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This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1949 according to retail sales. [1]Vaughn Monroe's rendition of "Riders in the Sky" topped the year-end list, while his renditions of "Someday" and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" also appeared at number 12 and number 21, respectively.
In 1949, the following four charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
In 1949, Billboard magazine published two charts ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American-oriented musical genres. The Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart had been published since 1945; placings were based on a weekly survey among jukebox operators.
RELEASED as a single following minor hit on ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS; "Love Me or Leave Me" Walter Donaldson: Gus Kahn: December 7, 1954 Top 20 hit in the U.K.; #1 TOP SELLING LP OF 1955 in U.S. from the album of the same name "Lover Come Back" Alan Spilton Frank DeVol November 21, 1961 (with Frank DeVol's orchestra) "Love Somebody" Joan Whitney
I. I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore; I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living; I Love You Because (song) I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs) I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
The song was first performed in 1930, but Nina Simone’s version featuring her sultry voice made it a 1950s hit. The jazz song also had a resurgence in 1987 due to a Chanel No. 5 commercial.
Having no commercial deadlines, year-end data does not end December 31, chart-runs are ever truncated, and every hit song has a year to call home. With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1948 and December 1949.
In 1949 Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States. At the start of the year, the magazine published two charts covering the genre: Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records, which had appeared in Billboard since 1944, and Best Selling Folk Retail Records, which had debuted in 1948.