Top 100 songs for May 3, 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, “Love (Can Make You Happy)” by Mercy rises from No. 52 to No. 15. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Love (Can Make You Happy) — Mercyup 37 places, No. 52 → No. 15
- Goodbye — Mary Hopkinup 37 places, No. 64 → No. 27
- Oh Happy Day — The Edwin Hawkins' Singers Featuring Dorothy Combs Morrisonup 32 places, No. 72 → No. 40
New to this week’s Top 10
- Hawaii Five-O — The VenturesNo. 8
- The Boxer — Simon & GarfunkelNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Love (Can Make You Happy) — MercyNo. 15
- Pinball Wizard — The WhoNo. 25
- Goodbye — Mary HopkinNo. 27
- To Know You Is To Love You — Bobby VintonNo. 34
- More Today Than Yesterday — Spiral StarecaseNo. 37
- Happy Heart — Andy WilliamsNo. 38
- Oh Happy Day — The Edwin Hawkins' Singers Featuring Dorothy Combs MorrisonNo. 40
First-week entries
- Where's The Playground Susie — Glen CampbellNo. 59
- Everyday With You Girl — Classics IV Featuring Dennis YostNo. 74
- Proud Mary — Solomon BurkeNo. 77
- Lodi — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 78
- In The Ghetto — Elvis PresleyNo. 79
- Bad Moon Rising — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 80
- Medicine Man (Part I) — Buchanan BrothersNo. 83
- One — Three Dog NightNo. 84
- Pretty World — Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66No. 85
- With Pen In Hand — Vikki CarrNo. 89
- Marley Purt Drive — Jose FelicianoNo. 96
- I Could Never Lie To You — The New Colony SixNo. 97
- The Windmills Of Your Mind — Dusty SpringfieldNo. 99
- I Want To Love You Baby — Peggy Scott & Jo Jo BensonNo. 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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