Music from the Broadway Musical "Hair" continues to occupy the top two spots on this week's countdown ... and the previous weeks' two biggest movers continue to make strides toward the top of the chart as "It's Your Thing" by The Isley Brothers moves from #10 to #3 and "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Blood, Sweat and Tears climbs from #14 to #4.
But these aren't the only big movers on this week's WLS Chart ...
"Runaway Child, Running Wild" by The Temptations jumps ten spots (from #17 to #7) to break into The Top Ten as does "Do Your Thing" by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, which climbs from #20 to #10.
"Galveston" by Glen Campbell is up nine places from #22 to #13 while "Sweet Cherry Wine" by Tommy James and the Shondells moves up ten spots from #35 to #25.
"Rock Me" by Steppenwolf, "Twenty Five Miles" by Edwin Starr and "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" by Crazy Elephant each move up nine places ... while Jerry Butler's "Only The Strong Survive" climbs eight (from #23 to #15) and Joe Simon jumps up nine spots (from #39 to #30) with "The Chokin' Kind."
The top debut this week belongs to Clarence Carter with "Snatchin' It Back" (#36) so this shapes up to be a very soulful chart with at least ten cross-over R&B Hits represented here this week in '69.
Speaking of This Week in 1969 ...
March 25th – Roy Orbison marries his second wife, Barbara Anne Marie Wellhonen Jakobs in Hendersonville, Tennessee. She would go on to manage Roy’s career and, after his death in 1988, take charge of all of his business affairs until her own death in 2011.
Also on this date, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap are awarded their first gold album for "Young Girl."
Also on this date, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap are awarded their first gold album for "Young Girl."
March 25th - March 31st - Following their marriage on March 20th, John and Yoko begin their Bed-In For Peace in at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in Gibraltar
March 26th - The Allman Brothers Band is formed in Jacksonville, Florida
March 27th – Singer Mariah Carey is born (can the sound of shattered glass be far behind?)
March 26th - The Allman Brothers Band is formed in Jacksonville, Florida
March 27th – Singer Mariah Carey is born (can the sound of shattered glass be far behind?)
March 28th – Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dies after a long illness
Also on this date, Jerry Lee Lewis ("The Killer") appears on The Tom Jones Show ("This Is Tom Jones") and performs "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
March 30th – In a salute to Broadway, the cast of "Hair" performs "Aquarius" / "Let the Sunshine In" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
March 30th – In a salute to Broadway, the cast of "Hair" performs "Aquarius" / "Let the Sunshine In" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
