Billboard 4th Annual Music-Record Poll 1949
Published on: 14th January 1950
Top Popular Records of 1949
* “A” You’re Adorable – Perry Como(According to Retail Sales: 28)
* A Little Bird Told Me – Evelyn Knight
(According to Retail Sales: 8, Jukebox Plays: 2)
* Again – Gordon Jenkins Ork
(According to Retail Sales: 13, Jukebox Plays: 11)
* Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Johnny Mercer, Margaret Whiting
(According to Retail Sales: 24)
* Button and Bows – Dinah Shore
(According to Retail Sales: 19)
* Careless Hands – Samy Kaye Ork
(According to Retail Sales: 27, Jukebox Plays: 16)
* Cruising Down the River – Blue Barron Ork
(According to Retail Sales: 11, Jukebox Plays: 7)
* Cruising Down the River – Russ Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 7, Jukebox Plays: 6)
* Don’t Cry, Joe – Gordon Jenkins
(According to Retail Sales: 16, Jukebox Plays: 21)
* Far Away Places - Bing Crosby
(According to Retail Sales: 18)
* Far Away Places – Margaret Whiting
(According to Jukebox Plays: 27)
* Forever and Ever – Perry Como
(According to Retail Sales: 15, Jukebox Plays: 17)
* Forever and Ever – Russ Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 14, Jukebox Plays: 3)
* Galway Bay – Bing Cosby
(According to Retail Sales: 20)
* I Can Dream, Can’t I – Andrew Sisters
(According to Retail Sales: 6, Jukebox Plays: 15)
* I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore – Gordon Jenkins
(According to Retail Sales: 30, Jukebox Plays: 29)
* Jealous Heart – Al Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 10, Jukebox Plays: 24)
* Lavender Blue – Sammy Kaye Ork
(According to Jukebox Plays: 25)
* Maybe It’s Because – Dick Hames
(According to Retail Sales: 26)
* Mule Train – Frankie Laine
(According to Retail Sales: 9, Jukebox Plays: 13)
* My Darling, My Darling – Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
(According to Jukebox Plays: 30)
* On a Slow Boat to China – Kay Kyser
(According to Jukebox Plays: 20)
* Powder Your Face With Sunshine – Evelyn Knight
(According to Retail Sales: 23, Jukebox Plays: 10)
* Red Roses for a Blue Lady – Vaughn Monroe
(According to Retail Sales: 21)
* Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe
(According to Retail Sales: 1, Jukebox Plays: 1)
* Room Full of Roses – Dick Hymes
(According to Jukebox Plays: 26)
* Room Full of Roses – Eddy Howerd Ork
(According to Jukebox Plays: 23)
* Room Full of Roses – Samy Kaye
(According to Retail Sales: 17, Jukebox Plays: 14)
* Slipping Around – Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting
(According to Retail Sales: 5, Jukebox Plays: 4)
* So Tired – Russ Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 22, Jukebox Plays: 18)
* Some Enchanted Evening – Bing Crosby
(According to Jukebox Plays: 22)
* Some Enchanted Evening – Perry Como
(According to Retail Sales: 4, Jukebox Plays: 8)
* Someday – Mills Brothers
(According to Jukebox Plays: 28)
* Someday – Vaughn Monroe
(According to Retail Sales: 12, Jukebox Plays: 12)
* That Lucky Old Sun – Frankie Laine
(According to Retail Sales: 2, Jukebox Plays: 5)
* The Hucklebuck – Tommy Dorsey Ork
(According to Retail Sales: 29)
* Whispering Hope – Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
(According to Retail Sales: 25)
* You’re Breaking My Heart – Vic Damone
(According to Retail Sales: 3, Jukebox Plays: 9)
Top Folk Records of 1949
* A Heart Full of Love – Eddy Arnold(According to Retail Sales: 16, Jukebox Plays: 12)
* Blues Stay Away From Me – Delmore Brothers
(According to Retail Sales: 17, Jukebox Plays: 21)
* Bouquet of Roses – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 8)
* Candy Kisses – Cowboy Copas
(According to Jukebox Plays: 28)
* Candy Kisses – Elton Britt & Skytoppers
(According to Retail Sales: 23)
* Candy Kisses – George Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 6, Jukebox Plays: 13)
* Candy Kisses – Red Foley
(According to Retail Sales: 22, Jukebox Plays: 26)
* Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 2, Jukebox Plays: 2)
* Have You Ever Been Lonely – Ernest Tubb
(According to Jukebox Plays: 22)
* I Love You So Much It Hurts – Jimmy Wakely
(According to Retail Sales: 9, Jukebox Plays: 9)
* I Never See Maggie Alone – Kenny Roberts
(According to Retail Sales: 28, Jukebox Plays: 29)
* I’ll Never Slip Around Again – Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting
(According to Retail Sales: 21, Jukebox Plays: 20)
* I’m Bitin’ My Fingernails and Thinking of You – Ernest Tubb & Andrew Sisters
(According to Retail Sales: 18, Jukebox Plays: 18)
* Just a Little Lovin’ – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 27, Jukebox Plays: 19)
* Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello – Ernest Tubb
(According to Retail Sales: 20, Jukebox Plays: 25)
* I’m Throwing Rice at the Girl I Love – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 3, Jukebox Plays: 4)
* Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams
(According to Retail Sales: 1, Jukebox Plays: 1)
* Mind Your Own Business – Hank Williams
(According to Jukebox Plays: 24)
* One has My Name – Jimmy Wakely
(According to Retail Sales: 12, Jukebox Plays: 10)
* One Kiss Too Many – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 13, Jukebox Plays: 8)
* Please Don’t Let Me Love – George Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 19, Jukebox Plays: 23)
* Room Full of Roses – George Morgan
(According to Retail Sales: 26)
* Slipping Around – Ernest Tubb
(According to Retail Sales: 14, Jukebox Plays: 11)
* Slipping Around – Floyd Tillman
(According to Retail Sales: 25, Jukebox Plays: 30)
* Slipping Around – Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting
(According to Retail Sales: 4, Jukebox Plays: 3)
* Take an Old Cold Tater and Wait – Little Jimmy Dickens
(According to Retail Sales: 29)
* Tennessee Border – Red Foley
(According to Retail Sales: 15, Jukebox Plays: 16)
* Tennessee Polka – Red Foley
(According to Retail Sales: 30, Jukebox Plays: 17)
* Tennessee Saturday Night – Red Foley & Cumberland Valley Boy
(According to Retail Sales: 10, Jukebox Plays: 7)
* The Echo of Your Footsteps – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 11, Jukebox Plays: 14)
* Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away – Eddy Arnold
(According to Retail Sales: 24, Jukebox Plays: 15)
* There’s Not a Thing – Eddy Arnold
(According to Jukebox Plays: 27)
* Wedding Bells – Hank Williams
(According to Retail Sales: 5, Jukebox Plays: 5)
* Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me? – Wayne Raney
(According to Retail Sales: 7, Jukebox Plays: 6)
Top Rhythm & Blues Records of 1949
* A Little Bird Told Me – Paula Watson(according to Jukebox Plays: 26)
* Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Jimmy Witherspoon
(according to Retail Sales: 4, Jukebox Plays: 5)
* All She Wants To Do Is Rock – Wynoie Harris
(according to Retail Sales: 15, Jukebox Plays: 10)
* Baby, Get Lost – Dinah Washington
(according to Retail Sales: 11, Jukebox Plays: 16)
* Back Street – Eddie Chamblee
(according to Jukebox Plays: 28)
* Beans and Cornbread – Louis Jordan
(according to Jukebox Plays: 22)
* Bewildered – Amos Millburn
(according to Retail Sales: 14, Jukebox Plays: 14)
* Bewildered – Red Miller Trio
(according to Retail Sales: 16, Jukebox Plays: 9)
* Blue and Lonesome – Memphis Slim
(according to Retail Sales: 24, Jukebox Plays: 23)
* Boogie Chillen’ – John Lee Hooker
(according to Retail Sales: 10, Jukebox Plays: 11)
* Broken Hearted – Eddie Williams
(according to Retail Sales: 21, Jukebox Plays: 18)
* Chicken Shack Boogie – Amos Millburn
(according to Retail Sales: 9, Jukebox Plays: 7)
* Close Your Eyes – Herb Lance
(according to Retail Sales: 17, Jukebox Plays: 19)
* Cole Slaw – Louis Jordan & Timpony Five
(according to Retail Sales: 30)
* Confession Blues – Maxine Trio
(according to Retail Sales: 20, Jukebox Plays: 20)
* Deacon’s Hop – Big Jay McNeely
(according to Retail Sales: 22, Jukebox Plays: 21)
* D’Natural Blues – Lucky Millinder Ork
(according to Retail Sales: 25, Jukebox Plays: 24)
* Drinkin’ Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee – Stick McGhee & Buddies
(according to Retail Sales: 7, Jukebox Plays: 4)
* Drinkin’ Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee – Wynonie Harris
(according to Retail Sales: 18)
* Hobo Blues – John Lee Hooker
(according to Retail Sales: 29, Jukebox Plays: 29)
* Hold Me, Baby – Amos Millburn
(according to Retail Sales: 8, Jukebox Plays: 13)
* Hucklebuck – Roy Milton
(according to Retail Sales: 19)
* In the Middle of the Night – Amos Millburn
(according to Retail Sales: 23)
* It’s Midnight – Little Willie Littlefield
(according to Jukebox Plays: 27)
* Little Girl, Don’t Cry – Bull Moose Jackson
(according to Retail Sales: 5, Jukebox Plays: 6)
* Pot Likker – Todd Rhodes Ork
(according to Retail Sales: 27, Jukebox Plays: 17)
* Rockin’ at Midnight – Roy Brown
(according to Retail Sales: 12, Jukebox Plays: 12)
* Rooming House Boogie – Amos Millburn
(according to Retail Sales: 26, Jukebox Plays: 25)
* Sneaking Around – Render
(according to Retail Sales: 28)
* Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan & Tympany Five
(according to Retail Sales: 3, Jukebox Plays: 3)
* Tell Me so – The Orioles
(according to Retail Sales: 6, Jukebox Plays: 8)
* Texas Hop – Pee Wee Crayton
(according to Jukebox Plays: 29)
* The Hucklebuck – Paul Williams
(according to Retail Sales: 1, Jukebox Plays: 1)
* Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
(according to Retail Sales: 2, Jukebox Plays: 2)
* Wrapped Up in a Dream – Do Ray & Me
(according to Retail Sales: 13, Jukebox Plays: 15)
Top Tunes of the Year 1949
1. Riders in the Sky 2. That Lucky Old Sun 3. You're Breaking My Heart 4. Cruising Down the River 5. Some Enchanted Evening 6. Again 7. Forever and Ever 8. Mule Train 9. Room full of Roses 10. Slipping Around 11. Far Away Places 12. I Can Dream, Can't I? 13. Someday 14. Jealous Heart 15. A Little Bird Told Me 16. Baby, It's Cold Outside 17. Buttons and Bows 18. Don't Cry, Joe 19. Careless Hands 20. "A" You're AdorableTop Popular Artists of 1949
Retail Sales: 1. Vaughn Monroe 2. Perry Como 3. Gordon Jenkins 4. Frankie Lane 5. Russ Morgan 6. Margaret Whiting 7. Vic Damone 8. Bing Crosby 9. Sammy Kaye 10. Evelyn Knight 11. Andrews Sisters 12. Jimmy WakelyJuke Box Plays: 1. Russ Morgan 2. Vaughn Monroe 3. Perry Como 4. Gordon Jenkins 5. Evelyn Knight 6. Sammy Kaye 7. Margaret Whiting 8. Frankie Laine 9. Jimmy Wakely 10. Bing Crosby 11. Blue Baron 12. Vic Damone
Top Selling Folk Artists of 1949
Retail Sales: 1. Eddy Arnold 2. Hank Williams 3. Jimmy Wakely 4. Ernest Tubb 5. George Morgan 6. Red Foley 7. Margaret Whiting (with Jimmy Wakely) 8. Wayne Raney 9. Andrews Sisters 10. Floyd Tillman 11. Delmore Brothers 12. Little Jimmy Dickens 13. Hank Thompson 14. Elton Britt 15. Tennessee ErnieJuke Box Plays: 1. Eddy Arnold 2. Hank Williams 3. Jimmy Wakely 4. Ernest Tubb 5. Red Foley 6. Margaret Whiting (with Jimmy Wakely) 7. George Morgan 8. Wayne Raney 9. Andrews Sisters 10. Floyd Tillman 11. Hank Thompson 12. Delmore Brothers 13. Cowboy Copas 14. Little Jimmy Dickens 15. Tennessee Ernie
Top Rhythm and Blues Artists of 1949
Retail Sales: 1. Amos Milburn 2. Paul Williams 3. Charles Brown 4. Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 5. Jimmy Witherspoon 6. Bull Moose Jackson 7. The Orioles 8. Roy Brown 9. Wynonie Harris 10. John Lee Hooker 11. Stick McGhee 12. Dinah Washington 13. Billy Eckstine 14. Pee Wee Crayton 15. Todd RhodesJuke Box Plays: 1. Amos Milburn 2. Paul Williams 3. Charles Brown 4. Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 5. Wynonie Harris 6. Roy Brown 7. John Lee Hooker 8. The Orioles 9. Stick McGhee & Buddies 10. Bull Moose Jackson 11. Jimmy Whitherspoon 12. Dinah Washington 13. Ivory Joe Hunter 14. Red Miller Trio 15. Todd Rhodes
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