It was the year Woodstock, Chappaquiddick, Apollo 11, The Vietnam Draft, Midnight Cowboy, Charles Manson, the Chicago Eight, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Brady Bunch, Sesame Street, Wendy’s, and the New York Jets were all in the news.

And there was great music. Today we begin a rest-of-the-week look back at some of the songs that were blasting out of car radios and playing on something called record players during that vintage year.

Play button is on the left … Volume slider is on the right

1969 Medley / Part 1

Beatles – Temptations – Donovan – Arbors
Stevie Wonder – Tommy James & The Shondells