BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) HONOR ROLL OF HITS (BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES OF 1949

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING-PERRY COMO-JULY 1396 
  2 CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER-RUSS MORGAN & THE SKYLARKS-March 1288
  3 FOREVER AND EVER-RUSS MORGAN & THE SKYLARKS-May 1198
  4 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART-VIC DAMONE-September 1146
  5 AGAIN-GORDON JENKINS & JOE GRAYDON CHORUS-June 1142
  6 FAR AWAY PLACES-BING CROSBY & KEN DARBY CHOIR-February 1100
  7 RIDERS IN THE SKY-VAUGHN MONROE-May 1048
  8 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-Frankie Laine-October 1016
  9 ROOM FULL OF ROSES-Sammy Kaye,don Cornell & Kaydets-September 1008
 10 SLIPPING AROUND-Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely-November 944
 11 A Little Bird Told Me-Evelyn Knight-January 940
 12 On A Slow Boat To China-Kay Kyser,harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood-January 898
 13 Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)-Vaughn Monroe-October 782
 14 A Dreamer's Holiday-Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters-December 780
 15 Powder Your Face With Sunshine-Evelyn Knight-February 768
 16 Lavender Blue-Sammy Kaye,don Cornell & The Kaydets-February 738
 17 Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go,let Her Go)-Gordon Jenkins & Betty Brewer-November 736
 18 Jealous Heart-Al Morgan-October 716
 19 Mule Train-Frankie Laine-November 710
 20 'a' You're Adorable-Perry Como & Fontane Sisters-May 706
 21 Galway Bay-Bing Crosby-March 678
 22 So Tired-Russ Morgan-April 670
 23 Bali Ha'i-Perry Como-July 662
 24 Red Roses For A Blue Lady-Vaughn Monroe-April 660
 25 Baby,it's Cold Outside-Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer-July 652
 26 Careless Hands-Sammy Kaye,don Cornell & Kaydets-April 648
 27 I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore-Stardusters-July 618
 28 Maybe It's Because-Dick Haymes-September 616
 29 Sunflower-Russ Morgan & The Skylarks-April 526
 30 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm-Les Brown-February 518
 31 A Wonderful Guy-Margaret Whiting-July 344
 32 All I Want For Christmas-Spike Jones & George Rock-January 250
 33 Four Winds And The Seven Seas-Sammy Kaye & The Tony Alamo Choir-August 230
 34 Let's Take An Old-fashioned Walk-Perry Como-September 228
 35 The Hucklebuck-Tommy Dorsey & Charlie Shavers-September 216
 36 Cuanto La Gusta-Carmen Miranda & Andrews Sisters-January 128
 37 Blue Christmas-Russ Morgan-December 126
 38 The Pussy Cat Song (Nyot Nyow!)-Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby-January 44
 39 Just One Way To Say I Love You-Jo Stafford-September 42
 40 (Where Are You) Now That I Need You-Doris Day-October 42
 41 Hop-scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)-Art Mooney Choir-October 42
 42 Twenty-four Hours Of Sunshine-Art Mooney-September 42