June 1965: Launch of Springbok Radio’s First Chart

On 4 June 1965, Springbok Radio launched its first chart, as documented by the SA Singles Charts website.

Position	Song	Artist
1	I Need You	Rick Nelson
2	Ticket To Ride	The Beatles
3	Key To Your Heart	Emil Dean
4	Torture	Gene Rockwell
5	I Know A Place	Petula Clark
6	Under The Boardwalk	The Rolling Stones
7	Lovely Lovely (Loverly Loverly)	Chubby Checker
8	The Minute You’re Gone	Cliff Richard
9	Tired Of Waiting For You	The Kinks
10	Forget Domani	Connie Francis
11	Funny How Love Can Be	The Ivy League
12	A Shabby Little Hut	The Bats
13	Do What You Do Do Well	Ned Miller
14	The Last Time	The Rolling Stones
15	Do The Clam	Elvis Presley
16	I’ll Never Find Another You	The Seekers
17	Tennessee Yodel Polka	Slim Whitman & Virginia Lee
18	Just Another Guy	Cliff Richard
19	The Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders
20	Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter	Herman’s Hermits