Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1950 in music, other events of 1951, 1952 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents 1 Events 2 Records released 3 Published popular songs 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths Events September 11 - The Rake's Progress, an opera by Igor Stravinsky with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres in Venice, conducted by the composer Disc jockey Alan Freed uses the term rock and roll to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience. The release of Rocket 88, a song by Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats. Some music historians consider this record to be the first rock and roll recording. Ray Charles' musical career begins Charlie Rich's musical career begins Big Mama Thornton's musical career begins Bobby Blue Bland's musical career begins Records released "Rocket 88" - Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats "Sixty-Minute Man" - Dominoes "Cry" - Johnnie Ray "It's All In the Game" - Tommy Edwards "The Glory Of Love" - Five Keys Published popular songs "Alice In Wonderland"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain "All In The Golden Afternoon"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain "Allentown Jail"     w.m. Irving Gordon "Anywhere I Wander"     w.m. Frank Loesser "A-Round The Corner"     trad arr. Josef Marais "Asia Minor"     w.m. Roger King Mozian "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed"     Happy Wilson, Luther Patrick "Be My Life's Companion"     w.m. Bob Hilliard & Milton De Lugg "Beautiful Brown Eyes"     trad arr. Arthur Smith & Alton Delmore "Because of You"     w.m. Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle"     w.m. Bob Merrill "Bermuda"     w.m. Cynthia Strother & Eugene R. Strother "The Blacksmith Blues"     w.m. Jack Holmes "Blue Velvet"     w.m. Bernie Wayne & Lee Morris "Christopher Columbus"     w.m. Terry Gilkyson "Come On-A My House"     w.m. Ross Bagdasarian & William Saroyan "Cry"     w.m. Churchill Kohlman "Dance Me Loose"     w. Mel Howard m. Lee Erwin "Domino"     w. (Eng) Don Raye (Fr) Jacques Plante m. Louis Ferrari "Getting To Know You"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "Good Morning Mister Echo"     B. Putman, B. Putman "Half As Much"     w.m. Curly Williams "He Had Refinement"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Arthur Schwartz "Hello, Young Lovers"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "Hey, Good Lookin"'     w.m. Hank Williams "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"     w.m. Hank Williams "I Get Ideas"     w. Dorcas Cochran m. Lenny Sanders "I Have Dreamed"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile"     w. Jack Hoffman m. Jimmy MacDonald "I Still See Elisa"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "I Talk To The Trees"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "I Whistle A Happy Tune"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "I Wish I Wuz"     w.m. Sid Kuller & Lyn Murray "I Won't Cry Anymore"     w. Fred Wise m. Al Frisch "I'm A Fool To Want You"     w.m. Jack Wolf, Joel Herron & Frank Sinatra "I'm Late"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael "It's All In The Game"     w. Carl Sigman m. Charles Gates Dawes Based on "Melody" by Dawes 1912. "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"     w.m. Meredith Willson "Jezebel"     w.m. Wayne Shanklin "A Kiss To Build A Dream On"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Harry Ruby "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"     w. Paul Campbell m. Joel Newman "The Little White Cloud That Cried"     w.m. Johnnie Ray "The March Of The Siamese Children"     m. Richard Rodgers "Mister And Mississippi"     w.m. Irving Gordon "Misto Cristofo Columbo"     w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans "Mockin' Bird Hill"     w.m. Vaughn Horton "The Morningside Of The Mountain"     w.m. Dick Manning & Larry Stock "My Truly, Truly Fair"     w.m. Bob Merrill "No Two People"     w.m. Frank Loesser "Sail Away"     w.m. Noël Coward "Shall We Dance?"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "Shanghai"     w.m. Bob Hilliard & Milton De Lugg "Shrimp Boats"     w.m. Paul Mason Howard & Paul Weston "(It’s No) Sin"     w. Chester R. Shull m. George Hoven "Slow Poke"     w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price "Something Wonderful"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "Sound Off"     w.m. Willie Lee Duckworth, B. Lentz "Sparrow In The Tree Top"     w.m. Bob Merrill "Suzy Snowflake"     w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy Brodsky "Sweet Violets"     arr. Cy Coben & Charles Grean "Tell Me Why"     w. Al Alberts m. Marty Gold "They Call The Wind Maria"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "Thumbelina"     w.m. Frank Loesser "Too Young"     w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman "The Typewriter"     m. Leroy Anderson "Unforgettable"     w.m. Irving Gordon "Very Good Advice"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain "A Very Merry Un-Birthday To You"     w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston "Wand'rin' Star"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "We Kiss In A Shadow"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "When The World Was Young"     w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Angela Vannier m. M. Philippe-Gerard "Wonderful Copenhagen"     w.m. Frank Loesser "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)"     w. Bob Russell m. Harold Spina Musical theater And So To Bed London production Borscht Capades Flahooley Broadway production Gay's The Word London production It's About Time Broadway production The King And I Broadway production Kiss Me, Kate     London production The Lyric Revue     London production Make A Wish Broadway production A Month Of Sundays Broadway production Paint Your Wagon Broadway production Penny Plain     London production See You Later Seventeen South Pacific     London production Top Banana Broadway production A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Broadway production Two On The Aisle     Broadway production Zip Goes A Million     London production Musical films Alice In Wonderland The Belle Of New York Call Me Mister The Great Caruso Lullaby Of Broadway On Moonlight Bay Royal Wedding Show Boat Two Weeks With Love Births January 6 - Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds January 9 - Crystal Gayle January 15 - Martha Davis, The Motels January 19 - Dewey Bunnell, America January 27 - Brian Downey, Thin Lizzy January 27 - Seth Justman, J. Geils Band January 30 - Phil Collins January 31 - Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music January 31 - K.C. (Harry Wayne Casey), K.C. and the Sunshine Band February 9 - Dennis Thomas, Kool and the Gang February 12 - Gil Moore, Triumph February 15 - Melissa Manchester March 4 - Chris Rea March 17 - Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy March 20 - Jimmy Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds March 21 - Russell Thompkins Jr, The Stylistics March 21 - Conrad Lozano, Los Lobos March 23 - Phil Keaggy, guitarist, singer April 3 - Mel Schacher, ? and the Mysterians, Grand Funk Railroad April 7 - Janis Ian April 12 - Alex Briley, The Village People April 13 - Peabo Bryson April 13 - Max Weinberg, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, E Street Band April 20 - Luther Vandross April 22 - Paul Carrack, Ace, Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics April 27 - Ace Frehley, Kiss May 3 - Christopher Cross May 4 - Jackie Jackson, The Jackson Five May 8 - Philip Bailey, Earth Wind and Fire May 10 - Ronald Banks, The Dramatics May 16 - Jonathan Richman June 3 - Deniece Williams June 10 - Ed McTaggart, Daniel Amos, The Road Home June 12 - Brad Delp, Boston June 12 - Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick June 15 - Steve Walsh, Kansas July 1 - Fred Schneider, The B52's July 5 - Huey Lewis July 11 - Bonnie Pointer, The Pointer Sisters August 2 - Andrew Gold August 3 - John Graham, Earth, Wind and Fire August 13 - Dan Fogelberg August 19 - John Deacon, Queen August 20 - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy August 23 - Mark Hudson, The Hudson Brothers August 25 - Rob Halford, Judas Priest August 28 - Wayne Osmond, The Osmonds September 2 - Mik Kaminski, Electric Light Orchestra September 7 - Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders September 19 - Daneil Lanois September 22 - David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Whitesnake October 2 - Sting October 6 - Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon October 7 - John Cougar Mellencamp October 8 - Johnny Ramone, The Ramones October 13 - John Ford Coley, England Dan & John Ford Coley October 20 - Alan Greenwood, Foreigner October 26 - Maggie Roche, The Roches October 27 - K.K. Downing, Judas Priest November 1 - Ronald Bell, Kool and the Gang November 13 - Bill Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News November 27 - Kevin Kavanaugh, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes November 29 - Barry Goudreau, Boston December 4 - Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band December 10 - Johnny Rodriguez December 16 - Robben Ford December 21 - Nick Gilder December 23 - Johnny Contardo, Sha Na Na December 26 - Paul Anthony Quinn, Saxon December 26 - John Scofield December 29 - Yvonne Elliman December 31 - Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith December 31 - George Thorogood Mark Heard, American singer, songwriter Deaths July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer August 15 - Artur Schnabel, pianist November 9 - Sigmund Romberg, composer This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.