Top 100 songs for April 12, 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 “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)” by The 5th Dimension. Meanwhile, “Gitarzan” by Ray Stevens rises from No. 94 to No. 68. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Gitarzan — Ray Stevensup 26 places, No. 94 → No. 68
- These Eyes — The Guess Whoup 25 places, No. 91 → No. 66
- To Know You Is To Love You — Bobby Vintonup 22 places, No. 72 → No. 50
New to this week’s Top 10
- It's Your Thing — The Isley BrothersNo. 7
- Hair — The CowsillsNo. 8
- Twenty-Five Miles — Edwin StarrNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Hawaii Five-O — The VenturesNo. 32
- Is It Something You've Got — Tyrone DavisNo. 34
- Memories — Elvis PresleyNo. 35
- My Way — Frank SinatraNo. 37
- Will You Be Staying After Sunday — The Peppermint RainbowNo. 39
- First Of May — Bee GeesNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Boxer — Simon & GarfunkelNo. 51
- Love (Can Make You Happy) — MercyNo. 72
- Happy Heart — Andy WilliamsNo. 75
- Buying A Book — Joe TexNo. 78
- Stand! — Sly & The Family StoneNo. 80
- Seattle — Perry ComoNo. 82
- Happy Heart — Petula ClarkNo. 84
- The River Is Wide — The Grass RootsNo. 87
- Breakfast In Bed — Dusty SpringfieldNo. 91
- Any Day Now — Percy SledgeNo. 92
- Cissy Strut — The MetersNo. 93
- It's A Groovy World! — The UnificsNo. 98
- I Can't Do Enough — The DellsNo. 99
- Singing My Song — Tammy WynetteNo. 100
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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