Top 30 Of 1949 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
(Peak Positions are taken from the Best Sellers Chart)

*1   RIDERS IN THE SKY (A Cowboy Legend)
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#1, May)
*2   THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
      Frankie Laine (#1, Oct)
*3   YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART
      Vic Damone (#1, Aug)
*4   SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
      Perry Como (#1, July)
 5   SLIPPING AROUND
      Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (#2, Nov)
*6   I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I
      The Andrew Sisters and Gordon Jenkins (#1, Jan 1950)
*7   CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (#1, March)
*8   A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
      Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters (#1, Jan)
*9   MULE TRAIN
      Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners (#1, Nov)
 10  JEALOUS HAERT
      Al Morgan (#4, Sept)
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*11  CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
      Blue Barron and His Orchestra (#1, March)
 12  SOMEDAY
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#2, Sept)
 13  AGAIN
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#2, May)
 14  FOREVER AND EVER
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra and the Skylarks (#2, May)
 15  FOREVER AND EVER
      Perry Como (#3, June)
 16  DON'T CRY JOE (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#4, Nov)
 17  ROOM FULL OF ROSES
      Sammy Kaye (#3, Aug)
 18  FAR AWAY PLACES
      Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby Choir (#2, Feb)
*19  BUTTONS AND BOWS
      Dinah Shore and Her Happy Valley Boys (#1, Nov 1948)
 20  GALWAY BAY
      Bing Crosby (#3, March)
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 21  RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#4, April)
 22  SO TIRED
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (#4, April)
 23  POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE (Smile Smile Smile)
      Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters (#3, March)
 24  BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
      Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (#4, July)
 25  WHISPERING HOPE
      Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (#6, Oct)
 26  MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE
      Dick Haymes (#5, Sept)
 27  CARELESS HANDS
      Sammy Kaye (#7, May)
 28  "A"-YOU'RE ADORABLE
      Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters (#4, April)
 29  THE HUCKLE-BUCK
      Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra and Charlie Shavers (#5, Aug)
 30  I DON'T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and the Stardusters (#6, July)
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