“Hair,” original Broadway cast / Total weeks at No. 1 on the album charts in 1969, spending 13 consecutive weeks from the last week of April to the last week of July atop the listings.
The original Broadway cast recording of “Hair” had the longest run at No. “Spinning Wheel” is the big hit here, but the album also provided successful singles with “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” a cover of a lesser-known Motown release, and the Laura Nyro song “And When I Die.” 1 for a total of seven weeks and won the Grammy for album of the year in 1970. 1: 7: The album by one of the first big jazz-rock groups made three separate appearances at No. “Blood, Sweat & Tears,” Blood, Sweat & Tears / Total weeks at No.
1 in 1969, spending a total of seven weeks there in three different trips to the top. “Blood, Sweat & Tears” by the jazz-rock group of the same name kept bouncing back and forth to No. 1 on March 8 and stayed there for four of the five weeks that followed. Other tracks include covers of Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” Tim Hardin’s “Reasons To Believe,” and the Sonny Bono-penned, Cher solo single “You Better Sit Down Kids.” The album reached No. 1: 4 The title track that opens this one of the loveliest and most existential songs Campbell and songwriter Jimmy Webb ever made. “Wichita Lineman,” Glen Campbell / Total weeks at No. 1 on the album charts thanks in large part to the power of the title track. “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell earned three weeks at No. The Motown stars perform on gigantic glass table-like stage in flashy costumes, Ross does a three-wigged dance solo titled “Afro-Vogue,” and now I remembered why I always wanted to dance like a Temptation. It looks to be out of print now, but the show is on YouTube and is a groovy time capsule. 1 for one week before the White Album bounced back for three more weeks.
1: 1 This soundtrack to a 1968 TV special only held No. “TCB,” Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations / Total weeks at No. “TCB,” the soundtrack to a TV special of the same name, saw Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations land at No. Other standout tracks: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Blackbird,” “Revolution 1.” “Helter Skelter” and “Piggies” will be badly misinterpreted months later by Charles Manson. Side one of the double album opens with “Back In The U.S.S.R.” Side four ends gently with “Good Night,” though you’ve got to survive “Revolution 9” to get there. 1 on the Billboard 200 during the last week of 1968, held onto the top spot for eight of the first nine weeks of 1969. “The Beatles,” the Beatles / Total weeks at No. “The Beatles,” or the White Album as its better known, gave the Beatles eight weeks at No.