Real Chart 1949
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THE REAL CHART 1949 COMPILED BY THE COMPILERS & GRAHAM APPLEYARD The Real Chart 02 January 1949 & 26/12/48 1 49 40 40 12 3 1 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra On A Slow Boat To China 2 91 35 35 1 7 1 Gracie Fields White Christmas 3 203 35 35 2 13 1 Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows 4 78 30 30 3 7 3 Bing Crosby White Christmas 5 65 30 30 4 6 4 Bing Crosby Silent Night Holy Night 6 50 30 30 6 4 6 Gracie Fields Bluebird of Happiness / Buttons and Bows 7 49 30 30 5 4 5 Geraldo & His Orchestra My Happiness / In My Dreams 8 96 25 25 15 11 6 Reggie Goff Olwen (Dream Of Olwen) 9 94 24 24 7 8 3 Ethel Smith Easter Parade / The Green Cockatoo 10 166 24 24 8 13 2 Ken Griffin The Cuckoo Waltz / You Can’t Be True, Dear 11 20 20 16 16 Charles Williams Orchestra The Dream Of Olwen 12 20 20 9 13 3 Bing Crosby Anniversary Song 13 20 20 22 5 13 Joe Loss The Cuckoo Waltz 14 36 20 20 17 4 14 Al Jolson When The Red Red Robin 15 20 20 13 9 4 Frank Sinatra Everybody Loves Somebody 16 20 20 10 6 10 Vera Lynn l’m Sending A Letter To Santa Claus 17 20 20 14 13 5 Buddy Clark All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart 18 33 20 20 24 4 18 Al Jolson For Me And My Gal 19 15 15 28 5 19 Frank Sinatra lt Only Happens When I Dance With You 20 16 10 10 31 3 20 Phil Harris He's His Own Grandpa (I'm My Own Grandpa) 21 10 10 11 8 6 Fats Waller My Very Good Friend The Milkman 22 26 10 10 20 4 16 Danny Kaye Tchaikovsky 23 - 10 10 new 1 23 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band Cuanto Le Gusta 24 10 10 18 13 2 Charles Williams Orchestra Devil’s Gallop 25 10 10 23 5 23 Reggie Goff So Tired / Say It Every Day 26 16 10 10 26 3 26 Luton Girls Choir Dream Of Olwen 27 10 10 34 5 27 Steve Conway and The Conway Singers Maybe You'll Be There 28 - 10 10 new 1 28 Anne Shelton Abide With Me 29 16 10 10 39 3 29 Vaughn Monroe Cool Water 30 10 10 19 13 3 The Andrews Sisters You Call Everybody Darling / Underneath The Arches 31 16 10 10 27 3 27 Harriet Cohen The Cornish Rhapsody 32 - 10 10 new 1 32 Gracie Fields Let Us Be Sweethearts Over Again 33 10 10 37 9 5 Kay Kyser Woody Wood-Pecker 34 16 10 10 38 3 34 Edmundo Ros The Whistle Samba / Maria From Bahia 35 8 8 29 17 3 Perry Como Rambling Rose 36 8 8 35 21 1 Monte Ray Be Mine / When You're In Love 37 286 8 8 21 24 1 Russ Morgan & Orchestra So Tired 8 38 263 8 8 30 36 1 Bing Crosby Galway Bay 8 39 22 8 8 25 4 19 Tony Martin Begin The Beguine / Ah But It Happens 40 14 8 8 36 3 36 Freddy Martin Orchestra Cornish Rhapsody Theme / Warsaw Concerto Sales Figures u1 million ¨500,000 8250,000 Ý sales increase. The Real Chart 09 January 1949 1 - 29 3 14 1 Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows 2 27 1 4 1 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra On A Slow Boat To China 3 26 8 12 3 Reggie Goff Olwen (Dream Of Olwen) 4 24 10 14 2 Ken Griffin The Cuckoo Waltz / You Can’t Be True, Dear 5 24 9 9 3 Ethel Smith Easter Parade / The Green Cockatoo 6 22 14 5 6 Al Jolson When The Red Red Robin 7 22 11 17 Charles Williams Orchestra The Dream Of Olwen 8 22 6 5 6 Gracie Fields Bluebird of Happiness / Buttons and Bows 9 18 new 1 9 Red Ingle & The Natural Seven Cigareets, Whusky And Wild Wild Women 10 17 new 1 10 Kay Kyser On A Slow Boat To China / Horses Don't Bet On People 11 16 7 5 5 Geraldo & His Orchestra My Happiness / In My Dreams 12 16 25 6 12 Reggie Goff So Tired / Say It Every Day 13 16 13 6 13 Joe Loss The Cuckoo Waltz 14 15 18 5 14 Al Jolson For Me And My Gal 15 14 20 4 15 Phil Harris He's His Own Grandpa (I'm My Own Grandpa) 16 12 15 10 4 Frank Sinatra Everybody Loves Somebody 17 10 new 1 17 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag 18 9 21 9 6 Fats Waller My Very Good Friend The Milkman 19 9 new 1 19 Gracie Fields Forever and Ever / La Vie En Rose 20 9 23 2 20 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band Cuanto Le Gusta 21 9 27 6 21 Steve Conway and The Conway Singers Maybe You'll Be There 22 6 2 8 1 Gracie Fields White Christmas 23 6 4 8 3 Bing Crosby White Christmas 24 5 29 4 24 Vaughn Monroe Cool Water 25 5 17 14 5 Buddy Clark All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart 26 5 12 14 3 Bing Crosby Anniversary Song 27 5 new 1 27 Nat ‘King’ Cole Little Girl 28 5 5 7 4 Bing Crosby Silent Night Holy Night 29 5 39 5 19 Tony Martin Begin The Beguine / Ah But It Happens 30 5 new 1 30 Phil Harris Deck Of Cards 31 4 34 4 31 Edmundo Ros The Whistle Samba / Maria From Bahia 32 4 new 1 32 Danny Kaye Oh, By Jingo! 33 4 31 4 27 Harriet Cohen The Cornish Rhapsody 34 4 35 18 3 Perry Como Rambling Rose 35 4 36 22 1 Monte Ray Be Mine / When You're In Love 36 4 38 37 1 Bing Crosby Galway Bay 37 4 32 2 32 Gracie Fields Let Us Be Sweethearts Over Again 38 4 new 1 38 Nellie Lutcher Hurry On Down 39 4 16 7 10 Vera Lynn l’m Sending A Letter To Santa Claus 40 4 22 5 16 Danny Kaye Tchaikovsky Sales Figures u1 million ¨500,000 8250,000 Ý sales increase. The Real Chart 16 January 1949 1 - 32 10 2 1 Kay Kyser On A Slow Boat To China / Horses Don't Bet On People 2 27 1 15 1 Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows 3 25 2 5 1 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra On A Slow Boat To China 4 24 4 15 2 Ken Griffin The Cuckoo Waltz / You Can’t Be True, Dear 5 23 6 6 5 Al Jolson When The Red Red Robin 6 23 5 10 3 Ethel Smith Easter Parade / The Green Cockatoo 7 22 12 7 7 Reggie Goff So Tired / Say It Every Day 8 20 3 13 3 Reggie Goff Olwen (Dream Of Olwen) 9 19 9 2 9 Red Ingle & The Natural Seven Cigareets, Whusky And Wild Wild Women 10 19 17 2 10 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag 11 18 8 6 6 Gracie Fields Bluebird of Happiness / Buttons and Bows 12 17 18 10 6 Fats Waller My Very Good Friend The Milkman 13 17 14 6 13 Al Jolson For Me And My Gal 14 16 7 18 Charles Williams Orchestra The Dream Of Olwen 15 15 11 6 5 Geraldo & His Orchestra My Happiness / In My Dreams 16 12 29 6 16 Tony Martin Begin The Beguine / Ah But It Happens 17 10 20 3 17 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band Cuanto Le Gusta 18 10 13 7 13 Joe Loss The Cuckoo Waltz 19 10 new 1 19 Freddy Martin On A Slow Boat To China 20 10 30 2 20 Phil Harris Deck Of Cards 21 9 38 2 21 Nellie Lutcher Hurry On Down 22 9 32 2 22 Danny Kaye Oh, By Jingo! 23 9 27 2 23 Nat ‘King’ Cole Little Girl 24 9 15 5 15 Phil Harris He's His Own Grandpa (I'm My Own Grandpa) 25 7 24 5 24 Vaughn Monroe Cool Water 26 6 16 11 4 Frank Sinatra Everybody Loves Somebody 27 5 new 1 27 Freddie Slack Cow-Cow Boogie 28 5 new 1 28 Betty Hutton Rumble, Rumble, Rumble / The Sewing Machine 29 5 40 6 16 Danny Kaye Tchaikovsky 30 5 35 23 1 Monte Ray Be Mine / When You're In Love 31 5 — 1 Gordon Jenkins Maybe You'll Be There 32 5 new 1 32 Evelyn Knight A Little Bird Told Me / Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes 33 5 new 1 33 Reggie Goff In My Dreams 34 4 19 2 19 Gracie Fields Forever and Ever / La Vie En Rose 35 4 31 5 31 Edmundo Ros The Whistle Samba / Maria From Bahia 36 4 21 7 21 Steve Conway and The Conway Singers Maybe You'll Be There 37 4 36 38 1 Bing Crosby Galway Bay 38 4 new 1 38 Vaughn Monroe The Maharajah Of Magador 39 4 25 15 5 Buddy Clark All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart 40 4 34 19 3 Perry Como Rambling Rose Sales Figures u1 million ¨500,000 8250,000 Ý sales increase. The Real Chart 23 January 1949 1 - 29 1 3 2 Kay Kyser On A Slow Boat To China / Horses Don't Bet On People 2 28 4 16 2 Ken Griffin The Cuckoo Waltz / You Can’t Be True, Dear 3 26 10 3 3 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag 4 22 9 3 4 Red Ingle & The Natural Seven Cigareets, Whusky And Wild Wild Women 5 22 7 8 5 Reggie Goff So Tired / Say It Every Day 6 21 5 7 5 Al Jolson When The Red Red Robin 7 20 21 3 7 Nellie Lutcher Hurry On Down 8 20 23 3 8 Nat ‘King’ Cole Little Girl 9 19 2 16 1 Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows 10 18 19 2 10 Freddy Martin On A Slow Boat To China 11 15 16 7 11 Tony Martin Begin The Beguine / Ah But It Happens 12 15 20 3 12 Phil Harris Deck Of Cards 13 15 12 11 6 Fats Waller My Very Good Friend The Milkman 14 15 6 11 3 Ethel Smith Easter Parade / The Green Cockatoo 15 12 28 2 15 Betty Hutton Rumble, Rumble, Rumble / The Sewing Machine 16 12 8 14 3 Reggie Goff Olwen (Dream Of Olwen) 17 10 17 4 17 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band Cuanto Le Gusta 18 9 29 7 16 Danny Kaye Tchaikovsky 19 9 22 3 19 Danny Kaye Oh, By Jingo! 20 9 15 7 5 Geraldo & His Orchestra My Happiness / In My Dreams 21 9 27 2 21 Freddie Slack Cow-Cow Boogie 22 9 13 7 13 Al Jolson For Me And My Gal 23 9 24 6 15 Phil Harris He's His Own Grandpa (I'm My Own Grandpa) 24 9 11 7 6 Gracie Fields Bluebird of Happiness / Buttons and Bows 25 9 25 6 24 Vaughn Monroe Cool Water 26 8 32 2 26 Evelyn Knight A Little Bird Told Me / Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes 27 8 3 6 1 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra On A Slow Boat To China 28 7 33 2 28 Reggie Goff In My Dreams 29 5 30 24 1 Monte Ray Be Mine / When You're In Love 30 5 — 1 30 Bill Johnson The Heart Of Loch Lomond / Little White Lies 31 5 new 1 31 Louis Armstrong Among My Souvenirs 32 5 14 19 Charles Williams Orchestra The Dream Of Olwen 33 5 38 2 33 Vaughn Monroe The Maharajah Of Magador 34 5 18 8 13 Joe Loss The Cuckoo Waltz 35 4 34 3 19 Gracie Fields Forever and Ever / La Vie En Rose 36 4 37 39 1 Bing Crosby Galway Bay 37 4 35 6 31 Edmundo Ros The Whistle Samba / Maria From Bahia 38 4 new 1 38 Danny Kaye Farming / The Fairy Pipers 39 4 31 2 Gordon Jenkins Maybe You'll Be There 40 4 new 1 40 Lou Preager Far Away Island / Ballin' The Jack Sales Figures u1 million ¨500,000 8250,000 Ý sales increase.