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Love Minus Zero – Dream Merchants

Love Minus Zero – Dream Merchants The 1960’s saw 5 cover versions of Bob Dylan songs make the Springbok top 20. Of these 3 were by Manfred Mann (‘If You Gotta Go, Go Now’, ‘Just Like A Woman’ and ‘Mighty Quinn’), 1 was by The Byrds (‘Mr Tambourine Man’) and 1 was by Billy Forrest and Billy Andrews who went under the name The Dream merchants. Their cover of Dylan’s ‘Love Minus Zero’ would reach…

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Hello-A – Billy Forrest & Sharon Tandy

Hello-A – Billy Forrest & Sharon Tandy

Hello-A – Billy Forrest & Sharon Tandy ‘Hello-A’ was written by a Dutch chap called Hans van Hemert. It was first released by the duo Mouth & MacNeal and would top the charts in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In South Africa the song was covered by Billy Forrest and Sharon Tandy, two legends of the local music scene. The Mouth And MacNeal version sounds like they could have been backed by…

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He (Can Build A Mountain) – Peter Vee

He (Can Build A Mountain) – Peter Vee

He (Can Build A Mountain) – Peter Vee Peter Vee has been around the South African music scene since the early 60’s. He was a member of The Invaders, The Four Dukes, Sons of She, The In Crowd, The Outlet and The Staccatos before striking out on his own and forging a successful solo career which produced 4 Springbok top 20 hits. The least successful of these 4 hits was ‘He (Can Build A Mountain)’…

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Hazy Hazy (Crazy Crazy) – Billy & Geli

Hazy Hazy (Crazy Crazy) – Billy & Geli

Hazy Hazy (Crazy Crazy) – Billy & Geli Billy Forrest has made a very good living covering some of the more obscure international song and turning them into hits in South Africa. In 1974 he teamed up again with Angelika Illman aka Geli (they had had a hit the year before with ‘Do You Love Me’, a cover of Sharif Dean’s song), and recorded ‘Hazy Hazy (Crazy Crazy)’ a song written by Chris Andrews.…

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Woman Yeah – The Gonks

Woman Yeah – The Gonks

Woman Yeah – The Gonks The Gonks hailed from Durban and were the backing band for Billy Forrest (who was going under the name Quentin E Klopjaeger at the time) on his single ‘Lazy Life’. The mainstay of the band in its early line up was a guy called Howard Schachat who was the guitarist for the band. He had been in a band called Invisible Church before that. The Gonks only made a few singles and…

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Fire - Third Eye

Fire – Third Eye

Fire – Third Eye

The late 60s and early 70s in South Africa saw the emergence of heavy rock acts like Freedom’s Children, Hawk and the Otis Waygood Blues Band. To this list one can also add Durban based band Third Eye (sometime spenlt Thyrd Eye) who crashed onto the scene in 1968 or 1969 (depending on which source you use) with a blistering and wailing thunderball of a cover of The Crazy World of…

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Welcome Home – Harvest

Welcome Home – Harvest

Welcome Home – Harvest

Let’s get this straight from the start, ‘Welcome Home’ by Harvest is not a cover of the Peters & Lee song that got to number 1 in the UK. It is rather a cover of the Dutch duo Big Mouth & Little Eve song which did not make the Dutch charts. Big Mouth was the Mouth half of Mouth & MacNeal, a successful Dutch duo that brought us hits like ‘How Do You Do’ and ‘Hello-A’, both…

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The Wonder Of Your Love – Jody Wayne

The Wonder Of Your Love – Jody Wayne

The Wonder Of Your Love – Jody Wayne

Jody Wayne topped the Sprinbok Top 20 with ‘The Wedding’ in 1970. After that his fortunes took a turn for the worse in terms of chart success as his next 3 hits, ‘A Time For Us’, ‘Everything Is Beautiful’ and ‘Louanne’ peaked at 12, 20 and 19 respectively. However, with ‘The Wonder Of You’ he once more climbed into the top 5 on our charts as the song peaked at…

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