Billboard Top Country Singles of 1969

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1969. "Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash was ranked as the year's No. 1 country single. [1]

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The ranking was based on performance on the Billboard Country Chart during the period from January 4, 1969, to August 30, 1969. [1] Accordingly, the list excludes songs like "Okie from Muskogee", which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from November 15 to December 6. And "A Boy Named Sue" ranks No. 83 on the list even though it held the No. 1 spot for five consecutive weeks from August 23 to September 20

RankPeak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
11"Daddy Sang Bass" Johnny Cash Columbia
21"Only the Lonely" Sonny James Capitol
31"My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" Bill Anderson Decca
41"Statue of a Fool" Jack Greene Decca
51"Running Bear"Sonny JamesCapitol
61"Hungry Eyes" Merle Haggard Capitol
71"I Love You More Today" Conway Twitty Decca
81"Galveston" Glen Campbell Capitol
91"Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" Buck Owens & His BuckaroosCapitol
101"Johnny B. Goode"Buck Owens & His BuckaroosCapitol
112"I’ll Share My World with You"George JonesMusicor
121"Singing My Song" Tammy Wynette Epic
134"(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" Bobby Bare RCA
141"Until My Dreams Come True" Jack Greene Decca
152"Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" Conway Twitty Decca
161"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)"Loretta LynnDecca
172"Rings of Gold" Dottie West and Don Gibson RCA
183"Good Time Charlie's" Del Reeves United Artists
193"Kaw-Liga" Charley Pride RCA
202"Games People Play" Freddy Weller Columbia
211"To Make Love Sweeter For You" Jerry Lee Lewis Smash
222"One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"Jerry Lee LewisSmash
234"My Woman's Good to Me"David HoustonEpic
243"Cajun Baby" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M
252"The Carroll County Accident"Porter WagonerRCA
265"Be Glad" Del Reeves United Artists
276"Leave My Dream Alone" Warner Mack Decca
2810"Who's Julie" Mel Tillis Kapp
291"All I Have to Offer You Is Me"Charley PrideRCA
307"You Gave Me a Mountain" Johnny Bush Stop
3110"Where the Blue and Lonely Go" Roy Drusky Mercury
329"Kay" John Wesley Ryles Columbia
3316"The Name of the Game Was Love" Hank Snow RCA
345"It's a Sin"Marty RobbinsColumbia
359"Yours Love" Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton RCA
368"None of My Business" Henson Cargill Monument
372"When the Grass Grows Over Me" George Jones Musicor
3812"Just Hold My Hand" Johnny & Jonie Mosby RCA
3915"Old Faithful" Mel Tillis Kapp
404"Mr. Walker It's All Over" Billie Jo Spears Capitol
419"All for the Love of a Girl" Claude King Columbia
426"When Two Worlds Collide" Jim Reeves RCA
435"There Never Was a Time" Jeannie C. Riley Plantation
4413"Ribbon of Darkness" Connie Smith RCA
453"Big Wind"Porter WagonerRCA
4611"California Girl (And the Tennessee Square)" Tompall & the Glaser Brothers M-G-M
4711"Sweetheart of the Year"Ray PriceColumbia
484"The Ballad of Forty Dollars" Tom T. Hall Mercury
496"The Girl Most Likely" Jeannie C. Riley Plantation
5012"One More Mile"Dave DudleyMercury
6018"Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" Lynn Anderson Chart
711"Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette Epic
723"I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"Merle HaggardCapitol
7719"Something's Wrong in California"Waylon JenningsRCA
831"A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash Columbia
851"Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell Capitol

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Notes

  1. This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1968.

References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard's 1969 Country Music Survey: Top Country Singles" (PDF). The Billboard. October 18, 1969. p. 10.
  2. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.