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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.
Arnold's song spent a total of twelve non-consecutive weeks at number one on the juke box chart, the highest cumulative total for any one song. On the retail chart, "Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys spent the most total weeks in the top spot, with sixteen non-consecutive weeks at number one. Wakely and Arnold were the ...
Billboard Top Folk Records of 1949; Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949; Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1949; L. List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1949;
The two charts are considered to be part of the lineage of the magazine's multimetric R&B chart, [2] which since 2005 has been published under the title Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs. [3] In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, 1949, different versions of the song "Bewildered" topped the two charts: Amos Milburn's rendition was at number one on the ...
Four versions of the song "Candy Kisses" made the year-end charts. George Morgan's version was a No. 1 hit while the song also led to hits for Red Foley (No. 4), Elton Britt (No. 4), and Cowboy Copas (No. 5). [1] On the strength of Eddy Arnold's performance, RCA Victor led all other labels with ten records on the year-end charts.
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
Throughout most of the 1950s, the magazine published the following charts to measure a song's popularity: Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.