I'm releasing a new CD - my first album in 40 years, due to be launched in April 2015.
What's exciting is that two of my hits, included on these Springbok Hits, have been re-recorded by Mike Pilot, the person who originally produced all these albums...cool hey?
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yes, the selection of tracks included on the SPRINGBOK HITS series must have been based on some of the most popular selling records at the time. BIANCA did not reach the Top 20 singles sales chart at the time in South Africa but was perhaps bubbling under or in the vernacular referred to as "op die drumpel". BIANCA had been a hit in the german language in Germany and elsewhere by FREDDY BRECK and was also recorded i think by GERT POTGIETER another RSA artist. Whether the latter artist released his version as a single i do not know.
The following artists have performed the songs at the time based on the
SA Charts and Springbok Radio Top 20. However, the versions on the LP is
cover versions performed by various session musicians.
SA Artist in bold.
Tony Orlando And Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Elton John - Daniel
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Maureen Mcgovern - The Morning After Letta Mbulu - I'll Never Be The Same Lauren Copley - Kentucky Blues The Dealians - Time Richard John Smith - That's Why I Love You
Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
Perry Como - And I Love You So Richard Loring - Bianca Peter Lotis - Sunday Girl