Last updated 10/13/2020
Song 69
Peaked at #6 on 12/27/69.
This one just barely qualified for 1969, peaking on the final week.
This is my original mono single. The common stereo version runs slightly longer and is probably a different take.
#69 – “Holly Holy” by Neil Diamond
Song 70
Peaked at #6 on 4/26/69.
The first of just two Top 20 hits for Charles Edwin Hatcher.
#70 – “Twenty-Five Miles” by Edwin Starr
Song 71
Peaked at #6 on 3/1/69.
The group’s final Top 40 hit.
Originally written and recorded by The Byrds when they were known as The Jet Set.
#71 – “You Showed Me” by The Turtles
Song 72
Peaked at #6 on 2/8/69.
The group actually broke up later in the year (which is hard when it’s three brothers).
It all worked out – they got back together six months later, and eventually had nine #1 records.
#72 – “I Started A Joke” by The Bee Gees
Song 73
Peaked at #6 on 10/11/69.
Strange fact: though Harry Nilsson was a successful songwriter, his own two biggest hits were not written by him.
#73 – “Everybody’s Talkin'” by Nilsson
Song 74
Peaked at #7 on 3/8/69 for three weeks.
This song reached the Top 10 again less than nine months after Herb Alpert’s version.
#74 – “This Girl’s In Love With You” by Dionne Warwick
Song 75
Peaked at #7 on 12/13/69 for two weeks.
His ninth Top 10 record, with about 15 more to go.
#75 – “Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday” by Stevie Wonder
Song 76
Peaked at #7 on 5/24/69 for two weeks.
His last Top 30 hit.
#76 – “Atlantis” by Donovan
Song 77
Peaked at #7 on 9/6/69 for two weeks.
His fourth and final Top 10 hit.
Transferred from a DSD high-res digital file.
#77 – “Lay Lady Lay” by Bob Dylan
Song 78
Peaked at #7 on 5/3/69 for two weeks.
The Shondells had their last three Top 10 hits in 1969.
This is the mono single version. The stereo version is edited differently.
#78 – “Sweet Cherry Wine” by Tommy James and the Shondells
Song 79
Peaked at #7 on 5/17/69.
This was their only Hot 100 record over a period of almost two years.
Transferred from a 24/192 high-res digital file.
#79 – “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel
Song 80
Peaked at #7 on 7/19/69.
Their only Top 40 hit. They toured as the backup band for The Impressions.
#80 – “Color Him Father” by The Winstons
Song 81
Peaked at #7 on 10/18/69.
This is an obvious attempt to copy a previous hit, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” It’s a slowed-down version of an Isley Brothers record.
#81 – “That’s The Way Love Is” by Marvin Gaye
Song 82
Peaked at #8 on 7/12/69 for three weeks.
John and Paul made the record by themselves, without George and Ringo.
The only Beatles A-side after September 1964 to not reach the Top 4.
Some radio stations, including WABC in New York, wouldn’t play this song at all.
This is the 2015 remix, transferred from a 24/96 Blu-Ray disc.
#82 – “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” by The Beatles
Song 83
Peaked at #8 on 3/1/69 for two weeks.
Fifth of the group’s six Top 10 pop hits.
#83 – “Baby, Baby Don’t Cry” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Song 84
Peaked at #8 on 5/31/69.
Third of Ray’s six Top 20 pop hits.
This is the stereo album version. The mono single omits the overdubbed applause at the beginning.
#84 – “Gitarzan” by Ray Stevens
Song 85
Peaked at #8 on 8/23/69.
White’s only Top 40 hit. It took nine months to reach the Hot 100.
#85 – “Polk Salad Annie” by Tony Joe White
Song 86
Peaked at #9 on 7/26/69 for two weeks.
Peaked at #24 for The Ronettes in 1964.
Andrew Youakim was also the co-writer and background singer of Song 4.
#86 – “Baby, I Love You” by Andy Kim
Song 87
Peaked at #9 on 10/25/69 for two weeks.
Not a real group. All of the voices are Ron Dante, who also was the lead singer of another studio group on Song 4.
Dante went on to co-produce Barry Manilow’s first nine albums.
#87 – “Tracy” by The Cuff Links
Song 88
Peaked at #9 on 2/8/69 for two weeks.
Theme from the Clint Eastwood film. Third of the group’s four Top 20 hits.
#88 – “Hang ‘Em High” by Booker T. and the MG’s
Song 89
Peaked at #9 on 3/29/69 for two weeks.
His first hit after leaving The Temptations. He only had one more Top 40 record.
#89 – “My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)” by David Ruffin
Song 90
Peaked at #9 on 10/11/69.
The last of the group’s six Top 40 (actually, Top 15) records.
#90 – “This Girl Is A Woman Now” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Song 91
Peaked at #9 on 6/28/69.
Probably the best known Jamaican reggae hit to reach the Billboard Top 10.
#91 – “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Song 92
Peaked at #10 on 11/29/69 for two weeks.
Three different groups had Top 10 hits in 1969 with songs written by Laura Nyro.
The common stereo version does not have the piano fadeout. This is my original mono single.
#92 – “Eli’s Coming” by Three Dog Night
Song 93
Peaked at #10 on 1/18/69 for two weeks.
Dusty’s last Top 10 record.
Transferred from a DSD high-res digital file.
#93 – “Son Of A Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield
Song 94
Peaked at #10 on 9/27/69 for two weeks.
This was their second recording of the song. Their first version was a #4 R&B hit in 1956.
#94 – “Oh, What A Night” by The Dells
Song 95
Peaked at #10 on 12/13/69.
Mel and Tim were cousins. They only had one other Top 40 hit.
#95 – “Backfield In Motion” by Mel and Tim
Song 96
Peaked at #10 on 10/25/69.
The last of Christie’s five Top 40 hits.
One of two records on the list whose titles begin with “I’m Gonna Make You…”
This is a mono recording.
#96 – “I’m Gonna Make You Mine” by Lou Christie
Song 97
Peaked at #10 on 8/23/69.
Second of nine Top 20 hits for the group. Reached #1 in Canada.
#97 – “Laughing” by The Guess Who
Song 98
Peaked at #10 on 4/19/69.
The group’s third and last Top 20 hit. It had been used in the 1968 film “Candy.”
#98 – “Rock Me” by Steppenwolf
Song 99
Peaked at #10 on 2/22/69.
Another of the final seven singles where Diana Ross is the only Supreme to perform.
#99 – “I’m Livin’ In Shame” by Diana Ross and the Supremes
Song 100
Peaked at #11 on 1/11/69 for two weeks.
Derek was actually Johnny Cymbal, who reached #16 in 1963 with “Mr. Bass Man.”
Rather than use his own name for this record, he used his brother’s. Derek Cymbal was a member of Johnny’s band.
This is the first stereo release from 1991.
#100 – “Cinnamon” by Derek