THE TOP 40 FOR 1969

 
  1. THE REAL THING Russell Morris
  2. HAIR The Cowsills
  3. HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones
  4. OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA/WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
  5. STAR CROSSED LOVERS Neil Sedaka
  6. ONE Johnny Farnham
  7. DIZZY Tommy Roe
  8. BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
  9. MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND Herman's Hermits
  10. WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY)? Peter Sarstedt
  11. GALVESTON Glen Campbell
  12. PART THREE INTO PAPER WALLS/THE GIRL THAT I LOVE Russell Morris
  13. SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
  14. GET BACK/DON'T LET ME DOWN The Beatles
  15. ELOISE Barry Ryan
  16. IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
  17. THE EDGE OF REALITY Elvis Presley
  18. I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees
  19. LA LA The Flying Circus
  20. AQUARIUS - LET THE SUNSHINE IN The Fifth Dimension
  21. LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
  22. STAND BY YOUR MAN Tammy Wynette
  23. FUNNY MAN Ross D. Wylie
  24. GOODBYE Mary Hopkin
  25. PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival
  26. A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash
  27. GITARZAN Ray Stevens
  28. DEAR PRUDENCE Doug Parkinson In Focus
  29. ADIOS AMOUR José Feliciano
  30. TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. And the MGs
  31. BAD MOON RISING/LODI Creedence Clearwater Revival
  32. IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager And Evans
  33. SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies
  34. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO/OLD BROWN SHOE The Beatles
  35. HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION The Beatles
  36. FOX ON THE RUN Manfred Mann
  37. INDIAN GIVER 1910 Fruitgum Company
  38. CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James And The Shondells
  39. SCARBOROUGH FAIR Segio Mendes And Brasil '66
  40. SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield

Charts calculated by Go-Set magazine's chart compiler, Ed Nimmervoll





Number One Singles 1969
1.1.1969 - 15.1.1969 3 weeks WHITE ROOM Cream
22.1.1969 1 week GOING UP THE COUNTRY Canned Heat
29.1.1969 - 5.2.1969 2 weeks ELOISE Barry Ryan
12.2.1969 - 5.3.1969 4 weeks LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
12.3.1969 1 week BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
19.3.1969 - 23.4.1969 6 weeks OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA/WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
3.5.1969 - 24.5.1969 4 weeks WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt
31.5.1969 1 week THE REAL THING Russell Morris
7.6.1969 - 5.7.1969 5 weeks GET BACK/DON'T LET ME DOWN The Beatles
12.7.1969 - 19.7.1969 2 weeks HAIR The Cowsills
26.7.1969 - 16.8.1969 4 weeks THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO/OLD BROWN SHOE The Beatles
23.8.1969 - 6.9.1969 3 weeks IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
13.9.1969 - 11.10.1969 5 weeks HONKY TONK WOMEN/YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT The Rolling Stones
18.10.1969 - 8.11.1969 4 weeks PART THREE INTO PAPER WALLS/THE GIRL THAT I LOVE Russell Morris
15.11.1969 - 22.11.1969 2 weeks THE STAR Ross D. Wylie
29.11.1969 - 6.12.1969 2 weeks PENNY ARCADE Roy Orbison
13.12.1969 - 27.12.1969 (4 weeks) SOMETHING/COME TOGETHER The Beatles






These charts are copied from the original charts as printed in Go-Set, with some minor mistakes in the chart data as originally published.