The band formed after another band called Free Ride broke up and Rick Wolf joined up with Joe Alves, Chris Ghelakis, John Wedderpohl and Neil McKellar in Johannesburg and formed City Limits. Wolf, who was born in Pretoria on 8 July 1945 had worked in many local bands as well as some UK bands such as The Flower Pot Men and White Plains. From what I can tell, he would have been in White Plains when they had their SA chart hit, ‘My Baby Loves Lovin’. Ghalakis had been in a band called Webb which included Roy Bulkin as a member and had moved onto to another band called Fantasy before joining City Limits. City Limits would only make 1 album after which Wolf would have a stint with Juluka while Ghelakis and Alves would move on to Syndicate which featured Cindy Dickinson and Ronnie Joyce. Syndicate would have a number 14 hit on the Capital 604 charts with ‘Don’t Go Into Town’
Date of entry
Song
Peak (weeks at 1)
Weeks
14-Nov-1980
Shouldn’t Fall in Love
8
9
29-May-1981
When You Gonna Love Me
20
1
Total hits
2
Total weeks
10
Biggest climber awards
1
Star rater climbs
1
Biggest fallers
0
Weeks with oldest in the charts
0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)
9
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts
0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)
19
Top 30 points ranking
=814
Top 20 points ranking
=796
Top 30 points
179
Top 20 points
79
White Plain hits featuring Rick Wolf:
Date of entry
Song
Peak (weeks at 1)
Weeks
17-Apr-1970
My Baby Loves Lovin’
8
7
Total hits
1
Total weeks
7
Rick Woolf also co-produced the following Petit Cheval hit:
Date of entry
Song
Peak (weeks at 1)
Weeks
07-Sep-1986
It Was The Wind
24
5
Total hits
1
Total weeks
5
Total chart involvement for the band and its members:
SA Singles Charts 