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These are the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969.
That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as
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These are the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969.
That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as Sly & the Family Stone
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, The 5th Dimension
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, Billy Preston, Henry Mancini
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, Zager and Evans Zager may refer to:
* Bruce B. Zager (born 1952), American justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
* Michael Zager (born 1943), American record producer
*Zager, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
See also
* Bert Zagers
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, The Archies
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, Steam, and Peter, Paul and Mary
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. The Beatles and The 5th Dimension were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, with each having two.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
*1969 in music
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1969.
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Specific locations
* 1969 in British music
* 1969 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
*1969 in country music
*1969 in jazz
Events
Summary
Perhaps the two most famous ...
*List of Billboard number-one singles
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently mon ...
* Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1969
Sources
*''Fred Bronson
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's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' ()
*'' Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties'' ()
*Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'online archive services
and print editions of the magazine.
References
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This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
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