1949 In Country Music

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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 " by Tennessee 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 F. Mashednadder

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 and Jimmy 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 the Andrews Sisters

"My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" — Hank Williams

"Panhandle Rag" — Leon McCauliffe

"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 and Ernest 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 Britt

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