August 9, 1969

----- DROPOUTS -----
Let Me - Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay ----- 20 (2) / 8
Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. ----- 13 / 10
Moody Woman - Jerry Butler ----- 24 / 7
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye ----- 4 / 13
I Turned You On - The Isley Brothers ----- 23 (2) / 7
Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones ----- 13 / 9
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival ----- 2 / 12


 40 --- Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin (55)
 39 --- The Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight & The Pips (65)
39 38 --- Moonflight - Vik Venus Alias: Your Main Moon Man
38 37 --- Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash
36 36 --- It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
37 35 --- Clean Up Your Own Back Yard - Elvis Presley
 34 --- Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival (71)
32 33 --- Doggone Right - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
 32 --- Workin' On A Groovy Thing - The 5th Dimension (42)
 31 --- I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones (52)

 30 --- I'd Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots (41)
10 29 --- The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
28 28 --- Reconsider Me - Johnny Adams
27 27 --- Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens
21 26 --- Good Old Rock 'N Roll - Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys
19 25 --- Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark
24 24 --- Choice Of Colors - The Impressions
 23 --- Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band (43)
16 22 --- Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini & his Orchestra      
29 21 --- Get Together - The Youngbloods

26 20 --- Laughing - The Guess Who
35 19 --- Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
17 18 --- One - Three Dog Night
15 17 --- Good Morning Starshine - Oliver
14 16 --- My Pledge Of Love - The Joe Jeffrey Group
12 15 --- Color Him Father - The Winstons
18 14 --- Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
13 13 --- Quentin's Theme - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
11 12 --- Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1 - James Brown
03 11 --- Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears

09 10 --- Baby, I Love You - Andy Kim
25 09 --- Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
04 08 --- My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
20 07 --- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
06 06 --- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
07 05 --- Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) - Neil Diamond
05 04 --- What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
08 03 --- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
02 02 --- Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells
01 01 --- In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - Zager & Evans            


And thus begins the career of John Lennon steering away from the Beatles as The Plastic Ono Band enters the Top 40.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 9-15 August 1969

01 01 HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones ***
02 02 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
03 03 SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
04 06 GOODNIGHT, MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
05 04 IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
06 16 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
07 07 MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
08 13 CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black
09 09 BABY, MAKE IT SOON Marmalade
10 08 IT MIEK Desmond Dekker and the Aces

11 11 THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
12 05 SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman ***
13 19 BRING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES Love Affair
14 12 GOO GOO BARABAJAGAL (LOVE IS HOT) Donovan + Jeff Beck
15 25 I CAN SING A RAINBOW-LOVE IS BLUE The Dells
16 29 PEACEFUL Georgie Fame
17 21 EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare
18 10 HELLO, SUZIE Amen Corner
19 34 CURLY The Move
20 14 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg

21 -- IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager & Evans
22 17 BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys
23 18 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Jim Reeves
24 20 TIME IS TIGHT Booker T and the MG's
25 37 VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
26 RE MY WAY Frank Sinatra
27 22 THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles ***
28 -- TEARS WON'T WASH AWAY MY HEARTACHES Ken Dodd
29 26 GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN' Crazy Elephant
30 15 WET DREAM Max Romeo

31 -- SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention
32 28 TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye
33 31 HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe
34 32 DIZZY Tommy Roe *
35 24 THE LIGHTS OF CINCINATTI Scott Walker
36 40 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA The Philharmonia Orchestra
37 35 NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
38 23 PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival
39 -- I'M A BETTER MAN Engelbert Humperdinck
40 38 NO MATTER WHAT SIGN YOU ARE Diana Ross and the Supremes

-- 27 OH, HAPPY DAY Edwin Hawkins Singers
-- 30 FROZEN ORANGE JUICE Peter Sarstedt
-- 33 LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull
-- 36 GET BACK The Beatles w/Billy Preston ******
-- 39 BIG SHIP Cliff Richard



More one-hit wonders, from Fairport Convention and the apocalyptic Zager & Evans