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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.
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
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.
"Music! Music! Music!" w.m. Stephen Weiss & Bernie Baum "My Bolero" Kennedy, Simon "My Foolish Heart" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young introduced by Susan Hayward in the film My Foolish Heart "My One and Only Highland Fling" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film The Barkleys of Broadway.
You have to appreciate the wonder of a holiday season when Brenda Lee’s seasonal hit from 65-years-past, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” gets to top December’s Billboard Hot 100 for ...
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
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