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Songs from the Year 1949

This page lists the top songs of 1949 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Vaughn Monroe Riders in the Sky 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1949 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1949, US BB 1 of 1949, US 1 for 11 weeks May 1949, POP 1 of 1949, Brazil 12 of 1950, Europe 33 of the 1940s, RIAA 297, Acclaimed 1303
2 Frankie Laine Mule Train 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1949 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1949, US 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1949, US CashBox 2 - Jan 1950, US BB 7 of 1949, POP 12 of 1949, RYM 38 of 1949, Europe 51 of the 1940s, Italy 73 of 1955
3 Frankie Laine That Lucky Old Sun 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Aug 1949 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Sep 1949, US 1 for 8 weeks Oct 1949, US BB 2 of 1949, POP 10 of 1949, US CashBox 13 - Jan 1950, Brazil 24 of 1950, Europe 40 of the 1940s, RYM 57 of 1949
4 Gene Autry Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1949 (6 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Dec 1949, US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1949, US CashBox 3 - Jan 1950, RYM 4 of 1949, US Gold (cerified by RIAA in Nov 1969), RIAA 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1949, Acclaimed 1051
5 Perry Como Some Enchanted Evening 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1949 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1949, US 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1949, US BB 6 of 1949, POP 6 of 1949, Europe 36 of the 1940s, Brazil 44 of 1950
6 Vic Damone You're Breakin' My Heart 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Jun 1949 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1949, US 1 for 4 weeks Sep 1949, US BB 9 of 1949, POP 11 of 1949, Brazil 26 of 1950, US CashBox 29 - Jan 1950
7 Evelyn Knight A Little Bird Told Me 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1948, US 1 for 7 weeks Jan 1949, US BB 8 of 1949, Brazil 54 of 1949, Europe 72 of the 1940s
8 Russ Morgan Cruising Down the River 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Feb 1949 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1949, US 1 for 7 weeks Mar 1949, US BB 15 of 1949, POP 23 of 1949, Brazil 55 of 1949
9 Edith Piaf La Vie En Rose 1949 Italy 1 of 1948, Scrobulate 3 of french, US CashBox 5 - Sep 1950, Brazil 9 of 1949, US Bullfrog 23 - Oct 1950 (3 weeks), RYM 48 of 1950, Acclaimed 625
10 Blue Barron & Orchestra Cruising Down the River 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Jan 1949 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1949, US 1 for 2 weeks Mar 1949
11 Les Brown I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1948 (17 weeks), US BB 4 of 1949, POP 5 of 1948, US 1940s 7 - Jan 1949, Brazil 28 of 1949
12 Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters 'A' You're Adorable (the Alphabet Song) 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1949 (15 weeks), US BB 3 of 1949, POP 3 of 1949, US 1940s 4 - Apr 1949
13 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely Slippin' Around 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Sep 1949 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1949, US CashBox 4 - Jan 1950, US BB 12 of 1949
14 Mel Torme Careless Hands 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Mar 1949 (18 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1949, US BB 14 of 1949, POP 21 of 1949, Brazil 52 of 1949
15 Russ Morgan Forever & Ever 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Mar 1949 (26 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Mar 1949, US BB 10 of 1949, POP 13 of 1949
16 Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 1949 RYM 2 of 1949, Scrobulate 18 of country, Acclaimed 92, Rolling Stone 111, RIAA 114, WXPN 219
17 Bing Crosby Dear Hearts & Gentle People 1949 US CashBox 1 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 2 - Dec 1949 (17 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1949
18 Tony Martin There's No Tomorrow 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Nov 1949 (27 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1949, US CashBox 3 - Jan 1950, Brazil 40 of 1951
19 Vaughn Monroe Someday 1949 US Bullfrog 1 - Aug 1949 (18 weeks), US BB 11 of 1949, POP 15 of 1949, US CashBox 32 - Jan 1950
20 Dinah Shore Dear Hearts & Gentle People 1949 US CashBox 1 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 2 - Nov 1949 (17 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1949
21 Hank Williams Lovesick Blues 1949 RYM 1 of 1949, US Bullfrog 24 - May 1949 (1 weeks), Scrobulate 85 of country, Acclaimed 706
22 Freddy Martin I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts 1949 POP 2 of 1949, US Bullfrog 8 - Oct 1949 (17 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Nov 1949, US CashBox 8 - Jan 1950
23 Tennessee Ernie Ford Mule Train 1949 US CashBox 2 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 9 - Nov 1949 (9 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Dec 1949, Europe 68 of the 1940s
24 Al Morgan Jealous Heart 1949 US Bullfrog 4 - Jul 1949 (26 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1949, US CashBox 10 - Jan 1950, Brazil 99 of 1950
25 Doris Day Again 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - May 1949 (19 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Jun 1949, Italy 38 of 1950, RYM 102 of 1949
26 Gordon Jenkins Again 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Apr 1949 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1949, Brazil 93 of 1950
27 Richard Hayes The Old Master Painter 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Dec 1949 (12 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Jan 1950, US 1940s 7 - Dec 1949
28 Bing Crosby Mule Train 1949 US CashBox 2 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 4 - Nov 1949 (12 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Nov 1949
29 Sammy Kaye Room Full Of Roses 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Jun 1949 (24 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1949, Brazil 55 of 1950
30 Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters A Dreamers Holiday 1949 US Bullfrog 3 - Oct 1949 (19 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Nov 1949, US CashBox 4 - Jan 1950
31 Jo Stafford & Gordon McRae 'A' You're Adorable (the Alphabet Song) 1949 Peel list 3 of 1949, US Bullfrog 4 - Mar 1949 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1949
32 The Ink Spots You're Breakin' My Heart 1949 US Bullfrog 9 - Aug 1949 (14 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Sep 1949, RYM 19 of 1949, US CashBox 29 - Jan 1950
33 Dick Haymes The Old Master Painter 1949 US CashBox 3 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 4 - Dec 1949 (13 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1949
34 Vaughn Monroe Mule Train 1949 US CashBox 2 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 10 - Nov 1949 (9 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Nov 1949
35 Jack Teter Trio Johnson Rag 1949 US CashBox 3 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 6 - Oct 1949 (23 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1949
36 Bing Crosby Far Away Places 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Jan 1949 (19 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1949
37 Jo Stafford & Gordon McRae Whispering Hope 1949 US Bullfrog 4 - Aug 1949 (23 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Aug 1949, US CashBox 19 - Jan 1950
38 Louis Jordan Saturday Night Fish Fry 1949 RYM 3 of 1949, POP 18 of 1949, US Bullfrog 21 - Oct 1949 (5 weeks)
39 Dick Haymes Maybe It's Because 1949 US Bullfrog 5 - Jul 1949 (18 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Aug 1949, Brazil 89 of 1950
40 Buddy Clark A Dreamers Holiday 1949 US CashBox 4 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 12 - Nov 1949 (11 weeks), US 1940s 15 - Dec 1949
41 Buddy Clark You're Breakin' My Heart 1949 US Bullfrog 4 - Aug 1949 (16 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Oct 1949, US CashBox 29 - Jan 1950
42 Eddie 'Piano' Miller She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 US BB 5 of 1949, US Bullfrog 14 - Dec 1949 (3 weeks), POP 14 of 1949
43 Perry Como Forever & Ever 1949 US Bullfrog 2 - Mar 1949 (25 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Mar 1949
44 Vic Damone Again 1949 US Bullfrog 6 - Apr 1949 (21 weeks), US 1940s 11 - Apr 1949, Brazil 69 of 1950
45 Kenny Roberts I Never See Maggie Alone 1949 US Bullfrog 9 - Sep 1949 (13 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Sep 1949, US CashBox 28 - Jan 1950
46 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely I'll Never Slip Around Again 1949 US Bullfrog 8 - Nov 1949 (10 weeks), US 1940s 11 - Nov 1949, US CashBox 31 - Jan 1950
47 Vic Damone My Bolero 1949 US Bullfrog 10 - Aug 1949 (6 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Aug 1949, Brazil 50 of 1950
48 Frank Sinatra Some Enchanted Evening 1949 US Bullfrog 6 - Jun 1949 (13 weeks), RYM 32 of 1949, Brazil 67 of 1950
49 Guy Lombardo Hop-scotch Polka (Scotch Hot) 1949 US 1940s 11 - Oct 1949, US Bullfrog 16 - Oct 1949 (5 weeks), US CashBox 18 - Jan 1950
50 The Andrews Sisters Charley My Boy 1949 US CashBox 12 - Jan 1950, US Bullfrog 15 - Dec 1949 (4 weeks), US 1940s 17 - Dec 1949

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