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

List of years in country music (table)
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Events

  • December 10 — Billboard begins a "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" chart – the first chart ever to track a song's popularity by radio airplay. The first No. 1 song on the new chart is "Mule Train" by Tennessee Ernie Ford. With the new chart, there are three charts gauging a song's popularity, with the sales and jukebox charts also being used.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

US Single Artist
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.

Other major hits

Single Artist
"Anticipation Blues" Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Blue Skirt Waltz" Frank Yankovic
"Candy Kisses" Elton Britt
"Candy Kisses" Cowboy Copas
"C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" Eddy Arnold
"Country Boy" Little Jimmy Dickens
"Cry Baby Heart" George Morgan
"Death of Kathy Fiscus" Jimmy Osborne
"Don′t Rob Another Man′s Castle" Ernest Tubb and the Andrews Sisters
"Echo of Your Footsteps" Eddy Arnold
"Forever More" Jimmy Wakely
"I Love Everything About You" George Morgan
"I Never See Maggie Alone" Kenny Roberts
"I Wish I Had a Nickel" Jimmy Wakely
"I'll Never Slip Around Again" Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting
"I′ll Never Slip Around Again" Floyd Tillman
"I'm Bitin' My Fingernails" Ernest Tubb and the Andrews Sisters
"Mean Mama Blues" Ernest Tubb
"Mind You Own Business" Hank Williams
"Mine All Mine" Jimmy Wakely
"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" Hank Williams
"My Filipino Rose" Ernest Tubb
"My Heart′s Bouquet" Little Jimmy Dickens
"My Tennessee Baby" Ernest Tubb
"Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)" Hank Williams
"Panhandle Rag" Leon McAuliffe
"Please Don't Let Me Love You" George Morgan
"Rainbow in My Heart" George Morgan
"Room Full of Roses" George Morgan
"Riders In The Sky" Vaughn Monroe
"Riders In The Sky" Peggy Lee
"The Same Sweet Girl" Hank Locklin
"Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart" Eddy Arnold
"Slipping Around" Floyd Tillman
"Smokey Mountain Boogie" Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Soft Lips" Hank Thompson
"Someday You`ll Call My Name" Jimmy Wakely
"Take an Old Cold Tater and Wait" Little Jimmy Dickens
"Tennessee Border" Red Foley
"Tennessee Border" Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Tennessee Border #2" Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
"Tennessee Polka" Red Foley
"Tennessee Polka" Pee Wee King
"Tennessee Waltz" Roy Acuff
"There's Not A Thing" Eddy Arnold
"Till the End of the World" Jimmy Wakely
"Till the End of the World" Ernest Tubb
"Two Cents Three Eggs and a Postcard" Red Foley
"Warm Red Wine" Ernest Tubb
"Wedding Bells" Hank Williams
"What are We Gonna Do About the Moonlight" Hank Thompson
"Whoa Sailor" Hank Thompson
"Will Santa Come To Shanty Town" Eddy Arnold
"You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" Hank Williams

Top new album releases

Births

Deaths

  • December 11 — Fiddlin' John Carson, 81, one of country music's first popular recording artist on a nationwide basis.

References

Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.