May 9, 1969

3	1	Beatles--Get Back
1	2	Cowsills--Hair
4	3	Tommy James & the Shondells--Sweet Cherry Wine
2	4	5th Dimension--Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
8	5	Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Rhythm of the Rain
6	6	Ray Stevens--Gitarzan
5	7	Donovan--Atlantis
12	8	Mercy--Love (Can Make You Happy)
7	9	Booker T. & the MG's--Time is Tight
41	10	Elvis Presley--In the Ghetto
10	11	Tommy Roe--Dizzy
9	12	Beach Boys--I Can Hear Music
13	13	Guess Who--These Eyes
34	14	Three Dog Night--One
31	15	Mary Hopkin--Goodbye
17	16	Cream--Badge
11	17	Ventures--Hawaii Five-O
42	18	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Bad Moon Rising
14	19	Simon & Garfunkel--The Boxer
15	20	Bobby Vinton--To Know You is to Love You
16	21	Iron Butterfly--Soul Experience
26	22	Day is Done--Peter, Paul & Mary
22	23	Glen Campbell--Where's the Playground Susie
23	24	Who--Pinball Wizard
19	25	Isley Brothers--It's Your Thing
25	26	Sly & the Family Stone--Stand!
32	27	Merrilee Rush--Everyday Livin' Days
18	28	Ohio Express--Mercy
27	29	Elyse Weinberg--Oh, Deed I Do
28	30	Led Zeppelin--Good Times Bad Times
20	31	Perry Como--Seattle
21	32	Blood, Sweat & Tears--You've Made Me So Very Happy
24	33	Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
40	34	Grass Roots--The River is Wide
49	35	Tommy Roe--Heather Honey
47	36	Dusty Springfield--The Windmills of Your Mind
35	37	Petula Clark--Happy Heart
38	38	Edwin Hawkins Singers--Oh Happy Day
29	39	Bubble Puppy--Hot Smoke & Sasafrass
45	40	Joe Simon--The Chokin' Kind
46	41	Jethro Tull--Love Story
---	42	Desmond Dekker & the Aces--Israelites
48	43	Henry Mancini & His Orchestra--Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
---	44	Steppenwolf--It's Never Too Late
50	45	Bill Deal & the Rhondels--I've Been Hurt
43	46	Jerry Butler--Only the Strong Survive
---	47	Friends of Distinction--Grazing in the Grass
---	48	Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd.--Black Pearl
---	49	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
---	50	Classics IV--Everyday With You Girl

Elvis makes a big leap.

All the debuts were Hot 100 hits.  The smallest, both nationally and locally, was Steppenwolf’s “It’s Never Too Late,” a number 51 BB hit that’ll go to number 30 here next week and then vanish.  “Let Me” by Paul Revere & the Raiders peaked at number 20 in Billboard, but here it’ll get up to number four, spending 15 weeks on the survey.  The Friends of Distinction’s version of “Grazing in the Grass” was a number three hit nationally, but here it’ll top out at number 19.  The others will perform pretty consistently with their national peaks, though it might be worth mentioning that “Israelites” will get up to number three versus number nine.