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 PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Daddy Sang Bass" Johnny Cash Columbia2 1 "Only the Lonely" Sonny James Capitol3 1 "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" Bill Anderson Decca4 1 "Statue of a Fool" Jack Greene Decca5 1 "Running Bear" Sonny James Capitol6 1 "Hungry Eyes" Merle Haggard Capitol7 1 "I Love You More Today" Conway Twitty Decca8 1 "Galveston" Glen Campbell Capitol9 1 "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" Buck Owens & His Buckaroos Capitol10 1 "Johnny B. Goode" Buck Owens & His Buckaroos Capitol11 2 "I’ll Share My World with You" George Jones Musicor12 1 "Singing My Song" Tammy Wynette Epic13 4 "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" Bobby Bare RCA14 1 "Until My Dreams Come True" Jack Greene Decca15 2 "Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" Conway Twitty Decca16 1 "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" Loretta Lynn Decca17 2 "Rings of Gold" Dottie West and Don Gibson RCA18 3 "Good Time Charlie's" Del Reeves United Artists19 3 "Kaw-Liga" Charley Pride RCA20 2 "Games People Play" Freddy Weller Columbia21 1 "To Make Love Sweeter For You" Jerry Lee Lewis Smash22 2 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" Jerry Lee Lewis Smash23 4 "My Woman's Good to Me" David Houston Epic24 3 "Cajun Baby" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M25 2 "The Carroll County Accident" Porter Wagoner RCA26 5 "Be Glad" Del Reeves United Artists27 6 "Leave My Dream Alone" Warner Mack Decca28 10 "Who's Julie" Mel Tillis Kapp29 1 "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" Charley Pride RCA30 7 "You Gave Me a Mountain" Johnny Bush Stop31 10 "Where the Blue and Lonely Go" Roy Drusky Mercury32 9 "Kay" John Wesley Ryles Columbia33 16 "The Name of the Game Was Love" Hank Snow RCA34 5 "It's a Sin" Marty Robbins Columbia35 9 "Yours Love" Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton RCA36 8 "None of My Business" Henson Cargill Monument37 2 "When the Grass Grows Over Me" George Jones Musicor38 12 "Just Hold My Hand" Johnny & Jonie Mosby RCA39 15 "Old Faithful" Mel Tillis Kapp40 4 "Mr. Walker It's All Over" Billie Jo Spears Capitol41 9 "All for the Love of a Girl" Claude King Columbia42 6 "When Two Worlds Collide" Jim Reeves RCA43 5 "There Never Was a Time" Jeannie C. Riley Plantation44 13 "Ribbon of Darkness" Connie Smith RCA45 3 "Big Wind" Porter Wagoner RCA46 11 "California Girl (And the Tennessee Square)" Tompall & the Glaser Brothers M-G-M47 11 "Sweetheart of the Year" Ray Price Columbia48 4 "The Ballad of Forty Dollars" Tom T. Hall Mercury49 6 "The Girl Most Likely" Jeannie C. Riley Plantation50 12 "One More Mile" Dave Dudley Mercury60 18 "Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" Lynn Anderson Chart71 1 "Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette Epic72 3 "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" Merle Haggard Capitol77 19 "Something's Wrong in California" Waylon Jennings RCA83 1 "A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash Columbia85 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
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