Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969
| Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1989 (original release) 1993 (re-release) | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||
| Length | 35:52 (original 1989 release) 35:19 (1993 re-release) | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1969.
The original album includes six songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies. The remaining four tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5. A 1993 re-issue replaced three tracks, bringing the number of chart toppers down from six to five. On the re-issue, a cover of the title track from the musical "Hair" was replaced with another cover from that musical: "Good Morning Starshine."
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 16, 1996.[2]
Track listing[]
1989 original release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" | Ragni/Rado/MacDermot | The 5th Dimension | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Dizzy" | Tommy Roe | 2:59 | |
| 3. | "Sugar, Sugar" | Barry/Kim | The Archies | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Crimson and Clover" | Tommy James and the Shondells | 3:26 | |
| 5. | "I Can't Get Next to You" | Whitfield/Strong | The Temptations | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | DeCarlo/Frashuer/Leka | Steam | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Hair" | Ragni/Rado/MacDermot | The Cowsills | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Build Me Up Buttercup" | Macaulay/d'Abo | The Foundations | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Time of the Season" | The Zombies | 3:33 | |
| 10. | "Get Together" | Powers | The Youngbloods | 4:39 |
1993 re-release, replacement tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 5. | "Crystal Blue Persuasion" | James//Gray | Tommy James and the Shondells | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Take a Letter, Maria" | Greaves | R.B. Greaves | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Good Morning Starshine" | Ragni/Rado/MacDermot | Oliver | 3:39 |
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