Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra | "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3411 | March 14, 1949 (1949-03-14) | May 14, 1949 (1949-05-14) | 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 |
2 | Frankie Laine | "That Lucky Old Sun" [8] | Mercury 5316 | June 14, 1949 (1949-06-14) | August 19, 1949 (1949-08-19) | US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4 |
3 | The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" [9] | Decca 24705 | July 15, 1949 (1949-07-15) | August 22, 1949 (1949-08-22) | US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points |
4 | Evelyn Knight | "A Little Bird Told Me" [10] | Decca 24514 | October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) | November 1948 (1948-11) | US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8 |
5 | Perry Como | "Some Enchanted Evening" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3402 | March 1, 1949 (1949-03-01) | April 1949 (1949-04) | US Billboard 1949 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 468 points, CashBox #2 |
6 | Vic Damone | "You're Breaking My Heart" [8] | Mercury 5271 | February 15, 1949 (1949-02-15) | May 1949 (1949-05) | US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, 467 points, CashBox #7 |
7 | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely | "Slippin' Around" [11] | Capitol 40224 | September 5, 1949 (1949-09-05) | September 10, 1949 (1949-09-10) | 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 |
8 | Blue Barron and His Orchestra | "Cruising Down the River" [12] | MGM 10346 | December 15, 1948 (1948-12-15) | January 1949 (1949-01) | US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5 |
9 | Frankie Laine | "Mule Train" [8] | Mercury 5345 | October 2, 1949 (1949-10-02) | October 28, 1949 (1949-10-28) | US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks, 385 points, CashBox #9 |
10 | Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | "Cruising Down The River" [13] | Decca 24568 | January 20, 1949 (1949-01-20) | February 1949 (1949-02) | US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3 |
11 | Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "Again" [14] | Decca 24602 | February 17, 1949 (1949-02-17) | April 1949 (1949-04) | US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points |
12 | Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra | "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" [15] | RCA Victor 20-3510 | July 1949 (1949-07) | August 1, 1949 (1949-08-01) | US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points |
13 | Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | "Forever and Ever" [16] | Decca 24569 | January 20, 1949 (1949-01-20) | February 1949 (1949-02) | US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points |
14 | Perry Como | "Forever and Ever" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3347 | January 13, 1949 (1949-01-13) | March 1949 (1949-03) | US Billboard 1949 #14, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 245 points |
15 | Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye (Vocal Don Cornell) | "Room Full of Roses" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3441 | March 8, 1949 (1949-03-08) | May 1949 (1949-05) | US Billboard 1949 #15, US #2 for 1 weeks, 24 total weeks, 220 points |
16 | Evelyn Knight | "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" [17] | Decca 24530 | November 16, 1948 (1948-11-16) | December 1948 (1948-12) | US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points |
17 | Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)" [18] | Decca 24720 | August 12, 1949 (1949-08-12) | September 1949 (1949-09) | US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points |
18 | Bing Crosby | "Far Away Places" [19] | Decca 24532 | November 25, 1948 (1948-11-25) | January 5, 1949 (1949-01-05) | US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points |
19 | Al Morgan | "Jealous Heart" | London 30001 | 1949 (1949) | July 1949 (1949-07) | US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points |
20 | Margaret Whiting | "Far Away Places" [20] | Capitol 15278 | October 1, 1948 (1948-10-01) | November 1948 (1948-11) | US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points |
21 | Russ Morgan | "So Tired" [21] | Decca 24521 | October 11, 1945 (1945-10-11) | November 1948 (1948-11) | US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points |
22 | Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters | ""A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3381 | March 1, 1949 (1949-03-01) | March 25, 1949 (1949-03-25) | US Billboard 1949 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 144 points |
23 | Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra | "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" [7] | RCA Victor 20-3319 | December 15, 1948 (1948-12-15) | January 1949 (1949-01) | US Billboard 1949 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 131 points |
24 | Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters | "A Dreamer's Holiday" [15] | RCA Victor 20-3543 | August 11, 1949 (1949-08-11) | September 12, 1949 (1949-09-12) | US Billboard 1949 #24, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 118 points |
25 | Bing Crosby | "Mule Train" [22] | Decca 24798 | October 26, 1949 (1949-10-26) | November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12) | US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points |
40 | Gene Autry and the Pinafores | "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" [23] | Columbia 38610 | June 27, 1949 (1949-06-27) | September 1, 1949 (1949-09-01) | 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 [24] |
248 | Gene Autry | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" [25] | Columbia 20377 | August 28, 1947 (1947-08-28) | November 7, 1949 (1949-11-07) | 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 [24] |