NME Chart 4 October 1969
The Peddlers highest ever singles chart position in the UK was number 17 reached by ‘Birth’ in the chart of 23 August 1969 This chart is from a couple of weeks later when the single had dropped to number 23 but is worth noting for the sheer variety and major names in the chart at the time.There’s Johnny Cash, The Bee Gees, Dylan, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Elvis, The Stones and Frank Sinatra just for starters with The Beatles being represented by the Harrison produced Radah Krishna Temple.By the way the version of ‘Je T’aime’ by Frankie Howerd and June Whitfield is definitely worth looking out for…………. oh all right then please yourselves!
Things are looking up as 'Birth' reaches number 23 in the charts
| POSITION | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 1 | Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 2 | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Bobbie Gentry |
| 3 | Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus | Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg |
| 4 | A Boy Named Sue | Johnny Cash |
| 5 | Don't Forget To Remember | Bee Gees |
| 6 | Good Morning Starshine | Oliver |
| 7 | Throw Down A Line | Cliff (Richard) & Hank (Marvin) |
| 8 | It's Getting Better | Mama Cass |
| 9 | Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan |
| 10 | In The Year 2525 | Zager & Evans |
| 11 | Natural Born Boogie | Humble Pie |
| 12 | Hare Krishna Mantra | Radah Krishna Temple |
| 13 | Viva Bobby Joe | Equals |
| 14 | Nobody's Child | Karen Young |
| 15 | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | Marvin Gaye |
| 16 | Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus | Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg |
| 17 | I'm Gonna Make You Mine | Lou Christie |
| 18 | I Second That Emotion | Diana Ross/Supremes/Temptations |
| 19 | Love At First Sight | Sounds Nice |
| 20 | Space Oddity | David Bowie |
| 21 | My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder |
| 22 | Saved By The Bell | Robin Gibb |
| 23 | Birth | Peddlers |
| 24 | Make Me An Island | Joe Dolan |
| 25 | Put Yourself In My Place | Isley Brothers |
| 26 | Soul Deep | Box Tops |
| 27 | Do What You Gotta Do | Four Tops |
| 28 | I'm A Better Man | Englebert Humperdinck |
| 29 | Clean Up Your Own Back Yard | Elvis Presley |
| 30 | Honky Tonk Women | Rolling Stones |
| 31 | Cloud 9 | Temptations |
| 32 | He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother | Hollies |
| 33 | Wet Dream | Max Romeo |
| 34 | Oh Well | Fleetwood Mac |
| 35 | My Way | Frank Sinatra |
| 36 | When Two Worlds Collide | Jim Reeves |
| 37 | Marrakesh Express | Crosby Stills & Nash |
| 38 | Early In The Morning | Vanity Fare |
| 39 | Delta Lady | Joe Cocker |
| 40 | The Hunt | Barry Ryan |
| Day-time comes- |
| Bringing the light |
| Giving the sun |
| To nature's earth |
| Beautiful sounds |
| And the blue bird sings |
| A baby's cryin' |
| It's a brand new birth |
| It's a brand new birth |
| And the little girl smiled when the little boy smiled |
| And the woman smiled 'cos the man had smiled |
| And the great big world was smiling down on them |
| Night-time comes- |
| Heaven's curtains drawn |
| Stars shining bright |
| Way up above |
| Children pray |
| And the workers rest |
| Peace and quiet |
| Oh it's people in love |
| Yes people in love |
| And the little girl laughed when the little boy laughs |
| And the woman laughs as the man was laughin' |
| And the great big world was smiling down on them |
| A distant land |
| A fearsome fight |
| Soldier's prayin' |
| Prayin' for peace |
| Suffrin' pain |
| And giving their lives |
| For man's greed oh God make it cease |
| God please make it cease |
| And the little girl cried when the little boy cried |
| And the woman cried 'cos the man was cryin' |
| And the great big world was crying down on them |