1989 tune ‘Quick Quick’. The song would top the Radio 5, Capital 604 and Radio 702 charts and was one of the…
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Leave The Bones – Cofield Mundi
Ceremony – Cofield Mundi Cofield Mundi is the niece of Jill Kirkland who had a big hit in 1969 with ‘Katrina’s Theme’ (taken from the movie ‘Katrina’ in which Kirkland starred in the title role). In 2005 Mundi arrived on the local music scene with her album ‘Ceremony’ which was accompanied by a SAMA nomination for best pop album.‘Leave The Bones’ is the opening track on the album. The track…
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Haai Casanova – Glenys Lynne
Haai Casanova – Glenys Lynne As a member of Four Jacks & A Jill, Glenys Lynne recorded a song called ‘Hey Joe McKenzie’ which was a cover of a Vicki Leandros song. Around the same time, Meyer van Rensberg wrote some Afrikaans lyrics to the song (although they don’t appear to be a direct translation), and Glenys would record a solo version of the track.The song has a cool syncopated rhythm which…
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