A Look At The Music of 1969
Where were you in 1969? Was it a good year for you? Here are the songs that shaped your life back then compiled by Billboard Magazine
1. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies 2. Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension 3. I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations 4. Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones 5. Everyday People - Sly and The Family Stone 6. Dizzy - Tommy Roe 7. Hot Fun In the Summertime - Sly and The Family Stone 8. (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones 9. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations 10. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and The Shondells 11. One - Three Dog Night 12. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and The Shondells 13. Hair - The Cowsills 14. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye 15. Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 16. Get Together - The Youngbloods 17. Grazing In the Grass - The Friends Of Distinction 18. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley 19. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival 20. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars 21. It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers 22. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 23. Jean - Oliver 24. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival 25. Get Back - The Beatles 26. In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - Zager and Evans 27. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears 28. Baby, I Love You - Andy Kim 29. Going In Circles - The Friends Of Distinction 30. Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen 31. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival 32. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder 33. Easy to Be Hard - Three Dog Night 34. Baby It's You - Smith 35. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley 36. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash 37. Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles 38. Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler 39. Time of the Season - The Zombies 40. Wedding Bell Blues - The Fifth Dimension 41. Little Woman - Bobby Sherman 42. Love Can Make You Happy - Mercy 43. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver 44. These Eyes - The Guess Who 45. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat and Tears 46. Put a Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon 47. Do Your Thing, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 48. I'd Wait a Million Years - The Grass Roots 49. Touch Me - The Doors 50. More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase 51. I've Gotta Be Me - Sammy Davis Jr. 52. Lay, Lady, Lay - Bob Dylan 53. Atlantis - Donovan 54. Traces - Dennis Yost and The Classics IV 55. It's Getting Better - Mama Cass Elliot 56. This Magic Moment - Jay and The Americans 57. Runaway Child, Running Wild - The Temptations 58. Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures 59. Galveston - Glen Campbell 60. I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie 61. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 62. Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis 63. Time Is Tight - Booker T and The MG's 64. This Girl's In Love With You - Dionne Warwick 65. Color Him Father - The Winstons 66. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, Ltd. 67. Indian Giver - The 1910 Fruitgum Company 68. Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 - James Brown 69. Twenty Five Miles - Edwin Starr 70. Things I'd Like To Say - New Colony Six 71. When I Die - Motherlode 72. That's the Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye 73. Everybody's Talkin' (From "Midnight Cowboy") - Nilsson 74. Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge 75. The Chokin' Kind - Joe Simon 76. Smile a Little Smile for Me - The Flying Machine 77. Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White 78. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition 79. Games People Play - Joe South 80. You Showed Me - The Turtles 81. Tracy - The Cuff Links 82. Oh, What a Night - The Dells 83. Something - The Beatles 84. This Girl is a Woman Now - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap 85. Come Together - The Beatles 86. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - The Bob Seger System 87. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross and The Supremes 88. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 89. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant 90. Hang 'Em High - Booker T and The MG's 91. Your Good Thing (Is About to End) - Lou Rawls 92. Baby, I'm for Real - The Originals 93. Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers 94. Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones 95. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon - Paul Revere and The Raiders 96. Laughing - The Guess Who 97. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin 98. Soul Deep - The Box Tops 99. Hooked On a Feeling - B.J. Thomas 100. Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March - The Box Tops