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 year-end [1] | Juke box year-end [1] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Hucklebuck" | Paul Williams | Savoy |
| 2 | 2 | "Trouble Blues" | Charles Brown | Aladdin |
| 3 | 3 | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
| 4 | 5 | "Ain't Nobody's Business" | Jimmy Witherspoon | Supreme |
| 5 | 6 | "Little Girl, Don't Cry" | Bull Moose Jackson | King |
| 6 | 7 | "Tell Me So" | The Orioles | Jubilee |
| 7 | 4 | "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" | Stick McGhee & Buddies | Atlantic |
| 8 | 13 | "Hold Me, Baby" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 9 | 7 | "Chicken Shack Boogie" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 10 | 11 | "Boogie Chillen'" | John Lee Hooker | Modern |
| 11 | 16 | "Baby Get Lost" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
| 12 | 12 | "Rockin' at Midnight" | Roy Brown | DeLuxe |
| 13 | 15 | "Wrapped Up in a Dream" | Do Ray & Me | Commodore |
| 14 | 14 | "Bewildered" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 15 | 10 | "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" | Wynonie Harris | King |
| 16 | 9 | "Bewildered" | Red Miller Trio | Bullet |
| 17 | 19 | "Close Your Eyes" | Herb Lance | Sittin' In |
| 18 | NR | "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" | Wynonie Harris | King |
| 19 | NR | "The Hucklebuck" | Roy Milton | Specialty |
| 20 | 20 | "Confession Blues" | Maxin Trio (Ray Charles) | Downbeat |
| 21 | 18 | "Broken Hearted" | Eddie Williams | Supreme |
| 22 | 21 | "The Deacon's Hop" | Big Jay McNeely | Savoy |
| 23 | NR | "In the Middle of the Night" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 24 | 23 | "Blue and Lonesome" | Memphis Slim | Miracle |
| 25 | 24 | "D'Natural Blues" | Lucky Millinder | RCA Victor |
| 26 | 25 | "Roomin' House Boogie" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 27 | 17 | "Pot Likker" | Todd Rhodes Orchestra | King |
| 28 | NR | "Sneaking Around" | Rudy Render | London |
| 29 | 29 | "Hobo Blues" | John Lee Hooker | Modern |
| 30 | NR | "Cole Slaw" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
| NR | 22 | "Beans and Cornbread" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
| NR | 26 | "A Little Bird Told Me" | Paula Watson | Supreme |
| NR | 27 | "It's Midnight" | Little Willie Littlefield | Modern |
| NR | 28 | "Back Street" | Eddie Chamblee | Miracle |
| NR | 29 | "Texas Hop" | Pee Wee Crayton | Modern |