Rank
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Artist
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Title
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Label
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Recorded
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Released
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Chart Positions
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1 |
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys |
"Lovesick Blues" |
MGM 10352 |
December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) |
February 11, 1949 (1949-02-11) |
US Billboard 1949 #253, US #24 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #1, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 42 total weeks, CashBox #3, 1,000,000 sales[1]
|
2 |
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely |
"Slippin' Around" |
Capitol 40224 |
September 5, 1949 (1949-09-05) |
September 10, 1949 (1949-09-10) |
US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks
|
3 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" |
RCA Victor 21-0002 |
December 21, 1948 (1948-12-21) |
January 21, 1949 (1949-01-21) |
US Billboard 1949 #234, US #23 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #3, USHB #1 for 12 weeks, 31 total weeks
|
4 |
Jimmy Wakely |
"I Love You So Much It Hurts" |
Capitol 15243 |
August 3, 1949 (1949-08-03) |
October 8, 1949 (1949-10-08) |
US Billboard 1949 #, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #4, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks
|
5 |
Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys |
"Tennessee Saturday Night" |
Decca 46136 |
August 12, 1947 (1947-08-12) |
September 14, 1948 (1948-09-14) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #5, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 40 total weeks
|
6 |
Wayne Raney |
"Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" |
King 791 |
April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05) |
June 1949 (1949-06) |
US Billboard 1949 #218, US #22 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #6, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks
|
7 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"[2] |
RCA Victor 21-0083 |
April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05) |
June 10, 1949 (1949-06-10) |
US Billboard 1949 #178, US #19 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #7, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks
|
8 |
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys |
"Wedding Bells" |
MGM 10401 |
March 20, 1949 (1949-03-20) |
April 23, 1949 (1949-04-23) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #8, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks
|
9 |
George Morgan |
"Candy Kisses"[3] |
Columbia 20547 |
January 16, 1949 (1949-01-16) |
February 1949 (1949-02) |
US Billboard 1949 #157, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks
|
10 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"One Kiss Too Many"[4] |
RCA Victor 21-0051 |
December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) |
April 22, 1949 (1949-04-22) |
US Billboard 1949 #238, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #10, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks
|
11 |
Ernest Tubb |
"Slipping Around" |
Decca 46173 |
July 30, 1949 (1949-07-30) |
September 24, 1949 (1949-09-24) |
US Billboard 1949 #157, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #11, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks
|
12 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"The Echo Of Your Footsteps"[5] |
RCA Victor 21-0051 |
December 20, 1948 (1948-12-20) |
April 22, 1949 (1949-04-22) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #12, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
|
13 |
Tennessee Ernie |
"Mule Train" |
Capitol 40258 |
October 18, 1949 (1949-10-18) |
November 28, 1949 (1949-11-28) |
US Billboard 1949 #84, US #9 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #13, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|
14 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away" |
RCA Victor 3174 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) |
US Billboard 1949 #305, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #14, USHB #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks
|
15 |
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely |
"I'll Never Slip Around Again" |
Capitol 40246 |
September 5, 1949 (1949-09-05) |
October 10, 1949 (1949-10-10) |
US Billboard 1949 #69, US #8 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #15, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
16 |
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys |
"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" |
MGM 10560 |
December 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) |
February 11, 1949 (1949-02-11) |
US Billboard 1949 #, US #1 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #16, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
17 |
Red Foley |
"Tennessee Border" |
Decca 46151 |
January 25, 1949 (1949-01-25) |
February 13, 1949 (1949-02-13) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #17, USHB #3 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
|
18 |
Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb |
"I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You" |
Decca 24592 |
February 15, 1949 (1949-02-15) |
March 10, 1949 (1949-03-10) |
US Billboard 1949 #304, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #18, USHB #2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|
19 |
Tennessee Ernie |
"Anticipation Blues" |
Capitol 40258 |
October 16, 1949 (1949-10-16) |
November 28, 1949 (1949-11-28) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
20 |
George Morgan |
"Please Don't Let Me Love You" |
Columbia 20547 |
January 16, 1949 (1949-01-16) |
February 1949 (1949-02) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #20, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
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21 |
Red Foley |
"Tennessee Polka" |
Decca 46170 |
April 29, 1949 (1949-04-29) |
June 1949 (1949-06) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #21, USHB #4 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks
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22 |
Ernest Tubb |
"Blue Christmas" |
Decca 46186 |
August 26, 1949 (1949-08-26) |
October 26, 1949 (1949-10-26) |
US Billboard 1949 #263, US #27 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #22, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks
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23 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
"There's Not A Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)"[6] |
RCA Victor 21-0002 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
January 21, 1949 (1949-01-21) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #23, USHB #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks
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24 |
[[Kenny Roberts ]] |
"I Never See Maggie Alone" |
Coral 64012 |
May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03) |
July 1949 (1949-07) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #24, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
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25 |
Gene Autry and the Pinafores |
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[3] |
Columbia 38610 |
June 27, 1949 (1949-06-27) |
September 1, 1949 (1949-09-01) |
US Billboard 1949 #17, US #1 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks
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