1949 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1949.

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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

USSingleArtist
January 22"I Love You So Much It Hurts" Jimmy Wakely
March 5"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" Eddy Arnold
March 19"Tennessee Saturday Night" Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
April 2"Candy Kisses" George Morgan
May 7"Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 18"One Kiss Too Many"Eddy Arnold
July 30"I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl That I Love)"Eddy Arnold
September 10"Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" Wayne Raney
September 24"Slipping Around" Ernest Tubb
October 8"Slipping Around" Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
December 10"Mule Train" Tennessee Ernie Ford
Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (later Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (later Country & Western) Records) and – starting December 10 – "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.


Top country records of 1949

The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best-Selling Retail Folk Records' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records' charts during 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. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Additional information was obtained from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys "Lovesick Blues" [1] MGM 10352December 22, 1948February 11, 1949US Billboard 1949 #253, US #24 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #1, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 42 total weeks, 725 points, CashBox #3, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011, 1,000,000 sales [2]
2 Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely "Slippin' Around" [3] Capitol 40224September 5, 1949September 10, 1949US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 633 points
3 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" [4] RCA Victor 21-0002December 21, 1948January 21, 1949US Billboard 1949 #234, US #23 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #3, USHB #1 for 12 weeks, 31 total weeks, 454 points
4Jimmy Wakely"I Love You So Much It Hurts" [5] Capitol 15243August 3, 1949October 8, 1949US Billboard 1948 #170, US #21 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #4, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 402 points
5 Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys "Tennessee Saturday Night" [6] Decca 46136August 12, 1947September 14, 1948US Hillbilly 1949 #5, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 40 total weeks, 343 points
6 Wayne Raney "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" [7] King 791April 5, 1949June 1949US Billboard 1949 #218, US #22 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #6, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 318 points
7Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar"I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)" [8] RCA Victor 21-0083April 5, 1949June 10, 1949US Billboard 1949 #178, US #19 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #7, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 314 points
8 The Delmore Brothers "Blues Stay Away From Me" [7] King 803May 6, 1949August 31, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #8, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 23 total weeks, CashBox #10, 296 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007
9Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys"Wedding Bells" [1] MGM 10401March 20, 1949April 23, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #9, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 294 points
10 George Morgan "Candy Kisses" [9] Columbia 20547January 16, 1949February 1949US Billboard 1949 #157, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #10, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 253 points
11Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar"One Kiss Too Many" [10] RCA Victor 21-0051December 22, 1948April 22, 1949US Billboard 1949 #238, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #11, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks, 226 points
12 Ernest Tubb "Slipping Around" [11] Decca 46173June 12, 1949September 24, 1949US Billboard 1949 #157, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #12, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 210 points
13Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar"The Echo of Your Footsteps" [12] RCA Victor 21-0051December 20, 1948April 22, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #13, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 176 points
14 Tennessee Ernie "Mule Train" [3] Capitol 40258October 18, 1949November 28, 1949US Billboard 1949 #84, US #9 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #14, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 160 points
15Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely"I'll Never Slip Around Again" [3] Capitol 40246September 5, 1949October 10, 1949US Billboard 1949 #69, US #8 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #16, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 145 points
16Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" [13] MGM 10560December 22, 1948February 11, 1949US Billboard 1949 #, US #1 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #17, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 125 points
17Red Foley"Tennessee Border" [14] Decca 46151January 25, 1949February 13, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #18, USHB #3 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 124 points
18 Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb "I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You" [15] Decca 24592February 15, 1949March 10, 1949US Billboard 1949 #304, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #19, USHB #2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 112 points
19Tennessee Ernie"Anticipation Blues" [3] Capitol 40258October 16, 1949November 28, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #20, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 101 points
20George Morgan"Please Don't Let Me Love You" [9] Columbia 20547January 16, 1949February 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #21, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 87 points
21Red Foley"Tennessee Polka" [16] Decca 46170April 28, 1949June 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #22, USHB #4 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 76 points
22Ernest Tubb"Blue Christmas" [17] Decca 46186August 26, 1949October 26, 1949US Billboard 1949 #263, US #27 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #23, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 65 points
23Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar"There's Not A Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)" [18] RCA Victor 21-0002August 20, 1947January 21, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #24, USHB #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 57 points
24 Kenny Roberts "I Never See Maggie Alone" [19] Coral 64012May 3, 1949July 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #25, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 56 points
25 Gene Autry and the Pinafores "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" [20] Columbia 38610June 27, 1949September 1, 1949US Billboard 1949 #17, US #1 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #26, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969 [21]
30Ernest Tubb"Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)" [22] Decca 46144December 11, 1948February 19, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #30, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks, 44 points
31Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys"Mind Your Own Business" [1] MGM 10461March 1, 1949July 9, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #31, USHB #5 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 36 points
40Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys"You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" [13] MGM 10506March 1, 1949September 9, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #40, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 24 points
43 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" [23] RCA Victor 20-3411March 14, 1949May 14, 1949US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 15 points, CashBox #1, 1,000,000 sales [2]
55Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys"Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)" [1] MGM 10352December 11, 1946July 9, 1949US Hillbilly 1949 #55, USHB #6 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, 8 points
61Gene Autry"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" [24] Columbia 20377August 28, 1947November 7, 1949US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales [2]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don't Rob Another Man's Castle</span> 1949 song by Jenny Lou Carson

"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" is a song written by Jenny Lou Carson. The song was first performed by Eddy Arnold who reached No. 1 on the Folk Best Seller charts in 1949.

For music from an individual year in the 1940s, go to 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49

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  6. ↑ "Decca matrix NT 112. Tennessee Saturday night / Red Foley - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  7. 1 2 "KING 78rpm numerical listing discography: Hillbilly series #500 - 1000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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  11. ↑ "Decca matrix NA 177. Slipping around / The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  12. ↑ "Victor matrix D8VB-4089. The echo of your footsteps / Eddy Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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  16. ↑ "Decca matrix NA 159. Tennessee polka / Red Foley - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  17. ↑ "Decca matrix NA 2029. Blue Christmas / The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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  25. ↑ Russell Smith, Amazing Rhythm Aces Singer, Dead at 70
  26. ↑ Nick Tosches, Music Journalist and Novelist, Dead at 69

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