Музыка 1949 года: Рейтинги и хиты

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records'. We use the same data, with several modifications. Having no commercial deadlines, year end data does not end December 31, chart runs are ever truncated, and every hit song has a year to call home. With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1948 and December 1949. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Each record's three point totals are combined, with that number determining the year end rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on all 3 charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not three. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, cross over information from R&B and Country charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" RCA Victor 20 3411 1949 3 14 1949 5 14 US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Country 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 627 points, CashBox #1 2 Frankie Laine "That Lucky Old Sun" Mercury 5316 1949 6 14 1949 8 19 US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4 3 The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Decca 24705 1949 7 15 1949 8 22 US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points 4 Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird Told Me" Decca 24514 1948 10 12 US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8 5 Perry Como "Some Enchanted Evening" Capitol 40224 1949 9 5 1949 9 10 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Country 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 428 points 8 Blue Barron and His Orchestra "Cruising Down the River" MGM 10346 1948 12 15 US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5 9 Frankie Laine "Mule Train" Decca 24568 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3 11 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Again" Decca 24602 1949 2 17 US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points 12 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" RCA Victor 20 3510 1949 8 1 US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points 13 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "Forever and Ever" Decca 24569 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points 14 Perry Como "Forever and Ever" Decca 24530 1948 11 16 US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points 17 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)" Decca 24720 1949 8 12 US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points 18 Bing Crosby "Far Away Places" Decca 24532 1948 11 25 1949 1 5 US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points 19 Al Morgan "Jealous Heart" London 30001 US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points 20 Margaret Whiting "Far Away Places" Capitol 15278 1948 10 1 US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points 21 Russ Morgan "So Tired" Decca 24521 1945 10 11 US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points 22 Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters ""A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)" Decca 24798 1949 10 26 1949 11 12 US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points 40 Gene Autry and the Pinafores "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer" Columbia 38610 1949 6 27 1949 9 1 US Billboard 1949 #40, US #1 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Country 1949 #25, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969 248 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" Columbia 20377 1947 8 28 1949 11 7 US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Country 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales Bartók, Béla Viola Concerto (1945) 1949 12 02 Minneapolis Primrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati Bernstein, Leonard The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) 1949 04 08 Boston Bernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky Britten, Benjamin Spring Symphony 1949 07 09 Amsterdam (Holland Festival) Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum Bush, Alan Nottingham Symphony (Symphony No. 2) 1949 06 27 Nottingham, UK London Philharmonic – Ellenberg Carter, Elliott Wind Quintet 1949 02 27 New York City Orenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin Copland, Aaron Preamble for a Solemn Occasion 1949 12 19 New York City Olivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 5 (1948) 1949 01 05 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler Delius, Frederick Summer Evening; Winter Night; Spring Morning (1890) 1949 01 02 London [unknown orchestra] – Beecham Dello Joio, Norman Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra 1949 05 22 Chautauqua, New York Shaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori Egge, Klaus Sinfonia giocosa (Symphony No. 2) (1947) 1949 07 09 Oslo [unknown orchestra] – Grüner Hegge Einem, Gottfried von Orchestral Suite from Dantons Tod 1949 02 09 Baden Baden, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud Enescu, George Romanian Concert Overture (1948) 1949 01 23 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Enescu Ghedini, Giorgio Federico Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti (1948) 1949 03 02 Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi Ginastera, Alberto Ollantay (1947) 1949 10 29 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber Ginastera, Alberto String Quartet No. 1 (1948) 1949 10 24 Buenos Aires Mozart Quartet Glinka, Mikhail String Quartet (1824) 1949 02 27 Moscow Beethoven Quartet Harris, Roy Kentucky Spring 1949 04 05 Louisville, US Louisville Philharmonic – Whitney Henze, Hans Werner Apollo und Hyazintus 1949 06 26 Frankfurt Plümacher, Picht Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze Henze, Hans Werner Ballett Variationen 1949 09 26 Düsseldorf NWDR Symphony – Romansky Henze, Hans Werner Chor gefangener Trojer (1948) 1949 02 06 Bielefeld, Germany Bieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann Henze, Hans Werner Symphony No. 2 1949 12 01 Stuttgart SDR Radio Symphony – Müller Kray Henze, Hans Werner Variations for Piano 1949 06 17 Frankfurt Kaul Hindemith, Paul Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Honegger, Arthur Concerto da camera 1949 05 06 Zürich Jaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher Howells, Herbert Music for a Prince (1948) 1949 01 23 London BBC Symphony – Sargent Jolivet, André Étude sur les modes antiques (1944) 1949 06 09 Paris Haloua Jolivet, André Symphonic Suite from Guignol et Pandore (1943) 1949 12 11 Paris Colonne Orchestra – Fourestier Landowski, Marcel Jean de la Peur (Symphony No. 1) 1949 04 03 Paris Pasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff Lutosławski, Witold Overture for Strings 1949 11 09 Prague Prague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg Malipiero, Gian Francesco Mondi celesti (1947) 1949 02 03 Capri, Italy [unknown ensemble] – Giulini Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia degli archi (Symphony No. 6) 1949 02 11 Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Concerto No. 3 1949 11 20 Dallas Firkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl Mennin, Peter The Cycle (Symphony No. 4) 1949 03 18 New York City Collegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw Messiaen, Olivier Turangalîla Symphonie (1948) 1949 12 02 Boston Loriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Milhaud, Darius Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone 1949 02 12 St. Louis, US Connor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann Milhaud, Darius Kentuckiana (1948) 1949 01 04 Louisville, US Louisville Orchestra – Whitney Myaskovsky, Nikolai Cello Sonata No. 2 1949 03 05 Moscow Rostropovich, Dedyukhin Nystroem, Gösta Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No. 3) (1948) 1949 03 24 Gothenburg, Sweden Eksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg Ohana, Maurice La venta encantada (1940) 1949 04 29 Paris Girard Orchestra – Girard Panufnik, Andrzej Sinfonia rustica (Symphony No. 1) (1948) 1949 05 13 Warsaw Warsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik Poulenc, Francis Cello Sonata (1948) 1949 05 18 Paris Fournier, Poulenc Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 5 (1947) 1949 01 26 London BBC Symphony – Boult Scelsi, Giacinto La nascita del Verbo 1949 10 28 Paris RTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière Schoenberg, Arnold Phantasy for Violin and Piano 1949 09 13 Los Angeles Koldofsky, Stein Schuman, William Symphony No. 6 (1948) 1949 02 26 Dallas Dallas Symphony – Dorati Seiber, Mátyás Ulysses 1949 05 27 London Lewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr Shostakovich, Dmitri Song of the Forests 1949 12 11 Leningrad [unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Tansman, Alexandre Music for Strings (1947) 1949 01 24 Barcelona Barcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman Thompson, Randall Symphony No. 3 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Ustvolskaya, Galina The Dream of Stepan Razin 1949 10 08 Leningrad [unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Weinberg, Mieczysław Moldavian Rhapsody 1949 11 30 Moscow (USC Plenum) USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Concerto for Strings 1949 07 25 Cologne NWDR Symphony – Meylan Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Symphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo 1949 12 10 Koblenz, Germany Southwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records'. We use the same data, with several modifications. Having no commercial deadlines, year end data does not end December 31, chart runs are ever truncated, and every hit song has a year to call home. With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1948 and December 1949. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Each record's three point totals are combined, with that number determining the year end rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on all 3 charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not three. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, cross over information from R&B and Country charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" RCA Victor 20 3411 1949 3 14 1949 5 14 US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Country 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 627 points, CashBox #1 2 Frankie Laine "That Lucky Old Sun" Mercury 5316 1949 6 14 1949 8 19 US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4 3 The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Decca 24705 1949 7 15 1949 8 22 US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points 4 Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird Told Me" Decca 24514 1948 10 12 US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8 5 Perry Como "Some Enchanted Evening" Capitol 40224 1949 9 5 1949 9 10 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Country 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 428 points 8 Blue Barron and His Orchestra "Cruising Down the River" MGM 10346 1948 12 15 US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5 9 Frankie Laine "Mule Train" Decca 24568 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3 11 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Again" Decca 24602 1949 2 17 US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points 12 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" RCA Victor 20 3510 1949 8 1 US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points 13 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "Forever and Ever" Decca 24569 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points 14 Perry Como "Forever and Ever" Decca 24530 1948 11 16 US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points 17 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)" Decca 24720 1949 8 12 US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points 18 Bing Crosby "Far Away Places" Decca 24532 1948 11 25 1949 1 5 US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points 19 Al Morgan "Jealous Heart" London 30001 US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points 20 Margaret Whiting "Far Away Places" Capitol 15278 1948 10 1 US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points 21 Russ Morgan "So Tired" Decca 24521 1945 10 11 US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points 22 Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters ""A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)" Decca 24798 1949 10 26 1949 11 12 US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points 40 Gene Autry and the Pinafores "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer" Columbia 38610 1949 6 27 1949 9 1 US Billboard 1949 #40, US #1 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Country 1949 #25, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969 248 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" Columbia 20377 1947 8 28 1949 11 7 US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Country 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales Bartók, Béla Viola Concerto (1945) 1949 12 02 Minneapolis Primrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati Bernstein, Leonard The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) 1949 04 08 Boston Bernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky Britten, Benjamin Spring Symphony 1949 07 09 Amsterdam (Holland Festival) Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum Bush, Alan Nottingham Symphony (Symphony No. 2) 1949 06 27 Nottingham, UK London Philharmonic – Ellenberg Carter, Elliott Wind Quintet 1949 02 27 New York City Orenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin Copland, Aaron Preamble for a Solemn Occasion 1949 12 19 New York City Olivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 5 (1948) 1949 01 05 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler Delius, Frederick Summer Evening; Winter Night; Spring Morning (1890) 1949 01 02 London [unknown orchestra] – Beecham Dello Joio, Norman Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra 1949 05 22 Chautauqua, New York Shaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori Egge, Klaus Sinfonia giocosa (Symphony No. 2) (1947) 1949 07 09 Oslo [unknown orchestra] – Grüner Hegge Einem, Gottfried von Orchestral Suite from Dantons Tod 1949 02 09 Baden Baden, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud Enescu, George Romanian Concert Overture (1948) 1949 01 23 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Enescu Ghedini, Giorgio Federico Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti (1948) 1949 03 02 Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi Ginastera, Alberto Ollantay (1947) 1949 10 29 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber Ginastera, Alberto String Quartet No. 1 (1948) 1949 10 24 Buenos Aires Mozart Quartet Glinka, Mikhail String Quartet (1824) 1949 02 27 Moscow Beethoven Quartet Harris, Roy Kentucky Spring 1949 04 05 Louisville, US Louisville Philharmonic – Whitney Henze, Hans Werner Apollo und Hyazintus 1949 06 26 Frankfurt Plümacher, Picht Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze Henze, Hans Werner Ballett Variationen 1949 09 26 Düsseldorf NWDR Symphony – Romansky Henze, Hans Werner Chor gefangener Trojer (1948) 1949 02 06 Bielefeld, Germany Bieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann Henze, Hans Werner Symphony No. 2 1949 12 01 Stuttgart SDR Radio Symphony – Müller Kray Henze, Hans Werner Variations for Piano 1949 06 17 Frankfurt Kaul Hindemith, Paul Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Honegger, Arthur Concerto da camera 1949 05 06 Zürich Jaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher Howells, Herbert Music for a Prince (1948) 1949 01 23 London BBC Symphony – Sargent Jolivet, André Étude sur les modes antiques (1944) 1949 06 09 Paris Haloua Jolivet, André Symphonic Suite from Guignol et Pandore (1943) 1949 12 11 Paris Colonne Orchestra – Fourestier Landowski, Marcel Jean de la Peur (Symphony No. 1) 1949 04 03 Paris Pasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff Lutosławski, Witold Overture for Strings 1949 11 09 Prague Prague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg Malipiero, Gian Francesco Mondi celesti (1947) 1949 02 03 Capri, Italy [unknown ensemble] – Giulini Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia degli archi (Symphony No. 6) 1949 02 11 Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Concerto No. 3 1949 11 20 Dallas Firkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl Mennin, Peter The Cycle (Symphony No. 4) 1949 03 18 New York City Collegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw Messiaen, Olivier Turangalîla Symphonie (1948) 1949 12 02 Boston Loriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Milhaud, Darius Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone 1949 02 12 St. Louis, US Connor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann Milhaud, Darius Kentuckiana (1948) 1949 01 04 Louisville, US Louisville Orchestra – Whitney Myaskovsky, Nikolai Cello Sonata No. 2 1949 03 05 Moscow Rostropovich, Dedyukhin Nystroem, Gösta Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No. 3) (1948) 1949 03 24 Gothenburg, Sweden Eksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg Ohana, Maurice La venta encantada (1940) 1949 04 29 Paris Girard Orchestra – Girard Panufnik, Andrzej Sinfonia rustica (Symphony No. 1) (1948) 1949 05 13 Warsaw Warsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik Poulenc, Francis Cello Sonata (1948) 1949 05 18 Paris Fournier, Poulenc Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 5 (1947) 1949 01 26 London BBC Symphony – Boult Scelsi, Giacinto La nascita del Verbo 1949 10 28 Paris RTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière Schoenberg, Arnold Phantasy for Violin and Piano 1949 09 13 Los Angeles Koldofsky, Stein Schuman, William Symphony No. 6 (1948) 1949 02 26 Dallas Dallas Symphony – Dorati Seiber, Mátyás Ulysses 1949 05 27 London Lewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr Shostakovich, Dmitri Song of the Forests 1949 12 11 Leningrad [unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Tansman, Alexandre Music for Strings (1947) 1949 01 24 Barcelona Barcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman Thompson, Randall Symphony No. 3 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Ustvolskaya, Galina The Dream of Stepan Razin 1949 10 08 Leningrad [unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Weinberg, Mieczysław Moldavian Rhapsody 1949 11 30 Moscow (USC Plenum) USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Concerto for Strings 1949 07 25 Cologne NWDR Symphony – Meylan Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Symphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo 1949 12 10 Koblenz, Germany Southwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records'. We use the same data, with several modifications. Having no commercial deadlines, year end data does not end December 31, chart runs are ever truncated, and every hit song has a year to call home. With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1948 and December 1949. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Each record's three point totals are combined, with that number determining the year end rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on all 3 charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not three. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, cross over information from R&B and Country charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" RCA Victor 20 3411 1949 3 14 1949 5 14 US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Country 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 627 points, CashBox #1 2 Frankie Laine "That Lucky Old Sun" Mercury 5316 1949 6 14 1949 8 19 US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4 3 The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Decca 24705 1949 7 15 1949 8 22 US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points 4 Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird Told Me" Decca 24514 1948 10 12 US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8 5 Perry Como "Some Enchanted Evening" Capitol 40224 1949 9 5 1949 9 10 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Country 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 428 points 8 Blue Barron and His Orchestra "Cruising Down the River" MGM 10346 1948 12 15 US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5 9 Frankie Laine "Mule Train" Decca 24568 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3 11 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Again" Decca 24602 1949 2 17 US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points 12 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" RCA Victor 20 3510 1949 8 1 US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points 13 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "Forever and Ever" Decca 24569 1949 1 20 US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points 14 Perry Como "Forever and Ever" Decca 24530 1948 11 16 US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points 17 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)" Decca 24720 1949 8 12 US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points 18 Bing Crosby "Far Away Places" Decca 24532 1948 11 25 1949 1 5 US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points 19 Al Morgan "Jealous Heart" London 30001 US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points 20 Margaret Whiting "Far Away Places" Capitol 15278 1948 10 1 US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points 21 Russ Morgan "So Tired" Decca 24521 1945 10 11 US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points 22 Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters ""A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)" Decca 24798 1949 10 26 1949 11 12 US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points 40 Gene Autry and the Pinafores "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer" Columbia 38610 1949 6 27 1949 9 1 US Billboard 1949 #40, US #1 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Country 1949 #25, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969 248 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" Columbia 20377 1947 8 28 1949 11 7 US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Country 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales Bartók, Béla Viola Concerto (1945) 1949 12 02 Minneapolis Primrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati Bernstein, Leonard The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) 1949 04 08 Boston Bernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky Britten, Benjamin Spring Symphony 1949 07 09 Amsterdam (Holland Festival) Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum Bush, Alan Nottingham Symphony (Symphony No. 2) 1949 06 27 Nottingham, UK London Philharmonic – Ellenberg Carter, Elliott Wind Quintet 1949 02 27 New York City Orenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin Copland, Aaron Preamble for a Solemn Occasion 1949 12 19 New York City Olivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 5 (1948) 1949 01 05 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler Delius, Frederick Summer Evening; Winter Night; Spring Morning (1890) 1949 01 02 London [unknown orchestra] – Beecham Dello Joio, Norman Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra 1949 05 22 Chautauqua, New York Shaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori Egge, Klaus Sinfonia giocosa (Symphony No. 2) (1947) 1949 07 09 Oslo [unknown orchestra] – Grüner Hegge Einem, Gottfried von Orchestral Suite from Dantons Tod 1949 02 09 Baden Baden, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud Enescu, George Romanian Concert Overture (1948) 1949 01 23 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Enescu Ghedini, Giorgio Federico Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti (1948) 1949 03 02 Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi Ginastera, Alberto Ollantay (1947) 1949 10 29 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber Ginastera, Alberto String Quartet No. 1 (1948) 1949 10 24 Buenos Aires Mozart Quartet Glinka, Mikhail String Quartet (1824) 1949 02 27 Moscow Beethoven Quartet Harris, Roy Kentucky Spring 1949 04 05 Louisville, US Louisville Philharmonic – Whitney Henze, Hans Werner Apollo und Hyazintus 1949 06 26 Frankfurt Plümacher, Picht Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze Henze, Hans Werner Ballett Variationen 1949 09 26 Düsseldorf NWDR Symphony – Romansky Henze, Hans Werner Chor gefangener Trojer (1948) 1949 02 06 Bielefeld, Germany Bieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann Henze, Hans Werner Symphony No. 2 1949 12 01 Stuttgart SDR Radio Symphony – Müller Kray Henze, Hans Werner Variations for Piano 1949 06 17 Frankfurt Kaul Hindemith, Paul Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Honegger, Arthur Concerto da camera 1949 05 06 Zürich Jaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher Howells, Herbert Music for a Prince (1948) 1949 01 23 London BBC Symphony – Sargent Jolivet, André Étude sur les modes antiques (1944) 1949 06 09 Paris Haloua Jolivet, André Symphonic Suite from Guignol et Pandore (1943) 1949 12 11 Paris Colonne Orchestra – Fourestier Landowski, Marcel Jean de la Peur (Symphony No. 1) 1949 04 03 Paris Pasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff Lutosławski, Witold Overture for Strings 1949 11 09 Prague Prague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg Malipiero, Gian Francesco Mondi celesti (1947) 1949 02 03 Capri, Italy [unknown ensemble] – Giulini Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia degli archi (Symphony No. 6) 1949 02 11 Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Concerto No. 3 1949 11 20 Dallas Firkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl Mennin, Peter The Cycle (Symphony No. 4) 1949 03 18 New York City Collegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw Messiaen, Olivier Turangalîla Symphonie (1948) 1949 12 02 Boston Loriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein Milhaud, Darius Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone 1949 02 12 St. Louis, US Connor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann Milhaud, Darius Kentuckiana (1948) 1949 01 04 Louisville, US Louisville Orchestra – Whitney Myaskovsky, Nikolai Cello Sonata No. 2 1949 03 05 Moscow Rostropovich, Dedyukhin Nystroem, Gösta Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No. 3) (1948) 1949 03 24 Gothenburg, Sweden Eksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg Ohana, Maurice La venta encantada (1940) 1949 04 29 Paris Girard Orchestra – Girard Panufnik, Andrzej Sinfonia rustica (Symphony No. 1) (1948) 1949 05 13 Warsaw Warsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik Poulenc, Francis Cello Sonata (1948) 1949 05 18 Paris Fournier, Poulenc Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 5 (1947) 1949 01 26 London BBC Symphony – Boult Scelsi, Giacinto La nascita del Verbo 1949 10 28 Paris RTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière Schoenberg, Arnold Phantasy for Violin and Piano 1949 09 13 Los Angeles Koldofsky, Stein Schuman, William Symphony No. 6 (1948) 1949 02 26 Dallas Dallas Symphony – Dorati Seiber, Mátyás Ulysses 1949 05 27 London Lewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr Shostakovich, Dmitri Song of the Forests 1949 12 11 Leningrad [unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Tansman, Alexandre Music for Strings (1947) 1949 01 24 Barcelona Barcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman Thompson, Randall Symphony No. 3 1949 05 15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson Ustvolskaya, Galina The Dream of Stepan Razin 1949 10 08 Leningrad [unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky Weinberg, Mieczysław Moldavian Rhapsody 1949 11 30 Moscow (USC Plenum) USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Concerto for Strings 1949 07 25 Cologne NWDR Symphony – Meylan Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Symphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo 1949 12 10 Koblenz, Germany Southwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes