CKLW 800 AM

                  CKLW 800 - WINDSOR
                   TOP 100 OF 1969

  1. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
  2. I Can’t Get Next To You – The Temptations
  3. Sugar, Sugar – The Archies                          
  4. I’ll Bet You – Funkadelic    
  5. Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone
  6. Smile A Little Smile For Me – Flying Machine
  7. Someday We’ll Be Together – Diana Ross And The Supremes
  8. Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  9. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
 10. Honky Tonk Women – The Rolling Stones
 11. Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations   
 12. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) – Jr. Walker & The
                                                    All Stars
 13. Dizzy – Tommy Roe            
 14. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
 15. Wedding Bell Blues – The 5th Dimension
 16. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In – The 5th Dimension
 17. You Made Me So Very Happy – Blood, Sweat & Tears
 18. Going In Circles – The Friends Of Distinction
 19. Leaving On A Jet Plane – Peter, Paul And Mary
 20. If I Lose Your Love – Detroit Emeralds
 21. In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – Zager & Evans
 22. Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James And The Shondells
 23. Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat & Tears
 24. Take A Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves
 25. Down On The Corner – Creedence Clearwater Revival
 26. Touch Me – Doors 
 27. Friendship Train – Gladys Knight & The Pips
 28. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5 
 29. Time Of The Season – The Zombies
 30. Get Back – The Beatles      
 31. Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife – O.C. Smith
 32. Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley              
 33. Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet – Henry Mancini
 34. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver
 35. Jean – Oliver              
 36. More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Starecase
 37. One – Three Dog Night
 38. Mind, Body And Soul – The Flaming Ember
 39. In The Ghetto – Elvis Presley   
 40. Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Starr
 41. Get It From The Bottom – The Steelers
 42. Love (Can Make You Happy) – Mercy         
 43. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head – B.J. Thomas
 44. Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan              
 45. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show – Neil Diamond
 46. The Eyes – The Guess Who?    
 47. It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
 48. Little Woman – Bobby Sherman
 49. Baby, I Love You – Andy Kim   
 50. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby – Marvin Gaye
 51. The Chokin’ Kind – Joe Simon
 52. And When I Die – Blood, Sweat And Tears
 53. Kick Out The Jams – Mc5              
 54. Son Of A Lovin’ Man – Buchanan Brothers
 55. Indian Giver – 1910 Fruitgum Company
 56. Do Your Thing – Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
 57. Hang Em High – Booker T & The Mg’s
 58. Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town – Kenny Rogers & First
                                                       Edition
 59. Run Away Child, Running Wild - Temptations
 60. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
 61. Reconsider Me – Johnny Adams 
 62. The Nitty Gritty – Gladys Knight & The Pips
 63. Oh Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers
 64. Baby I’m For Real – The Originals      
 65. Sad Girl – The Intruders                 
 66. Only The Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
 67. Hot Smoke & Sasafrass – Bubble Puppy
 68. Traces – Classics IV                  
 69. My Whole World Ended – David Ruffin
 70. Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
 71. Sweet Cherry Wine – Tommy James & The Shondells
 72. Gitarzan – Ray Stevens          
 73. Don’t Give In To Him – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
 74. This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
 75. Oh What A Night – The Dells      
 76. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday – Stevie Wonder
 77. The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
 78. Groovy Grubworm – Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies
 79. Your Good Thing (Is About To End) – Lou Rawls
 80. Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival
 81. Midnight Cowboy – Ferrante & Teicher
 82. Medicine Man (Part 1) – Buchanan Brothers 
 83. Love Me Tonight – Tom Jones
 84. You Gave Me A Mountain – Frankie Laine
 85. Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band
 86. Pinball Wizard – The Who              
 87. Not On The Outside – The Moments
 88. Can I Change My Mind – Tyrone Davis
 89. Never Gonna Let Him Know – Debbie Taylor
 90. Try A Little Tenderness – Three Dog Night
 91. This Magic Moment – Jay And The Americans
 92. Galveston – Glen Campbell       
 93. Something – Beatles        
 94. Hurt So Bad – The Lettermen
 95. Did You See Her Eyes – The Illusion 
 96. Laughing – The Guess Who
 97. Israelites – Desmond Dekker & The Aces
 98. My Pledge Of Love – The Joe Jeffrey Group
 99. Get Together – The Youngbloods             
100. Color Him Father – The Winstons

NOTE: At the end of 1969, CKLW decided to forgo the usual Top 100
    songs of the year and instead presented the Top 100 Of The 
    Sixties.  Fifty one and a half years later, CKLW music   
    researcher David Kelly has meticulously gone through all 52   
    weekly 1969 CKLW Big 30 charts and using an inverse point  
    system reflecting highest chart position, weeks on chart and   
    other criteria based strictly on the weekly charts, tabulated 
    an objective CKLW Top 100 of 1969. This was bought into by 
    former CKLW DJ Charlie O’Brien who streamed the  countdown 
    online at Big8Radio over this past July 4th weekend. Although 
    not official, it’s based solely on the 52 weekly charts 
    and as close to “official” as we’ll ever likely see.

    Survey courtesy of the Big8Radio website: www.big8radio.com

Contributed by: Gary Pfeifer (Tuesday, 2021-07-06)