List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1969

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1969 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through extensive research (and the assistance of many, many posted contributions here on this message board from very helpful board members, especially my good friend Jim a.k.a. "jimct"), I've made my best efforts to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1969

Adams, Johnny - "Reconsider Me" (mono)
Anka, Paul - "Goodnight My Love" (mono)
Arbors, The - "The Letter" (mono)
Archies, The - "Sugar, Sugar" (mono and stereo)
Barbour, Keith - "Echo Park" (mono)
Beach Boys, The - "I Can Hear Music" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "Come Together" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "Don't Let Me Down" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "Get Back" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "Something" (stereo)
Bee Gees, The - "First of May" (mono)
Bee Gees, The - "I Started a Joke" (mono)
Bell, Archie, & the Drells - "There's Gonna Be a Showdown" (mono)
Bell, William - "I Forgot to Be a Lover" (mono)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "And When I Die" (mono)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Spinning Wheel" (mono)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (mono)
Booker T. & the MG's - "Hang 'Em High" (mono)
Booker T. & the MG's - "Mrs. Robinson" (mono)
Booker T. & the MG's - "Time Is Tight" (mono)
Box Tops, The - "Soul Deep" (mono)
Box Tops, The - "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March" (mono)
Brooklyn Bridge, The - "Blessed Is the Rain" (mono)
Brooklyn Bridge - "Worst That Could Happen" (mono)
Brown, James - "Give It up or Turnit a Loose" (mono)
Brown, James - "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open up the Door, I'll Get It Myself" (mono)
Brown, James - "Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn Part One" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) Part 1" (stereo)
Brown, James - "The Popcorn" (stereo)
Brown, James - "World (Part 1)" (stereo)
Bubble Puppy, The - "Hot Smoke & Sasafrass" (mono)
Buchanan Brothers - "Medicine Man (Part I)" (mono)
Butler, Jerry - "Are You Happy" (mono)
Butler, Jerry - "Moody Woman" (mono)
Butler, Jerry - "Only the Strong Survive" (mono)
Butler, Jerry - "What's the Use of Breaking Up" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "Galveston" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "True Grit" (stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "Try a Little Kindness" (stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "Where's the Playground Susie" (stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "Wichita Lineman" (mono)
Campbell, Glen, and Bobbie Gentry - "Let It Be Me" (stereo)
Canned Heat - "Going up the Country" (mono)
Carr, Vikki - "With Pen in Hand" (mono)
Carter, Clarence - "Snatching It Back" (mono)
Carter, Clarence - "Too Weak to Fight" (mono)
Cash, Johnny - "A Boy Named Sue" (mono)
Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys - "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll" (stereo)
Charles, Sonny, and the Checkmates, Ltd. - "Black Pearl" (mono)
Christie, Lou - "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" (mono)
Clark, Roy - "Yesterday, When I Was Young" (mono)
Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost - "Everyday with You Girl" (mono)
Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost - "Traces" (mono)
Clique, The - "I'll Hold out My Hand" (stereo)
Clique, The - "Sugar on Sunday" (mono)
Collins, Judy - "Someday Soon" (stereo)
Como, Perry - "Seattle" (mono)
Cowsills, The - "Hair" (mono)
Crazy Elephant - "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (mono)
Cream - "Crossroads" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Commotion" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Down on the Corner" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Green River" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary" (mono)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Marrakesh Express" (mono)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (mono)
Cuff Links, The - "Tracy" (mono)
Davis, Sammy, Jr. - "I've Gotta Be Me" (mono)
Davis, Tyrone - "Can I Change My Mind" (mono)
Davis, Tyrone - "Is It Something You've Got" (mono)
Deal, Bill, & the Rhondels - "I've Been Hurt" (mono)
Deal, Bill, & the Rhondels - "May I" (mono)
Deal, Bill, & the Rhondels - "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (mono)
Dekker, Desmond, & the Aces - "Israelites" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine" (mono)
Dells, The - "Does Anybody Know I'm Here" (mono)
Dells, The - "I Can Sing a Rainbow/Love Is Blue" (stereo)
Dells, The - "Oh, What a Night" (stereo)
Derek - "Cinnamon" (mono)
DeShannon, Jackie - "Love Will Find a Way" (mono)
DeShannon, Jackie - "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Holly Holy" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" (mono)
Donovan - "Atlantis" (mono)
Donovan - "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" (mono)
Donovan - "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (mono)
Doors, The - "Touch Me" (stereo)
Doors, The - "Wishful Sinful" (mono and stereo)
Dyke and the Blazers - "Let a Woman Be a Woman - Let a Man Be a Man" (mono)
Dyke and the Blazers - "We Got More Soul" (mono)
Dylan, Bob - "Lay Lady Lay" (mono)
Electric Indian, The - "Keem-o-sabe" (mono)
Emotions, The - "So I Can Love You" (mono)
Everett, Betty - "There'll Come a Time" (mono)
4 Seasons, The - "And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)" (stereo)
5th Dimension, The - "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "California Soul" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Wedding Bell Blues" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Workin' on a Groovy Thing" (mono)
First Edition, The - "But You Know I Love You" (mono)
Flaming Ember, The - "Mind, Body and Soul" (mono)
Flirtations, The - "Nothing but a Heartache" (mono)
Flying Machine, The - "Smile a Little Smile for Me" (mono)
Foundations, The - "Build Me up Buttercup" (mono)
Foundations, The - "In the Bad, Bad Old Days" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Eleanor Rigby" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "I Can't See Myself Leaving You" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "My Song" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Share Your Love with Me" (mono and stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "The Weight" (mono)
Friends of Distinction - "Going in Circles" (stereo)
Friends of Distinction - "Grazing in the Grass" (stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "That's the Way Love Is" (mono and stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin, & Tammi Terrell - "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (mono)
Grass Roots, The [The Grassroots] - "Bella Linda" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Heaven Knows" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "I'd Wait a Million Years" (mono)
Grass Roots, The [The Grassroots] - "Lovin' Things" (mono)
Grass Roots, The [The Grassroots] - "The River Is Wide" (mono)
Grean, Charles Randolph, Sounde, The - "Quentin's Theme" (mono)
Greaves, R.B. - "Take a Letter Maria" (mono)
Green, Garland - "Jealous Kind of Fella" (mono)
Guess Who, The - "Laughing" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "These Eyes" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Undun" (stereo)
Hawkins, Edwin, Singers, The, featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison - "Oh Happy Day" (stereo)
Hayes, Isaac - "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (mono)
Hayes, Isaac - "Walk on By" (mono)
Hopkin, Mary - "Goodbye" (stereo)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "I'm a Better Man" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "The Way It Used to Be" (mono)
Hyman, Dick, & His Electric Eclectics - "The Minotaur" (mono)
Illusion, The - "Did You See Her Eyes" (mono)
Impressions, The - "Choice of Colors" (mono)
Impressions, The - "This Is My Country" (mono)
Intrigues, The - "In a Moment" (mono)
Isley Brothers, The - "I Turned You On" (mono)
Isley Brothers, The - "It's Your Thing" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - 'Ball of Fire" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Crimson and Clover" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Sweet Cherry Wine" (mono)
Jay & the Americans - "This Magic Moment" (mono)
Jeffrey, Joe, The, Group - "My Pledge of Love" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Love Me Tonight" (mono)
Joplin, Janis - "Kozmic Blues" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "Baby, I Love You" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "So Good Together" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Friendship Train" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "The Nitty Gritty" (mono)
Laine, Frankie - "You Gave Me a Mountain" (mono)
Lee, Brenda - "Johnny One Time" (mono)
Lee, Peggy - "Is That All There Is" (stereo)
Lennon, John [Plastic Ono Band] - "Give Peace a Chance" (stereo)
Lettermen, The - "Hurt So Bad" (stereo)
Mabley, Moms - "Abraham, Martin & John" (mono)
Mama Cass - "It's Getting Better" (mono)
Mama Cass Elliot - "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (mono)
Mancini, Henry, and His Orchestra - "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" (stereo)
Mel and Tim - "Backfield in Motion" (mono)
Mercy - "Love (Can Make You Happy)" (mono)
Meters, The - "Cissy Strut" (mono)
Meters, The - "Sophisticated Cissy" (mono)
Motherlode - "When I Die" (mono)
Neon Philharmonic, The - "Morning Girl" (mono)
New Colony Six - "Things I'd Like to Say" (mono)
Nilsson - "Everybody's Talkin'" (stereo)
Nilsson - "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" (stereo)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "Indian Giver" (mono)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "Special Delivery" (mono)
Ohio Express - "Mercy" (mono)
Oliver - "Good Morning Starshine" (mono)
Oliver - "Jean" (mono and stereo)
Oliver - "Sunday Mornin'" (mono and stereo)
Originals, The - "Baby, I'm for Real" (mono)
Peppermint Rainbow, The - "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" (mono)
Peter, Paul & Mary - "Day Is Done" (mono)
Peter, Paul & Mary - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "Hey Jude" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Clean up Your Own Backyard" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "If I Can Dream" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "In the Ghetto" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Memories" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Suspicious Minds" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Don't Give in to Him" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "This Girl Is a Woman Now" (mono)
Rascals, The - "A Ray of Hope" (mono)
Rascals, The - "Heaven" (mono)
Rascals, The - "See" (stereo)
Rascals, The - "Carry Me Back" (stereo)
Rawls, Lou - "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" (stereo)
Redding, Otis - "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (mono)
Reid, Clarence - "Nobody But You Babe" (mono)
Rene & Rene - "Lo Mucho Que te Quiero (The More I Love You)" (mono)
Revere, Paul, and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay - "Let Me" (mono)
Revere, Paul, and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay - "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon" (mono)
Revere, Paul, and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay - "We Gotta All Get Together" (stereo)
Reynolds, Lawrence - "Jesus Is a Soul Man" (mono)
Rivers, Johnny - "Muddy River" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Abraham, Martin & John" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Doggone Right" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Here I Go Again" (mono)
Roe, Tommy - "Dizzy" (mono)
Roe, Tommy - "Heather Honey" (mono)
Rogers, Kenny, and the First Edition - "Reuben James" (mono and stereo)
Rogers, Kenny, and the First Edition - "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Honky Tonk Women" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "The Composer" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "I'm Livin' in Shame" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "No Matter What Sign You Are" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes & the Temptations - "I'll Try Something New" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes & the Temptations - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes & the Temptations - "The Weight" (stereo)
Royal, Billy Joe - "Cherry Hill Park" (mono)
Royal Guardsmen, The - "Baby Let's Wait" (mono)
Ruffin, David - "My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me)" (mono)
Rugbys, The - "You, I" (mono)
Santamaria, Mongo - "Cloud Nine" (mono)
Scott, Peggy, & Jo Jo Benson - "Soulshake" (mono)
Seger, Bob, System - "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (mono)
Sherman, Bobby - "Little Woman" (mono and stereo)
Simon, Joe - "The Chokin' Kind" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "The Boxer" (mono)
Sinatra, Frank - "My Way" (mono)
Sir Douglas Quintet - "Mendocino" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Everyday People" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Stand!" (mono)
Smith - "Baby It's You" (mono)
Smith, O.C. - "Daddy's Little Man" (mono)
South, Joe - "Games People Play" (mono)
Spiral Starecase - "More Today Than Yesterday" (mono)
Spirit - "I Got a Line on You" (mono)
Springfield, Dusty - "A Brand New Me" (mono)
Springfield, Dusty - "Son-of-a Preacher Man" (mono)
Springfield, Dusty - "The Windmills of Your Mind" (mono)
Starr, Edwin - "Twenty-Five Miles" (mono)
Steam - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "It's Never Too Late" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Move Over" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Rock Me" (mono)
Stevens, Ray - "Along Came Jones" (mono)
Stevens, Ray - "Gitarzan" (mono and stereo)
Swann, Bettye - "Don't Touch Me" (mono)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Take Care of Your Homework" (mono)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Testify (I Wonna)" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Cloud Nine" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (mono)
Temptations, The - "I Can't Get Next to You" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Run Away Child, Running Wild" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "Hooked on a Feeling" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "It's Only Love" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Easy to Be Hard" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Eli's Coming" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "One" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Try a Little Tenderness" (mono)
Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air" (stereo)
Turtles, The - "You Showed Me" (mono)
Underground Sunshine - "Birthday" (mono)
Unifics, The - "The Beginning of My End" (mono and stereo)
Valli, Frankie - "The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)" (mono)
Ventures, The - "Hawaii Five-O" (mono)
Venus, Vik, Alias: Your Main Moon Man - "Moonflight" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "The Days of Sand and Shovels" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "To Know You Is to Love You" (mono)
Vogues, The - "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" (mono)
Vogues, The - "No, Not Much" (mono)
Vogues, The - "Woman Helping Man" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "These Eyes" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "The April Fools" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "This Girl's in Love with You" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (mono)
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The - "Do Your Thing" (mono)
White, Tony Joe - "Polk Salad Annie" (mono)
Who, The - "I'm Free" (stereo)
Who, The - "Pinball Wizard" (stereo)
Wilcox, Harlow, and the Oakies - "Groovy Grubworm" (mono)
Williams, Andy - "Happy Heart" (mono)
Wind - "Make Believe" (mono)
Winstons, The - "Color Him Father" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "I Don't Know Why" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "Ma Cherie Amour" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (mono)
Wynette, Tammy - "Stand by Your Man" (mono)
Young-Holt Unlimited - "Soulful Strut" (mono)
Youngbloods, The - "Get Together" (mono)
Zager & Evans "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" (stereo)
Zombies, The - "Time of the Season" (mono)


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Edited by Todd Ireland

Thanks very much for the info, Yah Shure! The master list has been updated accordingly.

Very impressive list, Todd! Just one thing that jumped out at me...The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde should be listed under "G" (Randolph was his middle name), also it's Sounde (with an "e" at the end).

One more:

Valli, Frankie - "The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)" (mono)



Jon: Thanks for "calling off" the Moms search. :)

Thanks so much, Todd! I can't even tell you how much this helps me in my collecting.