List of number-one singles of 1969 (Canada)

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This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine [n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1969. [n 2] [n 3]

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Volume:IssueIssue Date(s)SongArtist
10:196 January"Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell
10:2013 January"Soulful Strut" Young-Holt Unlimited
10:2120 January"I Started a Joke" Bee Gees
10:2227 January
10:233 February"Crimson and Clover" Tommy James and the Shondells
10:2410 February"Touch Me" The Doors
10:2517 February"Worst That Could Happen" The Brooklyn Bridge
10:2624 February"Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations
11:13 March"You Showed Me" The Turtles
11:210 March"This Magic Moment" Jay and the Americans
11:317 March"Indian Giver" 1910 Fruitgum Company
11:424 March"Dizzy" Tommy Roe
11:531 March"Time of the Season" The Zombies
11:67 April"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension
11:714 April
11:821 April
11:928 April"You've Made Me So Very Happy" Blood, Sweat & Tears
11:105 May
11:1112 May"Hair" The Cowsills
11:1219 May"Get Back" The Beatles
11:1326 May
11:142 June
11:159 June
11:1616 June
11:1723 June
11:1830 June"Good Morning Starshine" Oliver
11:197 July"Spinning Wheel"Blood, Sweat & Tears
11:2014 July
11:2121 July
11:23 [n 4] 28 July"Crystal Blue Persuasion"Tommy James and the Shondells
11:242 August"In the Year 2525" Zager and Evans
11:259 August"Baby, I Love You" Andy Kim Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
11:2616 August
12:123 August"When I Die" Motherlode Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
12:230 August
12:36 September"Laughing" The Guess Who Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
12:413 September"Sugar, Sugar" The Archies
12:520 September
12:627 September
12:74 October "Jean" Oliver
12:811 October"Everybody's Talkin'" Nilsson
12:918 October"Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley
12:1025 October
12:111 November
12:128 November"Tracy" The Cuff Links
12:1315 November"Something"The Beatles
12:1422 November
12:1529 November
12:166 December
12:1713 December"And When I Die"Blood, Sweat & Tears
12:1820 December
12:1927 December"Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and Mary

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Notes
  1. ↑ The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
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  2. ↑ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
  3. ↑ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
  4. ↑ Although the charts were corresponding, the archive numbered this as no. 23 instead of 22.
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