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1
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Beatles--Something/Come Together
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9
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2
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Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
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6
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3
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Cuff Links--Tracy
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4
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4
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5th Dimension--Wedding Bell Blues
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5
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5
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R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
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2
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6
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Archies--Sugar, Sugar
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22
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7
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Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son
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13
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8
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Blood, Sweat & Tears--And When I Die
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3
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9
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Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
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7
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10
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Guess Who--Undun
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11
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11
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Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
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20
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12
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Original Caste--One Tin Soldier
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15
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13
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Steam--Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
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10
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14
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Crow--Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me
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21
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15
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Sly & the Family Stone--Hot Fun in the Summertime
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26
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16
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Glen Campbell--Try a Little Kindness
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12
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17
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Oliver--Jean
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19
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18
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Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Ruben James
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23
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19
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Thomas & Richard Frost--She's Got Love
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30
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20
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Savoy Brown--I'm Tired
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25
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21
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Neil Diamond--Holly Holy
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24
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22
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Jim Brady & the Sonics--Near My Soul
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14
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23
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Andy Kim--So Good Together
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8
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24
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Three Dog Night--Eli's Coming
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17
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25
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Smith--Baby It's You
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18
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26
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Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
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31
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27
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Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
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27
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28
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Sound Foundation--Morning Dew (Walk Me Out in the)
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34
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29
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Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band--She Belongs to Me
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33
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30
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Ferrante & Teicher--Midnight Cowboy
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38
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31
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Tommy Roe--Jam Up Jelly Tight
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39
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32
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Bobby Sherman--La La La (If I Had You)
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29
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33
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Tommy James & the Shondells--Ball of Fire
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28
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34
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Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
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16
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35
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Georgio--Looky, Looky
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36
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36
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Jefferson--The Colour of My Love
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37
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37
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Tony Joe White--Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Night of the Mossacin)
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41
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38
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Tommy Cash--Six White Horses
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42
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39
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Stevie Wonder--Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
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40
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40
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Isaac Hayes--Walk on By
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45
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41
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Bread--Could I
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49
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42
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Flaming Ember--Mind, Body and Soul
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44
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43
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Friends of Distinction--Going in Circles
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46
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44
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Clique--I'll Hold Out My Hand
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50
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45
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Petula Clark--No One Better Than You
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46
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Diana Ross & the Supremes--Someday We'll Be Together
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47
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Mark Lindsay--Arizona
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48
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Dusty Springfield--A Brand New Me
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49
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James Gang--Funk #49
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50
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Grass Roots--Heaven Knows
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I can’t think of much to say about this one. We’ve got the Supremes’ last release before
Diana Ross went solo, which is another sign of the sixties coming to a close;
it was number one nationally but will stop at number eight here. The Grass Roots’ “Heaven Knows” was number 24
in Billboard but will get up to number twelve here. The other debuts are Mark Lindsay’s “Arizona”
(10BB/7KJR), Dusty Springfield’s “A Brand New Me,” her final appearance on the
Fabulous 50 (24/39), and Joe Walsh’s James Gang’s “Funk #49” (59/38).
There are three Tommys between number 31 and number 38.
I know the P-I published a Fabulous 50 for the year 1969. I remember being overjoyed when my absolute favorite song of 1969 (and perhaps all time) made it to Number 1: the Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women. I've been compiling how songs have done in 1969 on the Fab 50 surveys that you have published so far. I have ranked them according to number of weeks on the chart, peak position, and average position. I made an average ranking based on full weights to weeks on the chart and peak position and a three-quarter weight to average position. The three-quarter weight disadvantages songs like Zager and Evans' In the Year 2525, which were wildly popular for a short while (hence a high average position) but which lost favor quickly and dropped off the survey from high rankings (hence a shorter time on the chart). The rankings for the year 1969, based on surveys through November 14, are as follows:
ReplyDelete1 Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
2 Archies--Sugar, Sugar
3 Beatles--Get Back
4 Cowsills--Hair
5 Tommy Roe--Dizzy
6 Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
7 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crimson and Clover
8 Elvis Presley--In the Ghetto
9 5th Dimension--Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
10 Three Dog Night--One
11 Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
12 Tommy James & the Shondells--Sweet Cherry Wine
13 Foundations--Build Me Up Buttercup
14 Zombies--Time of the Season
15 Oliver--Jean
16 Perry Como--Seattle
17 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Bad Moon Rising
18 Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
19 Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
20 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
21 Box Tops--Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March
22 Marvin Gaye--I Heard it Through the Grapevine
23 Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
24 Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
25 Mercy--Love (Can Make You Happy)
26 New Colony Six--Things I'd Like to Say
27 Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
28 Tommy Roe--Jack and Jill
29 Doors--Touch Me
30 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra--Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
31 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
32 Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
33 Clique--Sugar on Sunday
34 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
35 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Proud Mary
36 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
37 Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
38 Smith--Baby It's You
39 Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
40 Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
41 Desmond Dekker & the Aces--Israelites
42 Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
43 Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
44 Donovan--Atlantis
45 Booker T. & the MG's--Time is Tight
46 Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
47 Crow--Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me
48 Oliver--Good Morning Starshine
49 Ray Stevens--Gitarzan
50 Steppenwolf--Rock Me
I imaging that Something/Come Together and Leaving on a Jet Plane will show prominently in the Fab 50 for 1969 after the surveys for December and the second half of November are included.
Thanks again for publishing these surveys! KJR was such a big part of my childhood and adolescence that seeing these surveys brings back wonderful memories.
Hi again Gene! You're welcome, and thank you very much for your interest and contributions. I do have the 1969 year-end survey, so that will be posted when it's time. I haven't compared it to your list...
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