VA - America's Greatest Hits 1949 (2021)

We continue our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1949, the final year of the first decade of the Billboard Best Sellers chart – the chart was launched in July 1940.

Track List:

CD1

01. Sammy Kaye, The Kaydets - Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
02. Russ Morgan - So Tired
03. Betty Rhodes - Buttons And Bows
04. Evelyn Knight & Stardusters - A Little Bird Told Me
05. Margaret Whiting & the Crew Chiefs - Far Away Places
06. Evelyn Knight, The Stardusters - Powder Your Face With Sunshine
07. Bing Crosby - Far Away Places
08. Brother Bones & His Shadows - Sweet Georgia Brown
09. Perry Como - By The Way
10. Perry Como - Far Away Places
11. Les Brown - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
12. Bing Crosby - Galway Bay
13. Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby - The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot! Nyow!)
14. Dinah Shore - Lavender Blue
15. Blue Barron - Cruising Down The River
16. Vaughn Monroe - Red Roses For A Blue Lady
17. Sammy Kaye, The Kaydets - Powder Your Face With Sunshine
18. Mills Brothers - I Love You So Much It Hurts
19. Sammy Kaye, The Kaydets - Careless Hands
20. Russ Morgan, The Skylarks - Cruising Down The River
21. Jo Stafford - Here I'll Stay
22. Gordon MacRae - So In Love
23. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Down By The Station
24. Ames Brothers - You, You, You Are The One
25. Russ Morgan, The Skylarks - Forever And Ever
26. Perry Como - Forever And Ever

CD2

01. Russ Morgan, The Skylarks - Sunflower
02. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (Don Rodney, vocal), His Royal Canadians, Vocals Don Rodney - Red Roses For A Blue Lady
03. Mel Tormé - Careless Hands
04. Jack Fulton - Sunflower
05. Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae - "A" You're Adorable
06. Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae - Need You
07. Perry Como, Fontane Sisters - "A" You're Adorable
08. Dennis Day - Clancy Lowered The Boom
09. Jack Smith & The Clark Sisters - Cruising Down The River
10. Vaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky
11. Gordon Jenkins & Joe Graydon Chorus - Again
12. Stardusters - I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
13. Ray BOLGER - Once In Love With Amy
14. Cass Daley - All Right Louie, Drop The Gun
15. Tony Martin - Comme Ci, Comme Ca
16. Mel Tormé - Again
17. Perry Como - Some Enchanted Evening
18. Margaret Whiting, Johnny Mercer - Baby, It's Cold Outside
19. Vic Damone - Again
20. Perry Como - Bali Ha'i
21. Margaret Whiting - A Wonderful Guy
22. Bing Crosby - Some Enchanted Evening
23. Sammy Kaye, The Kaydets - Room Full Of Roses
24. Sammy Kaye & Tony Alamo Choir - Four Winds And The Seven Seas
25. Vic Damone - You're Breaking My Heart

CD3

01. Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark - Baby,It's Cold Outside
02. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (Kenny Gardner, vocal), His Royal Canadians, Vocals Kenny Gardner, The Lombardo Trio - Merry Go Round Waltz
03. Perry Como - I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
04. Kitty Kallen - Kiss Me Sweet
05. Connie Haines - How It Lies, How It Lies
06. Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - The Huckle-Buck
07. Dick Haymes - Room Full Of Roses
08. Benny Strong & His Orchestra - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue
09. Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks with The Marlin Sisters - Blue Skirt Walitz
10. Frank Sinatra - The Huckle Buck
11. Al Morgan - Jealous Heart
12. Dick Haymes - Maybe It's Because
13. Don Cornell and Laura Leslie - Baby,It's Cold Outside
14. Vaughn Monroe - Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
15. Dinah Shore - Lover's Gold
16. Eddy Howard - Room Full Of Roses
17. Evelyn Knight - You're So Understanding
18. Eddy Howard - Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes
19. Perry Como - Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
20. Vic Damone - My Bolero
21. Frankie Laine - That Lucky Old Sun
22. Ink Spots - You're Breaking My Heart
23. Art Mooney & His Orchestra - Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine
24. Ezio Pinza - Some Enchanted Evening
25. Perry Como - I Love You (Just One Way To Say)
26. Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely - Slipping Around

CD4

01. Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae - Whispering Hope
02. Mills Brothers - Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
03. Kenny Roberts - I Never See Maggie Alone
04. Gordon Jenkins, Betty Brewer - Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
05. Doris Day and The Mellomen - (Where Are You) Now That I Need You
06. Spike Jones & Doodles Weaver - Dance Of The Hours
07. Tony Martin - Circus
08. Buddy Clark - You're Breaking My Heart
09. Perry Como - Give Me Your Hand
10. Guy Lombardo & Kenny Gardner Trio, His Royal Canadians, Vocals Kenny Gardner, The Lombardo Trio - Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)
11. Vaughn Monroe - That Lucky Old Sun
12. Perry Como, Fontane Sisters - A Dreamer's Holiday
13. Frankie Laine, The Muleskinners - Mule Train
14. Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely - I'll Never Slip Around Again
15. Sammy Kaye - Dime A Dozen
16. Freddy Martin, His Orchestra - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts
17. Art Mooney & His Orchestra - Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye)
18. Vaughn Monroe - Mule Train
19. Doris Day - Canadian Capers
20. Tennessee Ernie - Mule Train
21. Yogi Yorgesson - I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas
22. The Andrews Sisters - Charley, My Boy
23. Bing Crosby - Way Back Home
24. Yogi Yorgesson - Yingle Bells
25. Perry Como - I Wanna Go Home With You
26. The Andrews Sisters - She Wore A Yellow Ribbon