Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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 

Monday, May 20, 2019

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