Rock Timeline: 1969
January
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
James Brown - "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose"
Aretha Franklin - Soul '69
Iron Butterfly - Ball
Diana Ross And The Supremes With The Temptations - TCB
The Temptations - "Run Away Child, Running Wild"
Neil Young - Neil Young
6 January
The Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame"
12 January
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
17 January
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (UK)
30 January
Moby Grape - Moby Grape '69
February
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "You've Made Me So Very Happy"
The Jefferson Airplane - Bless Its Pointed Little Head
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
Stevie Wonder - "I Don't Know Why"/"My Cherie Amour"
3 February
The Byrds - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
4 February
Aretha Franklin - "The Weight"
20 February
Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations - "I'll Try Something New"
March
James Brown - "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)"
Cream - Goodbye
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
1 March
The Beach Boys - 20/20
3 March
The Beach Boys - "I Can Hear Music"
27 March
Diana Ross And The Supremes - "The Composer"
April
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Simon & Garfunkel - "The Boxer"
11 April
The Beatles - "Get Back" (UK)
May
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Spinning Wheel"
Joni Mitchell - Clouds
The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream
The Temptations - "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down"
The Who - Tommy
9 May
John Lennon - Life With The Lions
Diana Ross And The Supremes - "No Matter What Sign You Are"
30 May
The Beatles - "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" (UK)
June
James Brown - "Mother Popcorn"
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Elton John - Empty Sky
Diana Ross And The Supremes - Let The Sunshine In
20 June
Otis Redding - Love Man
July
The Doors - The Soft Parade
The Temptations - "I Can't Get Next To You"
The Temptations - The Temptations Show
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3 July
Brian Jones dies at his estate of mysterious causes
5 July
Rolling Stones perform a free concert at Hyde Park in London
10 July
Aretha Franklin - "Share Your Love With Me"
11 July
The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women"
25 July
Yes - Yes (UK)
August
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
James Brown - It's A Mother
James Brown - Plays And Directs The
Popcorn
Love - Four Sail
The Nice - Nice
Santana - Santana
15 - 18 August
Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, featuring (among others) Joan Baez, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Richie Havens, the Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, and (once again most importantly) Jimi Hendrix
21 August
Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations - "The Weight"
September
The Band - The Band
Humble Pie - "Natural Born Bugie"
Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday Is
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
15 September
The Jeff Beck Group - Beck-ola
26 September
The Beatles - Abbey Road
October
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "And When I Die"
The Kinks - Arthur
The Temptations - Puzzle People
Stevie Wonder - "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
6 October
The Beatles - "Something" (USA)
9 October
Diana Ross And The Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together"
20 October
John Lennon - The Wedding Album
22 October
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
23 October
Aretha Franklin - "Eleanor Rigby"
27 October
The Byrds - The Ballad Of Easy Rider
November
Humble Pie - Town And Country (UK)
The Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (USA)
December
Love - Out Here
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Diana Ross And The Supremes - Cream Of The Crop
The Temptations - "Psychedelic Shack"
12 December
John Lennon - Live Peace In Toronto 1969
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