Chartcrush’s Top100 songs of 1949 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard magazine’s weekly published Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Disk Jockeys, and Most Played on Jukeboxes charts
| wdt_ID | Rank | Artist - Title | Peak | Wks@Peak | WksChart | WksTop10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | 1 | Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra (vocal Vaughn Monroe & Quartet) - Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) | 1 | 13 | 24 | 18 |
| 802 | 2 | Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires - That Lucky Old Sun | 1 | 8 | 22 | 17 |
| 803 | 3 | Evelyn Knight - A Little Bird Told Me | 1 | 7 | 21 | 17 |
| 804 | 4 | Vic Damone - You're Breaking My Heart | 1 | 5 | 27 | 19 |
| 805 | 5 | Andrews Sisters - I Can Dream, Can't I? | 1 | 4 | 25 | 19 |
| 806 | 6 | Perry Como - Some Enchanted Evening | 1 | 4 | 26 | 18 |
| 807 | 7 | Blue Barron & His Orchestra (vocal Ensemble) - Cruising Down the River | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 |
| 808 | 8 | Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - Slippin' Around | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 |
| 809 | 9 | Russ Morgan & His Orchestra (vocal The Skylarks) - Forever and Ever | 1 | 1 | 26 | 14 |
| 810 | 10 | Perry Como - Forever and Ever | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 |
