1970 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1969
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	In the Year 2525	Zager & Evans	112
2	Come Together	The Beatles	110
3	China Cat Sunflower	Grateful Dead	109
4	Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival	106
5	Build Me Up Buttercup	The Foundations	103
6	Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In	The 5th Dimension	99
7	Leaving on a Jet Plane	John Denver	97
8	Here Comes the Sun	The Beatles	97
9	Space Oddity	David Bowie	98
10	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Jerry Herman, Michael Crawford	94
11	Seattle	Perry Como	92
12	Lay, Lady Lay	Bob Dylan	91
13	Whipping Post	Allman Brothers Band	90
14	Sweet Caroline	Neil Diamon	87
15	Birthday	The Beatles	86
16	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Crosby, Stills & Nash	86
17	Babe I'm Gonna Leave You	Led Zeppelin	85
18	Honey	Bobby Goldsboro	84
19	Give Peace a Chance	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	84
20	He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother	The Hollies	83
21	Pinball Wizard	The Who	81
22	Nashville Skyline Rag	Bob Dylan	78
23	Mountains of the Moon	Grateful Dead	77
24	How Many More Times	Led Zeppelin	77
25	Blackbird	The Beatles	76
26	Cinnamon Girl	Neil Young	76
27	Volunteers	Jefferson Airplane	75
28	Born on the Bayou	Creedence Clearwater Revival	73
29	Oh Happy Day	The Edwin Hawkins Sisters	72
30	21st Century Schizoid Man	King Crimson	72
31	Octopus's Garden	The Beatles	72
32	Everyday People	Sly & the Family Stone	69
33	Your Time is Gonna Come	Led Zeppelin	68
34	You Can't Always Get What You Want	The Rolling Stones	68
35	All Aboard	Muddy Waters	67
36	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	The Beatles	67
37	These Eyes	The Guess Who	66
38	Dazed and Confused	Led Zeppelin	66
39	Bad Moon Rising	Creedence Clearwater Revival	65
40	Who Knows Where the Time Goes	Fairport Convention	65
41	Wearin' That Loved on Look	Elvis Presley	64
42	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	The Beatles	64
43	Jamala	Chick Corea	63
44	Proud Mary	Creedence Clearwater Revival	62
45	Monkey Man	The Rolling Stones	62
46	Because	The Beatles	61
47	Wasn't Born to Follow	The Byrds	61
48	Dreams	Allman Brothers Band	61
49	Sabre Dance	Love Sculpture	60
50	Good Night	The Beatles	60
1969
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	The White Album	The Beatles	10.3
2	Abbey Road	The Beatles	9.7
3	Aoxomoxoa	Grateful Dead	5.7
4	Willy and the Poor Boys	Creedence Clearwater Revival	5.0
5	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	4.5
6	Soul '69	Aretha Franklin	4.4
7	The Allman Brothers Band	Allman Brothers Band	3.7
8	In the Court of the Crimson King	King Crimson	3.6
9	Fathers & Sons	Muddy Waters	3.5
10	Kick Out The Jams	The Who	3.4
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Desert Solitaire	Edward Abbey	3.7
2	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia-Marquez	3.2
3	The Godfather	Mario Puzo	3.1
4	Ada, or Ardor	Vladimir Nabokov	2.4
5	Slaughterhouse-five	Kurt Vonnegut	2.4
6	The Left Hand of Darkness	Ursula Le Guin	2.2
7	On Death and Dying	Elisabeth Kubler-Ross	1.9
8	The Promise	Chaim Potok	1.8
9	Slouching Towards Bethlehem	Joan Didion	1.6
10	I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories	Ray Bradbury	1.3
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Army of Shadows		10.9
2	Women in Love		10.7
3	Easy Rider		10.3
4	Z		9.6
5	Satyricon		9.1
6	Midnight Cowboy		8.5
7	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?		7.9
8	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie		7.8
9	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid		7.4
10	Kes		6.6