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Top singles of 1950

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Updated: 23 April
Average Ratings Reviews
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys - Foggy Mountain Breakdown / No Mother or Dad, Cover art
Foggy Mountain Breakdown / No Mother or Dad
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
3.85 389 389 8 8
15 March 1950 Single
Bluegrass
energetic technical playful instrumental complex pastoral happy
389 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.85 Average
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues / My Son Calls Another Man Daddy, Cover art
Long Gone Lonesome Blues / My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
Hank Williams
3.81 320 320 8 8
March 1950 Single
Traditional Country
Country Yodeling Honky Tonk
depressive longing lonely suicide breakup melodic bittersweet passionate
320 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.81 Average
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream a Little Dream of Me / Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!), Cover art
Dream a Little Dream of Me / Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
3.81 301 301 6 6
September 1950 Single
Vocal Jazz
Standards
love mellow warm melodic
301 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.81 Average
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone / Walking Blues, Cover art
Rollin' Stone / Walking Blues
Muddy Waters
3.79 252 252 6 6
June 1950 Single
Electric Blues
Delta Blues
boastful hedonistic raw passionate minimalistic triumphant
252 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.79 Average
Fats Domino - The Fat Man / Detroit City Blues, Cover art
The Fat Man / Detroit City Blues
Fats Domino
3.70 236 236 6 6
January 1950 Single
New Orleans R&B Rhythm & Blues Rock & Roll
Jump Blues Boogie Woogie
hedonistic rhythmic melodic playful boastful
236 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.70 Average
Hank Williams - Why Don't You Love Me / A House Without Love (Is Not a Home), Cover art
Why Don't You Love Me / A House Without Love (Is Not a Home)
Hank Williams
3.73 157 157 2 2
May 1950 Single
Honky Tonk
acoustic melodic love
157 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.73 Average
Professor Longhair and his New Orleans Boys - Mardi Gras in New Orleans / She Walks Right In, Cover art
Mardi Gras in New Orleans / She Walks Right In
Professor Longhair and his New Orleans Boys
3.74 147 147 2 2
February 1950 Single
New Orleans Blues New Orleans R&B
energetic melodic rhythmic
147 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.74 Average
Muddy Waters - Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 1) / Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 2), Cover art
Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 1) / Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 2)
Muddy Waters
3.75 140 140 4 4
April 1950 Single
Electric Blues
Chicago Blues Delta Blues
140 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.75 Average
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues / Nobody's Lonesome for Me, Cover art
Moanin' the Blues / Nobody's Lonesome for Me
Hank Williams
3.73 135 135 2 2
27 October 1950 Single
Honky Tonk
Country Yodeling Traditional Country
lonely longing melancholic melodic passionate
135 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.73 Average
The Ravens - Count Every Star / I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters, Cover art
Count Every Star / I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters
The Ravens
3.61 148 148 2 2
April 1950 Single
Vocal Group Doo-Wop
Vocal Jazz
love lonely melodic vocal group romantic bittersweet soothing passionate
148 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.61 Average
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa / The Greatest Inventor (Of Them All), Cover art
Mona Lisa / The Greatest Inventor (Of Them All)
Nat "King" Cole
3.50 163 163 5 5
15 May 1950 Single
Traditional Pop Standards
163 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.50 Average
Archibald and His Orchestra - Stack-A'Lee (Part I) / Stack-A'Lee (Part II), Cover art
Stack-A'Lee (Part I) / Stack-A'Lee (Part II)
Archibald and His Orchestra
3.66 126 126 4 4
April 1950 Single
New Orleans R&B
Jump Blues New Orleans Blues Piano Blues
crime violence death
126 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.66 Average
Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz / Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, Cover art
The Tennessee Waltz / Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Patti Page
3.51 134 134 7 7
November 1950 Single
Traditional Pop
Country Pop Waltz
melancholic ballad breakup melodic waltz bittersweet lush sad
134 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.51 Average
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - La vie en rose / C'est si bon (It's So Good), Cover art
La vie en rose / C'est si bon (It's So Good)
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
3.74 100 100
July 1950 Single
Vocal Jazz Standards
romantic melodic passionate
100 Ratings 3.74 Average
Lightning Hopkins - Shotgun Blues / Rollin' Blues, Cover art
Shotgun Blues / Rollin' Blues
Lightning Hopkins
3.79 90 90 4 4
August 1950 Single
Acoustic Texas Blues
violence acoustic
90 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.79 Average
Édith Piaf - L'hymne à l'amour / La p'tite Marie, Cover art
L'hymne à l'amour / La p'tite Marie
Édith Piaf
3.53 111 111 1 1
2 May 1950 Single
Chanson
lush sentimental dense romantic melodic love passionate
111 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.53 Average
Pérez Prado y su Orquesta - Qué rico el Mambo (Mambo Jambo) / Mambo No. 5, Cover art
Qué rico el Mambo (Mambo Jambo) / Mambo No. 5
Pérez Prado y su Orquesta
3.66 92 92 2 2
May 1950 Single
Mambo
92 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.66 Average
Lennie Tristano and his Sextette - Intuition / Yesterdays, Cover art
Intuition / Yesterdays
Lennie Tristano and his Sextette
3.49 105 105
October 1950 Single
Avant-Garde Jazz Bebop Post-Bop
Free Jazz
improvisation acoustic technical avant-garde dissonant instrumental energetic
105 Ratings 3.49 Average
Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love / Strange Things Happening, Cover art
Please Send Me Someone to Love / Strange Things Happening
Percy Mayfield
3.63 86 86 2 2
September 1950 Single
Rhythm & Blues
Piano Blues
lonely love
86 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.63 Average
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys - I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' / May You Never Be Alone, Cover art
I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' / May You Never Be Alone
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
3.59 96 96 1 1
January 1950 Single
Honky Tonk Country
Traditional Country
sombre
96 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.59 Average
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On / With This Ring I Thee Wed, Cover art
I'm Moving On / With This Ring I Thee Wed
Hank Snow
3.55 91 91 1 1
May 1950 Single
Traditional Country
melodic
91 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.55 Average
Yma Sumac - Virgin of the Sun God (Taita Inty) / Lure of the Unknown Love (Xtabay), Cover art
Virgin of the Sun God (Taita Inty) / Lure of the Unknown Love (Xtabay)
Yma Sumac
3.52 94 94 4 4
October 1950 Single
Exotica
Indigenous Andean Music
tropical lush
94 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.52 Average
Miles Davis and His Orchestra - Venus de Milo / Darn That Dream, Cover art
Venus de Milo / Darn That Dream
Miles Davis and His Orchestra
3.62 92 92 1 1
October 1950 Single
Cool Jazz Vocal Jazz
92 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.62 Average
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time / I Love You a Thousand Ways, Cover art
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time / I Love You a Thousand Ways
Lefty Frizzell
3.63 79 79 1 1
September 1950 Single
Honky Tonk
uplifting
79 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.63 Average
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Bloomdido / My Melancholy Baby, Cover art
Bloomdido / My Melancholy Baby
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3.79 64 64 2 2
1950 Single
Bebop
64 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.79 Average
Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy / Sugarfoot Rag, Cover art
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy / Sugarfoot Rag
Red Foley
3.48 82 82 5 5
January 1950 Single
Country Boogie
82 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.48 Average
Calvin Boze and His All-Stars - Safronia B / Angel City Blues, Cover art
Safronia B / Angel City Blues
Calvin Boze and His All-Stars
3.69 71 71 3 3
April 1950 Single
Jump Blues Rhythm & Blues
Vocal Jazz
71 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.69 Average
Wynonie Harris - Good Morning Judge / Stormy Night Blues, Cover art
Good Morning Judge / Stormy Night Blues
Wynonie Harris
3.78 57 57 2 2
July 1950 Single
Jump Blues Rhythm & Blues
Rock & Roll
57 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.78 Average
Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra & The Weavers - Goodnight Irene / Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Cover art
Goodnight Irene / Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
3.16 105 105 5 5
June 1950 Single
Contemporary Folk Traditional Pop Vocal Group
nocturnal melancholic suicide breakup lullaby melodic bittersweet vocal group
105 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.16 Average
Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues / Evan's Shuffle, Cover art
Louisiana Blues / Evan's Shuffle
Muddy Waters
3.49 70 70 1 1
November 1950 Single
Chicago Blues
70 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.49 Average
Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes / Am I Making the Same Mistake Again?, Cover art
Teardrops From My Eyes / Am I Making the Same Mistake Again?
Ruth Brown
3.43 72 72 2 2
September 1950 Single
Rhythm & Blues
Vocal Jazz Jump Blues
72 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.43 Average
Charlie Parker - Bird of Paradise / Dexterity, Cover art
Bird of Paradise / Dexterity
Charlie Parker
3.62 64 64 1 1
February 1950 Single
Bebop Cool Jazz
64 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.62 Average
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Blue Light Boogie—Part 1 / Blue Light Boogie—Part 2, Cover art
Blue Light Boogie—Part 1 / Blue Light Boogie—Part 2
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
3.75 47 47 4 4
July 1950 Single
Rhythm & Blues
Jump Blues Rock & Roll
47 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.75 Average
Yma Sumac - High Andes! (Ataypura) / Monkeys (Monos), Cover art
High Andes! (Ataypura) / Monkeys (Monos)
Yma Sumac
3.57 58 58 1 1
October 1950 Single
Exotica
Indigenous Andean Music
58 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.57 Average
Jo Stafford - No Other Love / Sometime, Cover art
No Other Love / Sometime
Jo Stafford
3.79 44 44 1 1
June 1950 Single
Traditional Pop
44 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.79 Average
Mambo No. 8 / Babarabatiri
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra
3.78 38 38
November 1950 Single
Mambo
Guaracha
rhythmic energetic
38 Ratings 3.78 Average
Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men - Hard Luck Blues / New Rebecca, Cover art
Hard Luck Blues / New Rebecca
Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
3.73 37 37 2 2
June 1950 Single
Jump Blues Rhythm & Blues
37 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.73 Average
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys - They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Why Should We Try Anymore, Cover art
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Why Should We Try Anymore
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
3.28 66 66 1 1
August 1950 Single
Honky Tonk
Traditional Country
66 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.28 Average
Tennessee Ernie - The Shot Gun Boogie / I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More, Cover art
The Shot Gun Boogie / I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More
Tennessee Ernie
3.35 59 59 1 1
13 November 1950 Single
Country Boogie
Country Pop
59 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.35 Average
Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers" - Pink Champagne / Sentimental Lover, Cover art
Pink Champagne / Sentimental Lover
Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers"
3.63 45 45 3 3
April 1950 Single
Rhythm & Blues Jump Blues
Piano Blues
45 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.63 Average
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  • Max Steiner - Thème de Tara / Ashley retourne à Tara, Cover art
    Thème de Tara / Ashley retourne à Tara
    1950 Single
    7 Ratings 3.52 Average
    3.52 7 7
  • Ilene Woods - So This Is Love / Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, Cover art
    So This Is Love / Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
    1950 Single
    7 Ratings 3.45 Average
    3.45 7 7
  • Various Artists - Manhattan / Thou Swell, Cover art
    Manhattan / Thou Swell
    1950 Single
    2 Ratings 4.25 Average
    4.25 2 2
  • Dennis Day / Tony Martin - Mona Lisa / I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine, Cover art
    Mona Lisa / I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine
    1950 Single
    3 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.30 Average
    3.30 3 3 1 1
  • Ilene Woods - The Work Song / A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Cover art
    The Work Song / A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
    1950 Single
    3 Ratings 2.78 Average
    2.78 3 3
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  • Helen Humes - Million Dollar Secret / I'm Gonna Let Him Ride, Cover art
    Million Dollar Secret / I'm Gonna Let Him Ride
    1950 Single
    7 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.67 Average
    3.67 7 7 1 1
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  • Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Rose of Rio Grande / Solid Old Man, Cover art
    Rose of Rio Grande / Solid Old Man
    1950 Single
    2 Ratings 3.50 Average
    3.50 2 2
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