TURN TO STONE – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
31-Mar-78	17	New	Peak
07-Apr-78	19	-2
14-Apr-78	19	0

Written by: Jeff Lynne
Produced by: Jeff Lynne
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): United Artists

Hit number for artist	2
Peak position	17
Weeks	3
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	8
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=2179
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	8
Top 30 Points	38
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2233
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	8

Annual ranking:

1978

=101

Other chart success:

Australia	17
Belgium	30
Canada	9
Germany	32
Netherlands	23
New Zealand	21
Spain	25
Sweden	10
UK	18
US	13

The song was the first of 4 singles to be released from the band’s ‘Out Of The Blue’ album and was the only 1 of those 4 not to crack the top 10 of the UK charts. It would shift over half a million units in the US. Lead singer, Jeff Lynne, would re-record the track, along with other ELO material in 2012 and released it as an album called ‘Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra’. The album went out under the ELO name.

Video:

Artist link: Electric Light Orchestra

TURN THE BEAT AROUND – VICKI SUE ROBINSON

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
15-Oct-76	18	New
22-Oct-76	16	+2
29-Oct-76	15	+1
05-Nov-76	15	0
12-Nov-76	12	+3	Peak
19-Nov-76	15	-3
26-Nov-76	16	-1

Written by: Gerald Jackson & Peter Jackson
Produced by: Warren Schatz
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): RCA Victor

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	12
Weeks	7
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	40
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=1715
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	110
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1759
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1976

=87

Other chart success:

Australia	28
Belgium	17
Canada	14
France	44
Netherlands	11
UK	51
US	10

Brothers, Gerald and Peter Jackson, who wrote the song, were members of a band called Touch Of Class. They went into the studio to record some demos, one of which was ‘Turn The Beat Around’. The engineer at the studio was Al Garrison who said he had to leave at 4pm because his girlfriend was coming to pick him up to go out to dinner. His girlfriend was Vicki Sue Robinson and she heard a playback of the song and loved it. However, the Jackson brothers had earmarked the song as a track for their nearly completed debut album. When Touch Of Class’s record label turned the track down, Robinson was given the green light to record the track. She would get a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song but would lose out to Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Hasten Down The Wind’. In 1990, Laura Branigan would record a cover and then in 1994, Gloria Estefan would see her version get to 21 in the UK and 13 in the US.

Video:

Artist link: Vicki Sue Robinson

TURN ON A DREAM – THE BOX TOPS

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
23-Jan-70	20	New	Peak

Written by: Mark James
Produced by: Tommy Cogbill
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Stateside

Hit number for artist	4
Peak position	20
Weeks	1
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	1
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=2351
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	4
Top 30 Points	11
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2453
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	4

Annual ranking:

1970

141

Other chart success:

Canada	29
US	58

The song would be the band’s second last to make the US Hot 100 with their next and final hit, ‘You Keep Tightening Up On Me’ peaking at 92. ‘Turn On A Dream’ would see a higher peak on the Cash Box charts in the US (a rival chart to the Billboard Hot 100) where it peaked at 38. ‘Turn On A Dream’ would be the 10^th of 35 songs to spend just 1 week at 20 during the top 20 era. Mark James, who wrote the track, would see a total of 6 hits chart where he was noted as the songwriter, with his own version of ‘Moody Blue’ (a 1976 number 15 hit) being 1 one of those.

Video:

Artist link: The Box Tops

TURN ME LOOSE – LOVERBOY

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
19-Jun-81	15	New
26-Jun-81	6	+9	Biggest climber/Star rater
03-Jul-81	5	+1
10-Jul-81	4	+1	Peak
17-Jul-81	5	-1
24-Jul-81	6	-1
31-Jul-81	12	-6
07-Aug-81	13	-1

Written by: Paul Dean & Mike Reno
Produced by: Bruce Fairbairn
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	4
Weeks	8
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	102
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=1090
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	182
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1279
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1981

=51

Other chart success:

Australia	3
Canada	7
New Zealand	5
UK	35
Zimbabwe	13

SA Radio charts:

Capital 604	10
Radio 5	8

The song would be the 22^nd highest ranked hit by a Canadian act using a top 20 points basis (we saw a total of 42 hits by Canadian acts make the top 20). It would be the 12^th biggest hit in Australia for 1981. In 2007, Australian girl group Young Divas would make it to 15 in Australia with their cover version.

Video:

Artist link: Loverboy

TURN BACK THE CLOCK – LORNE SHIELDS

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
07-Dec-73	20	New
14-Dec-73	18	+2
21-Dec-73	17	+1
28-Dec-73	14	+3	Peak
04-Jan-74	18	-4	Biggest faller
11-Jan-74	20	-2

Written by: Patric van Blerk
Produced by: Robert Schroder
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Joburg

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	14
Weeks	6
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	1
Top 20 points	19
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=2008
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	79
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1963
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1973	=80
1974	=108

The song would have the honour of being the 1,000^th one to chart. It would be the 3^rd Patric van Blerk composition to chart and would rank 9^th out of the 11 he wrote (using a top 20 points basis). It was the first of 14 that noted Robert Schroder as the producer and would rank 12^th out of those 14 for top 20 points.

Video:

Artist link: Lorne Shields

TURN AROUND – KEN J. LARKIN

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
18-Jul-69	20	New
25-Jul-69	16	+4	Star rater
01-Aug-69	15	+1
08-Aug-69	11	+4	Star rater
15-Aug-69	8	+3
22-Aug-69	7	+1
29-Aug-69	6	+1
05-Sep-69	6	0
12-Sep-69	5	+1	Peak
19-Sep-69	5	0	Peak
26-Sep-69	11	-6	Biggest faller
03-Oct-69	8	+3
10-Oct-69	7	+1
17-Oct-69	13	-6

Written by: Les Reed & Barry Mason
Produced by: Billy Forrest
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Polydor

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	5
Weeks	14
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	1
Top 20 points	156
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=658
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	296
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=649
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1969

=17

The song was first released in 1967 by British singer Kathy Kirby. A week later, Tony Christie released his version. Neither version would chart in the UK. Ken J. Larkin’s version would be the 6^th of 30 to chart that noted Billy Forrest as the producer and it would rank 5^th out of those 30 for top 20 points.

Video:

Artist link: Ken J. Larkin

TUMBLING DICE – THE ROLLING STONES

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
28-Jul-72	19	New	Peak

Written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Produced by: Jimmy Miller
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Rolling Stones

Hit number for artist	10
Peak position	19
Weeks	1
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	2
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=2312
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	12
Top 30 Points	12
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2433
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	12

Annual ranking:

1972

=107

Other chart success:

Australia	11
Belgium	28
Canada	7
Finland	26
Germany	17
Ireland	14
Netherlands	5
Norway	6
Spain	7
Sweden	11
UK	5
US	7

SA Radio charts:

LM Radio

5

An early iteration of the song was recorded in 1970. That version was called ‘Good Time Woman’ and had different lyrics and was incomplete. The ideas from that track would eventually morph into ‘Tumbling Dice’. With this hit, The Stones became the second act to see 2 songs spend just 1 week on the chart as their previous hit, ‘Brown Sugar’ had also only managed 1 week. The previously act to manage 2 was Cliff Richard. Jody Wayne and Flash and The Pan would subsequently also see 2 one week hits. The Rolling Stones would be the only act to see a 3^rd such hit when ‘Harlem Shuffle’ only managed 1 week. In 1978, Linda Ronstadt would see her cover of ‘Tumbling Dice’ peak at 32 in the US.

Video:

Artist link: The Rolling Stones

T.S.O.P (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) – M.F.S.B.

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
21-Jun-74	20	New
28-Jun-74	15	+5	Biggest climber/Star rater
05-Jul-74	17	-2
12-Jul-74	14	+3
19-Jul-74	13	+1	Peak
26-Jul-74	16	-3
02-Aug-74	19	-3	Biggest faller

Written by: Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Produced by: Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Philadelphia International

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	13
Weeks	7
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	1
Top 20 points	33
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=1809
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	103
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1802
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1974

=83

Other chart success:

Australia	12
Austria	17
Belgium	19
Canada	1
Germany	5
Netherlands	18
New Zealand	3
Switzerland	3
UK	22
US	1

This instrumental piece was the theme tune to the US television music show ‘Soul Train’ and would be the first TV Theme tune to top the US charts. It would rank 42^nd out of the 56 instrumental hits that made the top 20. Different version of the song have different vocal contributions by the Three Degrees, although these are usually limited to a repeated line or two. Purist may wish to argue that that disqualifies it from being an instrumental hit. Please adjust your statistics accordingly if you wish to. Also if you wish to give the Three Degrees a separate credit on the track, then you may wish to note that their only other SA chart hit, ‘When Will I See You Again’ would have a far superior top 20 points total (260).

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Artist link: M.F.S.B.

TRY JAH LOVE – THIRD WORLD

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
11-Jun-82	19	New
18-Jun-82	15	+4	Star rater
25-Jun-82	11	+4	Biggest climber/Star rater
02-Jul-82	8	+3
09-Jul-82	7	+1
16-Jul-82	6	+1
23-Jul-82	4	+2	Peak
30-Jul-82	7	-3
06-Aug-82	8	-1
13-Aug-82	13	-5	Biggest faller
20-Aug-82	18	-5	Biggest faller

Written by: Stevie Wonder & Melody McCully
Produced by: Stevie Wonder
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist	2
Peak position	4
Weeks	11
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	2
Top 20 points	115
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=979
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	225
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1033
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	2

Annual ranking:

1982

41

Other chart success:

Australia	55
Belgium	36
Netherlands	6
UK	47
Zimbabwe	2

SA Radio charts:

Capital 604	4
Radio 5	3
Radio 702	3

This was the 4^th song to chart which Stevie Wonder had a hand in writing. He was yet to see a hit as an artist where he wrote the song. Up to this point he had seen 2 hits as an artist but had not had a songwriter credit on either. ‘Try Jah Love’ would rank 3^rd out of the 6 Wonder compositions to chart (top 20 points basis). It would be beaten by Wonder’s 2 hits as artist and songwriter, ‘I Just Called To Say I Love You’ (#1) and ‘Part-Time Lover’ (#2), but would beat Leslie Kleinsmith’s version of ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ (#4), Rudy Grant’s version of ‘Lately’ (#5) and Jermaine Jackson’s ‘Let’s Get Serious’ (#6).

Video:

Artist link: Third World

TRY A LITTLE LOVE – LIONEL PETERSEN

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
11-Oct-74	20	New
18-Oct-74	16	+4	Star rater
25-Oct-74	15	+1
01-Nov-74	13	+2	Peak

Written by: Frank Smith & Oscar Harris
Produced by: Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Plum

Hit number for artist	3
Peak position	13
Weeks	4
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	20
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=1994
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	7
Top 30 Points	60
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2089
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	7

Annual ranking:

1974

=94

The song was a cover of one by a Suriname born Dutch singer called Oscar Harris (who co-wrote the track). His version, released in 1969, would get to 3 in The Netherlands and 13 in Belgium (charting in 1970). Petersen’s version would be the 11^th of 22 to chart which noted Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange as the producer and the 3^rd of those which was by Petersen. Of the 22 that Lange produced, this would rank 15^th for top 20 points total.

Video:

Artist link: Lionel Petersen