This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1950.

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No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1950.

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1950.

Top hit records

• "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz" – Georgia Gibbs • "All My Love (Bolero)" – Patti Page • "Anema e core" – Tito Schipa • "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" – Al Jolson • "Ballin' the Jack", recorded by • *Georgia Gibbs • *Danny Kaye • "Be My Love" – Mario Lanza • "Bewitched" – Doris Day • "Black Lace" – Frankie Laine • "Boo-Hoo" – Guy Lombardo & The Lombardo Trio • "A Bushel And A Peck" – Perry Como & Betty Hutton • "Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!)" – The Ames Brothers • "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" – Red Foley • "Count Every Star", recorded by • *Ray Anthony and His Orchestra • *Dick Haymes and Artie Shaw • *Hugo Winterhalter • "Cry Of The Wild Goose" – Frankie Laine • "Daddy's Little Girl" – The Mills Brothers • "Dear, Dear, Dear" – Frankie Laine • "Domino" – André Claveau • "Dream a Little Dream of Me" – Frankie Laine • "A Dreamer's Holiday" – Buddy Clark & The Girlfriends • "El rancho 'e la Cambicha" – Antonio Tormo • "Enjoy Yourself" – Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo Trio vocals) • "Goodnight, Irene" – The Weavers • "Harbor Lights" – Sammy Kaye • "Here Comes Santa Claus" – Andrews Sisters • "Hymne à l'amour (Hymn To Love)" – Édith Piaf • "I Can Dream, Can't I?" – The Andrews Sisters • "I'll Never Be Free", recorded by: • *Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford • *Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald • *Annie Laurie and Paul Gayten and His Orchestra • *Dinah Washington • "I Love You For That" – Patti Page & Frankie Laine • "I Wanna Be Loved" – The Andrews Sisters • "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" – Eileen Barton • "I'm Movin' On" – Hank Snow • "It Isn't Fair" – Sammy Kaye (Don Cornell vocal) • "Let's Go West Again" – Al Jolson • "A Man Gets Awfully Lonesome" – Frankie Laine • "Mona Lisa" – Nat King Cole • "Music, Maestro, Please" – Frankie Laine • "Music! Music! Music!" – Teresa Brewer • "My Foolish Heart, recorded by • *Billy Eckstine • *Gordon Jenkins • "My Heart Cries For You" – Guy Mitchell • "Nevertheless" – The Mills Brothers • "No Other Love" – Jo Stafford • "The Old Piano Roll Blues" Al Jolson & The Andrews Sisters • "Patricia" – Perry Como • "Peter Cottontail" – Gene Autry • "Play A Simple Melody" – Gary Crosby & Friend (Bing Crosby) • "Rag Mop" – The Ames Brothers • "Red Hot Mama" – Georgia Gibbs • "The Roving Kind" – Guy Mitchell • "Sentimental Me" – The Ames Brothers • "Sleepy Ol' River" – Frankie Laine • "Someday", recorded by • *The Mills Brothers • *Vaughn Monroe • "Sometime" – The Mariners • "Stars & Stripes Forever" – Frankie Laine • "Swingin' In A Hammock" – Guy Lombardo (Don Rodney & The Lombardo Trio vocals) • "The Tennessee Waltz" – Patti Page • "There's No Tomorrow" – Tony Martin • "The Thing" – Phil Harris • "Thinking of You" – Don Cherry • "The Third Man Theme" from the film The Third Man, recorded by • *Anton Karas • *Guy Lombardo • "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" – Patti Page

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