Top 100 songs for April 5, 1969
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1969 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe. Meanwhile, “My Way” by Frank Sinatra rises from No. 69 to No. 41. 19 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- My Way — Frank Sinatraup 28 places, No. 69 → No. 41
- Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' — Crazy Elephantup 27 places, No. 53 → No. 26
- Sweet Cherry Wine — Tommy James And The Shondellsup 27 places, No. 61 → No. 34
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- The Letter — The ArborsNo. 20
- Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' — Crazy ElephantNo. 26
- Time Is Tight — Booker T. & The MG'sNo. 33
- Sweet Cherry Wine — Tommy James And The ShondellsNo. 34
- I Can Hear Music — The Beach BoysNo. 36
First-week entries
- I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Mysel — James BrownNo. 61
- To Know You Is To Love You — Bobby VintonNo. 72
- Pinball Wizard — The WhoNo. 73
- Atlantis — DonovanNo. 75
- In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) — The FoundationsNo. 77
- Grazing In The Grass — The Friends Of DistinctionNo. 80
- Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) — Peter SarstedtNo. 85
- Love Is All I Have To Give — The Checkmates, Ltd.No. 86
- Badge — CreamNo. 87
- More Today Than Yesterday — Spiral StarecaseNo. 88
- Back In The U.S.S.R. — Chubby CheckerNo. 90
- These Eyes — The Guess WhoNo. 91
- Morning Girl — The Neon PhilharmonicNo. 93
- Gitarzan — Ray StevensNo. 94
- When You Dance — Jay & The AmericansNo. 95
- A Million To One — Brian HylandNo. 96
- California Girl (And The Tennessee Square) — Tompall & The Glaser BrothersNo. 97
- Rhythm Of The Rain — Gary Lewis And The PlayboysNo. 98
- Idaho — The 4 SeasonsNo. 99
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.
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