List of number one hits in the UK charts (1969)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1969. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 75 and Albums Chart Top 75 determined by the Chart Information Network . There were 19 number one singles and 13 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1968 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1970 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 26, 1968 - January 1, 1969 1 week (total 3) 3 The Marmalade Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - Jan. 2, 1969 - January 8, 1969 1 week (4 in total) 4th The Scaffold Lily the Pink Mike McGear , John Gorman , Roger McGough - Jan 9, 1969 - Jan 22, 1969 2 weeks (total 3) 3 The Marmalade Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da John Winston Lennon, Paul James McCartney - January 23, 1969 - January 29, 1969 1 week 1 Fleetwood Mac Albatross Peter Alan Green - January 30, 1969 - February 5, 1969 1 week 1 The Move Blackberry Way Roy Wood - February 6, 1969 - February 19, 1969 2 weeks 2 Amen Corner (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice Music: Lucio Battisti ; Original text: Giulio Rapetti Mogol ; English text: Jack Fishman - February 20, 1969 - March 19, 1969 4 weeks 4th Peter Sarstedt Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Peter Eardley Sarstedt - March 20, 1969 - April 9, 1969 3 weeks 3 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Norman Whitfield , Barrett Strong - April 10, 1969 - April 16, 1969 1 week 1 Desmond Dekker & the Aces The Israelites Desmond Dekker - April 17, 1969 - May 28, 1969 6 weeks 6th The Beatles & Billy Preston Get Back John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - May 29, 1969 - June 4, 1969 1 week 1 Tommy Roe Dizzy Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller - June 5, 1969 - June 25, 1969 3 weeks 3 The Beatles The Ballad of John and Yoko John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - June 26, 1969 - July 16, 1969 3 weeks 3 Thunderclap Newman Something in the Air John Keene - July 17, 1969 - August 23, 1969 5 weeks 5 The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women Mick Jagger , Keith Richards - August 24, 1969 - September 13, 1969 3 weeks 3 Zager and Evans In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Richard S. Evans - September 14, 1969 - October 4, 1969 3 weeks 3 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising John C. Fogerty - October 5, 1969 - October 11, 1969 1 week 1 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Je t'aime… moi non plus Serge Gainsbourg - October 12, 1969 - October 18, 1969 1 week 1 Bobbie Gentry I'll Never Fall in Love Again Lonnie Donegan , James Currie - October 19, 1969 - December 13, 1969 8 weeks 8th The Archies Sugar, Sugar Jeff Barry , Andy Kim - December 14, 1969 - January 24, 1970 6 weeks 6th Rolf Harris Two Little Boys Music: Theodore Morse; Text: Edward Madden -
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Albums

← 1968 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1970 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 1, 1968 - January 18, 1969 7 weeks (8 in total) 8th The Beatles The Beatles (White Album) - January 19, 1969 - January 25, 1969 1 week (6 in total) 6th The Seekers The best of the seekers - January 26, 1969 - February 1, 1969 1 week (8 in total) 8th The Beatles The Beatles (White Album) - February 2, 1969 - February 8, 1969 1 week (6 in total) 6th The Seekers The best of the seekers - February 9, 1969 - March 8, 1969 4 weeks 4th Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations - March 9, 1969 - March 22, 1969 2 weeks (4 in total) 4th Cream Goodbye - March 23, 1969 - April 5, 1969 2 weeks (6 in total) 6th The Seekers The best of the seekers - April 6, 1969 - April 12, 1969 1 week (4 in total) 4th Cream Goodbye - April 13, 1969 - April 19, 1969 1 week (6 in total) 6th The Seekers The best of the seekers - April 20, 1969 - April 26, 1969 1 week (4 in total) 4th Cream Goodbye - April 27, 1969 - May 3, 1969 1 week (6 in total) 6th The Seekers The best of the seekers - May 4, 1969 - May 17, 1969 2 weeks 2 Moody blues On the threshold of a dream - May 18, 1969 - June 14, 1969 4 weeks 4th Bob Dylan Nashville skyline - June 15, 1969 - July 5, 1969 3 weeks 3 Ray Conniff His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound - July 6, 1969 - August 2, 1969 4 weeks 4th Jim Reeves According to My Heart - August 3, 1969 - August 23, 1969 3 weeks (total 5) 5 Jethro Tull Stand up - August 24, 1969 - August 30, 1969 1 week 1 Elvis Presley From Elvis in Memphis - August 31, 1969 - September 13, 1969 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Jethro Tull Stand up - September 14, 1969 - September 27, 1969 2 weeks 2 Blind Faith Blind Faith - September 28, 1969 - December 13, 1969 11 weeks (17 in total) 17th The Beatles Abbey Road - December 14, 1969 - December 20, 1969 1 week 1 The Rolling Stones Let it bleed - December 21, 1969 - January 31, 1970 6 weeks (17 in total) 17th The Beatles Abbey Road -
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The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1968 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1970 →
Singles position# Albums My Way Frank Sinatra Music: Claude François ; Original text: Jacques Revaux , Gilles Thibaut; English text: Paul Anka 1 Abbey Road The Beatles Je t'aime… moi non plus Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg 2 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin Gentle on My Mind Dean Martin John C. Harford 3 The Best of the Seekers The Seekers Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger , Keith Richards 4th The Sound of Music ( Soundtrack ) Saved by the Bell Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb 5 His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound Ray Conniff Nobody's Child Karen Young Cy Coben, Mel Foree 6th Johnny Cash at San Quentin Johnny Cash Get Back The Beatles & Billy Preston John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney 7th Oliver ( original soundtrack ) Please Don't Go Donald Peers Music: Jacques Offenbach ; Editing and text: Leslie David Reed , Jackie Rae 8th According to My Heart Jim Reeves I'll Never Fall in Love Again Bobbie Gentry Lonnie Donegan , James Currie 9 Goodbye Mary Hopkin Dizzy Tommy Roe Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller 10 Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations
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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1969
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1969 / Top Albums of 1969

See also: Number one hits 1969 in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Switzerland , Spain, and the United States .