The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1950

"Goodnight Irene"  

by

 The Weaver (w/Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra)

August 19th - November 11th
Billboard's #1 Song of 1950
#1 on the Billboard Best Sellers (13 consecutive weeks)
#1 on the Billboard Airplay (8 consecutive weeks)
#1 on the Billboard Jukebox chart (12 consecutive weeks)

The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1950

"If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)"

Eileen Barton 

2 weeks at #1 on the Best Sellers in Stores
April 15th - 22nd

10 weeks at #1 on the Most Played by DJs
March 25th - May 27th

3 weeks at #1 on the Most Played in Jukeboxes
April 15th - April 29th

The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1950

"Music! Music! Music!" - Teresa Brewer

March 18th - April 8th 1950

One of the biggest selling songs of the year and spent a week at #1 on the Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes.  

(ed.note - This was one of my great grandfather's favorite songs and he love Teresa)

The Year In Billboard Best Selling Songs - 1950

January 7th 1950

"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"

(1 week at #1) 

This was the first year of the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart and Gene Autry was sitting at #1 with the Christmas classic and soon to be all time best selling song in Billboard history.

The #1 Song of 1950

"Goodnight Irene" by The Weavers

Spent 13 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Bestsellers chart and became the biggest selling song of 1950.