1950 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 No. 1 hit singles
4 Top hit records
5 Top R&B hits on record
6 Published popular music
7 Classical music
8 Opera
9 Musical theater
10 Musical films
11 Births
12 Deaths

[edit] Events

Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Legendary singer Al Jolson dies on the 23rd of October.
Mitch Miller signs as A&R man with Columbia Records.
Patti Page becomes the first (and only) artist to have a Number One record on the Pop, R&B and Country charts concurrently.
Al Cernick is signed to Columbia by Mitch Miller, who changes the singer's name to Guy Mitchell.
Columbia Records lures Jo Stafford away from Capitol.
Georgia Gibbs leaves the Majestic label and scores her first charting single with Coral
Bandleader Les Baxter founds the school of "Outer Space" exotica.
Albert King's musical career begins
Sam Cooke joins The Soul Stirrers
On January 3, Sam Phillips opened the doors at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee of what was to become the most famous music recording studio in the world, Sun Records

[edit] Albums released

American Folk Songs - Jo Stafford
Auld Lang Syne - Bing Crosby
Autumn In New York - Jo Stafford
Barber Shop Ballads - The Mills Brothers
Blue Of Night - Bing Crosby
Christmas Greetings - Bing Crosby
Cole Porter Songs - Bing Crosby
Country Feelin - Dinah Shore
Drifting And Dreaming - Bing Crosby
The Fat Man - Fats Domino
Frankie Laine - Frankie Laine
Going My Way - Bing Crosby
King Cole Trio - King Cole Trio
King Cole Trio Volume 2 - King Cole Trio
Live At Carnegie Hall - Benny Goodman
Oh! Susanna - Al Jolson
Sing A Song Of Christmas - The Ames Brothers
Sing And Dance With Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
Songs By Gershwin - Bing Crosby
Songs For Young Lovers - Frank Sinatra
Tea for Two - Doris Day
Two Loves Have I - Frankie Laine
Young Man with a Horn - Doris Day

[edit] No. 1 hit singles

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

First week	Number of weeks	Title	Artist
January 6, 1950	4	"I Can Dream, Can't I?"	The Andrews Sisters
February 3, 1950	1	"Rag Mop"	The Ames Brothers
February 10, 1950	4	"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"	Red Foley
March 10, 1950	4	"Music! Music! Music!"	Teresa Brewer
April 7, 1950	2	"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"	Eileen Barton
April 21, 1950	11	"The Third Man Theme"	Anton Karas
July 7, 1950	5	"Mona Lisa"	Nat King Cole
August 11, 1950	13	"Goodnight, Irene"	Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
November 10, 1950	2	"Harbor Lights"	Sammy Kaye
November 24, 1950	4	"The Thing"	Phil Harris
December 22, 1950	9	"The Tennessee Waltz"	Patti Page

[edit] Top hit records

"A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz" - Georgia Gibbs
"All My Love (Bolero)" - Patti Page
"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
"Cry Of The Wild Goose" - Frankie Laine
"Daddy's Little Girl" - The Mills Brothers
"Dear, Dear, Dear" - Frankie Laine
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Frankie Laine
"A Dreamer's Holiday" - Buddy Clark & The Girlfriends
"Enjoy Yourself" - Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo Trio vocals)
"Goodnight, Irene" - The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins
"Harbor Lights" - Sammy Kaye
"Here Comes Santa Claus" - Andrews Sisters
"L'Hymne à L'Amour (Hymn To Love)" - Édith Piaf
"I Can Dream, Can't I?" - The Andrews Sisters
"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 Moving 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 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", recorded by
- Anton Karas
- Guy Lombardo
"With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" - Patti Page

[edit] Top R&B hits on record

"Double Crossin' Blues" - Little Esther

[edit] Published popular music

"Adelaide's Lament" w.m. Frank Loesser
"American Beauty Rose" w.m. Hal David, Redd Evans & Arthur Altman
"Be My Love" w. Sammy Cahn m. Nicholas Brodszky
"The Best Thing For You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Blind Date" w.m. Sid Robin
"A Bushel And A Peck" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Candy And Cake" w.m. Bob Merrill
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" w.m. Harry Stone & Jack Stapp
"Choo'n Gum" w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy
"Cold, Cold Heart" w.m. Hank Williams
"The Cry Of The Wild Goose" w.m. Terry Gilkyson
"Dearie" w.m. Bob Hilliard & David Mann
"Freight Train" w. Paul James & Fred Williams m. trad arr. Elizabeth Cotton
"The French Can-Can Polka" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Jacques Offenbach
"From This Moment On" w.m. Cole Porter
"Frosty The Snowman" w.m. Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins
"Fugue For Tinhorns" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Get Out Those Old Records" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb
"Gone Fishin"' w.m. Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny
"Guys And Dolls" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Home Cookin"' w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
"Hoop-Dee-Doo" w. Frank Loesser m. Milton De Lugg
"The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" w.m. Edward Pola & George Wyle
"I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" w.m. Mack David
"I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" w.m. Alan Livingston, Billy May & Warren Foster
"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" w.m. Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill & Clem Watts
"If I Were A Bell" w.m. Frank Loesser
"I'll Know" w.m. Frank Loesser
"I'll Never Be Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"I'm Movin' On" w.m. Hank Snow
"It Is No Secret" w.m. Stuart Hamblen
"It's A Lovely Day Today" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I've Never Been In Love Before" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Ivory Rag" Lou Busch, Jack Elliott
"La Culebra" m. John Serry, Sr.
"Little White Duck" w.m. Walt Barrows & Bernard Zaritsky
"The Loveliest Night Of The Year" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Juventino P. Rosa
"Luck Be A Lady" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Lucky Lucky Lucky Me" Berle, Arnold
"Marry The Man Today" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Marrying For Love" w.m. Irving Berlin
"More I Cannot Wish You" w.m. Frank Loesser
"My Heart Cries For You" w.m. Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
"My Time Of Day" w.m. Frank Loesser
"No Other Love" adapt from Chopin's Etude No 3 in E, Opus 10. w.m. Bob Russell & Paul Weston
"The Old Piano Roll Blues" w.m. Cy Coben
"The Oldest Established" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Orange Coloured Sky" w.m. Milton De Lugg & William Stein
"Patricia" w.m. Benny Davis
"Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)" w.m. Stuart Hamblen
"The Roving Kind" adapt. w.m. Jessie Cavanaugh & Arnold Stanton
"Sam's Song" w. Jack Elliott m. Lew Quadling
"Shot Gun Boogie" w.m. Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Silver Bells" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans. Introduced by Bob Hope in the 1951 Musical film The Lemon Drop Kid.
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" w.m. Frank Loesser. Introduced by Stubby Kaye in the musical Guys and Dolls.
"Sixty Minute Man" w.m. Billy Ward & Rose Marks
"Sleigh Ride" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
"Sue Me" w.m. Frank Loesser
"The Syncopated Clock" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
"Take Back Your Mink" w.m. Frank Loesser. Introduced by Vivian Blaine in the musical Guys and Dolls.
"The Thing" w.m. Charles R. Grean
"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" adapt. trad Hebrew w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish m. Issachar Miron (Stefan Michrovsky) & Julius Grossman
"You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" w.m. Bob Merrill & Terry Shand
"You're Just In Love" w.m. Irving Berlin

[edit] Classical music

Malcolm Arnold - English Dances for Orchestra, op. 27
Hendrik Andriessen - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
Alexander Arutiunian - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Arno Babadjanian - Heroic Ballade
Ernest Bloch - Suite hébraïque
Karl-Birger Blomdahl - Symphony No. 3 Facetter
John Cage - String Quartet
Arnold Cooke - Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
George Crumb - A Cycle of Greek Lyrics for voice and piano
Jesus Guridi - Cuarteto en la menor
Karl Amadeus Hartmann - Symphony No. 5 Symphonie Concertante
Hans Henkemans - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Ernst Krenek - Suite for String Trio Parvula Corona Musicalis
Jon Leifs - Saga-Symphony
Allan Pettersson - First Concerto for Strings completed
Walter Piston - Symphony No. 4
Humphrey Searle - Poem for 22 Strings
John Serry, Sr. - Eight Accordion Quartet Arrangements
William Walton - Violin Sonata (revision)

[edit] Opera

Luigi Dallapiccola - Il Prigionero (The Prisoner)
Norman Dello Joio - The Triumph of Saint Joan
Vittorio Giannini - The Taming of the Shrew
Gian-Carlo Menotti - The Consul

[edit] Musical theater

Ace Of Clubs Music, Lyrics and Book: Noël Coward. London revue opened at the Cambridge Theatre on July 7 and ran for 211 performances
Alive and Kicking Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 17 and ran for 46 performances
Arms And The Girl Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on February 2 and ran for 134 performances
Bless You All Broadway revue opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on December 14 and ran for 84 performances
Blue For A Boy Music: Harry Parr-Davies Lyrics: Harold Purcell Book: Austin Melford. London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on November 30 and ran for 664 performances
Call Me Madam Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse. Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12 and ran for 644 performances
Carousel (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II.) London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on June 7 and ran for 566 performances.
Guys And Dolls (Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling). Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24 and ran for 1200 performances.
The Highwayman Music, Lyrics & Book: Edmond Samuels. Australian production opened at the Kings Theatre, Melbourne on November 18
Out Of This World Broadway production opened at the New Century Theatre on December 21 and ran for 157 performances.
Peter Pan Lyrics and Music: Leonard Bernstein. Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on April 24 and ran for 321 performances

[edit] Musical films

An American in Paris
Annie Get Your Gun starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern and Keenan Wynn.
Cinderella animated film featuring the voice of Ilene Woods and Verna Felton.
Come Dance with Me featuring Anne Shelton and Anton Karas
Fancy Pants starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
I'll Get By starring June Haver, Gloria DeHaven and Dennis Day, and featuring Harry James.
Mr Music starring Bing Crosby and featuring Peggy Lee, Groucho Marx and Dorothy Kirsten.
Pagan Love Song starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel
Singing Guns released February 28 starring Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan and Ward Bond
Three Little Words starring Fred Astaire, Red Skelton and Vera Ellen, and featuring Helen Kane dubbing for Debbie Reynolds.
The Toast of New Orleans starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza
Two Weeks With Love starring Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Louis Calhern, Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

February 26 - Harry Lauder, Scottish singer, comedian and songwriter
April 3 - Kurt Weill, composer in many styles
April 8 - Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer
July 1 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, developer of Eurhythmics
July 11 - Buddy De Sylva, songwriter
July 21 - Al Hoffman, songwriter
July 26 - Papa Charlie McCoy, blues musician
August 8 - Nikolai Myaskovsky, Soviet composer and teacher of Polish birth
September 5 - Al Killian, bandleader
October 15 - Clément Doucet, pianist
October 23 - Al Jolson
November 20 - Francesco Cilea, opera composer
December 1 - Ernest John Moeran, composer
December 2 - Dinu Lipatti, pianist
December 22 - Walter Damrosch, conductor and composer (born 1862)
December 26
- Ben Black, songwriter
- Liane de Pougy, dancer
December 31 - Charles Koechlin, composer and teacher (born 1867)
date unknown - Cenobio Hernandez, composer
date unknown - Georges Mager, trumpet player
date unknown - Ray Perry, jazz musician
date unknown - Guilhermina Suggia, cellist
date unknown - Edward Zambara, bass-baritone

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[edit] Events

[edit] Albums released

[edit] No. 1 hit singles

[edit] Top hit records

[edit] Top R&B hits on record

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

[edit] Musical theater

[edit] Musical films

[edit] Births

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