Music From 1969 – Top Pop Songs

August 30, 2023 101 11

Top Pop Songs In 1969

The Guess Who – These Eyes
“These Eyes” is a song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group’s lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band’s 1969 album Wheatfield Soul.

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar
It reached #1 in the US Cash Box Top 100, US Billboard Hot 100, UK Singles, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Germany and Ireland.
The Archies group was created by Don Kirshner, the same promoter and producer who put together The Monkees. He wanted to create a group of cartoon characters since they are easier to work with than people. The Archies performed on the Saturday morning cartoon show Archie, but the group was never seen, just the cartoon characters.
“Sugar, Sugar” was written by Andy Kim and Jeff Barry, and was performed by session musicians including Kim, Toni Wine, Ron Dante and Ellie Greenwich. According to Jeff Barry, he and Andy Kim wrote the song with preschoolers in mind since that was the audience for the Archie TV show.

Jimi Hendrix & The Experience at BBC
Jimi & The Experience back in January 1969 on the Happening for Lulu Show. After throwing in a cover of Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love towards the end of the performance and running over time Jimi was banned from the BBC.

Diana Ross & The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together”
The last TV appearance for Diana Ross as Supremes, n The Ed Sullivan Show on December 21, 1969.

The Beatles – Get Back
Take 1 of “Get Back” in the legendary Rooftop Concert.

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner
“Down On The Corner” on The Ed Sullivan Show on November 16, 1969.

Sir Douglas Quintet – Mendocino
Mendocino is the second album by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records. The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a fifteen-week stay in early 1969.

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – Je t’aime… moi non plus
The French love song “Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus” (“I Love You… Me Neither”) features Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg passionately narrating their lovemaking session, which climaxes with Birkin’s moans of ecstasy. It caused such a scandal, it was banned by the BBC – which of course only piqued the public’s curiosity, and it soared to #1 in the UK.

Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
The song was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. In 2021, it was ranked No. 473 on Rolling Stone’s “Top 500 Songs of All Time”.

Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. The song was recorded primarily in one take in 1968, at a studio in a cow pasture in Odessa, Texas.