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1949 in country music

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

Contents

Events

  • December 10 — Billboard 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.

    • 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 That 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 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 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
  • "Tennessee Waltz" - Roy Acuff
  • "Candy Kisses" Elton Britt
  • ″Candy Kisses″ — Cowboy Copas
  • ″I′ll Never Slip Around Again″ — Floyd Tillman
  • ″Two Cents Three Eggs and A Postcard″ — Red Foley
  • ″Rainbow In My Heart″ — George Morgan
  • ″I Love Everything About You″ — George Morgan
  • ″Mine All Mine″ — Jimmy Wakely
  • ″Forever More″ — Jimmy Wakely
  • ″Till The End of the World″ — Jimmy Wakely
  • ″I Wish I Had a Nickel″ — Jimmy Wakely
  • ″Someday You`ll Call My Name″ — Jimmy Wakely
  • ″Till The End of the World″ — Ernest Tubb
  • ″Mean Mama Blues″ — Ernest Tubb
  • ″My Filipino Rose″ — Ernest Tubb
  • ″My Tennessee Baby″ — Ernest Tubb
  • ″Don′t Rob Another Man′s Castle″ — Ernest Tubb and the Andrews Sisters
  • ″Tennessee Border″ — Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • ″My Heart′s Bouquet″ — Little Jimmy Dickens
  • ″Tennessee Polka″ — Pee Wee King
  • ″What Are We Gonna Do About the Moonlight″ — Hank Thompson
  • ″Soft Lips″ — Hank Thompson
  • ″Show Me the Way Back To Your Heart″ — Eddy Arnold
  • ″Never Again ( Will I Knock on Your Door)″ — Hank Williams
  • ″The Same Sweet Girl″ — Hank Locklin

    • Births

  • January 6 — Joey Miskulin, also known as "Joey the Cowpolka King", member of Riders in the Sky.
  • May 26 — Hank Williams, Jr., son of country music pioneer Hank Williams who became a star in his own right, fusing elements of honky tonk and blues with rock.
  • August 23 — Woody Paul, "King of the Cowboy Fiddlers" member of Riders in the Sky.
  • August 25 – Henry Paul, lead singer of the 1990s country group BlackHawk.
  • 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.

    • References

    1949 in country music Wikipedia
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