November 21, 1969

1	1	Beatles--Something/Come Together
2	2	Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
3	3	Cuff Links--Tracy
5	4	R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
7	5	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son
21	6	Neil Diamond--Holly Holy
4	7	5th Dimension--Wedding Bell Blues
12	8	Original Caste--One Tin Soldier
6	9	Archies--Sugar, Sugar
9	10	Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
13	11	Steam--Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
20	12	Savoy Brown--I'm Tired
8	13	Blood, Sweat & Tears--And When I Die
16	14	Glen Campbell--Try a Little Kindness
15	15	Sly & the Family Stone--Hot Fun in the Summertime
11	16	Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
18	17	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Ruben James
19	18	Thomas & Richard Frost--She's Got Love
27	19	Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
22	20	Jim Brady & the Sonics--Near My Soul
14	21	Crow--Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me
30	22	Ferrante & Teicher--Midnight Cowboy
29	23	Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band--She Belongs to Me
10	24	Guess Who--Undun
32	25	Bobby Sherman--La La La (If I Had You)
31	26	Tommy Roe--Jam Up Jelly Tight
41	27	Bread--Could I
24	28	Three Dog Night--Eli's Coming
36	29	Jefferson--The Colour of My Love
38	30	Tommy Cash--Six White Horses
23	31	Andy Kim--So Good Together
---	32	Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People
---	33	Elvis Presley--Rubberneckin'/Don't Cry Daddy
39	34	Stevie Wonder--Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
46	35	Diana Ross & the Supremes--Someday We'll Be Together
47	36	Mark Lindsay--Arizona
---	37	Poppy Family--Which Way You Goin' Billy?
37	38	Tony Joe White--Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Night of the Mossacin)
---	39	Bobby Gentry--Fancy
---	40	Nightcrawlers--Little Black Egg
---	41	B.J. Thomas--Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
42	42	Flaming Ember--Mind, Body and Soul
45	43	Petula Clark--No One Better Than You
44	44	Clique--I'll Hold Out My Hand
43	45	Friends of Distinction--Going in Circles
---	46	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Friendship Train
48	47	Dusty Springfield--A Brand New Me
49	48	James Gang--Funk #49
50	49	Grass Roots--Heaven Knows
---	50	Mel & Tim--Backfield in Motion

“Holly Holy” suddenly shoots upward, from number 21 to number six.

The “suddenly overstaying its welcome” award goes to Oliver’s “Jean,” which drops off the survey from number 17.

The two sides of the new Elvis Presley single will be listed jointly for their entire survey run here, as they were in Billboard; the difference is that “Don’t Cry Daddy” was listed as the a-side in BB (where it peaked at number six) while “Rubberneckin’” was the a-side as far as KJR was concerned (and we’ll see it peak at number five).

“Little Black Egg” by the Nightcrawlers has an interesting chart history.  It was originally released in 1965, and was popular at some radio stations in late ‘65/early ’66, mostly in the band’s native Florida.  It appeared on Billboard’s Bubbling Under chart at number 135 for one week in December.  In late 1966 it enjoyed a comeback, making it big in various areas, notably in Ohio; it got to number six here at KJR and to number 85 in Billboard.  Now here we are in 1969 and it’s back—it’ll peak at number 18 here, but this time it’s getting no Billboard action and the only other stations playing it, that I’m aware of, are also in Washington.  I have no idea what prompted this little comeback.

Debuts also worthy of note: early reggae star Jimmy Cliff’s “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” (25BB/10KJR) and soul duo Mel & Tim’s “Backfield in Motion” (almost the reverse, 10BB/26KJR).