AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1949
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1-BUTTONS AND BOWS-DINAH SHORE;GENE AUTRY-MARCH 1768
2-GALWAY BAY-BING CROSBY-July 1630
3-MY HAPPINESS-JON & SANDRA STEELE;MARLIN SISTERS-February 1518
4-CARELESS HANDS-MEL TORME;BING CROSBY-November 1136
5-BALLERINA-VAUGHN MONROE;Bing Crosby-January 1122
6-ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA-KAY KYSER-June 952
7-RAMBLING ROSE-PERRY COMO;TONY PASTOR-April 910
8-FAR AWAY PLACES-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-September 888
9-IT’S A BIG WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD-Buddy Clark;Larry Green-October 816
10-AGAIN-Gordon Jenkins;Doris Day-November 778
11-A Bluebird Singing In My Heart-Bing Crosby;Larry Green-September 746
12-Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes-Buddy Clark-July 740
13-Toolie Oolie Doolie (Yodel Polka)-Andrews Sisters-March 704
14-Riders In The Sky-Vaughn Monroe;Bing Crosby-November 702
15-Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart-Ink Spots;Joe Loss-August 700
16-Those Things Money Can’t Buy-Ray Noble-June 688
17-Baby It’s Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan-December 684
18-So Tired-Russ Morgan;Dorothy Squires-August 660
19-Woody Woodpecker-Kay Kyser;Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters-January 652
20-Oh!What A Beautiful Mornin’-Bing Crosby;Nelson Eddie-November 636
21-Powder Your Face With Sunshine-Evelyn Knight;Sammy Kaye-October 628
22-The Pussy Cat Song-Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby-July 620
23-Takin’ Miss Mary To The Ball-Kay Kyser-April 608
24-My One And Only Highland Fling-Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark-November 604
25-Teresa-Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters-January 596
26-I Didn’t Know The Gun Was Loaded-Andrews Sisters-December 576
27-A Little Bird Told Me-Evelyn Knight-December 564
28-Take Me To Your Heart Again-Geraldo & His Orchestra;Rita Williams-September 542
29-Put ‘Em In a Box,Tie ‘Em With A Ribbon-Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters-May 524
30-Sunflower-Russ Morgan & The Skylarks;Frank Sinatra-October 524
31-A Fella With An Umbrella-Three Suns;Frank Sinatra-May 514
32-Laroo,Laroo Lilli Bolero-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-February 510
33-Down Among The Sheltering
Palms-Al Jolson & Mills Brothers-August 508
34-Hair Of Gold,Eyes Of Blue-Gordon MacRae,Joe Loss-April 504
35-The Daughter Of Rosie O’Grady-Gene Kelly-November 486
36-The Maharajah Of Magador-Vaughn Monroe & Ziggy Talent-June 482
37-Manana-Peggy Lee;Mills Brothers-September 472
38-Blue Shadows On The Trail-Gene Autry;Roy Rogers-February 456
39-Love Somebody-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-January 448
40-Love That Boy-Dinah Shore-April 422
41-The Thousand Island Song-Louis Prima-January 412
42-Souvenir De Paris-Anne Shelton-June 406
43-That’s My Desire-Sammy Kaye;Frankie Laine-May 404
44-That Certain Party-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-July 368
45-Honey,Be My Honey-Red Foley-September 352
46-Frankie And Johnny-Guy Lombardo-March 342
47-Slap ‘Em Down Again Paw-Arthur Godfrey-March 312
48-Judaline-Ray Noble & His Orchestra-March 304
49-Twelfth Street Rag-Pee Wee Hunt;Towers Of London Orchestra-July 290
50-You Was-Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby-December 274
51-Kiss Me Sweet-Sammy Kaye-October 270
52-Tarra-Ta-Lara Ta-Lar-Bing Crosby-October 234
53-Heartbreaker-Andrews Sisters;George Trevare-January 228
54-My Cousin Louella-Frank Sinatra-August 202
55-Until-Tommy Dorsey-June 196
56-A Hundred And Sixty Acres-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-May 158
57-Maybe You’ll Be There-Gordon Jenkins-February 146
58-Big Brass Band From Brazil-Art Mooney-January 142
59-Steppin’ Out With My Baby-Three Suns-June 130
60-In The Market Place Of Old Monterey-Freddy Martin-May 128
61-My Girl’s An Irish Girl-Bing Crosby-March 122
62-I’m A Lonely Little Petunia(In An Onion Patch)-Lawrence Welk-May 114
63-Cuanto La Gusta-Carmen Miranda & Andrew Sisters;Xavier Cugat-January 114
64-Where Flamingos Fly-Ink Spots-April 78
65-Ok “l Baby Dok”l-Xavier Cugat-February 78
66-Cigarettes And Whusky And Wild Wild Women-Les Welch-September 76
67-Why Does It Have To Rain On Sunday-Freddy Martin-March 76
68-People Will Say We’re In Love-Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin-March 68
69-Little White Lies-Dick Haymes;Dinah Shore-May 42
70-All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart-Buddy Clark-February 40
71-It;s Magic-Doris Day;Tony Martin-June 34