List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969 explained

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

Singles from 1968
Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak date	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top ten
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
December 28	"Cloud Nine"	The Temptations	6	January 4	3
Singles from 1969
January 4	"Soulful Strut"	Young-Holt Unlimited	3	January 18	5
January 4	"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
January 25	"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
February 8	"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
March 1	"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
March 8	"Indian Giver"	1910 Fruitgum Company	5	March 22	4
March 15	"Traces"	Classics IV	2	March 29	4
March 15	"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
April 26	"Sweet Cherry Wine"	Tommy James and the Shondells	7	May 3	3
May 3	"Hawaii Five-O"	The Ventures	4	May 10	3
May 3	"The Boxer"	Simon & Garfunkel	7	May 17	4
May 10	"Get Back" †	The Beatles with Billy Preston	1	May 24	9
May 10	"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
May 31	"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
June 21	"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
July 12	"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
August 9	"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
August 30	"Lay Lady Lay"	Bob Dylan	7	September 6	3
September 6	"Easy to Be Hard"	Three Dog Night	4	September 27	7
September 6	"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
September 20	"Little Woman"	Bobby Sherman	3	October 4	7
September 27	"Hot Fun in the Summertime"	Sly and the Family Stone	2	October 18	7
September 27	"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
October 25	"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
November 22	"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

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1968.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
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
December 7	"Stormy"	Classics IV	5	December 28	5
December 14	"I Love How You Love Me"	Bobby Vinton	9	December 14	4

1970 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
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
December 27	"Whole Lotta Love"	Led Zeppelin	4	January 31	7

References

General sources

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

Notes and References

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".