# Billboard Top Folk Records of 1949

The Billboard Top Folk Records of 1949 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on record sales and juke box plays. In 1949, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
Both charts were topped by Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues"; the song posted 4,182 points on the retail sales chart and 1,716 points on the juke box chart -- nearly doubling the point total of any other song. Williams also posted the No. 5 hit on the year-end charts with "Wedding Bells".
Eddy Arnold led all other artists with nine records on the year-end charts. Arnold's "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" ranked No. 2 on both year-end charts with 2,270 retail points and 981 juke box points.
Four versions of the song "Candy Kisses" made the year-end charts. George Morgan's version was a No. 1 hit while the song also led to hits for Red Foley (No. 4), Elton Britt (No. 4), and Cowboy Copas (No. 5).
On the strength of Eddy Arnold's performance, RCA Victor led all other labels with ten records on the year-end charts. Decca ranked second with eight records followed by Columbia with five and Capitol with four.
| Sales year-end | Juke box year-end | Peak | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | "Lovesick Blues" | Hank Williams | M-G-M |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | "Slipping Around" | Margaret Whiting-Jimmy Wakely | Capitol |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | "Wedding Bells" | Hank Williams | M-G-M |
| 6 | 13 | 1 | "Candy Kisses" | George Morgan | Columbia |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" | Wayne Raney | King |
| 8 | NR | 1 | "Bouquet of Roses" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 9 | 9 | 1 | "I Love You So Much It Hurts" | Jimmy Wakely | Capitol |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | "Tennessee Saturday Night" | Red Foley | Decca |
| 11 | 14 | 2 | "The Echo of Your Footsteps" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" | Jimmy Wakely | Capitol |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | "One Kiss Too Many" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 14 | 11 | 1 | "Slipping Around" | Ernest Tubb | Decca |
| 15 | 16 | 3 | "Tennessee Border" | Red Foley | Decca |
| 16 | 12 | 1 | "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 17 | 21 | 1 | "Blues, Stay Away From Me" | Delmore Brothers | King |
| 18 | 18 | 2 | "I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You" | Ernest Tubb-Andrews Sisters | Decca |
| 19 | 23 | 4 | "Please Don't Let Me Love You" | George Morgan | Columbia |
| 20 | 25 | 5 | "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello" | Ernest Tubb | Decca |
| 21 | 20 | 2 | "I'll Never Slip Around Again" | Jimmy Wakely, Margaret Whiting | Capitol |
| 22 | 26 | 4 | "Candy Kisses" | Red Foley | Decca |
| 23 | NR | 4 | "Candy Kisses" | Elton Britt & Skytoppers | RCA Victor |
| 24 | 15 | 2 | "Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 25 | 30 | 5 | "Slipping Around" | Floyd Tillman | Columbia |
| 26 | NR | 4 | "Room Full of Roses" | George Morgan | Columbia |
| 27 | 19 | 1 | "Just a Little Lovin'" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 28 | 29 | 4 | "I Never Saw Maggie Alone" | Kenny Roberts | Coral |
| 29 | NR | 7 | "Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)" | Little Jimmy Dickens | Columbia |
| 30 | 17 | 4 | "Tennessee Polka" | Red Foley | Decca |
| NR | 22 | 2 | "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" | Ernest Tubb | Decca |
| NR | 24 | 5 | "Mind Your Own Business" | Hank Williams | M-G-M |
| NR | 27 | 3 | "There's Not a Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| NR | 28 | 5 | "Candy Kisses" | Cowboy Copas | King |