Number 1 Albums - 1969

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

(4 non consecutive weeks at #1)

Track listing[edit]

Side 1

1. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:08
2. "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" (Otis Redding, Steve Cropper) – 2:35
3. "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 2:07
4. "Ann" (Billy Ed Wheeler) – 1:56
5. "Words" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 2:50
6. "Fate of Man" (Glen Campbell) – 2:38

Side 2

1. "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (Chris Gantry) – 2:45
2. "The Straight Life" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:55
3. "Reason To Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 2:20
4. "You Better Sit Down Kids" (Sonny Bono) – 3:13
5. "That's Not Home" (Billy Graham) – 2:35

Billboard #1 Album Spotlight - 1969

March 8th 1969

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
(5 non consecutive weeks at #1)
Spending 1 week at the top of Billboard 200 album chart at the end of 1968 it spent 4 more weeks at #1 in 1969.  Also the #1 country album of 1969 (20 weeks at #1) with at the time Glen Campbell's single, the title track "Wichita Lineman".  That single reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Hot Country Chart for one week in December of 1969.

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

Glen Campbell and his smash hit "Wichita Lineman", which spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart in December of 1968.
This was his second #1 single on the country chart, his first was "I Wanna Live" , 3 weeks at the top in May of 1968.
This was from the album of the same name which spent 2 non consecutive weeks at the top of Billboards Album chart and also spent 20 weeks at the top of the Billboard Country Album Chart.