NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Week: 1969-08-02
Format: T40WKDA GOOD GUY SURVEY
NOW IN IT’S 13th CONSECUTIVE YEAR!
MIDDLE TENNESSEE RADIO & TELEVISION COUNCIL
STATION OF THE YEAR
1967-1968
WEEK OF AUGUST 2, 1969
1. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
2. The Unchained Mynds - We Can't Go On This Way
3. Tommy James And The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion
4. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
5. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
6. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
7. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
8. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
9. Teresa Graves - A Time For Us (Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet)
10. The Spiral Starecase - More Today Than Yesterday
… (click here to view all chart data)
The official WKDA Good Guys Top 40 Survey is based on
telephone requests, record sales and WKDA’s evaluation
of other pertinent information.
DJs: Tony Quinn, Dave Allen, “the bearded” Bob Cole,
Al Adams, J. Thomas, Don Sullivan,
DJ notes: Finally, a person of color (Mr. Quinn)
Jay Thomas: later recurring star in Murphy Brown
Chart notes: These songs move up after dropping the week before:
“what Does it Take” (6-7-6); “More Today Than Yesterday” (10-13-10);
“Sweet Caroline” (20-24-14); “Reconsider Me” (19-29-15);
“Ruby, Don’t Take…” (13-18-16); “Choice of Colors” (25-26-15)
Song notes cont
14. “Bah-bah-bah” not to mention “So good!” x3
16. had a regional hit with this song over a year earlier.
28. Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake, “Sneaky” Pete Drake
31. he would have gone to the reading room & expired 8 years early Contributed by: Doug Dean (Wednesday, 2022-03-30) |
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