List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1969.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, The Temptations, and Diana Ross & the Supremes each had four top-ten hits in 1969, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date 		Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
Singles from 1968
November 23 "Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell 3 January 11 9
December 28 "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations 2 January 11 8
"Cloud Nine" The Temptations 6 January 4 3
Singles from 1969
January 4 "Soulful Strut" Young-Holt Unlimited 3 January 18 5
"Hooked on a Feeling" B. J. Thomas 5 January 11 5
January 11 "Crimson and Clover" Tommy James and the Shondells 1 February 1 11
January 18 "Worst That Could Happen" The Brooklyn Bridge 3 February 1 7
"Touch Me" The Doors 3 February 15 8
"Son of a Preacher Man" Dusty Springfield 10 January 18 2
January 25 "Everyday People" Sly and the Family Stone 1 February 15 9
"I Started a Joke" Bee Gees 6 February 8 3
February 1 "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations 3 February 22 8
February 8 "Can I Change My Mind" Tyrone Davis 5 February 22 3
"Hang 'Em High" Booker T. & the M.G.'s 9 February 8 2
February 15 "You Showed Me" The Turtles 6 March 1 3
February 22 "Proud Mary" Creedence Clearwater Revival 2 March 8 7
"This Magic Moment" Jay and the Americans 6 March 8 4
"I'm Livin' in Shame" Diana Ross & the Supremes 10 February 22 1
March 1 "Dizzy" Tommy Roe 1 March 15 9
"Baby, Baby Don't Cry" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 8 March 1 2
March 8 "This Girl's in Love with You" Dionne Warwick 7 March 8 3
"Indian Giver" 1910 Fruitgum Company 5 March 22 4
March 15 "Traces" Classics IV 2 March 29 4
"Time of the Season" The Zombies 3 March 29 6
March 22 "Runaway Child, Running Wild" The Temptations 6 March 29 4
March 29 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension 1 April 12 11
"Galveston" Glen Campbell 4 April 12 6
"Only the Strong Survive" Jerry Butler 4 April 19 6
"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" David Ruffin 9 March 29 2
April 5 "You've Made Me So Very Happy" Blood, Sweat & Tears 2 April 12 6
April 12 "It's Your Thing" The Isley Brothers 2 May 3 7
"Hair" The Cowsills 2 May 10 8
"Twenty-Five Miles" Edwin Starr 6 April 26 3
April 19 "Rock Me" Steppenwolf 10 April 19 1
April 26 "Time Is Tight" Booker T. & the M.G.'s 6 May 3 3
"Sweet Cherry Wine" Tommy James and the Shondells 7 May 3 3
May 3 "Hawaii Five-O" The Ventures 4 May 10 3
"The Boxer" Simon & Garfunkel 7 May 17 4
May 10 "Get Back" † The Beatles with Billy Preston 1 May 24 9
"Atlantis" Donovan 7 May 24 4
May 17 "Love (Can Make You Happy)" Mercy 2 May 31 6
"These Eyes" The Guess Who 6 May 31 5
"Gitarzan" Ray Stevens 8 May 31 3
May 24 "Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins Singers 4 May 31 4
May 31 "Grazing in the Grass" The Friends of Distinction 3 June 7 5
"In the Ghetto" Elvis Presley 3 June 14 5
June 7 "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" Henry Mancini 1 June 28 8
"Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival 2 June 28 6
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" Marvin Gaye 4 June 28 5
June 14 "One" Three Dog Night 5 June 28 7
June 21 "Spinning Wheel" Blood, Sweat & Tears 2 July 5 7
"Good Morning Starshine" Oliver 3 July 12 6
June 28 "Israelites" Desmond Dekker & The Aces 9 June 28 1
July 5 "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" Zager and Evans 1 July 12 9
"Crystal Blue Persuasion" Tommy James and the Shondells 2 July 26 9
"Color Him Father" The Winstons 7 July 19 3
July 12 "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" Junior Walker & the All Stars 4 August 9 6
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" The Beatles 8 July 12 4
July 19 "My Cherie Amour" Stevie Wonder 4 July 26 5
July 26 "Baby, I Love You" Andy Kim 9 July 26 4
August 2 "Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones 1 August 23 11
"Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond 4 August 16 6
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" Kenny Rogers and The First Edition 6 August 2 3
August 9 "A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash 2 August 23 7
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Jackie DeShannon 4 August 30 6
August 23 "Green River" Creedence Clearwater Revival 2 September 27 8
"Get Together" The Youngbloods 5 September 6 5
"Polk Salad Annie" Tony Joe White 8 August 23 1
"Laughing" The Guess Who 10 August 23 1
August 30 "Sugar, Sugar" The Archies 1 September 20 12
"Lay Lady Lay" Bob Dylan 7 September 6 3
September 6 "Easy to Be Hard" Three Dog Night 4 September 27 7
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Tom Jones 6 September 13 4
September 13 "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations 1 October 18 11
September 20 "Jean" Oliver 2 October 4 7
"Little Woman" Bobby Sherman 3 October 4 7
September 27 "Hot Fun in the Summertime" Sly and the Family Stone 2 October 18 7
"Oh, What a Night" The Dells 10 September 27 2
October 4 "Everybody's Talkin'" Nilsson 6 October 11 2
October 11 "This Girl Is a Woman Now" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 9 October 11 1
October 18 "Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley 1 November 1 6
"Wedding Bell Blues" The 5th Dimension 1 November 8 8
"That's the Way Love Is" Marvin Gaye 7 October 18 1
"Tracy" The Cuff Links 9 October 25 3
October 25 "Baby It's You" Smith 5 November 1 4
"I'm Gonna Make You Mine" Lou Christie 10 October 25 1
November 1 "Come Together" / "Something" The Beatles 1 November 29 9
November 8 "And When I Die" Blood, Sweat & Tears 2 November 29 7
"Something" The Beatles 3 November 15 3[1]
"Smile a Little Smile for Me" The Flying Machine 5 November 22 4
November 15 "Take a Letter Maria" R. B. Greaves 2 November 22 7
November 22 "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam 1 December 6 8
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" Stevie Wonder 7 December 13 5
November 29 "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and Mary 1 December 20 10
"Down on the Corner" / "Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 December 20 8
"Eli's Comin'" Three Dog Night 10 November 29 2
December 6 "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes 1 December 27 9
December 13 "Backfield in Motion" Mel and Tim 10 December 13 1
December 20 "Holly Holy" Neil Diamond 6 December 27 3

† — "Get Back" also made its Hot 100 debut on May 10.

1968 peaks

Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1968
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1969 which peaked in 1968
Top ten
entry date 		Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
November 2 "Love Child" Diana Ross & The Supremes 1 November 30 11
November 16 "Who's Making Love" Johnnie Taylor 5 December 7 8
November 30 "For Once in My Life" Stevie Wonder 2 December 28 8
December 7 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye 1 December 14 11
"Stormy" Classics IV 5 December 28 5
December 14 "I Love How You Love Me" Bobby Vinton 9 December 14 4

1970 peaks

Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1969 which peaked in 1970
Top ten
entry date 		Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
December 13 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas 1 January 3 13
December 27 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 1 January 31 9
"Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin 4 January 31 7

See also

References

  1. ^ Billboard changed its methodology on double-sided singles to count them as one chart entry starting the week of November 29. Hence, "Something" was no longer ranked independently of "Come Together".

General sources

  • Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.