October 4, 1969

----- DROPOUTS -----
It's Getting Better - Mama Cass ----- 30 / 7
I'm A Better Man - Engelbert Humperdinck ----- 38 / 1
Did You See Her Eyes - The Illusion ----- 32 / 6
The Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight & The Pips ----- 19 / 8
Daddy's Little Man - O.C. Smith ----- 34 (2) / 2
Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) - Neil Diamond ----- 4 (2) / 12
Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon ----- 4 / 10


 40 --- You Got Yours And I'll Get Mine - The Delfonics (45)
39 39 --- By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
 38 --- Here I Go Again - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (43)
37 37 --- World (Part 1) - James Brown
 36 --- Make Believe - Wind (54)
 35 --- Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension (67)
31 34 --- Move Over - Steppenwolf
 33 --- In A Moment - The Intrigues (41)
28 32 --- Soul Deep - The Box Tops
29 31 --- Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin

23 30 --- What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am - Bill Deal & The Rhondels
 29 --- Tracy - The Cuff Links (49)
30 28 --- You, I - The Rugbys
32 27 --- Carry Me Back - The Rascals
25 26 --- I'd Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots
33 25 --- Sugar On Sunday - The Clique
 24 --- Baby It's You - Smith (50)
18 23 --- Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Lou Rawls
22 22 --- What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler
20 21 --- Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

26 20 --- I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie
21 19 --- When I Die - Motherlode
14 18 --- Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen
11 17 --- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
16 16 --- Keem-O-Sabe - The Electric Indian
15 15 --- That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye
19 14 --- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
13 13 --- Get Together - The Youngbloods
08 12 --- I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
12 11 --- This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

10 10 --- Oh, What A Night - The Dells
09 09 --- Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
17 08 --- Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
02 07 --- Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
03 06 --- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones          
06 05 --- I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
04 04 --- Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
05 03 --- Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
07 02 --- Jean - Oliver
01 01 --- Sugar, Sugar - The Archies        


A few new names this week, pretty much one hit wonders. Wind is actually Tony Orlando. The Cuff Links is actually the overdubbed voice of Ron Dante (of The Archies). Also coming in are The Intrigues and Smith.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 4-10 October 1969

01 01 BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival ***
02 04 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry
03 -- JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
04 10 A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash
05 03 DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
06 07 GOOD MORNING, STARSHINE Oliver
07 14 THROW DOWN A LINE Cliff + Hank
08 11 IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass
09 12 LAY, LADY, LAY Bob Dylan
10 05 IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager & Evans ***

11 06 NATURAL BORN BUGIE Humble Pie
12 19 HARE KRISHNA MANTRA Radha Krishna Temple
13 09 VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
14 20 NOBODY'S CHILD Karen Young
15 08 TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye
16 02 JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
17 28 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie
18 31 I SECOND THAT EMOTION Diana Ross and the Supremes + The Temptations
19 27 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Sounds Nice
20 25 SPACE ODDITY David Bowie

21 16 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
22 23 SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
23 33 BIRTH The Peddlers
24 24 MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
25 13 PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers
26 22 SOUL DEEP The Box Tops
27 -- DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO The Four Tops
28 29 I'M A BETTER MAN Engelbert Humperdinck
29 21 CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD Elvis Presley
30 18 HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones *****

31 15 CLOUD NINE The Temptations
32 -- HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
33 26 WET DREAM Max Romeo
34 -- OH WELL Fleetwood Mac
35 39 MY WAY Frank Sinatra
36 RE WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Jim Reeves
37 17 MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash
38 30 EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare
39 -- DELTA LADY Joe Cocker
40 -- HUNT Barry Ryan

-- 32 CURLY The Move
-- 34 TEARS WON'T WASH AWAY MY HEARTACHES Ken Dodd
-- 35 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Dorothy Squires
-- 36 TEARS IN THE WIND Chicken Shack
-- 37 25 MILES Edwin Starr
-- 38 CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black
-- 40 PENNY ARCADE Roy Orbison


Quirky history is made when Fontana Records decide to withdraw Je T'Aime, at which point Major Minor Records step in and take up the licence: resulting in a brief spell with both versions in the chart