September 6, 1969

----- DROPOUTS -----
True Grit - Glen Campbell ----- 35 / 2
I'm Free - The Who ----- 37 (2) / 2
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ----- 4 / 11
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition ----- 6 (2) / 9
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder ----- 4 (2) / 11


40 40 --- It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
 39 --- What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler (64)
 38 --- This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (43)
 37 --- Move Over - Steppenwolf (42)
39 36 --- Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan / Jeff Beck Group
35 35 --- Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival
 34 --- Little Woman - Bobby Sherman (66)
32 33 --- Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash
34 32 --- Did You See Her Eyes - The Illusion
25 31 --- Choice Of Colors - The Impressions

31 30 --- Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Lou Rawls
36 29 --- Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
 28 --- Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson (44)
29 27 --- Oh, What A Night - The Dells
27 26 --- Birthday - Underground Sunshine
16 25 --- Baby, I Love You - Andy Kim
20 24 --- Workin' On A Groovy Thing - The 5th Dimension
24 23 --- The Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight & The Pips
28 22 --- Keem-O-Sabe - The Electric Indian
33 21 --- Jean - Oliver

23 20 --- Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin
08 19 --- In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - Zager & Evans              
18 18 --- Soul Deep - The Box Tops
10 17 --- Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells
17 16 --- I'd Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots
19 15 --- Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen
15 14 --- Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band
11 13 --- Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
12 12 --- Laughing - The Guess Who
30 11 --- I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations

14 10 --- I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
05 09 --- Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) - Neil Diamond
13 08 --- Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
09 07 --- Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
04 06 --- Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
06 05 --- Get Together - The Youngbloods
07 04 --- Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
03 03 --- Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
02 02 --- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
01 01 --- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones        


New this week are Nilsson and Bobby Sherman.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 6-12 September 1969

01 01 IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager & Evans **
02 08 BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival
03 02 HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones *****
04 04 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
05 09 DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
06 07 TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye
07 06 VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
08 17 JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
09 03 SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
10 11 NATURAL BORN BUGIE Humble Pie

11 05 MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
12 10 EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare
13 14 CURLY The Move
14 19 GOOD MORNING, STARSHINE Oliver
15 13 CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black
16 15 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
17 22 I'M A BETTER MAN Engelbert Humperdinck
18 12 BRING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES Love Affair
19 16 GOODNIGHT, MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
20 18 WET DREAM Max Romeo

21 20 IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
22 26 TEARS WON'T WASH AWAY MY HEARTACHES Ken Dodd
23 25 I CAN SING A RAINBOW-LOVE IS BLUE The Dells
24 27 HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe
25 21 SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention
26 34 IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass
27 -- BIRTH The Peddlers
28 24 CLOUD NINE The Temptations
29 23 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Jim Reeves
30 30 MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash

31 29 SOUL DEEP The Box Tops
32 37 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry
33 -- I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE Jimmy Ruffin
34 -- PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers
35 -- CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD Elvis Presley
36 -- TEARS IN THE WIND Chicken Shack
37 32 IT MIEK Desmond Dekker and the Aces
38 35 SOUL CLAP '69 Booker T and the MG's
39 -- NOBODY'S CHILD Karen Young
40 33 MY WAY Frank Sinatra

-- 28 BABY, MAKE IT SOON Marmalade
-- 31 PEACEFUL Georgie Fame
-- 36 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg
-- 38 NO MATTER WHAT SIGN YOU ARE Diana Ross and the Supremes
-- 39 SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman ***
-- 40 HELLO, SUZIE Amen Corner



Debuts from The Peddlers, and a one-hit wonder from Karen Young