Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1969. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia |
| Anne Murray | Snowbird | ☆ |
| B. B. King | The Thrill Is Gone | ☆ |
| B.J. Thomas | Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | ☆ |
| Badfinger | Come and Get It | ☆ |
| Billy Preston | That's the Way God Planned It | ☆ |
| Blind Faith | Can't Find My Way Home | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Lay Lady Lay | ☆ |
| Booker T. and the MG's | Time is Tight | ☆ |
| Brook Benton | Rainy Night in Georgia | ☆ |
| Can | Father Cannot Yell | ☆ |
| Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | Frownland | ☆ |
| Charley Pride | All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) | ☆ |
| Chicago | Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? | ☆ |
| Chicago | Beginnings | ☆ |
| Cream | Badge | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bad Moon Rising | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fortunate Son | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Proud Mary | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Down On The Corner | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Born On The Bayou | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Lodi | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Midnight Special | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Wooden Ships | ☆ |
| David Bowie | Space Oddity | ☆ |
| Diana Ross & The Supremes | Someday We'll Be Together | ☆ |
| Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | ☆ |
| Donovan | Atlantis | ☆ |
| Eddie Holman | Hey There Lonely Girl | ☆ |
| Edwin Starr | Twenty-Five Miles | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | In the Ghetto | ☆ |
| Fairport Convention | Matty Groves | ☆ |
| Fairport Convention | Reynardine | ☆ |
| Fleetwood Mac | Oh Well | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | My Way | ☆ |
| Friends of Distinction | Grazing In the Grass | ☆ |
| Harry Nilsson | Best Friend | ☆ |
| Isaac Hayes | Walk On By | ☆ |
| Isaac Hayes | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | ☆ |
| Jackie DeShannon | Put a Little Love in Your Heart | ☆ |
| James Taylor | Carolina In My Mind | ☆ |
| Jefferson Airplane | Volunteers | ☆ |
| Jefferson Airplane | We Can Be Together | ☆ |
| Jethro Tull | Living In the Past | ☆ |
| Jimmy Cliff | Many Rivers To Cross | ☆ |
| Jimmy Cliff | Vietnam | ☆ |
| Jimmy Cliff | Wonderful World, Beautiful People | ☆ |
| Joe Cocker | Feeling Alright | ☆ |
| Joe Cocker | She Came In Through The Bathroom Window | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Cold Turkey | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Give Peace A Chance | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | A Boy Named Sue | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Both Sides Now | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Chelsea Morning | ☆ |
| Junior Walker and The All-Stars | What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) | ☆ |
| Kenny Rogers and the First Edition | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | ☆ |
| King Crimson | 21st Century Schizoid Man | ☆ |
| King Crimson | The Court of the Crimson King | ☆ |
| King Crimson | Epitaph | ☆ |
| King Crimson | I Talk to the Wind | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Whole Lotta Love | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Ramble On | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Heartbreaker | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Communication Breakdown | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Dazed And Confused | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Good Times, Bad Times | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Living Loving Maid | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Moby Dick | ☆ |
| Lee "Scratch" Perry | I am the Up Setter | ☆ |
| Leonard Cohen | Bird On The Wire | ☆ |
| Love | Always See Your Face | ☆ |
| Mama Cass Elliot | Make Your Own Kind of Music | ☆ |
| Marianne Faithfull | Sister Morphine | ☆ |
| MC5 | Kick Out The Jams | ☆ |
| MC5 | Motor City Is Burning | ☆ |
| MC5 | Ramblin' Rose | ☆ |
| Merle Haggard | Okie From Muskogee | ☆ |
| Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers | Superstar | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Sweet Caroline | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Holly Holy | ☆ |
| Neil Young | Cinnamon Girl | ☆ |
| Neil Young | Down by the River | ☆ |
| Nick Drake | River Man | ☆ |
| Nick Drake | Time Has Told Me | ☆ |
| Norman Greenbaum | Spirit In The Sky | ☆ |
| Oliver | Good Morning Starshine | ☆ |
| Peppermint Trolley Company | The Brady Bunch | ☆ |
| Phil Ochs | I Ain't Marching Anymore | ☆ |
| Procol Harum | A Salty Dog | ☆ |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | Who Do You Love Suite | ☆ |
| Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | ☆ |
| Santana | Evil Ways | ☆ |
| Santana | Soul Sacrifice | ☆ |
| Scott Walker | Lights Of Cincinnati | ☆ |
| Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin | Je t'aime... moi non plus | ☆ |
| Shocking Blue | Venus | ☆ |
| Silver Apples | You and I | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | The Boxer | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | ☆ |
| Sly & the Family Stone | I Want to Take You Higher | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Stand! | ☆ |
| Sly and The Family Stone | Hot Fun In the Summertime | ☆ |
| Steam | Nah Nah Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | ☆ |
| Steppenwolf | Rock Me | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Space Cowboy | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | My Dark Hour | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | My Cherie Amour | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday | ☆ |
| The 5th Dimension | Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In | ☆ |
| The 5th Dimension | Wedding Bell Blues | ☆ |
| The Action | Something To Say | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Whipping Post | ☆ |
| The Archies | Sugar, Sugar | ☆ |
| The Band | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | ☆ |
| The Band | Up On Cripple Creek | ☆ |
| The Band | Whispering Pines | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Here Comes The Sun | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Come Together | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Something | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Get Back | ☆ |
| The Beatles | The End | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Don't Let Me Down | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Octopus's Garden | ☆ |
| The Beatles | The Ballad of John and Yoko | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Oh! Darling | ☆ |
| The Cowsills | Hair | ☆ |
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | Juanita | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | St. Stephen | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | China Cat Sunflower | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | Laughing | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | Undun | ☆ |
| The Hollies | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | ☆ |
| The Isley Brothers | It's Your Thing | ☆ |
| The Jackson 5 | I Want You Back | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Shangri-La | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Victoria | ☆ |
| The Meters | Cissy Strut | ☆ |
| The Meters | Look-Ka Py Py | ☆ |
| The Moody Blues | Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time) | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Gimme Shelter | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | You Can't Always Get What You Want | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Honky Tonk Women | ☆ |
| The Sir Douglas Quintet | Dynamite Woman | ☆ |
| The Stooges | I Wanna Be Your Dog | ☆ |
| The Stooges | 1969 | ☆ |
| The Temptations | I Can't Get Next to You | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Pale Blue Eyes | ☆ |
| The Ventures | Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | ☆ |
| The Who | Pinball Wizard | ☆ |
| The Who | See Me, Feel Me | ☆ |
| The Who | The Acid Queen | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | One | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | Easy to Be Hard | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | Eli's Coming | ☆ |
| Thunderclap Newman | Something In The Air | ☆ |
| Tommy James & The Shondells | Sweet Cherry Wine | ☆ |
| Tommy James and the Shondells | Crystal Blue Persuasion | ☆ |
| Tommy James and the Shondells | She | ☆ |
| Tommy Roe | Dizzy | ☆ |
| Toots Thielemans & Sesame Street Children's Choir | Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? | ☆ |
| Townes Van Zandt | Pancho And Lefty | ☆ |
| Townes Van Zandt | Kathleen | ☆ |
| Wanda Jackson | My Big Iron Skillet | ☆ |
