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100 Greatest Recordings From 1949
Criteria: - These records were chosen and ranked based on their initial & lasting popularity, and on their impact on the overall scope of musical history.
Edited By: Adam
1949
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No. Song Artist
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1 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
2 Lovesick Blues Hank Williams
3 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Stick McGhee & His Buddies
4 Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan
5 The Hucklebuck Paul Williams
6 Riders In The Sky Vaughn Monroe
7 Mule Train Frankie Laine
8 Blues Stay Away From Me Delmore Brothers
9 I'll Get Along Somehow Larry Darnell
10 Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
11 For You My Love Larry Darnell
12 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Orioles
13 Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy Red Foley
14 The Deacon's Hop Big Jay McNeely
15 Trouble Blues Charles Brown
16 Tell Me So Orioles
17 Rock The Joint Jimmy Preston
18 All She Wants To Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris
19 Rockin' At Midnight Roy Brown
20 I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter
21 When Things Go Wrong with You Tampa Red
22 Lost Highway Hank Williams
23 Boogie At Midnight Roy Brown
24 That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine
25 Rag Mop Johnnie Lee Wills / Ames Brothers
26 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Hank Williams
27 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me Bull Moose Jackson / Wayne Raney
28 So Long Ruth Brown
29 Country Boy Dave Bartholomew
30 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
31 Long John Blues Dinah Washington
32 Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk
33 Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington
34 Did you See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Buddy Johnson
35 Sittin' on It All the Time Wynonie Harris
36 Baby It's Cold Outside Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark / Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
37 Mary's Fine Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
38 Roomin' House Boogie Amos Milburn
39 Touch Me Lord Jesus Angelic Gospel Singers
40 Slippin' Around Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
41 Caravan Billy Eckstine
42 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair
43 Beans And Corn Bread Louis Jordan
44 Blue and Lonesome Memphis Slim
45 Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) Mills Brothers / Vaughn Monroe
46 Sneakin' Around Rudy Render
47 Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan
48 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Hank Williams
49 3 X 7 = 21 Jewel King
50 Forgive And Forget Orioles
51 Shout, Sister Shout Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
52 T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker
53 Candy Kisses George Morgan
54 I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee
55 Crawlin' King Snake John Lee Hooker
56 Granma Plays The Numbers Wynonie Harris
57 Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn
58 Some Enchanted Evening Jo Stafford
59 Broken Hearted Eddie Williams (Floyd Dixon)
60 Confession Blues Ray Charles
61 I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris
62 Cuttin' Out Paul Gayten (Annie Laurie)
63 Come Back Baby Lowell Fulson
64 Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb
65 Little Girl, Don't Cry Bull Moose Jackson
66 Ricky's Blues Ravens
67 So Tired Kay Starr
68 In the Middle of the Night Amos Milburn
69 Mind Your Own Business Hank Williams
70 Guess Who Ivory Joe Hunter
71 Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker
72 You Satisfy Dinah Washington / Billy Wright
73 Hucklebuck Daddy Jimmy Preston
74 My Time Is Expensive Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
75 You're Gonna Miss Me Muddy Waters
76 Exactly Like You King Cole Trio
77 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down Charles Brown
78 Cole Slaw Frank Culley / Louis Jordan
79 Venus Blues Stick McGhee
80 Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington
81 Tim Moore's Farm Lightnin' Hopkins
82 Don't Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins
83 You Broke Your Promise Louis Jordan
84 Lonesome Cabin Blues Mercy Dee
85 Lavender Coffin Fat Man Robinson
86 Gospel Train Marie Knight
87 Help Me Some Memphis Slim
88 Roamin' Blues Louis Jordan
89 I Don't Care Who Knows Buddy Johnson Orchestra And Ella Johnson
90 Please Don't Go Roy Brown
91 T-Model Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
92 Farewell Little Willie Littlefield
93 Drinking Beer Tiny Grimes
94 Rub A Little Boogie Champion Jack Dupree
95 Your Breaking My Heart Ink Spots
96 Tonight's The Night Julia Lee
97 It's Midnight (No Place to Go) Little Willie Littlefield
98 A Kiss and a Rose Orioles/ Charioteers
99 Anna Lee Blues Nighthawks
100 Fiesta In Old Mexico Camille Howard
20 more worth mentioning.
101 Hip Shakin' Mama Chubby Newsome
102 Screamin' And Cryin' Muddy Waters
103 Numbers Boogie Sugar Chile Robinson
104 Nobody's Child Hank Snow
105 Hoogie Boogie John Lee Hooker
106 Landlord Blues Ivory Joe Hunter
107 Cruising Down The River Russ Morgan/Blue Baron Band
108 I Want My Fanny Brown Wynonie Harris
109 The Little Red Hen Johnny Otis (Redd Lyte)
110 Rock Cola Joe Lutcher
111 Doby's Boogie Freddie Mitchell
112 The Hammer Song Weavers
113 Back Street Eddie Chamblee
114 Huckle Up Baby John Lee Hooker
115 Frisco Bay Memphis Slim
116 Wedding Bells Hank Williams
117 Country Boy Blues Pee Wee Hughes
118 Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
119 I Want My Baby (When The Rooster Crows) Joe Turner
120 I Challenge Your Kiss Orioles / Four Jacks
Adam's choice - An unheralded great record from 1949
* Butcher Pete Roy Brown

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