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PHOTOCREDITSept. 26 The Brady Bunch airs
on ABC, starring Robert Reed as
Mike Brady, with three sons, who
marries Florence Henderson’s
Carol Martin, three daughters.
The show, which had so-so rat-
ings, reached new generations
of kids in syndication and
became a pop culture winner.Sept. 23 Outlaws
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid begin
their run in theaters.
The tale of Butch (Paul
Newman), Sundance
(Robert Redford) and
Etta Place (Katharine
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take on the old West-
ern, adding humor-
ous banter to the
gunplay and stun-
ning scenery.Sept. 20 The new No. 1 single
is “Sugar, Sugar,” by the The
Archies, a band that exists only
in a CBS cartoon, The Archie
Show. The singers were uncred-
ited artists hired by the record
label. “Sugar, Sugar” was on top
for four weeks and also became
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Sept. 26 The Beatles release Abbey Road, with one of
rock’s most memorable album covers. Noted partly for its
use of synthesizers to generate sounds electronically, the
album was No. 1 for 11 (nonconsecutive) weeks and had
two No. 1 singles, “Come Together” and “Something.”SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
1969