NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Week: 1969-08-23
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 23, 1969
1. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
2. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
3. Tommy James And The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion
4. Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
5. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
6. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
7. Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
8. The Lettermen - Hurt So Bad
9. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
… (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:
“True Grit” (19-23-16); “What Does it Take” (6-25-24);
“Marrakesh Express” (29-33-31); “Nashville ’69 (27-37-33)
Song notes cont
7. had a regional hit with this song over a year earlier
16. *Likely no chart for 6/28. LW on 7/5 same as TW 6/21.
18. Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake, “Sneaky” Pete Drake
Contributed by: Doug Dean (Sunday, 2022-04-03) |
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