Global InformationBillboard Top Country Singles of 1969 information
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1969. "Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash was ranked as the year's No. 1 country single.[1]
The ranking was based on performance on the Billboard Country Chart during the period from January 4, 1969, to August 30, 1969.[1] Accordingly, the list excludes songs like "Okie from Muskogee", which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from November 15 to December 6. And "A Boy Named Sue" ranks No. 83 on the list even though it held the No. 1 spot for five consecutive weeks from August 23 to September 20
| Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Daddy Sang Bass" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 2 | 1 | "Only the Lonely" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 3 | 1 | "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 4 | 1 | "Statue of a Fool" | Jack Greene | Decca |
| 5 | 1 | "Running Bear" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 6 | 1 | "Hungry Eyes" | Merle Haggard | Capitol |
| 7 | 1 | "I Love You More Today" | Conway Twitty | Decca |
| 8 | 1 | "Galveston" | Glen Campbell | Capitol |
| 9 | 1 | "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" | Buck Owens & His Buckaroos | Capitol |
| 10 | 1 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Buck Owens & His Buckaroos | Capitol |
| 11 | 2 | "I’ll Share My World with You" | George Jones | Musicor |
| 12 | 1 | "Singing My Song" | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
| 13 | 4 | "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" | Bobby Bare | RCA |
| 14 | 1 | "Until My Dreams Come True" | Jack Greene | Decca |
| 15 | 2 | "Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" | Conway Twitty | Decca |
| 16 | 1 | "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 17 | 2 | "Rings of Gold" | Dottie West and Don Gibson | RCA |
| 18 | 3 | "Good Time Charlie's" | Del Reeves | United Artists |
| 19 | 3 | "Kaw-Liga" | Charley Pride | RCA |
| 20 | 2 | "Games People Play" | Freddy Weller | Columbia |
| 21 | 1 | "To Make Love Sweeter For You" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Smash |
| 22 | 2 | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Smash |
| 23 | 4 | "My Woman's Good to Me" | David Houston | Epic |
| 24 | 3 | "Cajun Baby" | Hank Williams, Jr. | M-G-M |
| 25 | 2 | "The Carroll County Accident" | Porter Wagoner | RCA |
| 26 | 5 | "Be Glad" | Del Reeves | United Artists |
| 27 | 6 | "Leave My Dream Alone" | Warner Mack | Decca |
| 28 | 10 | "Who's Julie" | Mel Tillis | Kapp |
| 29 | 1 | "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" | Charley Pride | RCA |
| 30 | 7 | "You Gave Me a Mountain" | Johnny Bush | Stop |
| 31 | 10 | "Where the Blue and Lonely Go" | Roy Drusky | Mercury |
| 32 | 9 | "Kay" | John Wesley Ryles | Columbia |
| 33 | 16 | "The Name of the Game Was Love" | Hank Snow | RCA |
| 34 | 5 | "It's a Sin" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 35 | 9 | "Yours Love" | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton | RCA |
| 36 | 8 | "None of My Business" | Henson Cargill | Monument |
| 37 | 2 | "When the Grass Grows Over Me" | George Jones | Musicor |
| 38 | 12 | "Just Hold My Hand" | Johnny & Jonie Mosby | RCA |
| 39 | 15 | "Old Faithful" | Mel Tillis | Kapp |
| 40 | 4 | "Mr. Walker It's All Over" | Billie Jo Spears | Capitol |
| 41 | 9 | "All for the Love of a Girl" | Claude King | Columbia |
| 42 | 6 | "When Two Worlds Collide" | Jim Reeves | RCA |
| 43 | 5 | "There Never Was a Time" | Jeannie C. Riley | Plantation |
| 44 | 13 | "Ribbon of Darkness" | Connie Smith | RCA |
| 45 | 3 | "Big Wind" | Porter Wagoner | RCA |
| 46 | 11 | "California Girl (And the Tennessee Square)" | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers | M-G-M |
| 47 | 11 | "Sweetheart of the Year" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 48 | 4 | "The Ballad of Forty Dollars" | Tom T. Hall | Mercury |
| 49 | 6 | "The Girl Most Likely" | Jeannie C. Riley | Plantation |
| 50 | 12 | "One More Mile" | Dave Dudley | Mercury |
| 60 | 18 | "Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" | Lynn Anderson | Chart |
| 71 | 1 | "Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
| 72 | 3 | "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" | Merle Haggard | Capitol |
| 77 | 19 | "Something's Wrong in California" | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
| 83 | 1 | "A Boy Named Sue" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 85 | 1 | "Wichita Lineman" | Glen Campbell | Capitol |
- ^ a b "Billboard's 1969 Country Music Survey: Top Country Singles" (PDF). The Billboard. October 18, 1969. p. 10.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.
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