Let’s leap back to May, 1969 and hear what we can hear…
Songs of the month
“25 Miles” – Edwin Starr
“Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In” – 5Th Dimension
“Atlantis” – Donovan
[new] “Bad Moon Rising” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show” – Neil Diamond
[new] “Cissy Strut” – Meters
[new] “Day Is Done” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
“Dizzy” – Tommy Roe
“Do Your Thing” – Watts 103Rd Street Rhythm Band
“Don’t Give In To Him” – Gary Puckett And The Union Gap
[new] “Everyday With You Girl” – Classics Iv
“Galveston” – Glen Campbell
[new] “Get Back” – Beatles
“Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’” – Crazy Elephant
“Gitarzan” – Ray Stevens
[new] “Goodbye” – Mary Hopkin
[new] “Grazing In The Grass” – Friends Of Distinction
“Hair” – Cowsills
[new] “Happy Heart” – Andy Williams
“Hawaii 5-0” – Ventures
[new] “Heather Honey” – Tommy Roe
“I Can Hear Music” – Beach Boys
[new] “I Can’t See Myself Loving You” – Aretha Franklin
“I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing” – James Brown
[new] “In The Ghetto” – Elvis Presley
“It’s Your Thing” – Isley Brothers
[new] “Love Can Make You Happy” – Mercy
[new] “Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet” – Henry Mancini
[new] “Mercy” – Ohio Express
[new] “More Today Than Yesterday” – Spiral Staircase
[new] “Morning Girl” – Neon Philharmonic
“My Way” – Frank Sinatra
[new] “Oh Happy Day” – Edwin Hawkins Singers
[new] “One” – Three Dog Night
“Only The Strong Survive” – Jerry Butler
[new] “Pinball Wizard” – Who
“Rock Me” – Steppenwolf
“Runaway Child Running Wild” – Temptations
[new] “Stand” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Sweet Cherry Wine” – Tommy James And The Shondells
“The Boxer” – Simon And Garfunkel
“The Chokin’ Kind” – Joe Simon
[new] “The Composer” – Diana Ross & Supremes
[new] “These Eyes” – Guess Who
“Time Is Tight” – Booker T & Mg’s
“Time Of The Season” – Zombies
[new] “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “Where’s The Playground Susie” – Glen Campbell
“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” – “Blood Sweat And Tears”
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 2nd, the world’s newest ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth 2 of the Cunard Line, set off from Southampton on its maiden voyage with 1,000 passengers and 400 crew. The $72,000,000 ship made the first private use of a satellite Global Positioning System, relying on “four U.S. Navy satellites to pinpoint her position within 100 feet” for navigation.
Then, in other modes of transport news, on the 18th Apollo 10 was launched from Cape Kennedy for what the Associated Press called “a dress rehearsal of a lunar landing mission” with the crew detaching the Apollo Lunar Module from the lunar orbiter and descending (but not actually landing) on the Moon’s surface.
And on the 19th the English rock band “The Who” released the first popular studio album to be promoted as a “rock opera”, Tommy, through Decca Records. Guitarist Pete Townshend created the backstory and composed the songs that furthered the plot. “Pinball Wizard” from the album is in the charts this week.
What’d Sadie think?
Three more weeks at the top for “Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In” by 5Th Dimension before “Get Back” by the Beatles has two at the top.
Loved ’em
- “Bad Moon Rising” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Get Back” – Beatles
- “In The Ghetto” – Elvis Presley
- “One” – Three Dog Night
- “Pinball Wizard” – Who
Liked ’em
- “Cissy Strut” – Meters
- “Day Is Done” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
- “Everyday With You Girl” – Classics Iv
- “Grazing In The Grass” – Friends Of Distinction
- “Happy Heart” – Andy Williams
- “Heather Honey” – Tommy Roe
- “I Can’t See Myself Loving You” – Aretha Franklin
- “Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet” – Henry Mancini
- “Mercy” – Ohio Express
- “More Today Than Yesterday” – Spiral Staircase
- “Morning Girl” – Neon Philharmonic
- “Oh Happy Day” – Edwin Hawkins Singers
- “Stand” – Sly And The Family Stone
- “The Composer” – Diana Ross & Supremes
- “These Eyes” – Guess Who
- “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” – Marvin Gaye
- “Where’s The Playground Susie” – Glen Campbell
Leave ’em
- “Goodbye” – Mary Hopkin
- “Love Can Make You Happy” – Mercy
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.