Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 30 songs for 1950. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 1. Goodnight Irene – Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
- 2. Mona Lisa – Nat “King” Cole
- 3. The Third Man Theme – Anton Karas
- 4. Sam’s Song – Bing & Gary Crosby
- 5. Play a Simple Melody – Gary Crosby
- 6. Music! Music! Music! – Teresa Brewer
- 7. The Third Man Theme – Guy Lombardo
- 8. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy – Red Foley
- 9. Harbor Lights – Sammy Kaye
- 10. It Isn’t Fair – Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell
- 11. If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake – Eileen Barton
- 12. Bonaparte’s Retreat – Kay Starr
- 13. Tzena Tzena Tzena – Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
- 14. There’s No Tomorrow – Tony Martin
- 15. The Thing – Phil Harris
- 16. Sentimental Me – The Ames Brothers
- 17. I Wanna Be Loved – The Andrews Sisters
- 18. The Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page
- 19. I Can Dream, Can’t I? – The Andrews Sisters
- 20. I’ll Never Be Free – Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford
- 21. All My Love – Patti Page
- 22. My Foolish Heart – Gordon Jenkins
- 23. Rag Mop – The Ames Brothers
- 24. Bewitched – Bill Snyder & His Orchestra
- 25. Hoop-Dee-Doo – Perry Como
- 26. Bewitched – Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
- 27. Can Anyone Explain? – The Ames Brothers
- 28. My Foolish Heart – Billy Eckstine
- 29. Dear Hearts and Gentle People – Bing Crosby
- 30. The Cry of the Wild Goose – Frankie Laine