HIGHLIGHTS OF 1969 BILLBOARD LIST OF #1'S FOLLOWS EVENTS World Events Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., —take first walk on the Moon (July 20). World Statistics Population: 3.631 billion Nobel Peace Prize: International Labour Organization Nixon begins "Vietnamization" in Southeast Asia. The United States, USSR, and about 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River. 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi deposes King Idris of Libya and establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic. U.S. Statistics President: Richard M. Nixon Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew Population: 202,676,946 Life expectancy: 70.5 years Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 36.8 Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 33.5 Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 7.7 Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th President of the US (Jan. 20). Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement (June 28). Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of fatal accident at Chappaquiddick, Mass. (July 18) in which Mary Jo Kopechne was drowned—gets two-month suspended sentence (July 25). Economics US GDP (1998 dollars): $982.2 billion Federal spending: $183.64 billion Federal debt: $365.8 billion Median Household Income (current dollars): $8,389 Consumer Price Index: 36.7 Unemployment: 3.6% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06 Sports Super Bowl NY Jets d. Baltimore (16-7) World Series NY Mets d. Baltimore (4-1) NBA Championship Boston d. LA Lakers (4-3) Stanley Cup Montreal d. St. Louis (4-0) Wimbledon Women: Ann Jones d. B.J. King (3-6 6-3 6-2) Men: Rod Laver d. J. Newcombe (6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4) Kentucky Derby Champion Majestic Prince NCAA Basketball Championship UCLA d. Purdue (92-72) NCAA Football Champions Texas (11-0-0) Entertainment Pulitzer Prizes Fiction: House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday Music: String Quartet No. 3, Karel Husa Drama: The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler Oscars awarded in 1969 Academy Award, Best Picture: Oliver!, John Woolf, producer (Columbia) Nobel Prize for Literature: Samuel Beckett (Ireland) Miss America: Judith Anne Ford (IL) Events In August, more than half a million people gather in the small, upstate New York town of Bethel (near Woodstock, N.Y.) for four days of rain, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Performers include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane and Sly and the Family Stone. A Rolling Stones fan is killed at the group's Altamont, California, concert by members of Hell's Angels. The FCC bans all cigarette advertising on television and radio. Children's Television Workshop introduces Sesame Street. Movies Midnight Cowboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch, Easy Rider, Anne of the Thousand Days Books Robert Coover, Pricksongs and Descants John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman Mario Puzo, The Godfather Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint Jean Stafford, Collected Stories Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Science Nobel Prizes in Science Chemistry: Derek H. R. Barton (UK) and Odd Hassel (Norway), for study of organic molecules Physics: Murray Gell-Mann (US), for study of subatomic particles Physiology or Medicine: Max Delbruck, Alfred D. Hershey, and Salvador E. Luria (all US), for study of mechanism of virus infection in living cells The first in vitro fertilization of a human egg is performed in Cambridge, England. ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major US universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it is the foundation upon which the Internet will eventually be built. The scanning electron microscope is developed. The use of DDT is banned in residential areas. Deaths Dwight David Eisenhower Joseph P. Kennedy Jack Kerouac 1. Aquarius, Fifth Dimension 2. Sugar, Sugar, Archies 3. I Can't Get Next To You, Temptations 4. Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones 5. Build Me Up Buttercup, Foundations 6. Dizzy, Tommy Roe 7. Hot Fun In The Summertime, Sly and The Family Stone 8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Tom Jones 9. Everyday People, Sly and The Family Stone 10. Get Together, Youngbloods 11. One, Three Dog Night 12. Crystal Blue Persuasion, Tommy James and The Shondells 13. Hair, Cowsills 14. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby, Marvin Gaye 15. Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet, Henry Mancini and His Orch. 16. Crimson And Clover, Tommy James and The Shondells 17. Grazin' In The Grass, Friends Of Distinction 18. Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley 19. Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival 20. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love), Jr. Walker and The All Stars 21. It's Your Thing, Isley Brothers 22. Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond 23. Jean, Oliver 24. Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival 25. Get Back, The Beatles 26. In The Year 2525, Zager and Evans 27. Spinning Wheel, Blood, Sweat and Tears 28. Baby, I Love You, Andy Kim 29. Going In Circles, Friends Of Distinction 30. Hurt So Bad, Lettermen 31. Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival 32. My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder 33. Easy To Be Hard, Three Dog Night 34. Baby It's You, Smith 35. In The Ghetto, Elvis Presley 36. A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash 37. Baby, Baby Don't Cry, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles 38. Only The Strong Survive, Jerry Butler 39. Time Of The Season, Zombies 40. Wedding Bell Blues, Fifth Dimension 41. Little Woman, Bobby Sherman 42. Love (Can Make You Happy), Mercy 43. Good Morning Starshine, Oliver 44. These Eyes, The Guess Who 45. You've Made Me So Very Happy, Blood, Sweat and Tears 46. Put A Little Love In Your Heart, Jackie DeShannon 47. Do Your Thing, Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 48. I'd Wait A Million Years, The Grass Roots 49. Touch Me, The Doors 50. More Today Than Yesterday, Spiral Starecase 51. I've Gotta Be Me, Sammy Davis Jr. 52. Lay Lady Lay, Bob Dylan 53. Atlantis, Donovan 54. Traces, Dennis Yost and The Classics IV 55. It's Getting Better, Mama Cass Elliot 56. This Magic Moment, Jay and The Americans 57. Run Away Child, Running Wild, Temptations 58. Hawaii Five-O, Ventures 59. Galveston, Glen Campbell 60. I'm Gonna Make You Mine, Lou Christie 61. Gitarzan, Ray Stevens 62. Can I Change My Mind, Tyrone Davis 63. Time Is Tight, Booker T and The MG's 64. This Girl's In Love With You, Dionne Warwick 65. Color Him Father, Winstons 66. Black Pearl, Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, Ltd. 67. Indian Giver, 1910 Fruitgum Company 68. Mother Popcorn (Part I), James Brown 69. Twenty-five Miles, Edwin Starr 70. Things I'd Like To Say, New Colony Six 71. When I Die, Motherlode 72. That's The Way Love Is, Marvin Gaye 73. Everybody's Talkin', Nilsson 74. Worst That Could Happen, Brooklyn Bridge 75. Chokin' Kind, Joe Simon 76. Smile A Little Smile For Me, Flying Machine 77. Polk Salad Annie, Tony Joe White 78. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition 79. Games People Play, Joe South 80. You Showed Me, Turtles 81. Come Together, The Beatles 82. Oh, What A Night, Dells 83. Something, The Beatles 84. This Girl Is A Woman Now, Gary Puckett and The Union Gap 85. Tracy, Cuff Links 86. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon, Paul Revere and The Raiders 87. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, Diana Ross and The Supremes 88. I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye 89. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin', Crazy Elephant 90. Hang 'Em High, Booker T and The MG's 91. Your Good Thing (Is About To End), Lou Rawls 92. Baby I'm For Real, Originals 93. You Showed Me, Turtles 94. Love Me Tonight, Tom Jones 95. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man Bob, Seger System 96. Laughing, The Guess Who 97. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me), David Ruffin 98. Soul Deep, Box Tops 99. Hooked On A Feeling, B.J. Thomas 100. Sweet Cream Ladies, Box Tops 1969 Grammy Awards Record of the Year “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 5th Dimension Album of the Year Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia) Song of the Year “Games People Play,” Joe South, songwriter Best New Artist of 1969 Crosby, Stills and Nash Best Contemporary Song “Games People Play,” Joe South, songwriter Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male “Everybody's Talkin',” Harry Nilsson Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female “Is That All There Is,” Peggy Lee Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 5th Dimension Best Contemporary Performance By a Chorus “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet,” Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance “Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie,” Blood, Sweat and Tears Best Rhythm and Blues Song “Color Him Father,” Richard Spencer, songwriter Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male “The Chokin' Kind,” Joe Simon Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female “Share Your Love With Me,” Aretha Franklin Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Group or Duo “It's Your Thing,” Isley Brothers Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance “Games People Play,” King Curtis Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group Willow Weep for Me, Wes Montgomery Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group “Walking in Space,” Quincy Jones Best Country Song “A Boy Named Sue,” Shel Silverstein, songwriter Best Country Vocal Performance, Male “A Boy Named Sue,” Johnny Cash Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Stand by Your Man, Tammy Wynette Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group “MacArthur Park,” Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys Best Country Instrumental Performance The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass Best Gospel Performance “In Gospel Country,” Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers Best Soul Gospel Performance Oh Happy Day, Edwin Hawkins Singers Best Sacred Performance “Ain't That Beautiful Singing,” Jake Hess Best Folk Performance Clouds, Joni Mitchell Best Instrumental Arrangement “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet,” Henry Mancini, arranger Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) “Spinning Wheel,” Fred Lipsius, arranger Best Instrumental Theme Midnight Cowboy, John Barry, composer Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album Promises, Promises, Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis, composers (Liberty) Best Original Score Written for Motion Picture or Television Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach, composer Album of the Year, Classical Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos (Columbia) Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 “Images Pour Orchestre,” Pierre Boulez conducting Cleveland Orchestra Best Chamber Music Performance Gabrieli, Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs), the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass ensembles Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos Best Opera Recording Wagner, Siegfried, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic; solos: Thomas, Stewart, Stolze, Dernesch, Keleman, Dominguez, Gayer and Ridderbusch (Deutsche Grammophon) Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) Berio, Sinfonia, Swingle Singers; Ward Swingle, choral master; Luciano Berio conducting New York Philharmonic Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical Barber, Two Scenes From “Antony and Cleopatra”; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Leontyne Price; Thomas Schippers conducting New Philharmonia Best Comedy Recording Bill Cosby, Bill Cosby (Uni) Best Spoken Word Recording We Love You, Call Collect, Art Linkletter and Diane (Word/Capitol) Best Recording for Children Peter, Paul and Mommy, Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.) Best Album Cover America the Beautiful, Evelyn J. Kelbish, painting; David Stahlberg, graphics (Skye) Best Album Notes Nashville Skyline, Johnny Cash, annotator (Columbia)