List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1969 explained

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969.

That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as Sly & the Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, Billy Preston, Henry Mancini, Zager and Evans, The Archies, Steam, and Peter, Paul and Mary. The Beatles and The 5th Dimension were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, with each having two.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1969 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	210	January 4	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Marvin Gaye	^[1]
January 11	^[2]
January 18	^[3]
January 25	^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	211	February 1	"Crimson and Clover"	Tommy James and the Shondells	^[5]
February 8	^[6]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	212	February 15	"Everyday People"	Sly & the Family Stone	^[7]
February 22	^[8]
March 1	^[9]
March 8	^[10]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	213	March 15	"Dizzy"	Tommy Roe	^[11]
March 22	^[12]
March 29	^[13]
April 5	^[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6	214	April 12	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"	The 5th Dimension	^[15]
April 19	^[16]
April 26	^[17]
May 3	^[18]
May 10	^[19]
May 17	^[20]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	215	May 24	"Get Back"	The Beatles with Billy Preston	^[21]
May 31	^[22]
June 7	^[23]
June 14	^[24]
June 21	^[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	216	June 28	"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"	Henry Mancini	^[26]
July 5	^[27]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6	217	July 12	"In the Year 2525"	Zager and Evans	^[28]
July 19	^[29]
July 26	^[30]
August 2	^[31]
August 9	^[32]
August 16	^[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	218	August 23	"Honky Tonk Women"	The Rolling Stones	^[34]
August 30	^[35]
September 6	^[36]
September 13	^[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	219	September 20	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="4"	"Sugar, Sugar"	The Archies	^[38]
September 27	^[39]
October 4	^[40]
October 11	^[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	220	October 18	"I Can't Get Next to You"	The Temptations	^[42]
October 25	^[43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	221	November 1	"Suspicious Minds"	Elvis Presley	^[44]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	222	November 8	"Wedding Bell Blues"	The 5th Dimension	^[45]
November 15	^[46]
November 22	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	223	November 29	"Come Together" / "Something"	The Beatles	^[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	224	December 6	"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"	Steam	^[49]
December 13	^[50]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	225	December 20	"Leaving on a Jet Plane"	Peter, Paul and Mary	^[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	226	December 27	"Someday We'll Be Together"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	The 5th Dimension	9
2	Zager and Evans	6
	The Beatles
4	Billy Preston	5
5	Marvin Gaye	4
	Sly & the Family Stone
	Tommy Roe
	The Rolling Stones
	The Archies
9	Tommy James and the Shondells	2
	Henry Mancini
	The Temptations
	Steam
13	Elvis Presley	1
	Peter, Paul and Mary
	Diana Ross & the Supremes

See also

• 1969 in music
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1969
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 4, 1969. .
2. Web site: January 11, 1969. .
3. Web site: January 18, 1969. .
4. Web site: January 25, 1969. .
5. Web site: February 1, 1969. .
6. Web site: February 8, 1969. .
7. Web site: February 15, 1969. .
8. Web site: February 22, 1969. .
9. Web site: March 1, 1969. .
10. Web site: March 8, 1969. .
11. Web site: March 15, 1969. .
12. Web site: March 22, 1969. .
13. Web site: March 29, 1969. .
14. Web site: April 5, 1969. .
15. Web site: April 12, 1969. .
16. Web site: April 19, 1969. .
17. Web site: April 26, 1969. .
18. Web site: May 3, 1969. .
19. Web site: May 10, 1969. .
20. Web site: May 17, 1969. .
21. Web site: May 24, 1969. .
22. Web site: May 31, 1969. .
23. Web site: June 7, 1969. .
24. Web site: June 14, 1969. .
25. Web site: June 21, 1969. .
26. Web site: June 28, 1969. .
27. Web site: July 5, 1969. .
28. Web site: July 12, 1969. .
29. Web site: July 19, 1969. .
30. Web site: July 26, 1969. .
31. Web site: August 2, 1969. .
32. Web site: August 9, 1969. .
33. Web site: August 16, 1969. .
34. Web site: August 23, 1969. .
35. Web site: August 30, 1969. .
36. Web site: September 6, 1969. .
37. Web site: September 13, 1969. .
38. Web site: September 20, 1969. .
39. Web site: September 27, 1969. .
40. Web site: October 4, 1969. .
41. Web site: October 11, 1969. .
42. Web site: October 18, 1969. .
43. Web site: October 25, 1969. .
44. Web site: November 1, 1969. .
45. Web site: November 8, 1969. .
46. Web site: November 15, 1969. .
47. Web site: November 22, 1969. .
48. Web site: November 29, 1969. .
49. Web site: December 6, 1969. .
50. Web site: December 13, 1969. .
51. Web site: December 20, 1969. .
52. Web site: December 27, 1969. .