August 15, 1969

1	1	Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
3	2	Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
2	3	Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
4	4	Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
6	5	Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
5	6	Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
7	7	Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
25	8	Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
13	9	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
8	10	Grass Roots--I'd Wait a Million Years
17	11	Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
23	12	Johnny Rivers--Muddy River
15	13	Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
21	14	Flying Machine--Smile a Little Smile For Me
18	15	Guess Who--Laughing
16	16	Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
9	17	Charles Randolph Grean Sounde--Quentin's Theme
12	18	Stevie Wonder--My Cherie Amour
10	19	Plastic Ono Band--Give Peace a Chance
42	20	Archies--Sugar, Sugar
11	21	Mark Lindsay--First Hymn From Grand Terrace
14	22	Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
26	23	Motherlode--When I Die
30	24	Clique--Sugar on Sunday
33	25	Impressions--Choice of Colors
47	26	Steppenwolf--Move Over
38	27	Bob Dylan--Lay Lady Lay
35	28	Box Tops--Soul Deep
20	29	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
24	30	Duke Baxter--Everybody Knows Matilda
19	31	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
34	32	Cascades--Maybe the Rain Will Fall
28	33	Donovan (With the Jeff Beck Group)--Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot)
39	34	Evie Sands--Any Way That You Want Me
22	35	Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--What Does it Take (To Win Your Love)
27	36	Tony Joe White--Polk Salad Annie
36	37	Who--I'm Free
32	38	Crosby, Stills & Nash--Marrakesh Express
43	39	Lou Christie--I'm Gonna Make You Mine
40	40	Burt Bacharach--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
45	41	Tim Hardin--Simple Song of Freedom
46	42	Underground Sunshine--Birthday
---	43	Tommy Roe--Jack and Jill
44	44	Kenny O'Dell--No Obligations
50	45	Rugbys--You, I
48	46	Chicago--Questions 67 and 68
49	47	French Revolution--Americas
---	48	Bill Deal & the Rhondells--What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
---	49	Gary Puckett & the Union Gap--This Girl is a Woman Now
---	50	Joe South--Don't it Make You Want to Go Home

Only four debuts this week, so I’ll mention them all.  “Jack and Jill” by Tommy Roe was a number 53 Billboard hit that will go all the way up to number three here.  “What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am,” the follow-up to “I’ve Been Hurt” by Bill Deal & the Rhondells, will not do as well here as “I’ve Been Hurt” (33 vs. 13), though it was bigger nationally (23 vs. 35).  “This Girl is a Woman Now,” the last of the run of big hits for Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, will come out about even (9BB/11KJR).  And Joe South’s “Don’t it Make You Want to Go Home,” peaking in Billboard at number 41 pop and 27 country, will reach number 21 here.

August 8, 1969

2	1	Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
1	2	Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
7	3	Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
4	4	Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
3	5	Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
13	6	Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
8	7	Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
10	8	Grass Roots--I'd Wait a Million Years
9	9	Charles Randolph Grean Sounde--Quentin's Theme
20	10	Plastic Ono Band--Give Peace a Chance
12	11	Mark Lindsay--First Hymn From Grand Terrace
14	12	Stevie Wonder--My Cherie Amour
27	13	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
6	14	Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
5	15	Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
18	16	Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
50	17	Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
16	18	Guess Who--Laughing
11	19	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
15	20	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
32	21	Flying Machine--Smile a Little Smile For Me
19	22	Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--What Does it Take (To Win Your Love)
37	23	Johnny Rivers--Muddy River
24	24	Duke Baxter--Everybody Knows Matilda
48	25	Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
33	26	Motherlode--When I Die
26	27	Tony Joe White--Polk Salad Annie
36	28	Donovan (With the Jeff Beck Group)--Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot)
31	29	Brooklyn Bridge--Your Husband - My Wife
43	30	Clique--Sugar on Sunday
29	31	Jeff Afdem & the Springfield Flute--Scarborough Fair/Look of Love
23	32	Crosby, Stills & Nash--Marrakesh Express
35	33	Impressions--Choice of Colors
46	34	Cascades--Maybe the Rain Will Fall
34	35	Box Tops--Soul Deep
25	36	Who--I'm Free
39	37	Happenings--Where Do I Go/Be-In/Hare Krishna
45	38	Bob Dylan--Lay Lady Lay
42	39	Evie Sands--Any Way That You Want Me
38	40	Burt Bacharach--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
30	41	5th Dimension--Workin' On a Groovy Thing
49	42	Archies--Sugar, Sugar
---	43	Lou Christie--I'm Gonna Make You Mine
---	44	Kenny O'Dell--No Obligations
47	45	Tim Hardin--Simple Song of Freedom
---	46	Underground Sunshine--Birthday
---	47	Steppenwolf--Move Over
---	48	Chicago--Questions 67 and 68
---	49	French Revolution--Americas
---	50	Rugbys--You, I

A big leap for the “Little Woman,” from 50 to 17.  Last week’s number 17 song, “One,” drops completely off the survey.

Its b-side “Commotion” drops off and “Green River” will continue on its own.

Two non-Billboard records debut this week.  Pop-rock singer-songwriter Kenny O’Dell (we saw him here once before, almost two years back, with “Beautiful People”) will stay at number 44 for one more week and then drop off the survey.  “Americas” by the French Revolution will go to number 47 next week, stay there for four weeks, and then drop off.  All I know about them is that they were from Montreal, where, naturally, they were called La Révolution Française.  But I have the record, which is memorable and a little odd, though it’s basically pop-rock with horns.  It’s about how great America is (or the Americas are):

From Brasilia to Alaska

Mississippi to Hawaii

People build new generation

Growing cities’ population

California seems so wealthy

Argentina seems so shiny

Everywhere people sing and shout

America, God bless America

America you’re great

America have faith

There was time for revolution

Now it’s time for brand new nations

People feel so happy to live

In this land of joy and freedom

Among the other debuts, worth mentioning are Steppenwolf’s “Move Over” (31BB/16KJR) and Lou Christie’s “I’m Gonna Make You Mine” (10/32).

Postscript: A little more digging revealed that “Americas” was a reworking for the American market of La Révolution Française’s song “Québécois,” which was a call for Quebec’s independence.

https://youtu.be/Ak6pY5bEn0Q