Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays.[1]
| Retail year-end | Juke box year-end | Title | Artist(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Hucklebuck" | Savoy | ||
| 2 | 2 | "Trouble Blues" | Aladdin | ||
| 3 | 3 | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" | Decca | ||
| 4 | 5 | "Ain't Nobody's Business" | Supreme | ||
| 5 | 6 | "Little Girl, Don't Cry" | King | ||
| 6 | 7 | "Tell Me So" | Jubilee | ||
| 7 | 4 | "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" | Stick McGhee & Buddies | Atlantic | |
| 8 | 13 | "Hold Me, Baby" | Aladdin | ||
| 9 | 7 | "Chicken Shack Boogie" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin | |
| 10 | 11 | "Boogie Chillen'" | Modern | ||
| 11 | 16 | "Baby Get Lost" | Mercury | ||
| 12 | 12 | "Rockin' at Midnight" | DeLuxe | ||
| 13 | 15 | "Wrapped Up in a Dream" | Do Ray & Me | Commodore | |
| 14 | 14 | "Bewildered" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin | |
| 15 | 10 | "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" | King | ||
| 16 | 9 | "Bewildered" | Red Miller Trio | Bullet | |
| 17 | 19 | "Close Your Eyes" | Sittin' In | ||
| 18 | NR | "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" | Wynonie Harris | King | |
| 19 | NR | "The Hucklebuck" | Roy Milton | Specialty | |
| 20 | 20 | "Confession Blues" | Maxin Trio (Ray Charles) | Downbeat | |
| 21 | 18 | "Broken Hearted" | Eddie Williams | Supreme | |
| 22 | 21 | "The Deacon's Hop" | Savoy | ||
| 23 | NR | "In the Middle of the Night" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin | |
| 24 | 23 | "Blue and Lonesome" | Miracle | ||
| 25 | 24 | "D'Natural Blues" | RCA Victor | ||
| 26 | 25 | "Roomin' House Boogie" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin | |
| 27 | 17 | "Pot Likker" | Todd Rhodes Orchestra | King | |
| 28 | NR | "Sneaking Around" | London | ||
| 29 | 29 | "Hobo Blues" | Modern | ||
| 30 | NR | "Cole Slaw" | Louis Jordan | Decca | |
| NR | 22 | "Beans and Cornbread" | Louis Jordan | Decca | |
| NR | 26 | "A Little Bird Told Me" | Supreme | ||
| NR | 27 | "It's Midnight" | Modern | ||
| NR | 28 | "Back Street" | Eddie Chamblee | Miracle | |
| NR | 29 | "Texas Hop" | Pee Wee Crayton | Modern |