| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
Recorded |
Released |
Chart Positions |
|---|
| 1 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "Lovesick Blues"[1] | MGM 10352 | December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) | February 11, 1949 (1949-02-11) | US 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 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 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 21-0002 | December 21, 1948 (1948-12-21) | January 21, 1949 (1949-01-21) | US 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 |
| 4 | Jimmy Wakely | "I Love You So Much It Hurts"[5] | Capitol 15243 | August 3, 1949 (1949-08-03) | October 8, 1949 (1949-10-08) | US 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 46136 | August 12, 1947 (1947-08-12) | September 14, 1948 (1948-09-14) | US 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 791 | April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05) | June 1949 (1949-06) | US 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 |
| 7 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"[8] | RCA Victor 21-0083 | April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05) | June 10, 1949 (1949-06-10) | US 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 803 | May 6, 1949 (1949-05-06) | August 31, 1949 (1949-08-31) | US Hillbilly 1949 #8, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 23 total weeks, CashBox #10, 296 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007 |
| 9 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "Wedding Bells"[1] | MGM 10401 | March 20, 1949 (1949-03-20) | April 23, 1949 (1949-04-23) | US Hillbilly 1949 #9, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 294 points |
| 10 | George Morgan | "Candy Kisses"[9] | Columbia 20547 | January 16, 1949 (1949-01-16) | February 1949 (1949-02) | US 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 |
| 11 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "One Kiss Too Many"[10] | RCA Victor 21-0051 | December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) | April 22, 1949 (1949-04-22) | US 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 46173 | June 12, 1949 (1949-06-12) | September 24, 1949 (1949-09-24) | US 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 |
| 13 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "The Echo of Your Footsteps"[12] | RCA Victor 21-0051 | December 20, 1948 (1948-12-20) | April 22, 1949 (1949-04-22) | US Hillbilly 1949 #13, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 176 points |
| 14 | Tennessee Ernie | "Mule Train"[3] | Capitol 40258 | October 18, 1949 (1949-10-18) | November 28, 1949 (1949-11-28) | US 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 |
| 15 | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely | "I'll Never Slip Around Again"[3] | Capitol 40246 | September 5, 1949 (1949-09-05) | October 10, 1949 (1949-10-10) | US 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 |
| 16 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"[13] | MGM 10560 | December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) | February 11, 1949 (1949-02-11) | US Billboard 1949 #, US #1 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #17, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 125 points |
| 17 | Red Foley | "Tennessee Border"[14] | Decca 46151 | January 25, 1949 (1949-01-25) | February 13, 1949 (1949-02-13) | US 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 24592 | February 15, 1949 (1949-02-15) | March 10, 1949 (1949-03-10) | US 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 |
| 19 | Tennessee Ernie | "Anticipation Blues"[3] | Capitol 40258 | October 16, 1949 (1949-10-16) | November 28, 1949 (1949-11-28) | US Hillbilly 1949 #20, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 101 points |
| 20 | George Morgan | "Please Don't Let Me Love You"[9] | Columbia 20547 | January 16, 1949 (1949-01-16) | February 1949 (1949-02) | US Hillbilly 1949 #21, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 87 points |
| 21 | Red Foley | "Tennessee Polka"[16] | Decca 46170 | April 28, 1949 (1949-04-28) | June 1949 (1949-06) | US Hillbilly 1949 #22, USHB #4 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 76 points |
| 22 | Ernest Tubb | "Blue Christmas"[17] | Decca 46186 | August 26, 1949 (1949-08-26) | October 26, 1949 (1949-10-26) | US 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 |
| 23 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "There's Not A Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)"[18] | RCA Victor 21-0002 | August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) | January 21, 1949 (1949-01-21) | US Hillbilly 1949 #24, USHB #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 57 points |
| 24 | Kenny Roberts | "I Never See Maggie Alone"[19] | Coral 64012 | May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03) | July 1949 (1949-07) | US 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 38610 | June 27, 1949 (1949-06-27) | September 1, 1949 (1949-09-01) | US 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] |
| 30 | Ernest Tubb | "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"[22] | Decca 46144 | December 11, 1948 (1948-12-11) | February 19, 1949 (1949-02-19) | US Hillbilly 1949 #30, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks, 44 points |
| 31 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "Mind Your Own Business"[1] | MGM 10461 | March 1, 1949 (1949-03-01) | July 9, 1949 (1949-07-09) | US Hillbilly 1949 #31, USHB #5 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 36 points |
| 40 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)"[13] | MGM 10506 | March 1, 1949 (1949-03-01) | September 9, 1949 (1949-09-09) | US 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 20-3411 | 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 Hillbilly 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 15 points, CashBox #1, 1,000,000 sales[2] |
| 55 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)"[1] | MGM 10352 | December 11, 1946 (1946-12-11) | July 9, 1949 (1949-07-09) | US Hillbilly 1949 #55, USHB #6 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, 8 points |
| 61 | Gene Autry | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"[24] | 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 Hillbilly 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales[2] |
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