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The Best Music of 1969
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1969. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1969, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
B.B. King | Completely Well | ☆ |
B.B. King | Live in Cook County Jail | ☆ |
Blind Faith | Blind Faith | ☆ |
Bob Dylan | Nashville Skyline | ☆ |
Can | Monster Movie | ☆ |
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica | ☆ |
Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority | ☆ |
Cream | Goodbye | ☆ |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River | ☆ |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Willy and the Poor Boys | ☆ |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bayou Country | ☆ |
Crosby, Stills & Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash | ☆ |
Deep Purple & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Concerto For Group and Orchestra | ☆ |
Donovan | Barabajagal | ☆ |
Dusty Springfield | Dusty in Memphis | ☆ |
Elvis Presley | From Elvis In Memphis | ☆ |
Elvis Presley | From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis | ☆ |
Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | ☆ |
Fairport Convention | Unhalfbricking | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Then Play On | ☆ |
Four Tops | Four Tops Now! | ☆ |
Frank Zappa | Hot Rats | ☆ |
Glen Campbell | Galveston | ☆ |
Grateful Dead | Live/Dead | ☆ |
Herbie Hancock | The Prisoner | ☆ |
Isaac Hayes | Hot Buttered Soul | ☆ |
James Brown | Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) | ☆ |
Janis Joplin | I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! | ☆ |
Jefferson Airplane | Volunteers | ☆ |
Jerry Lee Lewis | Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | Stand Up | ☆ |
Jimmy Cliff | Jimmy Cliff | ☆ |
Joe Cocker | With a Little Help From My Friends | ☆ |
Johnny Winter | Second Winter | ☆ |
Johnny Winter | Johnny Winter | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | Clouds | ☆ |
King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King | ☆ |
Kool & the Gang | Kool and the Gang | ☆ |
Laura Nyro | New York Tendaberry | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | ☆ |
Leonard Cohen | Songs from a Room | ☆ |
MC5 | Kick Out The Jams | ☆ |
Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | ☆ |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Everybody Knows This is Nowhere | ☆ |
Nick Drake | Five Leaves Left | ☆ |
Original Broadway Cast | 1776 | ☆ |
Poco | Pickin' Up The Pieces | ☆ |
Procol Harum | A Salty Dog | ☆ |
Quicksilver Messenger Service | Happy Trails | ☆ |
Roberta Flack | First Take | ☆ |
Santana | Santana | ☆ |
Scott Walker | Scott 4 | ☆ |
Scott Walker | Scott 3 | ☆ |
Silver Apples | Contact | ☆ |
Sly & The Family Stone | Stand! | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | My Cherie Amour | ☆ |
Sun Ra | The Nubians Of Plutonia | ☆ |
Terry Riley | A Rainbow in Curved Air | ☆ |
The 5th Dimension | The Age of Aquarius | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | The Allman Brothers Band | ☆ |
The Band | The Band | ☆ |
The Beatles | Abbey Road | ☆ |
The Doors | The Soft Parade | ☆ |
The Flying Burrito Brothers | The Gilded Palace Of Sin | ☆ |
The Grateful Dead | Aoxomoxoa | ☆ |
The Isley Brothers | It's Our Thing | ☆ |
The Jackson 5 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | ☆ |
The Kinks | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) | ☆ |
The Meters | Look-Ka Py Py | ☆ |
The Meters | The Meters | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | On The Threshold Of A Dream | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | To Our Children's Children's Children | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Let it Bleed | ☆ |
The Sir Douglas Quintet | Mendocino | ☆ |
The Skatalites | The Skatalite | ☆ |
The Soft Machine | Volume Two | ☆ |
The Stooges | The Stooges | ☆ |
The Temptations | Cloud Nine | ☆ |
The Temptations | Puzzle People | ☆ |
The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground | ☆ |
The Who | Tommy | ☆ |
Tim Buckley | Happy Sad | ☆ |
Townes Van Zandt | Townes Van Zandt | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Anne Murray | Snowbird | ☆ |
B. B. King | The Thrill Is Gone | ☆ |
B.J. Thomas | Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | ☆ |
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 | ☆ |
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 | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Oh Well | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | My Way | ☆ |
Friends of Distinction | Grazing In the Grass | ☆ |
Grateful Dead | China Cat Sunflower | ☆ |
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 | 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 | ☆ |
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 | ☆ |
The 5th Dimension | Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In | ☆ |
The 5th Dimension | Wedding Bell Blues | ☆ |
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 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 Cowsills | Hair | ☆ |
The Flying Burrito Brothers | Juanita | ☆ |
The Grateful Dead | St. Stephen | ☆ |
The Guess Who | Laughing | ☆ |
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 | ☆ |
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 | ☆ |
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