List of number one country hits in the US (1949)

This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's Most Played Juke Box Folk Records (Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, etc.) and Best Selling Retail Folk Records in the United States in 1949 December 1949, the Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys were collected on a weekly basis, calculated on the basis of the numbers played by over 400 leading disc jockeys from the country / western genre. These charts are considered to be the predecessors of the Hot Country Songs introduced in 1958 . There were fourteen number one songs that year.

Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

← 1948 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1950 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) January 1, 1949 - January 7, 1949 1 week (total 5) 5 Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Eddie Dean , Hal Blair, Dearest Dan - January 8, 1949 - January 14, 1949 1 week (total 7) 7th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Just a Little Lovin '(Will Go a Long Way) Eddy Arnold, Zeke Clements - January 15, 1949 - January 21, 1949 1 week (6 in total) 6th Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Eddie Dean, Hal Blair, Dearest Dan - January 22, 1949 - January 28, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - January 29, 1949 - February 4, 1949 1 week (total 7) 7th Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Eddie Dean, Hal Blair, Dearest Dan - February 5, 1949 - February 18, 1949 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - February 19, 1949 - February 25, 1949 1 week (total of 18) 18th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Bouquet of Roses Steve Nelson, Bob Hilliard - February 26, 1949 - March 4, 1949 1 week (4 in total) 4th Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - March 5, 1949 - March 11, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - March 12, 1949 - March 18, 1949 1 week (total 5) 5 Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - March 19, 1949 - March 25, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys Tennessee Saturday Night Billy Hughes - March 26, 1949 - June 3, 1949 10 weeks (total 11) 11 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - June 4, 1949 - June 10, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - June 11, 1949 - June 17, 1949 1 week (total of 12) 12 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - June 18, 1949 - June 24, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys One Kiss Too Many Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - June 25, 1949 - July 1, 1949 1 week (total 2) 2 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - July 2, 1949 - July 8, 1949 1 week (total 2) 2 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys One Kiss Too Many Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - July 9, 1949 - July 22, 1949 2 weeks (4 in total) 4th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - July 23, 1949 - July 29, 1949 1 week (total 3) 3 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys One Kiss Too Many Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - July 30, 1949 - August 5, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - August 6, 1949 - August 26, 1949 3 weeks (total 7) 7th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - August 27, 1949 - September 2, 1949 1 week (total 2) 2 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - September 3, 1949 - September 9, 1949 1 week (8 in total) 8th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - September 10, 1949 - September 16, 1949 1 week (total 3) 3 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - September 17, 1949 - September 23, 1949 1 week (9 in total) 9 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - September 24, 1949 - September 30, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Ernest Tubb Slipping Around Floyd Tillman - October 1, 1949 - October 7, 1949 1 week (total 10/1) 10/1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Wayne Raney Lovesick Blues Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me Cliff Friend, Irving Mills Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson - October 8, 1949 - October 14, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra Slipping Around Floyd Tillman - October 15, 1949 - October 28, 1949 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Wayne Raney Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson - October 29, 1949 - December 30, 1949 9 weeks (total 10) 10 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra Slipping Around Floyd Tillman -
← 1948				→ 1950 →

Best Selling Retail Folk Records

← 1948 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1950 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) January 1, 1949 - February 11, 1949 6 weeks (total 7) 7th Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Eddie Dean, Hal Blair, Dearest Dan - February 12, 1949 - March 4, 1949 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - March 5, 1949 - March 11, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - March 12, 1949 - March 18, 1949 1 week (4 in total) 4th Jimmy Wakely I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman - March 19, 1949 - April 1, 1949 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - April 2, 1949 - April 15, 1949 2 weeks (total 2) 2 George Morgan Candy Kisses George Morgan - April 16, 1949 - April 22, 1949 1 week (4 in total) 4th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - April 23, 1949 - April 29, 1949 1 week (total 3) 3 George Morgan Candy Kisses George Morgan - April 30, 1949 - May 6, 1949 1 week (total 5) 5 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - June 17, 1949 - June 13, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - June 14, 1949 - June 20, 1949 1 week (6 in total) 6th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Don't Rob Another Man's Castle Jenny Lou Carson - June 21, 1949 - August 12, 1949 7 weeks (total of 13) 13 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - August 13, 1949 - September 9, 1949 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson, Jr., Eddy Arnold - September 10, 1949 - September 16, 1949 1 week (total 1) 1 Wayne Raney Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson - September 17, 1949 - October 7, 1949 3 weeks (16 total) 16 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - October 8, 1949 - December 30, 1949 12 weeks (total of 12) 12 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra Slipping Around Floyd Tillman -
← 1948				→ 1950 →

Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys

← 1948 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1950 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 10, 1949 - December 30, 1949 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Tennessee Ernie Ford Mule Train Fred Glickman , Hy Heath, Johnny Lange -
← 1948				→ 1950 →

See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1949)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Billboard, December 10, 1949, p. 33 (available in the American Radio History Archives )
2. ↑ Discogs (Jimmy Wakely - One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart))
3. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - Just a Little Lovin '(Will Go a Long Way))
4. ↑ Discogs (Jimmy Wakely - I Love You So Much It Hurts)
5. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - Bouquet of Roses)
6. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - Don't Rob Another Man's Castle)
7. ↑ Discogs (Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys - Tennessee Saturday Night)
8. ↑ Discogs (Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Lovesick Blues)
9. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - One Kiss Too Many)
10. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love))
11. ↑ Discogs (Ernest Tubb - Slipping Around)
12. ↑ Discogs (Wayne Raney - Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me)
13. ↑ Discogs (Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra - Slipping Around)
14. ↑ Discogs (George Morgan - Candy Kisses)
15. ↑ Discogs (Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mule Train)