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List of Billboard number-one singles of 1949

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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:

  • 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.
  • Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
  • Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts. It served as The Billboard's lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.

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"
January 8 "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"
Spike Jones and his City Slickers with George Rock
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"
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"
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26 "Far Away Places"
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
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"
March 19
March 26 "Cruising Down the River"
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks
April 2 "Cruising Down the River"
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with The Skylarks
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30 "Careless Hands"
Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
May 7 ""A"—You're Adorable"
Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters and Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
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"
May 21 "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
May 28 "Riders in the Sky"
June 4 "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30 "Some Enchanted Evening"
Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres 		"Some Enchanted Evening"
August 6
August 13 "Some Enchanted Evening"
Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres 		"Some Enchanted Evening"
Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
August 20
August 27 "You're Breaking My Heart"
Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra
September 3 "You're Breaking My Heart"
Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra
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"
September 17 "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra 		"You're Breaking My Heart"
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
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
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
October 15 "That Lucky Old Sun"
Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer
October 22
October 29 "That Lucky Old Sun"
November 5
November 12
November 19 "Slipping Around"
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
November 26 "Mule Train"
Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners 		"Mule Train"
Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners 		"Mule Train"
December 3
December 10 "Mule Train"
Frankie Laine and the Mulrskinners
December 17
December 24
December 31

See also

References

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