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April 29, 1969

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 23, 1969, covering April 29, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hair by Original Cast Recording

    Hair

    Original Cast Recording

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    39
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Galveston by Glen Campbell

    Galveston

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Donovan's Greatest Hits by Donovan

    Donovan's Greatest Hits

    Donovan

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Cloud Nine by The Temptations

    Cloud Nine

    The Temptations

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Paul Adelstein

1969Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer[†]

Paul Adelstein is an American actor. He is known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama Private Practice. In addition to supporting roles in films such as Intolerable Cruelty and Memoirs of a Geisha, he is also known for his recurring role as Leo Bergen on ABC's Scandal and as Jake Novak in the Bravo television series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. He also played David Sweetzer on the short-lived NBC comedy I Feel Bad.

Historical Context for April 29, 1969

In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]