BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY “BEST SELLING RETAIL RACE RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1949
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 1,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 6 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO 2 11 11 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 2 2 6 2 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 1 4 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 5 9 2 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 6 5 3 5 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 RE 6 2 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson 7 15 10 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 10 12 10 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 10 RE 25 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 12 15 2 12 Boogie Woogie Santa Claus-Mabel Scott 13 2 8 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 13 - 1 13 Blue Moon-Billy Eckstine 13 - 1 13 I Wish I Was In Walla Walla-Nellie Lutcher 13 - 1 13 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 13 - 1 13 It's Too Soon To Know-Ella Fitzgerald BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 8,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 5 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO 2 1 7 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 3 13 9 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 3 2 7 2 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 6 4 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 6 RE 16 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 7 RE 5 7 Daddy-O-Louis Jordan 7 13 2 7 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 7 5 3 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 - 1 10 Out Of The Blue-Hadda Brooks Trio 10 - 1 10 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 12 RE 4 8 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 12 - 1 12 I'll Always Be In Love With You-X-Rays 14 - 1 14 White Christmas-The Ravens 14 - 1 14 Christmas Spirits-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 15,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO 2 3 8 2 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 1 6 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 4 RE 10 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 7 4 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 6 RE 2 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 7 3 5 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 RE 2 7 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 9 3 10 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 9 RE 11 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 9 RE 11 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 13 10 2 10 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 14 7 3 7 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 14 - 1 14 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Tempo Shadows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 22,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE-AMOS MILBURN 2 3 7 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 3 1 9 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 4 4 11 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 - 1 5 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 6 6 3 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 7 14 4 7 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 8 - 17 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 8 - 1 8 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray O Vac's 10 9 11 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 10 RE 22 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 10 RE 2 10 It's Too Soon To Know-Ella Fitzgerald 13 RE 12 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 13 5 5 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 15 9 2 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 15 RE 2 10 That's Your Last Boogie-Joe Swift & Johnny Otis Orchestra 15 7 6 3 Trees-Al Hibbler BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 29,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 10 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO 2 1 10 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 2 8 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 4 4 12 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 RE 3 5 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 6 15 7 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 6 4 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 8 - 1 8 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 9 - 1 9 'Fore Day In The Morning-Roy Brown 10 RE 2 10 I'll Always Be In Love With You-X-Rays 11 13 13 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 11 RE 2 11 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Tempo Shadows 13 8 18 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 14 RE 3 10 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 15 15 3 10 That's Your Last Boogie-Joe Swift & Johnny Otis Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 5,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 11 1 CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE-AMOS MILBURN 2 1 11 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 3 3 9 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 4 4 13 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 13 19 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 6 14 4 6 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 7 RE 12 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 8 8 2 8 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 9 6 8 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 9 7 5 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 12 RE 3 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 13 - 1 13 Fools Rush In-Billy Eckstine 13 RE 12 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 15 RE 5 7 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 12,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE-AMOS MILBURN 2 2 12 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 3 3 10 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 4 13 13 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 5 15 6 5 Pettin' & Pokin'-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 6 5 20 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 6 8 3 6 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 8 RE 2 8 'Fore Day In The Morning-Roy Brown 8 - 1 8 Bye Bye Baby Blues-The Ravens 10 9 9 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 11 - 1 11 I Don't Care Who Knows-Buddy Johnson Orchestra 11 4 14 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 13 12 4 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 13 RE 3 10 I'll Always Be In Love With You-X-Rays 13 9 6 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 19,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 6 4 1 DEACON'S HOP-BIG JAY McNEELY 2 2 13 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 3 1 13 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 3 11 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 5 10 10 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 6 RE 5 6 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 7 RE 6 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 8 11 15 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 8 - 1 8 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 10 13 7 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 11 6 21 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 11 - 1 11 Corn Bread-Erskine Hawkins 13 8 3 8 'Fore Day In The Morning-Roy Brown 14 - 1 14 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 15 RE 3 11 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Tempo Shadows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 26,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 12 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO 2 RE 5 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 3 3 14 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 2 14 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 5 6 6 5 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 6 13 4 6 'Fore Day In The Morning-Roy Brown 7 8 2 7 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 8 1 5 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 9 8 16 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 9 14 2 9 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 9 10 8 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 12 - 1 12 Hip Shakin' Mama-Chubby Newsom 13 15 4 11 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Tempo Shadows 13 - 1 13 I Feel That Old Age Creepin' On-Wynonie Harris 15 RE 13 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 15 RE 2 11 I Don't Care Who Knows-Buddy Johnson Orchestra 15 - 1 15 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 5,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 7 3 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 3 15 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 5 7 3 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 4 8 6 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 5 1 13 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 6 2 6 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 7 9 17 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 8 - 1 8 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 9 RE 4 9 I'll Always Be In Love With You-X-Rays 10 13 5 10 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Tempo Shadows 11 RE 23 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 11 RE 14 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 13 9 3 9 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 14 4 15 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 15 RE 11 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 15 RE 7 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 12,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 16 1 CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE-AMOS MILBURN 2 1 4 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 6 7 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 4 - 1 4 Get Yourself Another Fool-Charles Brown Trio 5 4 7 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 6 3 8 3 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 6 5 14 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 8 8 2 8 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 9 11 15 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 10 13 4 9 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 11 - 1 11 Frisco Bay-Memphis Slim And The House Rockers 12 15 12 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 12 RE 9 6 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe 14 RE 5 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 14 RE 2 12 Hip Shakin' Mama-Chubby Newsom BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 19,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 3 8 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 3 6 9 3 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 4 6 15 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 4 1 17 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 RE 16 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 7 8 3 7 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 7 RE 2 7 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris 9 9 16 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 10 - 1 10 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray O Vaca 11 5 8 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 11 10 5 9 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 11 - 1 11 Beef Stew-Hal Singer Sextette 14 - 1 14 Empty Bedroom Blues-Saunders King 15 - 1 15 I Didn't Like It The First Time-Julia Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 26,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 3 10 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 3 2 9 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 4 4 18 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 11 9 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 6 RE 13 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 - 1 7 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 7 3 7 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris 8 4 16 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 10 RE 8 5 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 11 RE 6 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 12 7 4 7 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 13 - 1 13 Roamin' Blues-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 13 RE 2 4 Get Yourself Another Fool-Charles Brown Trio 13 RE 5 6 'Fore Day In The Morning-Roy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 2,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 3 10 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 3 4 19 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 - 1 4 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 5 4 10 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 6 2 11 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 7 RE 17 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 8 8 4 7 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris 9 6 14 3 Trees-Al Hibbler 9 RE 2 9 Empty Bedroom Blues-Saunders King 9 - 1 9 Long Time-Charlie Brown 12 12 5 7 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 12 13 3 4 Get Yourself Another Fool-Charles Brown Trio 12 - 1 12 I'm A Good Man But A Poor Man-Cecil Gant 12 RE 2 12 I Feel That Old Age Coming On-Wynonie Harris 12 - 1 12 Don't Ask Me Why-Bull Moose Jackson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 9,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 4 2 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 3 2 11 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 4 - 1 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 5 RE 2 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 5 11 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 7 3 20 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 8 6 12 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 9 - 1 9 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 10 - 1 10 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 11 - 1 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 11 RE 7 9 Hot Biscuits-Jay McSchann 13 RE 2 13 Roamin' Blues-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 14 RE 6 9 Rainy Weather Blues-Roy Brown 14 12 6 7 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 14 - 1 14 Blues On Rhumba-Sonny Thompson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 16,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 2 3 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 3 6 12 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 4 14 7 4 Bewildered-Billy Eckstine 5 - 1 5 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 8 13 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 7 3 12 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 8 5 3 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 RE 2 9 I Didn't Like It The First Time-Julia Lee 10 RE 5 7 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris 11 - 1 11 Good Rockin' Tonight-Roy Brown 11 - 1 11 T Bone Shuffle-T Bone Walker 13 - 1 13 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 14 RE 4 4 Get Yourself Another Fool-Charles Brown Trio 15 - 1 15 Careful Love-Jimmy Liggins 15 - 1 15 Buttermilk-Jay McShann BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 23,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 2 4 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 3 6 14 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 4 5 2 5 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 5 RE 2 5 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 6 RE 21 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 RE 2 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 6 7 13 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 9 13 2 9 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 10 RE 2 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 11 8 4 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 12 - 1 12 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 13 - 1 13 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 14 11 2 11 Good Rockin' Tonight-Roy Brown 15 10 6 7 Grandma Plays The Number-Wynonie Harris BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 30,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 2 5 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 3 12 2 3 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 4 3 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 5 5 3 5 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 6 10 3 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 7 6 14 2 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 8 3 15 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 8 6 22 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 10 13 2 9 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 11 6 3 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 11 11 5 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 13 RE 5 4 Get Yourself Another Fool-Charles Brown Trio 13 - 1 13 Hoogie Boogie-John Lee Hooker 15 9 3 9 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 15 - 1 15 Caravan-Billy Eckstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 7,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 3 3 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 3 4 4 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 4 5 4 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 4 10 3 4 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 6 2 6 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 7 8 16 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 8 - 1 8 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 9 15 4 9 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 10 8 23 1 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 11 - 1 11 Tell Me So-The Orioles 12 11 6 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 13 6 4 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 14 11 4 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 14 15 2 14 Caravan-Billy Eckstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 14,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 4 4 2 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 3 3 5 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 4 2 4 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 5 9 5 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 6 6 7 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 7 7 17 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 7 14 5 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 9 8 2 8 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 9 12 7 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 11 2 11 Tell Me So-The Orioles 12 - 1 12 Cole Slaw-Frank Culley 13 - 1 13 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 14 RE 2 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 15 - 1 15 Back Street-Eddie Chamblee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 21,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 2 5 2 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 3 4 5 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 9 3 4 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 5 3 6 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 RE 5 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 7 9 8 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 7 6 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 9 6 8 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 10 15 2 10 Back Street-Eddie Chamblee 11 11 3 11 Tell Me So-The Orioles 11 RE 5 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 13 - 1 13 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 14 5 6 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 14 RE 3 14 Caravan-Billy Eckstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 28,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS 2 4 4 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 3 2 6 2 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 4 3 6 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 5 5 7 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 7 9 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 - 1 7 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 8 8 7 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 9 RE 18 2 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker 10 RE 2 10 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 11 11 4 11 Tell Me So-The Orioles 11 10 3 10 Back Street-Eddie Chamblee 13 6 6 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 13 14 7 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 15 13 2 13 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 15 - 1 15 Somehow-Billy Eckstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 4,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 7 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 1 16 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 4 7 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 2 5 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 5 5 8 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 6 10 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 8 8 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 8 11 5 8 Tell Me So-The Orioles 9 10 3 9 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 10 13 8 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 11 RE 9 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 12 13 7 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 13 11 4 10 Back Street-Eddie Chamblee 13 RE 6 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 15 - 1 15 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 11,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 17 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 4 6 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 3 8 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 5 6 11 5 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 12 8 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 7 8 6 7 Tell Me So-The Orioles 8 15 2 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 9 5 9 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 10 10 9 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 11 7 9 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 12 11 10 2 Rockin' At Midnight-Roy Brown 13 13 7 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 14 13 5 10 Back Street-Eddie Chamblee 14 RE 2 7 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 18,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 18 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 3 7 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 5 12 4 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 4 9 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 6 7 7 6 Tell Me So-The Orioles 7 9 10 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 8 6 9 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 9 RE 3 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 10 RE 4 9 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 11 14 3 7 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 12 8 3 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 13 13 8 4 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston 13 - 1 13 Ricky's Blues-The Ravens 13 RE 3 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 25,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 19 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 3 8 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 5 10 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 5 7 11 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 6 8 6 Tell Me So-The Orioles 7 4 13 4 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 RE 10 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 9 11 4 7 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 10 8 10 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 11 12 4 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 12 - 1 12 Baby,It's Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan 13 RE 10 6 D'Natural Blues-Lucky Millinder 14 9 4 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 14 - 1 14 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 2,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 20 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 3 9 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 6 9 4 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 9 5 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 6 7 14 4 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 4 11 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 8 11 5 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 9 5 12 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 9 10 11 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 11 14 2 11 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 12 8 11 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 13 14 5 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 13 12 2 12 Baby,It's Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan 15 RE 5 9 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 9,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 6 15 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 3 3 10 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 4 10 4 Tell Me So-The Orioles 5 7 12 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 6 2 21 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 7 9 13 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 8 15 6 8 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 9 11 3 9 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 10 8 6 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 11 9 12 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 11 4 6 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 13 13 3 12 Baby,It's Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan 14 RE 4 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 15 13 6 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 16,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 6 22 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 3 11 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 2 16 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 7 14 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 6 9 4 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 7 11 7 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 8 5 13 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 8 4 11 4 Tell Me So-The Orioles 10 RE 12 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 11 10 7 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 12 11 13 4 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & The Classics 13 14 5 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 14 - 1 14 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 15 15 7 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 23,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 23 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 3 8 12 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 4 17 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 3 12 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 6 6 5 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 7 5 15 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 8 7 8 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 9 15 8 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 10 8 14 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 11 11 8 8 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 12 13 6 11 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 12 10 13 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 14 RE 7 8 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 15 - 1 15 He Knows How To Hucklebuck-Paul Williams BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 30,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 5 13 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 3 3 13 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 7 16 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 5 2 24 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 5 4 18 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 11 9 7 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan 8 6 6 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 9 - 1 9 Temptation-Billy Echstine 10 10 15 2 Hold Me,Baby-Amos Milburn 10 8 9 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 10 RE 2 10 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 13 - 1 13 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 14 14 8 8 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 15 - 1 15 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 6,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 14 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 3 3 14 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 5 25 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 5 5 19 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 10 3 6 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 7 13 2 7 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 8 RE 7 8 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 9 8 7 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 10 RE 9 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 11 15 2 11 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 12 10 10 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 12 - 1 12 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 14 4 17 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 14 7 10 7 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 13,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 17 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 15 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 3 3 15 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 14 18 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 5 RE 14 5 Hucklebuck-Roy Milton 6 5 20 2 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 9 8 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 8 6 4 6 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 9 7 3 7 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 10 11 3 10 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 11 4 26 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 12 12 2 12 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 13 8 8 8 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 14 12 11 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 15 - 1 15 Come Back,Baby-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 20,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 18 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 1 6 21 1 AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS (PARTS I & II)-JIMMY WITHERSPOON 3 2 16 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 4 19 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 5 3 16 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 6 8 5 6 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 7 9 4 7 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 8 11 27 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 9 10 4 9 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 10 12 3 10 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 11 7 9 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 12 - 1 12 Long John Blues-Dinah Washington 13 - 1 13 Touch Me Lord Jesus-Angelic Gospel Singers 14 RE 10 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 15 - 1 15 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 15 RE 11 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 15 - 1 15 Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit The Ball-Buddy Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 27,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 19 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 3 17 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 3 5 17 3 Tell Me So-The Orioles 4 7 5 4 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 5 1 22 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 11 10 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 7 8 28 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 8 6 6 6 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 9 9 5 9 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 10 - 1 10 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 11 15 12 4 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-Wynonie Harris 12 - 1 12 A Kiss And A Rose-The Orioles 12 12 2 12 Long John Blues-Dinah Washington 12 RE 9 8 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 15 RE 2 15 Come Back,Baby-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 3,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 20 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 3 18 2 Tell Me So-The Orioles 3 8 7 3 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 4 5 23 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 12 10 5 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 6 RE 2 6 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 7 10 2 7 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 7 4 6 4 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 9 9 6 9 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 10 7 29 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 11 - 1 11 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 12 2 18 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 12 RE 4 10 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 14 15 3 14 Come Back,Baby-Lowell Fulson 15 - 1 15 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 10,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 21 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 19 2 Tell Me So-The Orioles 3 4 24 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 4 7 7 4 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 5 6 3 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 6 3 8 3 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 7 9 7 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 8 12 5 8 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 9 7 3 7 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 10 15 2 10 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell 11 10 30 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 12 RE 20 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 12 RE 3 12 Long John Blues-Dinah Washington 12 - 1 12 Still Gone (Parts III & IV)-Sonny Thompson 15 RE 11 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 17,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 20 1 TELL ME SO-THE ORIOLES 2 1 22 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 3 4 8 4 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 4 - 1 4 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 - 1 5 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 6 3 25 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 6 9 3 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 7 11 31 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 9 7 8 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 9 12 21 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 9 RE 11 5 Confession Blues-Maxine Trio 12 15 12 6 In The Middle Of The Night-Amos Milburn 13 5 4 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 13 RE 19 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 15 12 4 12 Long John Blues-Dinah Washington 15 RE 2 11 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 15 - 1 15 So Long-Ruth Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 24,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 9 1 BABY,GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON 2 4 2 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 6 26 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 4 1 21 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 5 2 23 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 6 RE 4 6 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 7 9 9 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 8 9 22 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 9 15 2 9 So Long-Ruth Brown 10 13 5 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 10 RE 3 10 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell 12 7 32 1 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 13 RE 2 12 Still Gone (Parts III & IV)-Sonny Thompson 14 15 3 11 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 14 - 1 14 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 1,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 6 5 1 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK-WYNONIE HARRIS 2 2 3 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 3 1 10 1 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 4 10 4 4 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell 5 14 4 5 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 6 RE 2 5 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 7 4 22 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 8 - 1 8 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 9 5 24 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 10 10 6 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 11 3 27 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 RE 10 3 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 11 - 1 11 Rock The Joint-Jimmy Preston 14 RE 4 14 Come Back,Baby-Lowell Fulson 15 7 10 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 15 8 23 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee 15 14 2 14 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 8,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 11 1 BABY,GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON 2 6 3 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 3 5 5 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 3 2 4 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 - 1 5 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 6 1 6 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 15 3 6 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 6 RE 20 2 Little Girl,Don't Cry-B M Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 6 - 1 6 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 10 10 7 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 11 9 25 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 11 7 23 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 13 11 28 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 13 8 2 8 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 15 15 11 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 15,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 5 2 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 6 7 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 3 1 12 1 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 3 3 5 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 6 2 5 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 6 2 4 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 6 13 3 6 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 8 10 8 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 9 13 29 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 6 4 6 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 11 - 1 11 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Jimmy Witherspoon 12 RE 11 4 Blue And Lonesome-Memphis Slim 13 11 24 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 14 3 6 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 15 11 26 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 15 RE 5 4 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 22,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 6 5 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 3 3 6 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 6 4 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 5 9 5 5 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 6 14 7 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 7 11 2 7 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 2 8 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 8 5 3 5 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 10 3 13 1 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 11 - 1 11 Teardrops-Joe THomas Orchestra 12 8 9 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 12 - 1 12 Ethel Mae-L. C. Williams 14 9 30 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 14 13 25 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 14 - 1 14 When Things Go Wrong-Tampa Red Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 29,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 6 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 3 8 4 3 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 4 5 6 4 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 5 8 9 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 3 7 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 7 12 10 5 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Charles Brown 8 - 1 8 Landlord Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 RE 3 9 So Long-Ruth Brown 9 RE 27 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 11 4 5 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 11 - 1 11 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 13 RE 2 13 Rock The Joint-Jimmy Preston 14 14 31 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 14 7 3 7 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Jimmy Witherspoon 14 RE 24 3 Drinkin' Wine,Spo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 5,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 7 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 3 3 5 3 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 4 5 10 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 5 6 8 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 9 4 6 So Long-Ruth Brown 7 11 6 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 8 4 7 4 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 9 - 1 9 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 10 - 1 10 Blues For My Baby-Billy Wright 11 - 1 11 When Things Go Wrong-Tampa Red Orchestra 12 RE 14 1 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington 13 RE 8 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 14 RE 26 1 Tell Me So-The Orioles 15 11 2 11 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 12,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 3 6 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 3 13 9 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 3 - 1 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 5 4 11 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 RE 32 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 7 7 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 8 2 8 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 9 6 5 6 So Long-Ruth Brown 9 9 2 9 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 9 - 1 9 You Ain't Got It No More-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 12 - 1 12 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 13 5 9 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 13 RE 4 7 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down-Jimmy Witherspoon 13 - 1 13 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 19,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 7 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 3 5 12 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 4 9 3 4 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 5 RE 2 5 Blues For My Baby-Billy Wright 6 13 10 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 7 8 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 8 8 9 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 9 RE 8 4 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 10 9 6 6 So Long-Ruth Brown 11 - 1 11 Angel Child-Memphis Slim 12 6 33 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 13 RE 5 12 Long John Blues-Dinah Washington 13 12 2 12 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 13 13 2 13 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 26,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 4 4 2 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 2 13 3 2 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 3 13 1 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 4 2 8 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 6 8 10 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 6 5 3 5 Blues For My Baby-Billy Wright 8 6 9 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 9 10 7 6 So Long-Ruth Brown 9 RE 3 9 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 11 RE 2 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 12 RE 10 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 13 11 2 11 Angel Child-Memphis Slim 13 - 1 13 Good Daddy Blues-Dinah Washington 13 - 1 13 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 3,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 5 2 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 3 2 4 2 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 11 3 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 5 RE 11 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 - 1 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 7 8 10 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 7 - 1 7 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 9 13 2 13 Good Daddy Blues-Dinah Washington 9 RE 3 9 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 11 4 9 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 11 6 11 2 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams 11 12 11 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 11 - 1 11 Crawling King Snake Blues-John Lee Hooker 11 - 1 11 Don't Put Me Down-Jimmy Liggins 11 - 1 11 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 10,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 3 5 2 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 3 RE 2 3 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 2 6 2 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 5 RE 4 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 7 2 6 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 7 4 4 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 8 RE 4 5 Blues For My Baby-Billy Wright 9 RE 3 9 Angel Child-Memphis Slim 10 9 4 9 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 11 7 11 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 11 11 12 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 13 6 2 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 13 - 1 13 Real Pretty Mama-Amos Milburn 15 11 2 11 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee 15 - 1 15 Jealous Heart-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 17,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 6 2 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 3 3 3 3 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 RE 10 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 5 8 5 5 Blues For My Baby-Billy Wright 5 7 5 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 7 9 4 7 Angel Child-Memphis Slim 8 RE 8 6 So Long-Ruth Brown 9 11 12 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 9 13 3 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 9 RE 2 9 Don't Put Me Down-Jimmy Liggins 12 10 5 9 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 13 4 7 2 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 14 11 13 3 It's Midnight-Little Willie Littlefield 14 RE 2 8 Landlord Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 14 - 1 14 Caldonia-Sugar Chile Robinson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 24,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 7 2 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 3 3 4 3 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn 4 5 6 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 5 12 6 5 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 5 13 8 2 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Bull Moose Jackson 7 9 4 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 8 9 13 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 9 - 1 9 What Are You Doing New Year's-Orioles 10 - 1 10 Silent Night-Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Singers 11 - 1 11 After Hour Session-Frank Culley 11 RE 3 6 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 13 4 11 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 14 - 1 13 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 15 - 1 15 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 31,1949 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 1 13 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 3 4 7 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 4 RE 9 4 So Long-Ruth Brown 5 14 2 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 RE 9 4 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 5 - 1 5 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 5 - 1 5 It's Going To Be A Lonely Christmas-Orioles 9 13 12 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 9 - 1 9 Exactly Like You-"King" Cole Trio 11 5 7 5 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 11 3 5 3 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn 11 10 2 10 Silent Night-Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Singers 11 RE 34 1 Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts I & II)-Jimmy Witherspoon 15 7 5 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 15 11 4 6 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 15 RE 6 8 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan