POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23, 1969
1

Honky Tonk Women

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

2

A Boy Named Sue

Johnny Cash

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 5

3

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Tommy James And The Shondells

—

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

4

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

Neil Diamond

—

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

5

In The Year 2525

Zager & Evans

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

6

Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Jackie DeShannon

—

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

7

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 8

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

8

Polk Salad Annie

Tony Joe White

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

9

Get Together

The Youngbloods

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 14

10

Laughing

The Guess Who

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

11

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

12

Lay Lady Lay

Bob Dylan

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

13

Baby, I Love You

Andy Kim

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

14

Sugar, Sugar

The Archies

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 24

15

Give Peace A Chance

Plastic Ono Band

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

16

My Cherie Amour

Stevie Wonder

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

17

What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

18

Easy To Be Hard

Three Dog Night

↑ 22

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

19

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Tom Jones

↑ 6

Peak: 6 • 23 wks • Prev: 25

20

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

The 5th Dimension

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

21

Choice Of Colors

The Impressions

—

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

22

Quentin's Theme

The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde

↓ 4

Peak: 13 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

23

Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1

James Brown

↓ 6

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

24

Soul Deep

The Box Tops

↑ 17

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

25

Spinning Wheel

Blood, Sweat & Tears

↓ 14

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

26

I'd Wait A Million Years

The Grass Roots

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

27

Birthday

Underground Sunshine

↑ 16

Peak: 26 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

28

Marrakesh Express

Crosby, Stills & Nash

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 31

29

Hurt So Bad

The Lettermen

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 21 wks • Prev: 37

30

The Nitty Gritty

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 9

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

32

Commotion

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

33

My Pledge Of Love

The Joe Jeffrey Group

↓ 14

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

34

It's Getting Better

Mama Cass

↓ 4

Peak: 30 • 19 wks • Prev: 30

35

True Grit

Glen Campbell

↑ 7

Peak: 35 • 7 wks • Prev: 42

36

Did You See Her Eyes

The Illusion

↑ 10

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

37

I'm Free

The Who

↑ 11

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

38

Clean Up Your Own Back Yard

Elvis Presley

↓ 3

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

39

Keem-O-Sabe

The Electric Indian

↑ 12

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

40

Oh, What A Night

The Dells

↑ 25

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 65

41

Muddy River

Johnny Rivers

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

42

Hot Fun In The Summertime

Sly & The Family Stone

↑ 12

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 54

43

Your Good Thing (Is About To End)

Lou Rawls

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

44

Jean

Oliver

↑ 28

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 72

45

Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)

Donovan/Jeff Beck Group

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 49

46

Nobody But You Babe

Clarence Reid

↑ 12

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

47

Abergavenny

Shannon

—

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

48

I Can't Get Next To You

The Temptations

↑ 36

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 84

49

Everybody's Talkin'

Nilsson

↑ 30

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 79

50

Your Husband - My Wife

Brooklyn Bridge

—

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

51

Change Of Heart

Dennis Yost And The Classics IV

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 7 wks • Prev: 57

52

Everybody Knows Matilda

Duke Baxter

—

Peak: 52 • 6 wks • Prev: 52

53

Odds And Ends

Dionne Warwick

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

54

Jack And Jill

Tommy Roe

↑ 2

Peak: 53 • 13 wks • Prev: 56

55

When I Die

Motherlode

↑ 9

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

56

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Little Anthony And The Imperials

↑ 12

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

57

Simple Song Of Freedom

Tim Hardin

↑ 4

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

58

Move Over

Steppenwolf

↑ 19

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

59

I Could Never Be President

Johnnie Taylor

↑ 7

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

60

I'm A Better Man

Engelbert Humperdinck

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 7 wks

61

Ease Back

The Meters

↑ 8

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

62

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

↑ 9

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 71

63

In A Moment

The Intrigues

↑ 17

Peak: 31 • 14 wks • Prev: 80

64

Let Yourself Go

The Friends Of Distinction

↓ 1

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

65

What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am

Bill Deal & The Rhondels

↑ 22

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 87

66

I'm Gonna Make You Mine

Lou Christie

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 12 wks

67

This Girl Is A Woman Now

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 11 wks

68

I Do

The Moments

↑ 8

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

69

The Young Folks

Diana Ross & The Supremes

↑ 4

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

70

Muddy Mississippi Line

Bobby Goldsboro

↑ 21

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 91

71

Questions 67 And 68

Chicago

↑ 7

Peak: 71 • 3 wks • Prev: 78

72

One Night Affair

The O'Jays

↑ 10

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

73

Little Woman

Bobby Sherman

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 13 wks

74

Lowdown Popcorn

James Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 6 wks

76

I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

Dean Martin

↑ 12

Peak: 75 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

77

Rain

Jose Feliciano

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 5 wks

78

Chelsea Morning

Judy Collins

↑ 5

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

79

Maybe The Rain Will Fall

The Cascades

↑ 10

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

80

Let Me Be The One

Peaches & Herb

↑ 5

Peak: 74 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

81

You, I

The Rugbys

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 11 wks

82

The Train

1910 Fruitgum Co.

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 10 wks

83

Lodi

Al Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 7 wks

84

Don't It Make You Want To Go Home

Joe South and The Believers

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 12 wks

85

The Colour Of My Love

Jefferson

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 9 wks • Prev: 86

86

Hook And Sling-Part I

Eddie Bo

↑ 7

Peak: 73 • 9 wks • Prev: 93

87

Farewell Love Scene

Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack

↑ 9

Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

88

Here I Go Again

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 9 wks

89

Look At Mine

Petula Clark

↑ 1

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

90

Going In Circles

The Friends Of Distinction

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 92

91

Who Do You Love

Quicksilver Messenger Service

↑ 4

Peak: 91 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

92

Oh How Happy

Blinky & Edwin Starr

↑ 7

Peak: 92 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

93

Can't Find The Time

Orpheus

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 7 wks

94

Walk On By

Isaac Hayes

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 12 wks

95

Goodbye Columbus

The Association

↑ 3

Peak: 80 • 11 wks • Prev: 98

96

Any Way That You Want Me

Evie Sands

↑ 4

Peak: 53 • 17 wks • Prev: 100

97

You Got Yours And I'll Get Mine

The Delfonics

—

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 97

98

Green Fields

The Vogues

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 3 wks

99

All I Have To Offer You (Is Me)

Charley Pride

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 5 wks

100

Memphis Train

Buddy Miles Express

★ NEW

Peak: 100 • 1 wks

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