The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1950

"Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole
July 8th 1950 - August 26th 1950

(5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Best Sellers Chart)

(8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Most Played by Disc Jockeys chart)

(5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Most Play in Jukeboxes chart)

Top 10 Posthumous Hit Songs

WE LOVE THE 60s!

July 3rd 1965

"I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops spends its 2nd of 2 non consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Its run at #1 was split by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds who spent one week at the top of the chart.

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones sits at #2 this week but will reach the top the next week and hold the top spot for the next 4 weeks. 

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October 7th 1976

The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1950

"The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas

April 29th 1950 - July 8th 1950

11 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Best Sellers chart.

The song also reached #1 on the Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart but that version was by Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra.

The Guy Lombardo version