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The Year in Music

1969

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Sugar, Sugar by The Archies — cover art

1969 in music: “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies topped the year-end chart; Marvin Gaye owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1969

Sugar, Sugar by The Archies — cover art
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies1963
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension — cover art
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The 5th Dimension1969
I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations — cover art
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations1969
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones — cover art
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones1969
Everyday People by Sly & The Family Stone — cover art
Everyday People
Sly & The Family Stone1969
Dizzy by Tommy Roe — cover art
Dizzy
Tommy Roe1969
Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly & The Family Stone — cover art
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Sly & The Family Stone1969
I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Tom Jones — cover art
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Tom Jones1969
Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations — cover art
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations1969
Crimson and Clover by Tommy James & The Shondells — cover art
Crimson and Clover
Tommy James & The Shondells1969
One by Three Dog Night — cover art
One
Three Dog Night1969
Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & The Shondells — cover art
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Tommy James & The Shondells1969

At the movies

  • Easy Rider
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Midnight Cowboy

On TV

  • The Brady Bunch
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Sesame Street premieres

Headlines

  • Apollo 11 — Moon landing
  • Woodstock
  • ARPANET (the early internet) goes live
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