Billboard Top Country Singles of 1969

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

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Notes

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  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Billboard's 1969 Country Music Survey: Top Country Singles" (PDF). The Billboard. October 18, 1969. p. 10.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.