WMCA Music Report for February 12, 1969

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 
TW  LW
 1   6  #PROUD MARY - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 2   7  GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Joe South (Capitol)
 3   1  BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - The Foundations (Uni)
 4   2  I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
 5   5  EVERYDAY PEOPLE / SING A SIMPLE SONG - Sly & The Family Stone (Epic)
 6  12  THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
 7  20  #TRACES - The Classics IV (Imperial)
 8   3  I’VE GOTTA BE ME - Sammy Davis, Jr. (Reprise)
 9   4  CRIMSON AND CLOVER - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
10   8  TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK - Johnnie Taylor (Stax)
11  14  THINGS I’D LIKE TO SAY - The New Colony Six (Mercury)
12  10  THIS MAGIC MOMENT - Jay & The Americans (United Artists)
13  11  HEAVEN - The Rascals (Atlantic)
14   9  #TOUCH ME - The Doors (Elektra)
15  15  #YOU SHOWED ME - The Turtles (White Whale)
16  16  BABY, BABY DON’T CRY - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla)
17  21  SOULSHAKE - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS International)
18  25  GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE - James Brown (King)
19  --  MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin 
        (Motown)
20  22  #MAYBE TOMORROW - The Iveys (Apple)
21  23  BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - The First Edition (Reprise)
22  24  DIZZY - Tommy Roe (ABC)
23  --  THE WEIGHT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
24  13  HOOKED ON A FEELING - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
25  17  #I STARTED A JOKE - The Bee Gees (Atco)

WMCace: MENDOCINO - The Sir Douglas Quintet (Smash)

More New Heavies:
 1. Run Away Child, Running Wild - The Temptations (Gordy)
 2. The Way It Used To Be - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
 3. Rock Me - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 4. Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow (Decca)
 5. When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) - Peaches & Herb (Date)

#Former WMCace

NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in 
GO Magazine were Feb. 13-19, 1969, representing a Thursday through 
Wednesday week. However, this chart debuted on the air on 
Wednesday, Feb. 12, so the date that appears above reflects that
for which the chart was actually in effect.
 

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