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“A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash

“A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash finished No. 36 on the year-end Top 100 of 1969, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 361969
Year-end charts11969
ArtistJohnny Cash5 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1969 was “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies. Johnny Cash had 5 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “A Boy Named Sue”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1969 chart.

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Around it on the 1969 chart

#SongArtistListen
33Easy To Be HardThree Dog Night▶♪
34Baby It's YouSmith▶♪
35In The GhettoElvis Presley▶♪
36A Boy Named SueJohnny Cash▶♪
37Baby, Baby Don't CrySmokey Robinson and The Miracles▶♪
38Only The Strong SurviveJerry Butler▶♪
39Time Of The SeasonThe Zombies▶♪

More hits by Johnny Cash

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1Ring Of FireJohnny Cash1963 #80▶♪
2I Walk the LineJohnny Cash1956 #81▶♪
3Ballad of a Teenage QueenJohnny Cash1958 #81▶♪
4Guess Things Happen That WayJohnny Cash1958 #91▶♪

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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.