- 1949 in country music
"See also:"
1948 in country music ,1949 in music ,
other events of 1949,1950 in country music and theList of years in Country Music Events
*
December 10 - "Billboard magazine " 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 " byTennessee 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 )"
*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 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 andJimmy 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
* "Anticipation Blues" —
Tennessee Ernie Ford
* "Blue Skirt Waltz" —Frank Yankovic
* "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
* "Echo Of Your Footsteps" —Eddy Arnold
* "I Never See Maggie Alone" —Kenny Roberts
* "I'm Bitin' My Fingernails" —Ernest Tubb and theAndrews Sisters
* "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" —Hank Williams
* "Panhandle Rag" —Leon McAuliffe
* "Room Full of Roses " – George Morgan
* "Riders In The Sky" —Vaughn Monroe
* "Smokey Mountain Boogie" —Tennessee Ernie Ford
* "Take An Old Cold Tater And Wait" —Little Jimmy Dickens
* "Tennessee Border" —Red Foley
* "Tennessee Border #2" —Red Foley andErnest Tubb
* "There's Not A Thing" —Eddy Arnold
* "Warm Red Wine" —Ernest Tubb
* "Wedding Bells" —Hank Williams
* "Whoa Sailor" — Hank Thompson
* "Please Don't Let Me Love You — George Morgan
* "Tennessee Polka" Red Foley
* "Slipping Around " Floyd Tillman
* "I'll Never Slip Around Again " Jimmy Wakely &Margaret Whiting
* "Will Santa Come To Shanty Town" —Eddy Arnold
* "You're Gonna Change" —Hank Williams
* "Mind Your Own Business" Hank Williams
* "Candy Kisses" Eltom BrittTop new album releases
Births
*
August 27 – Jeff Cook, member of Alabama.
*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.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.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.