▸ the year you arrived
1969
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You will be 57 this year — a child of the '60s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Gen X
1969 belonged to
Marvin Gaye
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1969
- 1
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
- 2
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The 5th Dimension
- 3
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
- 4
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
- 5
Everyday People
Sly & The Family Stone
- 6
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
- 7
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Sly & The Family Stone
- 8
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Tom Jones
- 9
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations
- 10
Crimson and Clover
Tommy James & The Shondells
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsThe Beatles — Abbey Road
Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin
Crosby, Stills & Nash — CSN
At the MoviesEasy Rider
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Midnight Cowboy
On TVThe Brady Bunch
Scooby-Doo
Sesame Street premieres
In the HeadlinesApollo 11 — Moon landing
Woodstock
ARPANET (the early internet) goes live
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