1949 in music

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Template:Redirect category shell This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
January 8, 1949 1 "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" Spike Jones
January 15, 1949 1 "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore
January 22, 1949 7 "A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight
March 12, 1949 2 "Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron
March 26, 1949 7 "Cruising Down the River" Russ Morgan
May 14, 1949 11 "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" Vaughn Monroe
July 30, 1949 5 "Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como
September 3, 1949 4 "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone
October 1, 1949 8 "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine
November 26, 1949 6 "Mule Train" Frankie Laine

Top popular records

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. We use the same data, with several modifications. Having no commercial deadlines, year-end data does not end December 31, chart-runs are ever truncated, and every hit song has a year to call home. With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1948 and December 1949. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Each record's three point totals are combined, with that number determining the year-end rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on all 3 charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not three. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, cross-over information from R&B and Country charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"[7] RCA Victor 20-3411 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 22 total weeks, US Country 1949 #43, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, 627 points, CashBox #1
2 Frankie Laine "That Lucky Old Sun"[8] Mercury 5316 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 22 total weeks, 510 points, CashBox #4
3 The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra "I Can Dream, Can't I?"[9] Decca 24705 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 25 total weeks, 496 points
4 Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird Told Me"[10] Decca 24514 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 21 total weeks, 473 points, CashBox #8
5 Perry Como "Some Enchanted Evening"[7] RCA Victor 20-3402 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 468 points, CashBox #2
6 Vic Damone "You're Breaking My Heart"[8] Mercury 5271 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, 467 points, CashBox #7
7 Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely "Slippin' Around"[11] Capitol 40224 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Country 1949 #2, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 32 total weeks, 428 points
8 Blue Barron and His Orchestra "Cruising Down the River"[12] MGM 10346 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #8, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 409 points, CashBox #5
9 Frankie Laine "Mule Train"[8] Mercury 5345 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks, 385 points, CashBox #9
10 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "Cruising Down The River"[13] Decca 24568 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 22 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #3
11 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Again"[14] Decca 24602 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #11, US #2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 295 points
12 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)"[15] RCA Victor 20-3510 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 287 points
13 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "Forever and Ever"[16] Decca 24569 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 263 points
14 Perry Como "Forever and Ever"[7] RCA Victor 20-3347 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #14, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 245 points
15 Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye (Vocal Don Cornell) "Room Full of Roses"[7] RCA Victor 20-3441 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #15, US #2 for 1 weeks, 24 total weeks, 220 points
16 Evelyn Knight "Powder Your Face with Sunshine"[17] Decca 24530 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 208 points
17 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)"[18] Decca 24720 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 181 points
18 Bing Crosby "Far Away Places"[19] Decca 24532 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks, 171 points
19 Al Morgan "Jealous Heart" London 30001 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #19, US #4 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 166 points
20 Margaret Whiting "Far Away Places"[20] Capitol 15278 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #20, US #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 152 points
21 Russ Morgan "So Tired"[21] Decca 24521 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 146 points
22 Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters ""A" – You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)"[7] RCA Victor 20-3381 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 144 points
23 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Red Roses for a Blue Lady"[7] RCA Victor 20-3319 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 131 points
24 Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters "A Dreamer's Holiday"[15] RCA Victor 20-3543 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #24, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 118 points
25 Bing Crosby "Mule Train"[22] Decca 24798 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #25, US #4 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 109 points
40 Gene Autry and the Pinafores "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[23] Columbia 38610 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #40, US #1 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Country 1949 #25, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 5 total weeks, 55 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1985, 7,000,000 sold by 1969[24]
248 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"[25] Columbia 20377 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". US Billboard 1949 #248, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Country 1949 #61, USHB #8 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 3 points, 1,000,000 sales[24]

Top R&B and country hit records

Published popular music

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel Piano Sonata 1949-12-09 Havana, Cuba Horowitz[26]
Bartók, Béla Viola Concerto (1945) 1949-12-02 Minneapolis Primrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati[27]
Bernstein, Leonard The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) 1949-04-08 Boston Bernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky[28]
Britten, Benjamin Spring Symphony 1949-07-09 Amsterdam (Holland Festival) Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum[29]
Bush, Alan Nottingham Symphony (Symphony No. 2) 1949-06-27 Nottingham, UK London Philharmonic – Ellenberg[30]
Carter, Elliott Wind Quintet 1949-02-27 New York City Orenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin[31]
Copland, Aaron Preamble for a Solemn Occasion 1949-12-19 New York City Olivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein[32]
Cowell, Henry Symphony No. 5 (1948) 1949-01-05 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler[33]
Delius, Frederick Summer Evening; Winter Night; Spring Morning (1890) 1949-01-02 London [unknown orchestra] – Beecham[34]
Dello Joio, Norman Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra 1949-05-22 Chautauqua, New York Shaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori[35]
Egge, Klaus Sinfonia giocosa (Symphony No. 2) (1947) 1949-07-09 Oslo [unknown orchestra] – Grüner-Hegge[36]
Einem, Gottfried von Orchestral Suite from Dantons Tod 1949-02-09 Baden-Baden, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[37]
Enescu, George Romanian Concert Overture (1948) 1949-01-23 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Enescu[38]
Ghedini, Giorgio Federico Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti (1948) 1949-03-02 Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi[39]
Ginastera, Alberto Ollantay (1947) 1949-10-29 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber[40]
Ginastera, Alberto String Quartet No. 1 (1948) 1949-10-24 Buenos Aires Mozart Quartet[41]
Glinka, Mikhail String Quartet (1824) 1949-02-27 Moscow Beethoven Quartet[42]
Harris, Roy Kentucky Spring 1949-04-05 Louisville, US Louisville Philharmonic – Whitney[43]
Henze, Hans Werner Apollo und Hyazintus 1949-06-26 Frankfurt Plümacher, Picht-Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze[44]
Henze, Hans Werner Ballett-Variationen 1949-09-26 Düsseldorf NWDR Symphony – Romansky[45]
Henze, Hans Werner Chor gefangener Trojer (1948) 1949-02-06 Bielefeld, Germany Bieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann[46]
Henze, Hans Werner Symphony No. 2 1949-12-01 Stuttgart SDR Radio Symphony – Müller-Kray[47]
Henze, Hans Werner Variations for Piano 1949-06-17 Frankfurt Kaul[48]
Hindemith, Paul Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra 1949-05-15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson[49]
Honegger, Arthur Concerto da camera 1949-05-06 Zürich Jaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher[50]
Howells, Herbert Music for a Prince (1948) 1949-01-23 London BBC Symphony – Sargent[51]
Jolivet, André Étude sur les modes antiques (1944) 1949-06-09 Paris Haloua[52]
Jolivet, André Symphonic Suite from Guignol et Pandore (1943) 1949-12-11 Paris Colonne Orchestra – Fourestier[53]
Landowski, Marcel Jean de la Peur (Symphony No. 1) 1949-04-03 Paris Pasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff[54]
Lutosławski, Witold Overture for Strings 1949-11-09 Prague Prague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg[55]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco Mondi celesti (1947) 1949-02-03 Capri, Italy [unknown ensemble] – Giulini[56]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia degli archi (Symphony No. 6) 1949-02-11 Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[57]
Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Concerto No. 3 1949-11-20 Dallas Firkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl[58]
Mennin, Peter The Cycle (Symphony No. 4) 1949-03-18 New York City Collegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw[59]
Messiaen, Olivier Turangalîla-Symphonie (1948) 1949-12-02 Boston Loriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein[60]
Milhaud, Darius Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone 1949-02-12 St. Louis, US Connor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann[61]
Milhaud, Darius Kentuckiana (1948) 1949-01-04 Louisville, US Louisville Orchestra – Whitney[62]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Cello Sonata No. 2 1949-03-05 Moscow Rostropovich, Dedyukhin[63][64]
Nystroem, Gösta Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No. 3) (1948) 1949-03-24 Gothenburg, Sweden Eksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg[65]
Ohana, Maurice La venta encantada (1940) 1949-04-29 Paris Girard Orchestra – Girard[66]
Panufnik, Andrzej Sinfonia rustica (Symphony No. 1) (1948) 1949-05-13 Warsaw Warsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik[67]
Poulenc, Francis Cello Sonata (1948) 1949-05-18 Paris Fournier, Poulenc[68]
Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 5 (1947) 1949-01-26 London BBC Symphony – Boult[69]
Scelsi, Giacinto La nascita del Verbo 1949-10-28 Paris RTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière[70]
Schoenberg, Arnold Phantasy for Violin and Piano 1949-09-13 Los Angeles Koldofsky, Stein[71]
Schuman, William Symphony No. 6 (1948) 1949-02-26 Dallas Dallas Symphony – Dorati[72]
Seiber, Mátyás Ulysses 1949-05-27 London Lewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr[73]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Song of the Forests 1949-12-11 Leningrad [unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[74]
Tansman, Alexandre Music for Strings (1947) 1949-01-24 Barcelona Barcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman[75]
Thompson, Randall Symphony No. 3 1949-05-15 New York City CBS Symphony – Johnson[76]
Ustvolskaya, Galina The Dream of Stepan Razin 1949-10-08 Leningrad [unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[77]
Weinberg, Mieczysław Moldavian Rhapsody 1949-11-30 Moscow (USC Plenum) USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk[78]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Concerto for Strings 1949-07-25 Cologne NWDR Symphony – Meylan[79]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Symphonic Variations and Fugue on In dulci jubilo 1949-12-10 Koblenz, Germany Southwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes[80]

Compositions

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Musical theatre

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Births

Deaths

References

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