List of number-one R&B singles of 1949 (U.S.)
This list of R&B #1 hits of 1949 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).
19 February | "Boogie Chillen" | John Lee Hooker | 1 week |
19 February | "The Deacon's Hop" | Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays | 1 week |
5 May | "The Huckle-Buck" | Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers | 14 weeks* |
4 June | "Trouble Blues" | The Charles Brown Trio | 15 weeks |
20 August | "Ain't Nobody's Business" (Parts 1 & 2) | Jimmy Witherspoon | 1 week |
10 September | "Roomin' House Boogie" | Amos Milburn | 2 weeks |
17 September | "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" | Wynonie Harris | 2 weeks* |
17 September | "Tell Me So" | The Orioles | 1 week |
24 September | "Baby Get Lost" | Dinah Washington | 2 weeks |
8 October | "Beans and Corn Bread" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 1 week |
15 October | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 12 weeks* |
24 December | "For You My Love" | Larry Darnell | 8 weeks* |
An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.
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