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List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1949

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These are the U.S. number-one country songs of 1949, per the Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records, Best Selling Folk Retail Records & Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys charts.

Note that starting with the December 10 issue date a third chart (Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys) started to be published. For the week of October 1, The Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records chart had two number one songs.

Issue date Juke Box Retail Disk Jockeys Ref.
Jan. 1 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
Jimmy Wakely 		"One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
Jimmy Wakely 		None [1]
Jan. 8 "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)"
Eddy Arnold
Jan.15 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
Jimmy Wakely
Jan. 22 "I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely
Jan. 29 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
Jimmy Wakely
Feb. 5 "I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely
Feb. 12 "I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely
Feb. 19 "Bouquet of Roses"
Eddy Arnold
Feb. 26 "I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely
March 5 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold 		"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
March 12 "I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely 		"I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Jimmy Wakely
March 19 "Tennessee Saturday Night"
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys 		"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
March 26 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
April 2 "Candy Kisses"
George Morgan
April 9
April 16 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
April 23 "Candy Kisses"
George Morgan
April 30 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
May 7 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 14 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
May 21 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 28
June 4 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 11 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Eddy Arnold
June 18 "One Kiss Too Many"
Eddy Arnold
June 25 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 2 "One Kiss Too Many"
Eddy Arnold
July 9 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 16
July 23 "One Kiss Too Many"
Eddy Arnold
July 30 "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
Eddy Arnold
Aug. 6 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Aug. 13 "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
Eddy Arnold
Aug. 20
Aug. 27 "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
Eddy Arnold
Sep. 3 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Sep. 10 "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
Eddy Arnold 		"Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"
Wayne Raney
Sep. 17 "Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys 		"Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Sep. 24 "Slipping Around"
Ernest Tubb
Oct. 1 "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"
Wayne Raney
"Lovesick Blues"
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Oct. 8 "Slipping Around"
Ernest Tubb 		"Slipping Around"
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Oct. 15 "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"
Wayne Raney
Oct. 22
Oct. 29 "Slipping Around"
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Nov. 5
Nov. 12
Nov. 19
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Dec. 10 "Mule Train"
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Dec. 17
Dec. 24
Dec. 31

See also

References

  1. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records & Best Selling Retail Folk Records charts via Billboard Digital Magazine Archive". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
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