Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays.[1]

Retail
year-end[1]
Juke box
year-end[1]
Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "The Hucklebuck" Paul Williams Savoy
2 2 "Trouble Blues" Charles Brown Aladdin
3 3 "Saturday Night Fish Fry" Louis Jordan Decca
4 5 "Ain't Nobody's Business" Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme
5 6 "Little Girl, Don't Cry" Bull Moose Jackson King
6 7 "Tell Me So" The Orioles Jubilee
7 4 "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" Stick McGhee & Buddies Atlantic
8 13 "Hold Me, Baby" Amos Milburn Aladdin
9 7 "Chicken Shack Boogie" Amos Milburn Aladdin
10 11 "Boogie Chillen'" John Lee Hooker Modern
11 16 "Baby Get Lost" Dinah Washington Mercury
12 12 "Rockin' at Midnight" Roy Brown DeLuxe
13 15 "Wrapped Up in a Dream" Do Ray & Me Commodore
14 14 "Bewildered" Amos Milburn Aladdin
15 10 "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" Wynonie Harris King
16 9 "Bewildered" Red Miller Trio Bullet
17 19 "Close Your Eyes" Herb Lance Sittin' In
18 NR "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" Wynonie Harris King
19 NR "The Hucklebuck" Roy Milton Specialty
20 20 "Confession Blues" Maxin Trio (Ray Charles) Downbeat
21 18 "Broken Hearted" Eddie Williams Supreme
22 21 "The Deacon's Hop" Big Jay McNeely Savoy
23 NR "In the Middle of the Night" Amos Milburn Aladdin
24 23 "Blue and Lonesome" Memphis Slim Miracle
25 24 "D'Natural Blues" Lucky Millinder RCA Victor
26 25 "Roomin' House Boogie" Amos Milburn Aladdin
27 17 "Pot Likker" Todd Rhodes Orchestra King
28 NR "Sneaking Around" Rudy Render London
29 29 "Hobo Blues" John Lee Hooker Modern
30 NR "Cole Slaw" Louis Jordan Decca
NR 22 "Beans and Cornbread" Louis Jordan Decca
NR 26 "A Little Bird Told Me" Paula Watson Supreme
NR 27 "It's Midnight" Little Willie Littlefield Modern
NR 28 "Back Street" Eddie Chamblee Miracle
NR 29 "Texas Hop" Pee Wee Crayton Modern

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Year's Top Folk Songs". The Billboard. January 14, 1950. p. 18.