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Google answered and said 1969 is the best year for music, so let’s explore many of the best songs of 1969. These are songs that were released in 1969, on an album released in 1969 or a hit in 1969 no matter when it was released.
A list by goldwax317 I stole these first several dozen songs from these websites:
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/the_top_200_hits_of_1969/4/
These first three paragraphs are from the the goldwax317 website.
“I created these lists by combining data from the respective singles charts of Billboard, Cash Box, and Music Vendor/Record World magazines. I determined the rankings through a point system based on a single’s peak position and weeks on the chart.
For songs that peaked in December and January, I decided on what year to put them in by when they dropped from their peak position. For example, the Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” hit #1 the final week of 1966 and stayed there for the first six weeks of 1967. As such, “I’m A Believer’ appears on my 1967 year-end survey.
All entries are for the “A” side only, unless otherwise indicated.”
18) Elvis Presley “In The Ghetto”:
19) Glen Campbell “Galveston”:
20) Henry Mancini “Windmills of Your Mind”:
CCR released three albums in 1969, which means they released a lot of great songs that year. 21) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on The Bayou”:
22) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary”:
23) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Green River”:
24) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising”:
25) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lodi”:
26) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Down On The Corner”:
27) Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son”:
28) Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue”:
29) Merle Haggard “Workin’ Man Blues”:
30) Nillson “Everybody’s Talkin’”:
31) Guess Who “Laughing”:
32) The Isley Brothers “It’s Your Thing”/ 1959’s “Shout”:
33) The Beatles and Billy Preston “Get Back”:
34) Stevie Wonder “My Cherie Amour”:
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