List of albums on the Billboard charts (1949)
This list contains musicians, album titles, date of entry into the charts, length of stay in the charts and highest position (abbreviated HP ). The presetting is made alphabetically according to the artist. It can also be sorted by title, chart entry, length of stay and position. |
The Billboard Album List (1949) is a complete list of the albums that made it into the 1949 calendar year . The top 10 determined over the year consisted of the sales figures of 1,400 stores throughout the United States. This year a total of 59 albums were placed.
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Interpreter | title | Chart entry | Weeks | BP | Genre style |
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Eddie Albert , Allyn McLerie & Mary McCarty with Members of the Original Broadway Cast |
Miss Liberty Columbia ML-4220 |
09/03/1949 | 14th | 2 | Stage & Screen Musical |
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Eddy Arnold |
To Mother Victor P-239 |
04/09/1949 | 10 | 2 | Folk, World & Country Country |
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The Art Van Damme Quintet |
Cocktail Capers Capitol CC-105 |
02/05/1949 | 1 | 10 | Jazz, Pop Space Age |
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Les Baxter & his Orchestra & Chorus with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman |
Perfume Set to Music Victor P-231 |
01/01/1949 | 1 | 7th | Jazz, Pop, Classical Space-Age, Neo-Romantic, Easy Listening |
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Frankie Carle with Rhythm Section |
Roses in Rhythm Columbia C-174 |
01/01/1949 | 26th | 1 | Jazz instrumental |
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Perry Como |
Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music Victor P-161 |
01/01/1949 | 6th | 3 | Pop vocal |
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Perry Como |
Supper Club Favorites Victor P-237 |
03/12/1949 | 15th | 4th | Pop vocal |
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Don Contino |
Horace Heidt Presents Dick Contino Magnolia MA-501 |
May 28, 1949 | 24 | 3 | Pop, Folk, World, Country Instrumental, Easy Listening |
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Bing Crosby |
Merry Christmas Decca A-403 |
01/01/1949 | 9 | 1 | Jazz, pop vocal |
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Bing Crosby |
Songs from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Decca A-699 |
05/07/1949 | 8th | 5 | Jazz, pop vocal, swing, soundtrack |
Soundtrack to the Paramount production Knight Hank, The Terror of the Round Table by Tay Garnett , based on the novel A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur (1889) by Mark Twain . |
Bing Crosby |
St. Patrick's Day Decca A-495 |
03/12/1949 | 3 | 3 | Pop vocal |
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Bing Crosby |
St. Valentine's Day Decca A-621 |
02/12/1949 | 2 | 8th | Pop vocal |
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Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters |
Christmas Greetings Decca A-715 |
December 10, 1949 | 3 | 5 | Pop vocal |
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Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye , Ella Fitzgerald & Evelyn Knight |
Sing the Song Hits from "South Pacific" Decca A-714 |
06/18/1949 | 9 | 4th | Stage & Screen |
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Doris Day |
You're My Thrill Columbia CL-6071 |
10/08/1949 | 7th | 5 | Pop vocal |
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Tommy Dorsey , Louis Armstrong , Charlie Barnet , Benny Goodman & Mel Powell |
Giants of Jazz - Music from the Samuel Goldwyn Production "A Song is Born" Capitol CC-106 |
01/29/1949 | 4th | 9 | Jazz, Stage & Screen Soundtrack |
Soundtrack to the Samuel Goldwyn production The Daredevil Rescue of the Gangster Bride Honey Swanson by Howard Hawks . |
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra feat. Jack Leonard & Frank Sinatra |
And the Band Sings Too Victor P-247 |
10/08/1949 | 1 | 9 | Pop vocal |
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Alfred Drake & Patricia Morison with the Original Broadway Cast |
Kiss Me Kate Columbia C-200 |
02/26/1949 | 43 | 1 | Classical, Stage & Screen Musical |
Original recording of the Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate (1948) by Cole Porter . |
Jan Garber & his Orchestra |
More College Medleys Capitol CCF-173 |
October 15, 1949 | 2 | 7th | Brass & Military Marches |
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Al Goodman & his Orchestra |
Highlights from Irving Berlin's "Miss Liberty" Victor BN-4 |
09/24/1949 | 2 | 9 | Classical, Stage & Screen |
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Al Goodman & his Orchestra |
South Pacific Victor BN-3 |
09/10/1949 | 6th | 6th | Pop, Stage & Screen Musical, Vocal |
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Ken Griffin |
Christmas Music Broadcast G-500 |
01/01/1949 | 2 | 5 | Pop, Folk, World & Country |
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Ken Griffin |
Merry Christmas Rondo 1010 |
December 24, 1949 | 1 | 10 | Pop instrumental, easy listening |
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Lennie Hayton & the MGM Symphony Orchestra |
Words and Music MGM -37 |
01/22/1949 | 22nd | 1 | Stage & Screen Soundtrack, Musical |
Soundtrack for the Metro Goldwyn Mayer production Words and Music by Norman Taurog with the participation of Mickey Rooney , June Allyson , Judy Garland , Betty Garrett , Lena Horne and Ann Sothern . |
Woody Herman & his Orchestra |
Sequence in Jazz Columbia C-177 |
05.03.1949 | 8th | 6th | Jazz cool jazz |
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The Ink Spots |
Ink spots Decca A-477 |
08/20/1949 | 2 | 8th | Pop vocal |
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Al Jolson |
Jolson Sings Again Decca A-716 |
09/10/1949 | 16 | 2 | Jazz, pop vocal, easy listening |
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Al Jolson |
The Jolson Story Decca A-469 |
04/30/1949 | 1 | 9 | Jazz, Pop, Stage & Screen Vocal |
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Stan Kenton |
Encores Capitol CC-113 |
02/19/1949 | 16 | 2 | Jazz big band, vocal |
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The King Cole Trio |
The King Cole Trio, Vol. 4 Capitol CC-139 |
08/06/1949 | 1 | 10 | Jazz cool jazz |
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Mario Lanza & the RCA Victor Orchestra |
That Midnight Kiss Victor WDM-1330 |
October 29, 1949 | 9 | 3 | Classical, Stage & Screen Opera, Musical, Soundtrack |
Soundtrack for the Metro Goldwyn Mayer production That Midnight Kiss by Norman Taurog . |
Peggy Lee , Margaret Whiting & Gordon MacRae |
Songs from Rodgers' & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" Capitol CDF-163 |
06/25/1949 | 6th | 4th | Stage & Screen |
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Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians |
The Twin Pianos Decca A-512 |
04/30/1949 | 4th | 6th | Jazz big band |
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Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians |
Waltzes Decca A-509 |
08/06/1949 | 2 | 9 | Jazz Easy Listening |
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Mary Martin & Ezio Pinza with the Original Broadway Cast |
South Pacific Columbia MM-850 |
May 21, 1949 | 32 | 1 | Stage & Screen Musical |
Original recording of the Broadway musical South Pacific (1949) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . |
Billy May & John Beal feat. Members of the Original Cast |
Walt Disney's So Dear to My Heart Capitol BD-124 |
02/26/1949 | 1 | 10 | Children's, Stage & Screen Score |
Music-based radio play version of the Walt Disney production So Dear to My Heart by Harold D. Schuster and Hamilton Luske with the participation of Bobby Driscoll , Luana Patten , Beulah Bondi and Ken Carson . |
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra |
An Album of Outstanding Arrangements Victor P-148 |
01/08/1949 | 20th | 4th | Jazz, pop big band |
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Glenn Miller & his Orchestra |
Glenn Miller Masterpieces Victor P-189 |
01/22/1949 | 3 | 7th | jazz |
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Glenn Miller & his Orchestra |
Starlight Serenades Victor P-255 |
10/22/1949 | 7th | 5 | Jazz, Pop, Stage & Screen Swing, Big Band, Vocal |
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The Mills Brothers |
Souvenir album Decca A-668 |
08/06/1949 | 2 | 9 | Pop vocal |
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Vaughn Monroe |
Vaughn Monroe Sings Victor P-234 |
January 15, 1949 | 23 | 1 | pop |
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Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with the Moon Men & Chorus |
Silver Lining Songs Victor P-246 |
08/20/1949 | 16 | 3 | Pop, Stage & Screen Vocal |
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Edward R. Murrow & Fred W. Friendly |
I Can Hear It Now ... Columbia MM-800 |
01/08/1949 | 25th | 3 | Non-Music Dialogue, Interview, Political, Speech, Spoken Wors |
A compilation of famous reports from the CBS- produced radio documentary series Hear It Now , which was to be included in the TV news program See It Now in 1951 . |
Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic |
Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 8 Mercury 11 000-02 |
January 15, 1949 | 7th | 8th | Jazz swing, bop, instrumental |
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Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic |
Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 9 Mercury 11 003-05 |
March 26, 1949 | 9 | 4th | Jazz swing |
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Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic |
Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 10 Mercury JATP-10 |
10/22/1949 | 5 | 5 | Jazz swing, bop, instrumental |
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Jimmie Rodgers |
A Memorial Album to a Great Entertainer Victor P-244 |
06/18/1949 | 8th | 4th | Pop, Folk, World & Country Vocal |
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Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II feat. Members of the Original New York Production |
Oklahoma! - Selections from the Theater Guild Musical Play Decca A-359 |
07/23/1949 | 9 | 4th | Stage & Screen Musical |
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Robert Shaw & the RCA Victor Chorale |
Christmas Hymns and Carols, Volume I Victor Red Seal M-1077 |
December 10, 1949 | 3 | 7th | Classical, Folk, World & Country Renaissance, Baroque Religious, Folk |
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Dorothy Shay |
Comin 'Round the Mountain Columbia C-119 |
01/01/1949 | 6th | 4th | Pop vocal |
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Frank Sinatra |
Christmas Songs by Sinatra Columbia C-167 |
01/01/1949 | 1 | 7th | Jazz, pop vocal, easy listening |
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Phil Spitalny & the Hour of Charm All-Girl Orchestra |
Christmas Carols Charm No. 1 |
01/01/1949 | 2 | 4th | Pop, Classical Novelty, Choral |
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Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston & his Orchestra |
Kiss Me Kate Capitol CD-144 |
04/30/1949 | 2 | 9 | Pop, Stage & Screen Musical, Vocal |
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Cliffie Stone & his Square Dance Band |
Square Dances Capitol BD-44 |
May 21, 1949 | 20th | 4th | Folk, World & Country |
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Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye |
Dusty Manuscripts Victor P-228 |
01/08/1949 | 9 | 3 | Jazz easy listening, swing |
Box-Set, published as part of the Musical Smart Set series |
The Three Suns |
Your Christmas Favorites Victor P-250 |
December 3rd, 1949 | 4th | 5 | Jazz, Pop Easy Listening, Instrumental |
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Various artists |
Theme Songs Victor P-217 |
01/01/1949 | 14th | 4th | Jazz, Pop, Classical, Stage & Screen Theme, Big Band |
Compilation with works by Tommy Dorsey , Tex Beneke , Freddy Martin , Vaughn Monroe , Wayne King , The Three Suns , Sammy Kaye and Larry Green . |
Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians |
Twas the Night Before Christmas Decca A-480 |
01/01/1949 | 7th | 2 | Classical, Children's, Folk, World & Country |
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Paul Weston & his Orchestra |
Songs Without Words Capitol DCN-170 |
07/23/1949 | 11 | 3 | Jazz Easy Listening |
Box set with works by Johnny Mercer , Isham Jones , Jimmy McHugh , Ray Noble , Livingston & Evans and Paul Weston. |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Discogs (Eddie Albert, Allyn McLerie & Mary McCarty with Members of the Original Broadway Cast - Miss Liberty)
- ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold - To Mother)
- ↑ Discogs (The Art Van Damme Quintet - Cocktail Capers)
- ↑ Discogs (Les Baxter & his Orchestra & Chorus with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman - Perfume Set to Music)
- ↑ Discogs (Frankie Carle with Rhythm Section - Roses in Rhythm)
- ↑ Discogs (Perry Como - Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music)
- ↑ Discogs (Perry Como - Supper Club Favorites)
- ↑ Discogs (Don Contino - Horace Heidt Presents Dick Contino)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby - Songs from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court")
- ↑ Knight Hank, the horror of the round table (IMDb)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby - St. Patrick's Day)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby - St. Valentine's Day)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters - Christmas Greetings)
- ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye & Ella Fitzgerald & Evelyn Knight - Sing the Song Hits from "South Pacific")
- ↑ Discogs (Doris Day - You're My Thrill)
- ↑ Discogs (Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman & Mel Powell - Giants of Jazz - Music from the Samuel Goldwyn Production "A Song is Born")
- ↑ The daring rescue of the gangster bride Honey Swanson (IMDb)
- ↑ Discogs (Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra feat. Jack Leonard & Frank Sinatra - And the Band Sings Too)
- ↑ Discogs (Alfred Drake & Patricia Morison with the Original Broadway Cast - Kiss Me Kate)
- ↑ Discogs (Jan Garber & his Orchestra - More College Medleys)
- ↑ Discogs (Al Goodman & his Orchestra - Highlights from Irving Berlin's "Miss Liberty")
- ↑ Discogs (Al Goodman & his Orchestra - South Pacific)
- ↑ Discogs (Ken Griffin - Songs of Our Times - Christmas Music)
- ↑ Discogs (Ken Griffin - Merry Christmas)
- ↑ Discogs (Lennie Hayton & the MGM Symphony Orchestra - Words and Music)
- ^ Words and Music (IMDb)
- ↑ Discogs (Woody Herman & his Orchestra - Sequence in Jazz)
- ↑ Discogs (The Ink Spots)
- ↑ Discogs (Al Jolson - Jolson Sings Again)
- ↑ Discogs (Al Jolson - The Jolson Story)
- ↑ Discogs (Stan Kenton - Encores)
- ↑ Discogs (The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio, Vol. 4)
- ↑ Discogs (Mario Lanza & the RCA Victor Orchestra - That Midnight Kiss)
- ^ That Midnight Kiss (IMDb)
- ↑ Discogs (Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting & Gordon MacRae - Songs from Rodgers' & Hammerstein's "South Pacific")
- ↑ Discogs (Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians - The Twin Pianos)
- ↑ Discogs (Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians - Waltzes)
- ↑ Discogs (Mary Martin & Ezio Pinza with the Original Broadway Cast - South Pacific)
- ↑ Discogs (Billy May & John Beal feat. Members of the Original Cast - Walt Disney's So Dear to My Heart)
- ↑ So Dear to My Heart (IMDb)
- ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & his Orchestra - An Album of Outstanding Arrangements)
- ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & his Orchestra - Glenn Miller Masterpieces)
- ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & his Orchestra - Starlight Serenades)
- ↑ Discogs (The Mills Brothers - Souvenir Album)
- ↑ Discogs (Vaughn Monroe - Vaughn Monroe Sings)
- ↑ Discogs (Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with the Moon Men & Chorus - Silver Lining Songs)
- ↑ Discogs (Edward R. Murrow & Fred W. Friendly - I Can Hear It Now ...)
- ↑ Discogs (Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 8)
- ↑ Discogs (Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 9)
- ↑ Discogs (Norman Granz 'Jazz at the Philharmonic - Volume 10)
- ↑ 45worlds (Jimmie Rodgers - A Memorial Album to a Great Entertainer)
- ↑ Discogs (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II feat. Members of the Original New York Production - Oklahoma! - Selections from the Theater Guild Musical Play)
- ↑ Discogs (Robert Shaw & the RCA Victor Chorale - Christmas Hymns and Carols, Volume I)
- ↑ 45worlds (Dorothy Shay - Comin 'Round the Mountain)
- ↑ Discogs (Frank Sinatra - Christmas Songs by Sinatra)
- ↑ Discogs (Phil Spitalny & the Hour of Charm All-Girl Orchestra - Christmas Carols)
- ↑ Discogs (Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston & his Orchestra - Kiss Me Kate)
- ↑ Discogs (Cliffie Stone & his Square Dance Band - Square Dances)
- ↑ Discogs (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Dusty Manuscripts)
- ↑ Musical Smart Set (Discogs)
- ↑ Discogs (The Three Suns - Your Christmas Favorites)
- ↑ Discogs (Various Artists - Theme Songs)
- ↑ Discogs (Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians - Twas the Night Before Christmas)
- ↑ Discogs (Paul Weston & his Orchestra - Songs Without Words)