October 18, 1969

----- DROPOUTS -----
You Got Yours And I'll Get Mine - The Delfonics ----- 40 (2) / 2
What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am - Bill Deal & The Rhondels ----- 23 (2) / 5
I'd Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots ----- 15 (2) / 10
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan ----- 7 (2) / 11
Keem-O-Sabe - The Electric Indian ----- 16 (2) / 8
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash ----- 2 (3) / 11


26 40 --- Carry Me Back - The Rascals
37 39 --- Here I Go Again - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
 38 --- Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine (53)
38 37 --- By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
39 36 --- Jesus Is A Soul Man - Lawrence Reynolds
35 35 --- Make Believe - Wind
31 34 --- In A Moment - The Intrigues
 33 --- Baby, I'm For Real - The Originals (67)
 32 --- Walk On By - Isaac Hayes (48 )
30 31 --- Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Lou Rawls

36 30 --- You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Dionne Warwick
21 29 --- Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen
16 28 --- Get Together - The Youngbloods
32 27 --- Going In Circles - The Friends Of Distinction
18 26 --- When I Die - Motherlode
27 25 --- You, I - The Rugbys
20 24 --- What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler
 23 --- Come Together / Something - The Beatles (DEBUT)
24 22 --- Sugar On Sunday - The Clique
 21 --- Jealous Kind Of Fella - Garland Green (46)

 20 --- Something - The Beatles (HOT SHOT DEBUT)
10 19 --- Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
17 18 --- I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
33 17 --- Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
14 16 --- Oh, What A Night - The Dells
06 15 --- Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
08 14 --- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones          
15 13 --- Baby It's You - Smith
09 12 --- This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
13 11 --- I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie

19 10 --- Tracy - The Cuff Links
07 09 --- Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
25 08 --- Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
12 07 --- That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye
11 06 --- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
03 05 --- Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
02 04 --- Jean - Oliver
01 03 --- Sugar, Sugar - The Archies          
05 02 --- Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
04 01 --- I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations    


Names acts this week are The Flying Machine, The Originals and Garland Green.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 18-24 October 1969

01 02 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry *
02 01 JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg *
03 11 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie
04 04 A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash
05 16 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
06 10 NOBODY'S CHILD Karen Young
07 05 LAY, LADY, LAY Bob Dylan
08 13 SPACE ODDITY David Bowie
09 14 OH WELL Fleetwood Mac
10 06 GOOD MORNING, STARSHINE Oliver

11 -- SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
12 03 BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival ***
13 09 IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass
14 08 THROW DOWN A LINE Cliff + Hank
15 12 HARE KRISHNA MANTRA Radha Krishna Temple
16 07 DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
17 19 DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO The Four Tops
18 22 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Sounds Nice
19 24 I SECOND THAT EMOTION Diana Ross and the Supremes + The Temptations
20 37 THE RETURN OF DJANGO / DOLLAR IN THE TEETH The Upsetters

21 26 LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Frank Sinatra
22 15 PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers
23 18 IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager & Evans ***
24 21 TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye
25 23 VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
26 RE FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Dorothy Squires
27 17 NATURAL BORN BUGIE Humble Pie
28 -- AND THE SUN WILL SHINE Jose Feliciano
29 25 SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
30 39 DELTA LADY Joe Cocker

31 -- EVERYBODY'S TALKING Nilsson
32 30 WET DREAM Max Romeo
33 20 CLOUD NINE The Temptations
34 34 HUNT Barry Ryan
35 32 PENNY ARCADE Roy Orbison
36 31 SOUL DEEP The Box Tops
37 27 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
38 RE MY WAY Frank Sinatra
39 38 MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
40 28 HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones *****

-- 29 I'M A BETTER MAN Engelbert Humperdinck
-- 33 JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
-- 35 BIRTH The Peddlers
-- 36 25 MILES Edwin Starr
-- 40 EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare


A perfect bubblegum pop record is the one-hit wonder from the Archies; also debuting is the rather more substantial Nilsson