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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1949 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1949, the following four charts were produced:
Note: In the issue dated September 10, The Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on one of its charts.
Issue date | Best-Selling Popular Retail Records | Records Most-Played on the Air | Most-Played Juke Box Records | Honor Roll of Hits | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys |
"All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" Spike Jones and his City Slickers with George Rock |
"Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys |
"Buttons and Bows" | [4] |
January 8 | "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" Spike Jones and his City Slickers with George Rock |
[5] | |||
January 15 | "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys |
"My Darling, My Darling" Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae |
"A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters |
"On a Slow Boat to China" | [6] |
January 22 | "A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters |
"A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters |
"A Little Bird Told Me" | [7] | |
January 29 | [8] | ||||
February 5 | [9] | ||||
February 12 | [10] | ||||
February 19 | [11] | ||||
February 26 | "Far Away Places" | [12] | |||
March 5 | "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" Les Brown and his Orchestra |
"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)" Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters |
[13] | ||
March 12 | "Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron and his Orchestra |
"Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron and his Orchestra |
"Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron and his Orchestra |
"Cruising Down the River" | [14] |
March 19 | [15] | ||||
March 26 | "Cruising Down the River" Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks |
[16] | |||
April 2 | "Cruising Down the River" Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with The Skylarks |
[17] | |||
April 9 | [18] | ||||
April 16 | [19] | ||||
April 23 | [20] | ||||
April 30 | "Careless Hands" Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra |
[21] | |||
May 7 | ""A"—You're Adorable" Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters and Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres |
[22] | |||
May 14 | "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
"Forever and Ever" Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with The Skylarks |
"Forever and Ever" | [23] | |
May 21 | "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
[24] | |||
May 28 | "Riders in the Sky" | [25] | |||
June 4 | "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
[26] | |||
June 11 | [27] | ||||
June 18 | [28] | ||||
June 25 | [29] | ||||
July 2 | [30] | ||||
July 9 | [31] | ||||
July 16 | [32] | ||||
July 23 | [33] | ||||
July 30 | "Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres |
"Some Enchanted Evening" | [34] | ||
August 6 | [35] | ||||
August 13 | "Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres |
"Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres |
[36] | ||
August 20 | [37] | ||||
August 27 | "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra |
[38] | |||
September 3 | "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra |
[39] | |||
September 10 | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
"Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra |
"Room Full of Roses" | [40] | |
September 17 | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
"You're Breaking My Heart" | [41] | ||
September 24 | "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra |
"You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra |
[42] | ||
October 1 | "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer |
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra |
[43] | ||
October 8 | "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer |
"You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra |
[44] | ||
October 15 | "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer |
[45] | |||
October 22 | [46] | ||||
October 29 | "That Lucky Old Sun" | [47] | |||
November 5 | [48] | ||||
November 12 | [49] | ||||
November 19 | "Slipping Around" Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely |
[50] | |||
November 26 | "Mule Train" Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners |
"Mule Train" Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners |
"Mule Train" | [51] | |
December 3 | [52] | ||||
December 10 | "Mule Train" Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners |
[53] | |||
December 17 | [54] | ||||
December 24 | [55] | ||||
December 31 | [56] |
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