List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1969

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These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1969.

Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference
4 January"Hair" Zen Flag of the Netherlands.svg [1]
11 January [2]
18 January [3]
25 January"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" Nina Simone [4]
1 February [5]
8 February [6]
15 February [7]
22 February [8]
1 March"Atlantis" Donovan [9]
8 March [10]
15 March [11]
22 March"Why" The Cats Flag of the Netherlands.svg [12]
29 March [13]
5 April [14]
12 April [15]
19 April [16]
26 April"Goodbye" Mary Hopkin [17]
3 May [18]
10 May"Get Back" The Beatles [19]
17 May [20]
24 May"Israelites" Desmond Dekker & the Aces [21]
31 May [22]
7 June"Oh Happy Day" The Edwin Hawkins Singers [23]
14 June [24]
21 June"The Ballad of John and Yoko" The Beatles [25]
28 June [26]
5 July [27]
12 July [28]
19 July"I Want to Live" Aphrodite's Child [29]
26 July"Give Peace a Chance" Plastic Ono Band [30]
2 August [31]
9 August"Saved by the Bell" Robin Gibb [32]
16 August"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" Zager and Evans [33]
23 August [34]
30 August [35]
6 September [36]
13 September"Don't Forget to Remember" Bee Gees [37]
20 September [38]
27 September"Bloody Mary"Tom & Dick [39]
4 October [40]
11 October [41]
18 October"My Special Prayer" Percy Sledge [42]
25 October [43]
1 November [44]
8 November [45]
15 November [46]
22 November"Oh Well (Part 1)" Fleetwood Mac [47]
29 November [48]
6 December [49]
13 December [50]
20 December"Marian" The Cats Flag of the Netherlands.svg [51]
27 December [52]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 1, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 2, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 3, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 4, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 5, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 6, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 7, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 8, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 9, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 10, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 11, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 12, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 13, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 14, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  15. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 15, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  16. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 16, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 17, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 18, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  19. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 19, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  20. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 20, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  21. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 21, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  22. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 22, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  23. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 23, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  24. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 24, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  25. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 25, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  26. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 26, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  27. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 27, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  28. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 28, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  29. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 29, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  30. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 30, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  31. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 31, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  32. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 32, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  33. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 33, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  34. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 34, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  35. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 35, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  36. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 36, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  37. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 37, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  38. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 38, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  39. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 39, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  40. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 40, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  41. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 41, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  42. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 42, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  43. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 43, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  44. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 44, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  45. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 45, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  46. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 46, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  47. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 47, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  48. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 48, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  49. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 49, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  50. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 50, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  51. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 51, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  52. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 52, 1969" . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
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