PETER LOTIS (SA)

Lotis was born in the Vredendorp suburb of Johannesburg in 1931. His father was a Greek café owner. His mother hailed from England and worked for the Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society. She encouraged Peter to enter singing competitions. In the mid 50’s he went to England with his eldest brother, Dennis, and got experience working with the Ted Heath Orchestra. Dennis would record with Ted Heath as well as working with acts such as Dorothy Squires and The Stargazers while Peter returned to South Africa. After hearing an advert on Springbok Radio that they were looking for presenters, Peter auditioned on a whim. He landed the job and would work in radio and later television for the rest of his life doing shows such as ‘Juke Box Jury’ and ‘The Money Or The Box Show’. His recording career goes back to 1966 and one of his early released (if not his first) was a version of ‘Edelweiss’ from ‘The Sound Of Music’ which he recorded with Judy Page as Judy & Peter. He would also work with Stevie van Kerken (aka Stevie Vann, one time wife of Robert John “Mutt” Lange) and Dan Hill amongst others. Apart from his singing, he also produced a number of SA chart hits.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
21-Jul-1967	Walking In The Sunshine	10	8
24-May-1968	Honey	9	8
22-Jun-1973	Sunday Girl	7	15
16-Jun-1978	Heidi	2	13
		Total hits	4
		Total weeks	44

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	7
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	15
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	257
Top 30 points ranking	=162
Top 20 points ranking	178
Top 30 points	838
Top 20 points	398

Peter Lotis had the 7^th longest chart career of any local act (calculated from the date of his first chart entry to the last date he appeared on the charts) with his career lasting 581 weeks.

Songs produced by Peter Lotis:

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow	The Dealians	1 (3)	15
Sailing	Fuzz	9	6
Put Your Hand In The Hand	Alan Garrity	1 (4)	13
When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door	The Dealians	3	11
Get Me Some Help	Neville Whitmill	2	18
All Of The Time Girl	The Dealians	13	6
I Need Someone	Alan Garrity	2	33
Home Isn’t Home Anymore	Alan Garrity	5	16
Harmony	Neville Whitmill	18	3
Good-Bye Mama	Alan Garrity	15	7
Give Me Back My Woman	Alan Garrity	9	10
She’s My Woman	Alan Garrity	15	5
		Total hits	12
		Total weeks	143

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits	16
Weeks	187
No of No. 1’s	2
Weeks at 1	7