Editing 1949 in music (section)

==Top popular records==

Before the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Hot100]] was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. 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. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Each record's three point totals are combined, with that number determining the year-end rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on all 3 charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not three. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, cross-over information from [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] and Country charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted. 
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
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| 1 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra]] || "[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)]]"<ref name=Victor300>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-3000 through 20-3500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA203000.htm |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-3411 || {{Start date|1949|3|14}} || {{Start date|1949|5|14}} || US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Country 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 627 points, CashBox #1
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| 2 || [[Frankie Laine]] || "[[That Lucky Old Sun]]"<ref name=Mercury>{{Cite web |title=Mercury 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000–5500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/Merc050.htm |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Mercury 5316 || {{Start date|1949|6|14}} || {{Start date|1949|8|19}} || US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4
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| 3 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] with [[Gordon Jenkins|Gordon Jenkins Orchestra]] || "[[I Can Dream, Can't I?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 75074. I can dream, can't I? / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000303291/75074-I_can_dream_cant_I |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24705 || {{Start date|1949|7|15}} || {{Start date|1949|8|22}} || US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for  5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points
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| 4 || Evelyn Knight || "[[A Little Bird Told Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 74606. A little bird told me / Evelyn Knight – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302823/74606-A_little_bird_told_me |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24514 || {{Start date|1948|10|12}} || {{Start date|1948|11}} || US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8
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| 5 || [[Perry Como]] || "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"<ref name=Victor300/> || RCA Victor 20-3402 || {{Start date|1949|3|1}} || {{Start date|1949|4}} || US Billboard 1949 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 468 points, CashBox #2
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| 6 || [[Vic Damone]] || "[[You're Breaking My Heart]]"<ref name=Mercury/> || Mercury 5271 || {{Start date|1949|2|15}} || {{Start date|1949|5}} || US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, 467 points, CashBox #7
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| 7 || [[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Jimmy Wakely]] || "[[Slippin' Around]]"<ref name=Capitol400>{{Cite web |title=78rpm Numerical Listing Discography for Capitol 40000: Americana |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol40000.htm |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 40224 || {{Start date|1949|9|5}} || {{Start date|1949|9|10}} || US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Country 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 428 points
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| 8 || [[Blue Barron|Blue Barron and His Orchestra]] || "[[Cruising Down the River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000–10500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/MGM10000.htm |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || MGM 10346 || {{Start date|1948|12|15}} || {{Start date|1949|1}} || US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5
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| 9 || Frankie Laine || "[[Mule Train]]"<ref name=Mercury/> || Mercury 5345 || {{Start date|1949|10|2}} || {{Start date|1949|10|28}} || US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks, 385 points, CashBox #9
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| 10 || [[Russ Morgan|Russ Morgan and His Orchestra]] || "Cruising Down The River"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4870. Cruising down the river / Russ Morgan's Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000271293/L_4870-Cruising_down_the_river |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24568 || {{Start date|1949|1|20}} || {{Start date|1949|2}} || US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3
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| 11 || Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra || "[[Again (1949 song)|Again]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4904. Again / Gordon Jenkins Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000271327/L_4904-Again |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24602 || {{Start date|1949|2|17}} || {{Start date|1949|4}} || US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points
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| 12 || Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra || "[[Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)]]"<ref name=Victor350>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 20-3500–4000 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA203500.htm |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-3510 || {{Start date|1949|7}} || {{Start date|1949|8|1}} || US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points
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| 13 || Russ Morgan and His Orchestra || "[[Forever and Ever (Franz Winkler and Malia Rosa song)|Forever and Ever]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4871. Forever and ever / Russ Morgan's Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000271294/L_4871-Forever_and_ever |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24569 || {{Start date|1949|1|20}} || {{Start date|1949|2}} || US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points
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| 14 || Perry Como || "Forever and Ever"<ref name=Victor300/> || RCA Victor 20-3347 || {{Start date|1949|1|13}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard 1949 #14, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 245 points
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| 15 || [[Sammy Kaye|Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye]] (Vocal [[Don Cornell]]) || "[[Room Full of Roses]]"<ref name=Victor300/> || RCA Victor 20-3441 || {{Start date|1949|3|8}} || {{Start date|1949|5}} || US Billboard 1949 #15, US #2 for 1 weeks, 24 total weeks, 220 points
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| 16 || Evelyn Knight || "[[Powder Your Face with Sunshine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 74623. Powder your face with sunshine / Evelyn Knight – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302840/74623-Powder_your_face_with_sunshine |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24530 || {{Start date|1948|11|16}} || {{Start date|1948|12}} || US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points
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| 17 || Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra || "[[Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 75137. Don't cry Joe / Gordon Jenkins Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000303354/75137-Dont_cry_Joe |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24720 || {{Start date|1949|8|12}} || {{Start date|1949|9}} || US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points
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| 18 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Far Away Places]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4844. Far away places / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000271267/L_4844-Far_away_places |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24532 || {{Start date|1948|11|25}} || {{Start date|1949|1|5}} || US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points
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| 19 || [[Al Morgan (pianist)|Al Morgan]] || "[[Jealous Heart]]" || London 30001 || {{Start date|1949}} || {{Start date|1949|7}} || US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points
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| 20 || Margaret Whiting || "Far Away Places"<ref name=Capitol150>{{Cite web |title=Capitol 15000 series numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol15000.htm |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 15278 || {{Start date|1948|10|1}} || {{Start date|1948|11}} || US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points
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| 21 || Russ Morgan || "So Tired"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73078. So tired / Russ Morgan's Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301295/73078-So_tired |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24521 || {{Start date|1945|10|11}} || {{Start date|1948|11}} || US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points
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| 22 || Perry Como and [[the Fontane Sisters]] || "[['A' You're Adorable|"A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)]]"<ref name=Victor300/> || RCA Victor 20-3381 || {{Start date|1949|3|1}} || {{Start date|1949|3|25}} || US Billboard 1949 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 144 points
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| 23 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra]] || "[[Red Roses for a Blue Lady]]"<ref name=Victor300/> || RCA Victor 20-3319 || {{Start date|1948|12|15}} || {{Start date|1949|1}} || US Billboard 1949 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 131 points
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| 24 || Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters || "[[A Dreamer's Holiday]]"<ref name=Victor350/> || RCA Victor 20-3543 || {{Start date|1949|8|11}} || {{Start date|1949|9|12}} || US Billboard 1949 #24, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 118 points
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| 25 || Bing Crosby || "Mule Train"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 5161. Mule train / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000271584/L_5161-Mule_train |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24798 || {{Start date|1949|10|26}} || {{Start date|1949|11|12}} || US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points
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| 40 || [[Gene Autry|Gene Autry and the Pinafores]] || "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]"<ref name=Columbia385>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 38500–38999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL38500.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 38610 || {{Start date|1949|6|27}} || {{Start date|1949|9|1}} || US Billboard 1949 #40, US #1 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Country 1949 #25, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969<ref name=GoldenDiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
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| 248 || Gene Autry || "[[Here Comes Santa Claus|Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)]]"<ref name=Columbia200>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: Country/Western series 20000–20500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL20000.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 20377 || {{Start date|1947|8|28}} || {{Start date|1949|11|7}} || US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Country 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
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