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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1950.
These singles reached the top ofBillboard magazine's charts in 1950.
| First week | Number of weeks | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 1950 | 1 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Gene Autry, 7,000,000 sold by 1969[7] |
| January 14, 1950 | 4 | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" | The Andrews Sisters |
| February 11, 1950 | 1 | "Rag Mop" | The Ames Brothers |
| February 18, 1950 | 4 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" | Red Foley |
| March 18, 1950 | 4 | "Music! Music! Music!" | Teresa Brewer |
| April 15, 1950 | 2 | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" | Eileen Barton |
| April 29, 1950 | 11 | "The Third Man Theme" | Anton Karas, 4,000,000 sold[7] |
| July 15, 1950 | 5 | "Mona Lisa" | Nat King Cole |
| August 19, 1950 | 13 | "Goodnight, Irene" | Gordon Jenkins &The Weavers, 2,000,000 sold[7] |
| November 18, 1950 | 2 | "Harbor Lights" | Sammy Kaye |
| December 2, 1950 | 4 | "The Thing" | Phil Harris |
| December 30, 1950 | 9 | "The Tennessee Waltz" | Patti Page |
The following songs achieved the highestchart positionsin the limited set of charts available for 1950.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries |
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| 1 | Nat King Cole | Mona Lisa | 1950 | US | US 1940s 1 – Jun 1950, US 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1950, Oscar in 1950, US BB 2 of 1950, POP 2 of 1950, DDD 4 of 1950, Italy 48 of 1951, RIAA 109, Acclaimed 1292 |
| 2 | Patti Page | Tennessee Waltz | 1950 | US | US 1940s 1 – Nov 1950, US 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1950, US BB 4 of 1950, 6,000,000 sold by 1967[7] |
| 3 | Phil Harris | The Thing | 1950 | US | US 1940s 1 – Nov 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1950, Peel list 1 of 1950, US BB 12 of 1950, POP 12 of 1950 |
| 4 | Red Foley | Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy | 1950 | US | US 1940s 1 – Jan 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1950, DDD 17 of 1950, US BB 18 of 1950, POP 25 of 1950 |
| 5 | Teresa Brewer | Music! Music! Music! | 1950 | US | US 1940s 1 – Feb 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1950, US BB 3 of 1950, POP 3 of 1950 |
