100 Greatest Songs From 1949

1 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
2 Lovesick Blues Hank Williams
3 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Stick McGhee & His Buddies
4 Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan
5 The Hucklebuck Paul Williams
6 Riders In The Sky Vaughn Monroe
7 Mule Train Frankie Laine
8 Blues Stay Away From Me Delmore Brothers
9 I'll Get Along Somehow Larry Darnell
10 For You My Love Larry Darnell
11 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Orioles
12 Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy Red Foley
13 The Deacon's Hop Big Jay McNeely
14 Trouble Blues Charles Brown
15 Tell Me So Orioles
16 Rock The Joint Jimmy Preston
17 All She Wants To Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris
18 Rockin' At Midnight Roy Brown
19 I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter
20 When Things Go Wrong with You Tampa Red
21 Lost Highway Hank Williams
22 Boogie At Midnight Roy Brown
23 That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine
24 Rag Mop Johnnie Lee Wills / Ames Brothers
25 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Hank Williams
26 Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me Bull Moose Jackson / Wayne Raney
27 So Long Ruth Brown
28 Country Boy Dave Bartholomew
29 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
30 Long John Blues Dinah Washington
31 Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk
32 Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington
33 Did you See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Buddy Johnson
34 Sittin' on It All the Time Wynonie Harris
35 Baby It's Cold Outside Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark / Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
36 I Can dream, Can't I? Andrews Sisters
37 Roomin' House Boogie Amos Milburn
38 Touch Me Lord Jesus Angelic Gospel Singers
39 Slippin' Around Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
40 Mary's Fine Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
41 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair
42 Beans And Corn Bread Louis Jordan
43 Blue and Lonesome Memphis Slim
44 Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) Mills Brothers / Vaughn Monroe
45 Sneakin' Around Rudy Render
46 Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan
47 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Hank Williams
48 3 X 7 = 21 Jewel King
49 Forgive And Forget Orioles
50 Shout, Sister Shout Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
51 T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker
52 Caravan Billy Eckstine
53 I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee
54 Crawlin' King Snake John Lee Hooker
55 Granma Plays The Numbers Wynonie Harris
56 Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn
57 Some Enchanted Evening Jo Stafford
58 Broken Hearted Eddie Williams (Floyd Dixon)
59 Confession Blues Ray Charles
60 I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris
61 Cuttin' Out Paul Gayten (Annie Laurie)
62 Come Back Baby Lowell Fulson
63 Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb
64 Little Girl, Don't Cry Bull Moose Jackson
65 Ricky's Blues Ravens
66 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down Charles Brown / Jimmy Witherspoon
67 In the Middle of the Night Amos Milburn
68 Mind Your Own Business Hank Williams
69 Guess Who Ivory Joe Hunter
70 Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker
71 You Satisfy Dinah Washington / Billy Wright
72 Hucklebuck Daddy Jimmy Preston
73 My Time Is Expensive Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
74 No Rollin' Blues Jimmy Witherspoon
75 Exactly Like You King Cole Trio
76 Candy Kisses George Morgan
77 Cole Slaw Frank Culley / Louis Jordan
78 Wild Wig Big Jay McNeely
79 Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington
80 Tim Moore's Farm Lightnin' Hopkins
81 Don't Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins
82 You Broke Your Promise Louis Jordan
83 Lonesome Cabin Blues Mercy Dee
84 Lavender Coffin Fat Man Robinson
85 Gospel Train Marie Knight
86 Help Me Some Memphis Slim
87 Roamin' Blues Louis Jordan
88 I Don't Care Who Knows Buddy Johnson Orchestra And Ella Johnson
89 Please Don't Go Roy Brown
90 T-Model Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
91 Farewell Little Willie Littlefield
92 Drinking Beer Tiny Grimes
93 Rub A Little Boogie Duke Bayou & His Mystic Six (Champion Jack Dupree)
94 Your Breaking My Heart Ink Spots
95 Tonight's The Night Julia Lee
96 It's Midnight (No Place to Go) Little Willie Littlefield
97 A Kiss and a Rose Orioles/Charioteers
98 Anna Lee Blues Nighthawks
99 Fiesta In Old Mexico Camille Howard
100 If It's So, Baby Johnny Otis (Robins)
101 Rock Awhile Goree Carter & His Hepcats
102 Screamin' And Cryin' Muddy Waters
103 Numbers Boogie Sugar Chile Robinson
104 Nobody's Child Hank Snow
105 Hoogie Boogie John Lee Hooker
106 Landlord Blues Ivory Joe Hunter
107 Cruising Down The River Russ Morgan/Blue Baron Band
108 I Want My Fanny Brown Wynonie Harris
109 The Little Red Hen Johnny Otis (Redd Lyte)
110 Rock Cola Joe Lutcher
111 Doby's Boogie Freddie Mitchell
112 The Hammer Song Weavers
113 Back Street Eddie Chamblee
114 Huckle Up Baby John Lee Hooker
115 Frisco Bay Memphis Slim
116 Wedding Bells Hank Williams
117 Page Boy Shuffle Joe Thomas
118 Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
119 I Want My Baby (When The Rooster Crows) Joe Turner
120 I Challenge Your Kiss Orioles / Four Jacks