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These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.
| First week | Number of weeks | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 8, 1949 | 1 | "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" | Spike Jones |
| January 15, 1949 | 1 | "Buttons and Bows" | Dinah Shore |
| February 22, 1949 | 7 | "A Little Bird Told Me" | Evelyn Knight |
| March 12, 1949 | 2 | "Cruising Down the River" | Blue Barron |
| March 26, 1949 | 7 | "Cruising Down the River" | Russ Morgan |
| May 14, 1949 | 11 | "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" | Vaughn Monroe |
| July 30, 1949 | 5 | "Some Enchanted Evening" | Perry Como |
| September 3, 1949 | 4 | "You're Breaking My Heart" | Vic Damone |
| October 1, 1949 | 8 | "That Lucky Old Sun" | Frankie Laine |
| November 26, 1949 | 6 | "Mule Train" | Frankie Laine |
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1949.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaughn Monroe | Ghost Riders In The Sky | 1949 |  |
US BB 1 of 1949, US 1 for 11 weeks May 1949, POP 1 of 1949, Europe 33 of the 1940s, RIAA 297, Acclaimed 1303 |
| 2 | Frankie Laine | Mule Train | 1949 | |
US 1940s 1 - Nov 1949, US 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1949, US BB 7 of 1949, POP 12 of 1949, RYM 38 of 1949, Europe 51 of the 1940s, Italy 73 of 1955 |
| 3 | Frankie Laine | That Lucky Old Sun | 1949 | |
US 1940s 1 - Sep 1949, US 1 for 8 weeks Oct 1949, US BB 2 of 1949, POP 10 of 1949, Europe 40 of the 1940s, RYM 57 of 1949 |
| 4 | The Andrews Sisters | I Can Dream, Can't I? | 1949 | |
US 1940s 1 - Oct 1949, US 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1950, Europe 4 of the 1940s, US BB 11 of 1950, POP 23 of 1950, RYM 69 of 1949 |
| 5 | Gene Autry | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 1949 | |
US 1940s 1 - Dec 1949, US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1950, RYM 4 of 1949, RIAA 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1949, Acclaimed 1051 |
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