Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Your Hit Parade: 1949
Year Of Release: 1989
Country: Wolrd
Label: Time-Life Books Inc./BMG Music
Genre: Oldies, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Swing, Miscellaneous
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbps
Total Time: 1 h 11 min 22 sec
Total Size: 161 Mb (+3%) | Full Scans
Review

Judging by the charts, this selection contains 21 of the 24 most successful songs of the year. 1949 was a period of rampant cover versions, and in a couple of cases the compilers have not chosen the most popular recording of a song, but every included version was a substantial hit....

Tracklist:

01. Frankie Laine - Mule Train (2:39)
02. Mel Torme - Careless Hands (3:16)
03. Doris Day - Again (2:50)
04. Sammy Kaye - Room Full of Roses (3:23)
05. Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting - Baby, It's Cold Outside (2:52)
06. Perry Como - Some Enchanted Evening (3:29)
07. Evelyn Knight and The Stardusters - A Little Bird Told Me (2:39)
08. Russ Morgan - Forever and Ever (2:52)
09. Bing Crosby - Galway Bay (3:04)
10. Gordon MacRae and Jo Stafford - My Darling, My Darling (2:35)
11. Gordon Jenkins - Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) (3:14)
12. Vaughn Monroe - Riders in the Sky (3:02)
13. Les Brown - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (2:57)
14. Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting - Slipping Around (2:13)
15. Perry Como - Bali Ha'i (3:39)
16. Frankie Laine - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (2:56)
17. Dick Haymes - Maybe It's Because (3:21)
18. Russ Morgan - So Tired (3:22)
19. Sammy Kaye - Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) (3:01)
20. Evelyn Knight and The Stardusters - Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) (2:15)
21. Vaughn Monroe - Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (3:08)
22. Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters - "A" You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) (2:26)
23. Blue Barron - Cruising Down the River (2:54)
24. Margaret Whiting - Far Away Places (3:15)