1949 in country music
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1949.
| By location |
|---|
| By genre |
| By topic |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
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
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010) |
Births
- January 6 — Joey Miskulin, also known as "Joey the Cowpolka King", member of Riders in the Sky.
- January 22 - J.P. Pennington, member of the 1980s group Exile.
- May 26 — Hank Williams, Jr., son of country music pioneer Hank Williams who became a star in his own right, fusing elements of honky tonk and blues with rock.
- June 17 - Russell Smith, American singer-songwriter (Amazing Rhythm Aces, died 2019).[1]
- August 23 — Woody Paul, "King of the Cowboy Fiddlers" member of Riders in the Sky.
- August 25 – Henry Paul, lead singer of the 1990s country group BlackHawk.
- August 27 — Jeff Cook, member of Alabama.
- October 23 – Nick Tosches, American journalist, music critic and writer (Country), died 2019.[2]
- December 13 — Randy Owen, member of Alabama.
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.