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.

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.

Top hits of the year

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
"Riders In The Sky"- Peggy Lee
"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.