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Various Artists - Vern's Favorite Hits - Aug. 1948 to July 1949 (1949)

Track listing:
  1. c 2 Cocaine Blues Roy Hogsed 2:36
  2. c 3 Dog House Boogie Hawkshaw Hawkins 2:42
  3. .2 That Certain Party Benny Strong 2:46
  4. .1 Buttons and Bows Dinah Shore + Happy Valley Boys 2:01
  5. .3 Cuanto La Gusta Carmen Miranda + Andrews Sisters + Vic Schoen 3:05
  6. c4 Chime Bells Elton Britt + Skytoppers 2:37
  7. c 4 Jack and Jill Boogie Wayne Raney 2:47
  8. c2 A Heart Full of Love Eddy Arnold (Tennessee Plowboy) 2:36
  9. .4 Sweet Georgia Brown Brother Bones + Shadows 2:53
  10. r 2 A Little Bird Told Me Blue Lu Barker + Danny Barker 2:12
  11. .1 Powder Your Face with Sunshine Evelyn Knight + Stardusters 2:15
  12. r1 Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton 2:28
  13. c2 The Iron Range Frankie Yankovic + Yanks [shortened] 2:05
  14. . 2 More Beer! Andrews Sisters + Vic Schoen [skips] 2:37
  15. . 3 Sunflower Russ Morgan + Skylarks 2:47
  16. . 4 Beautiful Eyes Art Mooney 2:25
  17. .1 Cruising Down the River Russ Morgan + Skylarks 2:35
  18. .2 Blue Skirt Waltz Frankie Yankovic + Yanks + Marlin Sisters 2:53
  19. .1 Forever and Ever Russ Morgan + Skylarks 2:50
  20. . 7 Clancy Lowered the Boom Dennis Day + Charles Dant 3:01
  21. .1 You, You, You Are the One Russ Morgan + Skylarks 2:24
  22. c 1 Tennessee Border Tennessee Ernie (Ford) 2:27
  23. c 2 I'm Bitin' My Fingernails & Thinking of You Andrews Sisters + Ernest Tubb 2:49
  24. c1 Toy Heart Bill Monroe + Blue Grass Boys 2:16
  25. .5 Riders In the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Vaughn Monroe + Moon Men 3:00
  26. .1 Merry-Go-Round Waltz Guy Lombardo + Kenny Gardner 2:47
  27. c 2 Tennessee Polka Red Foley 3:21
  28. .4 Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine Art Mooney 2:29
  29. .5 Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk Perry Como + Mitchell Ayres 2:50
  30. . 2 A Wonderful Guy Evelyn Knight 3:00

Notes


Vern's Favorite Hits In Chronological Order by Chart Entry Date

4833c 2 Cocaine Blues - Roy Hogsed.mp3
4833c 3 Dog House Boogie - Hawkshaw Hawkins.mp3
4836.2 That Certain Party - Benny Strong.mp3
4838.1 Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore + Happy Valley Boys.mp3
4843.3 Cuanto La Gusta - Carmen Miranda + Andrews Sisters + Vic Schoen.mp3
4843c4 Chime Bells - Elton Britt + Skytoppers.mp3
4846c2 A Heart Full of Love - Eddy Arnold (Tennessee Plowboy).mp3
4846c 4 Jack and Jill Boogie - Wayne Raney.mp3
4847.4 Sweet Georgia Brown - Brother Bones + Shadows.mp3
4849r 2 A Little Bird Told Me - Blue Lu Barker + Danny Barker.mp3
4851.1 Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight + Stardusters.mp3
4851r1 Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton.mp3
4852c2 The Iron Range - Frankie Yankovic + Yanks [shortened].mp3
4903. 2 More Beer! - Andrews Sisters + Vic Schoen [skips].mp3
4907.1 Cruising Down the River - Russ Morgan + Skylarks.mp3
4907. 3 Sunflower - Russ Morgan + Skylarks.mp3
4907. 4 Beautiful Eyes - Art Mooney.mp3
4908.2 Blue Skirt Waltz - Frankie Yankovic + Yanks + Marlin Sisters.mp3
4910.1 Forever and Ever - Russ Morgan + Skylarks.mp3
4911.1 You, You, You Are the One - Russ Morgan + Skylarks.mp3
4911. 7 Clancy Lowered the Boom - Dennis Day + Charles Dant.mp3
4913c 1 Tennessee Border - Tennessee Ernie (Ford).mp3
4913c 2 I'm Bitin' My Fingernails & Thinking of You - Andrews Sisters + Ernest Tubb.mp3
4914c1 Toy Heart - Bill Monroe + Blue Grass Boys.mp3
4915.5 Riders In the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe + Moon Men.mp3
4920.1 Merry-Go-Round Waltz - Guy Lombardo + Kenny Gardner.mp3
4924c 2 Tennessee Polka - Red Foley.mp3
4927.4 Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine - Art Mooney.mp3
4927.5 Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk - Perry Como + Mitchell Ayres.mp3
4929. 2 A Wonderful Guy - Evelyn Knight.mp3

The first two digits indicate the year that the recording was first charted.
The 3rd & 4th digits indicate the week of the year that it was first charted.
The remaining digits:
.? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's best-selling popular records chart
. ? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's popular most-played juke box chart
c? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's best-selling country records chart
c ? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's country most-played juke box chart
r? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's best-selling R and B records chart
r ? - charted first (or only) on Billboard's R and B most-played juke box chart
.. - listed in Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories" book but not in Billboard

Notes:
1 In this period there were many charted versions of all the most popular songs.
However, only one version of each song is permitted here within one year.
2 This folder fits neatly on a 700 MB CD if burned in audio format with no gaps.