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.
The ranking was based on performance on the Billboard Country Chart during the period from January 4, 1969, to August 30, 1969. 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 | 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 |
See also
- List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1969
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1969
- 1969 in country music
Notes
- This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
- ^ "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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