 Top Hits of 1969 All the records featured during the year in the weekly LM Top Twenty 1 Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) 2 Build Me Up Buttercup (Foundations) 3 Get Back (Beatles) 4 In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley) 5 Aquarius (Fifth Dimension) 6 The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel) 7 Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 8 Ob La Di Ob La Da (Beatles) 9 Crimson & Clover (Tommy James And The Shondells) 10 Lily The Pink (Scaffold) 11 Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 12 Turn Around (Ken J Larkin) 13 Dizzy (Tommy Roe) 14 Come Together (Beatles) 15 Soul Deep (Box Tops) 16 Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) 17 I Started A Joke (Bee Gees) 18 Dont Forget To Remember (Bee Gees) 19 I Can't Help Myself (Johnny Rivers) 20 Where Do You Go To My Lovely? (Peter Sarstedt) 21 Make Me An Island (Joe Dolan) 22 Hair (Cowsills) 23 Saved By The Bell (Robin Gibb) 24 In The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans) 25 For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder) 26 Pinball Wizard (The Who) 27 Gitarzan (Ray Stevens) 28 Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac) 29 A Way Of Life (Family Dog) 30 Give Peace A Chance (Plastic Ono Band) 31 Love Child (Diana Ross & Supremes) 32 My Sentimental Friend (Hermans Hermits) 33 Grazing In The Grass (Friends Of Distinction) 34 Love At First Sight (Sounds Nice) 35 Sorry Suzanne (The Hollies) 36 Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet (Henry Mancini) 37 He Aint Heavy & Hes My Brother (The Hollies) 38 Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 39 I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Lou Christie) 40 Cry To Me (Staccatos) 41 Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Jackie De Shannon) 42 Love Me Tonight (Tom Jones) 43 Goodbye (Mary Hopkin) 44 La De Do Down Down (Archies) 45 Somethings Happening (Hermans Hermits) 46 Little Red Boat On The River (Spectrum) 47 Love Can Make You Happy (Mercy) 48 Elenore (The Turtles) 49 Monsieur Dupont (Sandie Shaw) 50 Easy To Be Hard (Three Dog Night) 51 Crystal Blue Persuasion (Tommy James And The Shondells) 52 Tear Drop City (Monkees) 53 Spinning Wheel (Blood Sweat & Tears) 54 Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White) 55 Touch Me (The Doors) 56 Witchita Lineman (Glen Campbell) 57 The Way It Used To Be (Engelbert Humperdinck) 58 Good Morning Starshine (Oliver) 59 Little Woman (Bobbie Sherman) 60 Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue (Dells) 61 Oh Happy Day (Edwin Hawkins Singers) 62 Indian Giver (1910 Fruit Gum Co.) 63 These Eyes (Guess Who) 64 I'm The Urban Spaceman (Bonzo Dog Band) 65 Only One Woman (Marbles) 66 Frozen Orange Juice (Peter Sarstedt) 67 Half As Nice (Amen Corner) 68 Time Is Tight (Booker T. And The M.G.S) 69 If I Can Dream (Elvis Presley) 70 Big Ship (Cliff Richard) 71 Everyday People (Sly And Family Stone) 72 Theresa (Dave Mills) 73 Fox On The Run (Manfred Mann) 74 In The Bad Bad Old Days (Foundations) 75 Heather Honey (Tommy Roe) 76 I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) 77 Something (Beatles) 78 I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Bobbie Gentry) 79 Eloise (Barry Ryan) 80 Gentle On My Mind (Dean Martin) 81 Conversations (Cilla Black) 82 The Windmills Of Your Mind (Noel Harrison) 83 A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) 84 It Miek (Desmond Dekker & The Aces) 85 Marrakesh Express (Crosby Stills & Nash) 86 Happy Heart (Andy Williams) 87 Lights Of Cincinnati (Scott Walker) 88 Hawaii Five-O (Ventures) 89 My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder) 90 Laughing (Guess Who) 91 You Can Cry If You Want To (Troggs) 92 This Girl Is A Woman Now (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap) 93 Think It Over (Sandie Shaw) 94 Good Times (Better Times) (Cliff Richard) 95 I've Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis Jnr) 96 I'm A Tiger (Lulu) 97 First Of May (Bee Gees) 98 I'm Going To Make You Love Me (Diana Ross & Supremes) 99 Throw Down A Line (Cliff & Hank) 100 My Way (Frank Sinatra) 101 Bang Shang A Lang (Archies) 102 Surround Yourself With Sorrow (Cilla Black) 103 Lingering On (Brook Benton) 104 Wedding Bell Blues (Fifth Dimension) 105 Day Without Love (Love Affair) 106 Come Back & Shake Me (Clodagh Rodgers) 107 What Does It Take (Jr. Walker & The All Stars) 108 Gimme Gimme Good Lovin (Crazy Elephant) 109 Whos That Girl? (The Bats) 110 My Special Angel (Vogues) 111 Get Together (The Young Bloods) 112 I'm A Better Man (Engelbert Humperdinck 113 Call Me (Number One) (Tremeloes) 114 Jean (Oliver) 115 Boom Bang-A-Bang (Lulu) 116 Down On The Corner (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 117 Along Came Jones (Ray Stevens) 118 Jesamine (Casuals) 119 Early In The Morning (Vanity Fare) 120 I Can't Get Next To You (Temptations) 121 The Colour Of My Love (Barry Ryan) 122 And When I Die (Blood Sweat & Tears) 123 Ballad Of A Working Man (Davy James) 124 Abergavenny (Quentin E. Klopjaeger) 125 Hooked On A Feeling (B. J. Thomas) 126 Not Enough Indians (Dean Martin) 127 Hold Me Tight (Johnny Nash) 128 Leaving On A Jetplane (Peter Paul & Mary) 129 Tracy (Cufflink) 130 My Little Lady (Tremeloes) 131 Midnight Confessions (Grass Roots) 132 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam) 133 Straight Life (Bobby Goldsboro) 134 Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf) 135 Eli's Coming (Three Dog Night) 136 Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday (Stevie Wonder) 137 Jam Up Jelly Tight (Tommy Roe) Compiled (list dated) on 2 January 1970. Info from Antenie Carstens, January 2003.   |