I always use to cringe when we saw titles like that on the 80s board !!!!

But I do need help.

Friend is 40 this weekend and I had the bright idea of making a cd of songs that were in the charts in August 1969 around the world.

Been googling all night and not finding sites that help much - keep finding sites that list event of the year and a few songs.

Anyone got any hints as to where I could find some listings.  Naturally I have left it till the last minute!

Here's the Top 100 singles in Canada during August 16, 1969 ...



TW | LW | SONG & ARTIST
01 | 01 | Baby I Love You - Andy Kim
02 | 09 | Laughing - The Guess Who
03 | 05 | When I Die - Motherlode
04 | 04 | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
05 | 02 | In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
06 | 03 | Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
07 | 17 | A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
08 | 11 | Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
09 | 10 | Canadian Pacific - George Hamilton IV
10 | 22 | Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band
11 | 12 | Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
12 | 16 | Put A Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
13 | 14 | I'd Wait A Million Years - Grassroots
14 | 18 | My Pledge of Love - Joe Jeffrey Group
15 | 30 | Get Together - Youngbloods
16 | 07 | Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark
17 | 23 | Soul Deep - The Box Tops
18 | 33 | Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills and Nash
19 | 20 | Hands of the Clock - Life
20 | 06 | Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Greane Sound
21 | 08 | Crystal Blue Persuasuon - Tommy James and the Shondells
22 | 13 | Good Old Rock and Roll - Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys
23 | 24 | Clean Up Your Own Backyard - Elvis Presley
24 | 15 | Reconsider Me - Johnny Adams
25 | 34 | Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
26 | 19 | Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears
27 | 27 | Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen
28 | 32 | Choice of Colours - The Impressions
29 | 37 | Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
30 | 41 | True Grit - Glen Campbell
31 | 47 | Working on A Groovy Thing - The 5th Dimension
32 | 43 | I'm Free - The Who
33 | 36 | Muddy River - Johnny Rivers
34 | 46 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Tom Jones
35 | 40 | It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
36 | 49 | Sugar Sugar - The Archies
37 | 54 | Barabajagal (Love is Hot) - Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group
38 | 44 | Jack and Jill - Tommy Roe
39 | 39 | Birthday - Underground Sunshine
40 | 51 | Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight and the Pips
41 | 45 | Abergavenny - Shannon
42 | 53 | Did You See Her Eyes - Illusion
43 | 59 | Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
44 | 56 | Odds and Ends - Dionne Warwick
45 | 77 | Easy to Be Hard - Three Dog Night
46 | 58 | Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin
47 | 60 | Keem-O-Sabe - Electric Indian
48 | 52 | Your Husband-My Wife - Brooklyn Bridge
49 | 50 | Hey Little Man - Hippy Feeling
50 | 57 | Saved By the Bell - Robin Gibb
51 | 61 | Your Good Thing - Lou Rawls
52 | 63 | Sing a Simple Song of Freedom - Tim Hardin
53 | 65 | Look at Mine - Petula Clark
54 | 76 | Oh What A Night - The Dells
55 | 62 | Change of Heart - Dennis Yost and Classics IV
56 | 64 | Muddy Mississippi Lane - Bobby Goldsboro
57 | 74 | Jean - Oliver
58 | 67 | Everybody Knows Matilda - Duke Baxter
59 | 66 | Free Me - Otis Redding
60 | 70 | Sunrise to Sunset - Five Man Electrical Band
61 | 69 | Maybe the Rain Will Fall - The Cascades
62 | 71 | Let Yourself Go - Friends of Distinction
63 | 78 | Out of Sight Out of Mind - Anthony and the Imperials
64 | 79 | Everybody's Talking - Nilsson
65 | 91 | You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine - The Delfonics
66 | 73 | Till You Get Enough - Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
67 | 72 | Ease Back - The Meters
68 | 80 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix - The Mad Lads
69 | 83 | That's the Way God Planned It - Billy Preston
70 | -- | Move Over - Steppenwolf
71 | 90 | In A Moment - The Intrigues
72 | 85 | I Could Never Be President - Johnnie Taylor
73 | 92 | I Take Alot of Pride in What I Am - Dean Martin
74 | 82 | The Train - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
75 | 75 | Dynamite Woman - Sir Douglas Quintet
76 | 87 | Poor Moon - Canned Heat
77 | 89 | Chelsea Morning - Judy Collins
78 | -- | I'm A Better Man - Engelbert Humperdinck
79 | 99 | Let Me Be the One - Peaches and Herb
80 | 86 | Let's Call it A Day Girl - Bobby Vee
81 | -- | This Girl is A Woman - Gary Puckett
82 | 84 | On the Good Ship Lollipop - Tiny Tim
83 | -- | Going in Circles - Friends of Distinction
84 | -- | What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am - Bill Deal and the Rhondells
85 | -- | Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
86 | 95 | No One There to Love Me - Alistair and Linda
87 | -- | I Got Stung - Bonnie Dobson
88 | 97 | Midnight Cowboy - Bar-Kays
89 | -- | I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie
90 | 94 | I Want You So Bad - B.B. King
91 | -- | She's A Woman - Jose Feliciano
92 | -- | Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Herb Alpert and the Tijuanna Brass
93 | 96 | Moonlight Sonata - Henry Mancini
94 | 100 | Questions 67 and 69 - Chicago Transit Authority
95 | 98 | Crosswalk - The Stampeders
96 | -- | Green Fields - The Vogues
97 | -- | Oh How Happy - Blinky and Edwin
98 | -- | Peter Knight - The Irish Rovers
99 | -- | The Hunter - Ike and Tina Turner
100 | -- | A Time For Us - Johnny Mathis

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInhistory/selectMonth.htm

for the US

http://www.everyhit.com/dates/

for the UK

I always use to cringe when we saw titles like that on the 80s board !!!!

But I do need help.

Friend is 40 this weekend and I had the bright idea of making a cd of songs that were in the charts in August 1969 around the world.

Been googling all night and not finding sites that help much - keep finding sites that list event of the year and a few songs.

Anyone got any hints as to where I could find some listings.  Naturally I have left it till the last minute!


btw don't leave it so long before joining us again!

Also, is your friends name Julie?  a school friend of mine will be 40 on Aug 15th

Simply google '1969 in music' and then scroll down the site. The wiki site lists all events, albums and singles from that year ...and you can click on other years as well...

Simply google '1969 in music' and then scroll down the site. The wiki site lists all events, albums and singles from that year ...and you can click on other years as well...


I was going to mention this as well. There USED to be a great Aus. music site listing all the Top 40 hits dating from 1950 to present -  but alas, it is no longer  :( :( :(

Btw your friends name isn't Sonia is it..? I'm going to a 40th tonight ! Theme: Bollywood - should be fun ! :D 8)

here's a link to my fav music info site http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_69.html

that is so cool that your friend was born on the same time as Woodstock 69  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/hippy2.gif

LOL obviously plenty of gals turning 40 this weekend !  My pal is Gina and she is an indigenous jazz singer and we have been besties since our mid teens when we worked in a deli together.

Whistledog that list gives me a fabulous selection !

I am sitting here in Publisher making her a greeting card covered in photos I have taken of her since she was 15 and putting bits of text about the events of 69 like the moon landing and woodstock etc and will go the my cds later as I am pretty sure I have enough from WD's list to make a full cd.

PS Karen - I know I am bad! I pop in and browse still but just havent had a whole lot to say recently.

I think you have received lots of help already, but you can try this one too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_music

Thanks Frank - I found the "what happened in 69" wiki page but hadnt found the music one. !!

OK, since you asked for it... Here's the Dutch Top 40 for August 16, 1969.

TW | LW | TITLE - Artist

01 | 02 | IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM AND TERMINUS) - Zager & Evans
02 | 01 | SAVED BY THE BELL - Robin Gibb
03 | 04 | VENUS - Shocking Blue
04 | 03 | GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
05 | 06 | IN THE GHETTO - Elvis Presley
06 | 05 | HONKY TONK WOMEN - Rolling Stones
07 | 09 | MA BELLE AMIE - Tee Set
08 | 07 | I WANT TO LIVE - Aphrodite's Child
09 | 18 | RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
10 | 08 | JE T'AIME...MOI NON PLUS - Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
11 | 12 | MAKE ME AN ISLAND - Joe Dolan
12 | 13 | IT MIEK - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
13 | 10 | BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - The Hollies
14 | 14 | GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA - Tony Bass
15 | 17 | HELLO SUZIE - Amen Corner
16 | 16 | BIG BAMBOO - The Merrymen
17 | 11 | A WAY OF LIFE - The Family Dogg
18 | 32 | (I CAN) SING A RAINBOW / LOVE IS BLUE - The Dells
19 | 22 | HAPPINESS IS IN THIS BEAT - The Shoes
20 | 21 | I'D RATHER GO BLIND - Chicken Shack
21 | 15 | SOMETHING IN THE AIR - Thunderclap Newman
22 | 24 | VAARWEL IK ZAL GEEN TRAAN OM JE LATEN - Corry en De Rekels
23 | 38 | THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT - Billy Preston
24 | 23 | EEN KLOMP MET EEN ZEILTJE - Wilma
25 | 36 | MOTHER POPCORN - James Brown
26 | 40 | COTTONFIELDS - Beach Boys
27 | 27 | MRS. ROBINSON - Booker T & The MG's
28 | 28 | NATHALIE - Dave
29 | 00 | GOOD MORNING STARSHINE - Oliver
30 | 19 | THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO - The Beatles
31 | 26 | EVERYDAY WILL BE LIKE A HOLIDAY - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
32 | 35 | MURDOCK 9-6182 - Alles
33 | 20 | A SALTY DOG - Procol Harum
34 | 00 | BARABAJAGAL - Donovan & Jeff Beck Group
35 | 25 | TOMORROW TOMORROW - Bee Gees
36 | 00 | IF I STAY TOO LONG - Big Wheel
37 | 00 | BABY I LOVE YOU  - Andy Kim
38 | 00 | WET DREAM - Max Romeo
39 | 30 | VRIJGEZELLENFLAT - Ria Valk
40 | 29 | WHERE WILL I BE - Golden Earring


Not all of these songs turned out classics. Quite a few there that we don't hear at all anymore, actually (even of the Dutch ones).