February 21, 1969

1	1	Tommy James & the Shondells--Crimson and Clover
5	2	Box Tops--Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March
2	3	Foundations--Build Me Up Buttercup
30	4	Perry Como--Seattle
20	5	Zombies--Time of the Season
18	6	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
3	7	Marvin Gaye--I Heard it Through the Grapevine
4	8	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Proud Mary
9	9	Turtles--You Showed Me
10	10	First Edition--But You Know I Love You
12	11	Three Dog Night--Try a Little Tenderness
7	12	Doors--Touch Me
6	13	Jay & the Americans--This Magic Moment
17	14	Flirtations--Nothing But a Heartache
23	15	New Colony Six--Things I'd Like to Say
8	16	Sly & the Family Stone--Everyday People
37	17	Tommy Roe--Dizzy
14	18	Joe South--Games People Play
21	19	Bards--Tunesmith
29	20	Diana Ross and the Supremes--I'm Livin' in Shame
13	21	Vogues--Woman Helping Man
19	22	Saturday Morning Cartoon Show--Hayride
15	23	Bob Seger System--Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
36	24	Donovan--To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
40	25	Neon Philharmonic--Morning Girl
46	26	Spanky & Our Gang--Anything You Choose
31	27	Tyrone Davis--Can I Change My Mind
35	28	Rascals--Heaven
42	29	Dionne Warwick--This Girl's in Love With You
22	30	1910 Fruitgum Co.--Indian Giver
26	31	Judy Collins--Someday Soon
34	32	Rejoice!--November Snow
38	33	Grass Roots--Lovin' Things
41	34	Peppermint Rainbow--Will You Be Staying After Sunday
45	35	Johnny Rivers--These Are Not My People
50	36	Steppenwolf--Rock Me
---	37	Dusty Springfield--Don't Forget About Me
43	38	Connie Francis--The Wedding Cake
39	39	Dion--Purple Haze
---	40	Glen Campbell--Galveston
44	41	Cream--Crossroads
49	42	Spirit--I Got a Line on You
---	43	Arbors--The Letter
48	44	Classics IV--Traces
---	45	Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
---	46	John Wilkinson--July, You're a Woman
47	47	Gun--Race With the Devil
---	48	Bubble Puppy--Hot Smoke & Sasafrass
---	49	Spiral Starecase--More Today Than Yesterday
---	50	Iveys--Maybe Tomorrow

A shakeup in the top ten as three songs jump in.

Last week’s number eleven song, “I Started a Joke,” drops off the survey, as does the number 16 song, “Rainbow Ride.”

There are now only three songs left that debuted in 1968, “Crimson and Clover,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” and “Touch Me,” though none of them are going away anytime soon.

John Wilkinson was hired as Elvis Presley’s rhythm guitarist just before “July, You’re a Woman” was released on RCA, Elvis’s record label, so I assume there’s a connection there.  The song was written by John Stewart of the Kingston Trio (Wilkinson also played with them) and was also recorded by Pat Boone, whose version got to number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Easy Listening chart.  Wilkinson’s version did not chart nationally, but it will get to number 25 here.

Neil Diamond’s “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show” was a number 22 BB hit that will make it to number two here at KJR, while Dusty Springfield’s “Don’t Forget About Me,” a number 64 BB hit, will go to number 31 here next week and then drop off.  The number twelve national hit “More Today Than Yesterday” by the Spiral Starecase, which seems like a likely Seattle hit to me, will be number 45 next week, and then also drop off.