JOHN EDMOND (SA)

Born: 18 November 1936

Edmond was born in Luanshya, a town about 300 kms north of Lusaka in Zambia. His parents were from Scotland and he would be schooled in Zambia (called Northern Rhodesia back then), Scotland and South Africa. He showed early musical promise when given a mouth organ aged 3 and mastered the instrument in half an hour. He would play bugle in a scout band and sing in the famous St John’s choir in Edinburgh. He would perform lead roles in in School plays while at Christian Brothers College in Pretoria and won the South African Junior drumming competition in 1953. After leaving school he went to work on one of the copper mines in Zambia. He would go on to serve in the Rhodesian army where he formed a band called the Bushcats Skiffle Group. After his army stint he moved to South Africa where he formed the New Trends with Stevie van Kerken (who would go on to marry producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange) and Alan Goodwin. After this he would pursue a successful career as a solo artist and as a producer.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
09-Jan-1970	Fairytales	13	5
03-Jul-1970	Round And Around	13	8
04-Jun-1971	Boom Sha La La Lo	10	10
05-May-1972	Pasadena	17	5
18-Aug-1972	Every Day Every Night	7	17
13-Apr-1973	Toy Train	6	18
13-Jun-1975	Goodbye Is The Saddest Song	10	7
		Total hits	7
		Total weeks	70

Biggest climber awards	3
Star rater climbs	5
Biggest fallers	2
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	18
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	95
Top 30 points ranking	87
Top 20 points ranking	117
Top 30 points	1240
Top 20 points	540

Songs written by John Edmond:

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
Hey Mr Dreamer	Pat Gregory	17	2
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	2

Edmond also penned his own hit ‘Every Day Every Night’ already mentioned above.

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits	8
Weeks	72