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Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts. [1] [2] It served as The Billboard ' s lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963. [3]
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.
The following week, Milburn's version of the song took the top spot on the best seller chart, and another of his songs, "Chicken Shack Boogie", moved up to number one on the juke box listing. Despite the success of Miller's version of "Bewildered", it would prove to be the only charting song of his career. [ 4 ]
We use the same data, with several modifications. 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.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Ref. January 1: Merry Christmas: Bing Crosby: Decca [1]January 8 [2]January 15 [3]January 22: Vaughn Monroe Sings: Vaughn Monroe
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays. [ 1 ] Retail
Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 weeks.
List of top-ten songs in 1948 and 1949 (Mexico) U. List of Billboard number-one albums of 1949; List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1949