US #1s of 1949

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Part 25 of an ongoing series. Rules are as usual. Year as randomly determined by our friendly integer generator. Songs are only included in the first year they reach the top spot. Years covered: 1941 1944 1945 1950 1957 1960 1963 1964 1965 1968 1970 1975 1980 1981 1986 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Spike Jones, "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"	6
Vaughn Monroe, "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"	5
Perry Como, "Some Enchanted Evening"	2
Blue Barron, "Cruising Down the River"	1
Frankie Laine, "That Lucky Old Sun"	1
Frankie Laine, "Mule Train"	1
Evelyn Knight, "A Little Bird Told Me"	0
Russ Morgan, "Cruising Down the River"	0
Vic Damone, "You're Breaking My Heart"	0

― ringtone bisexual is a feeling (The Reverend), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 02:39 (sixteen years ago)

"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"

I think this deserves votes on song title alone.

― ringtone bisexual is a feeling (The Reverend), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 02:40 (sixteen years ago)

havent heard all of those but ghost riders was one of my favorite songs when i was a kid

― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

weird, i love spike jones but somehow i never knew he did "two front teeth."

also, funny bit here about spike's version of "ghost riders."

― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:19 (sixteen years ago)

Spike

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:24 (sixteen years ago)

Now THAT'S what I call music.

― Mark, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:28 (sixteen years ago)

wow, what a year for pop music!

thank god for elvis i guess.

― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 06:14 (sixteen years ago)

Jesus, a mere nine chart toppers all year, and two of 'em are the SAME SONG? o-0
I guess those charts were compiled monthly instead of weekly

xpost - Elvis wished he was Como/Damone/Dino! (Literally)

― I wish he hadn't adapted my critique of his "ilxor" moniker (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:00 (sixteen years ago)

I guess those charts were compiled monthly instead of weekly

No, they just moved a lot slower back then. (There've been similar discussions in some of the other early US #1s threads.)

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:11 (sixteen years ago)

I think I may have mentioned this in another early US #1s thread, but I think it was 1961 that there were a grand total of four country #1s for the year.

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:11 (sixteen years ago)

OK, it was 1960. I've started a poll here: U.S. Country No. 1s of 1960 Poll

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:15 (sixteen years ago)

Back to 1949. I voted Spike Jones.

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:15 (sixteen years ago)

I guess those charts were compiled monthly instead of weekly

No, they just moved a lot slower back then. (There've been similar discussions in some of the other early US #1s threads.)

Heh, a quick search reveals that I made the same false assumption on the 1945 thread...

― I wish he hadn't adapted my critique of his "ilxor" moniker (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:32 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

Spike for me, too.

― Chubby Checker Psycho (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 18 June 2009 01:31 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 18 June 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

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