1950 in music

none February 2012 1950 1950 music radio television film right|thumb|Clarinetist George Lewis in 1950 was prominent in the revived popularity of traditional jazz. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1950. Specific locations 1950 in British music 1950 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1950 in country music 1950 in jazz Events January 3 – Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. March 14 – Pablo Casals terminates his recording contract with RCA Records and signs with their chief competitor, Columbia Records.Anon., "Columbia Records Acquires Casals", The New York Times (14 March): 21. June 26 – Louis Armstrong records the first American version of C'est si bon with the English lyrics by Jerry Seelen. August 29 – The first American Music Competition of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity is won by Richard Winslow for Huswifery, a choral composition for women's voices.Composer Wins Music Contest The New York Times 30 August 1950 27 August – Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival.Hymnus Paradisi The Musical Times 91 1291 352–353 September 1950 10.2307/935574 Musical Times Publications Ltd 935574 September 24 – Alan Lomax sets sail from the United States for London and spends until 1959 recording in Europe for the Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music. October 1 – Italian composer Luciano Berio marries American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian. October 11 – On temporary release from Ellis Island pending a deportation decision from U. S. immigration authorities, 20-year-old Friedrich Gulda makes his Carnegie Hall debut.Howard Taubman Gulda Impresses in Piano Program: 20-Year-Old Austrian Artist Shows Great Musical Gifts in Recital at Carnegie Hall The New York Times 12 October 1950 51 November – The Eleanor Steber Award is won by soprano Willabelle Underwood.Soprano Winds Steber Award The New York Times 4 November 1950 13 Johann Sebastian Bach is reburied in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.Ronald Crichton, "Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001). Isaak Dunayevsky is named People's Artist of the USSR. 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. Sam Cooke replaces R. H. Harris as lead singer of The Soul Stirrers. Albums released American Folks Songs – Jo Stafford Auld Lang Syne – Bing Crosby Autumn in New York – Jo Stafford Barber Shop Ballads – The Mills Brothers Blue of the Night – Bing Crosby The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert – Benny Goodman Christmas Greetings – Bing Crosby Cole Porter Songs – Bing Crosby Country Feelin – Dinah Shore Dedicated to You – Frank Sinatra Drifting and Dreaming – Bing Crosby Dulce Patria – Jorge Negrete Ella Sings Gershwin – Ella Fitzgerald Frankie Laine – Frankie Laine Going My Way – Bing Crosby Historical America in Song – Burl Ives King Cole Trio – King Cole Trio King Cole Trio Volume 2 – King Cole Trio Live at Carnegie Hall – Benny Goodman Oh! Susanna – Al Jolson Patti Page – Patti Page Popular Classics for Four Pianos – Philharmonic Piano Quartet Porgy and Bess – Various Artists Sing a Song of Christmas – The Ames Brothers Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra Songs By Gershwin – Bing Crosby Songs of Faith – Jo Stafford Songs for Sunday Evening – Jo Stafford Tea for Two – Doris Day Two Loves Have I – Frankie Laine Voice of the Xtabay – Yma Sumac Young Man with a Horn – Doris Day No. 1 hit singles These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1950. First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtistJanuary 7, 19501"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"Gene Autry, 7,000,000 sold by 1969Murrells Joseph http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr The book of golden discs 1978 London : Barrie & Jenkins Internet Archive 978-0-214-20512-5January 14, 19504"I Can Dream, Can't I?"The Andrews SistersFebruary 11, 19501"Rag Mop"The Ames BrothersFebruary 18, 19504"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"Red FoleyMarch 18, 19504"Music! Music! Music!"Teresa BrewerApril 15, 19502"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"Eileen BartonApril 29, 195011"The Third Man Theme"Anton Karas, 4,000,000 soldJuly 15, 19505"Mona Lisa"Nat King ColeAugust 19, 195013"Goodnight, Irene"Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers, 2,000,000 soldNovember 18, 19502"Harbor Lights"Sammy KayeDecember 2, 19504"The Thing"Phil HarrisDecember 30, 19509"The Tennessee Waltz"Patti Page Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1950. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Nat King Cole Mona Lisa 1950 US US 1940s 1 – Jun 1950, US 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1950, Oscar in 1950, US BB 2 of 1950, POP 2 of 1950, DDD 4 of 1950, Italy 48 of 1951, RIAA 109, Acclaimed 1292 2 Patti Page Tennessee Waltz 1950 US US 1940s 1 – Nov 1950, US 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1950, US BB 4 of 1950, 6,000,000 sold by 1967 3 Phil Harris The Thing 1950 US US 1940s 1 – Nov 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1950, Peel list 1 of 1950, US BB 12 of 1950, POP 12 of 1950 4 Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy 1950 US US 1940s 1 – Jan 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1950, DDD 17 of 1950, US BB 18 of 1950, POP 25 of 1950 5 Teresa Brewer Music! Music! Music! 1950 US US 1940s 1 – Feb 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1950, US BB 3 of 1950, POP 3 of 1950 Top hit records 30em "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 Top R&B hits on record "Double Crossing Blues" – Johnny Otis with Little Esther & The Robins Published popular music "Adelaide's Lament" words and music: Frank Loesser "African Bolero" m. John Serry Sr. "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 "Domino" w. (Eng) Don Raye (Fr) Jacques Plante m. Louis Ferrari "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. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Call Me Madam "I Almost Lost My Mind" w.m. Ivory Joe Hunter "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 Leave My Heart in an English Garden" w.m. Harry Parr-Davies and Christopher Hassall from the musical Dear Miss Phoebe "I Tawt 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 "Little White Duck" w.m. Walt Barrows & Bernard Zaritsky "The Loveliest Night of the Year" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Juventino P. Rosas "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" adaptation from Chopin's Étude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10. w.m. Bob Russell & Paul Weston "The Old Piano Roll Blues" w.m. Cy Coben "The Oldest Established" w.m. Frank Loesser "Orange Colored 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 & 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 Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Andriessen, Hendrik Organ Concerto 1950-11-01 Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra – Monteuxhttps://www.brunoklassiek.nl/nl/rco13006-anth-box152 Bruno Klassiek June 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150624100615/https://www.brunoklassiek.nl/nl/rco13006-anth-box152 June 24, 2015 dead Boulez, Pierre Le Soleil des eaux (2nd version, subsequently withdrawn) 1950-07-18 Paris Joachim, Mollet, Peyron / RTF National Orchestra – Désormière6982 Pierre Boulez: Le Soleil des eaux Boulez, Pierre Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948) 1950-04-29 Paris GrimaudEncyclopedia Universalis Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs 1950-07-23 Darlington Hall, England Imogen Holst conducting a student choir22805 Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs Cage, John String Quartet in Four Parts 1950-08-12 Black Mountain, North Carolina Summer Session QuartetBlack Mountain Studies Journal Foss, Lukas Song of Anguish 1950-03-10 Boston Boston Symphony – Fosshttp://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx Boston Symphony Orchestra May 25, 2017 January 18, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx dead Guridi, Jesús String Quartet No. 2 1950-05-14 Madrid National Chamber Music AssociationDoce Notas Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Adagio (Symphony No. 2) 1950-09-10 Donaueschingen Festival, Germany SWF Symphony – RosbaudSchott Music Howells, Herbert Hymnus Paradisi (1938) 1950-09-07 Gloucester, UK (Three Choirs Festival) Baillie, William Herbert / London Symphony – HowellsNaxosThesis by Martin John Ward for the University of Birmingham, p.75 Jolivet, André Concerto for Flute and Strings 1950-01-24 Paris Rampla / [unknown orchestra and conductor]34825 André Jolivet: Flute Concerto Khachaturian, Aram Triumphal Poem 1950-12-09 Moscow USSR Radio Symphony – Gaukhttp://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/5/CATAKHATCHAV.ANGL1.pdf Le Chant du Monde June 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202246/http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/5/CATAKHATCHAV.ANGL1.pdf September 23, 2015 dead Martinu, Bohuslav Intermezzo for Large Orchestra 1950-12-29 New York City Louisville Orchestra – WhitneyNaxos Recordshttps://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/documentary-film-to-premiere-may-20/ Louisville Orchestra June 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626114455/https://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/documentary-film-to-premiere-may-20/ June 26, 2015 dead mdy-all Martinu, Bohuslav Piano Trio No. 2 1950-05-19 Cambridge, Massachusetts Liepmann, Finckel, Tuckerhttp://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1703312 Classics Online June 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131742/http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1703312 June 26, 2015 dead mdy-all Martinu, Bohuslav Sinfonietta La Jolla 1950-08-13 San Diego, California Orchestra of the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla – SokoloffBoosey & Hawkes Nono, Luigi Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell'op. 41 di Schoenberg 1950-08-27 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Darmstadt Landestheater Orchestra – Scherchenhttp://www.luiginono.it/it/luigi-nono/opere/variazioni-canoniche-sulla-serie-dell-op-41-di-arnold-schoenberg Fondazione Onlus June 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305122516/http://www.luiginono.it/it/luigi-nono/opere/variazioni-canoniche-sulla-serie-dell-op-41-di-arnold-schoenberg March 5, 2016 dead mdy-all Prokofiev, Sergei Cello Sonata (1949) 1950-03-01 Moscow Rostropovich, RichterClassical Connect Searle, Humphrey Poem for 22 Strings 1950-08-27 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Darmstadt Landestheater Orchestra – ScherchenDarmstädter Ferienkurse, 1946–1966 Strauss, Richard (d. 1949) Four Last Songs (1948) 1950-05-22 Royal Albert Hall, London Flagstad / Philharmonia Orchestra – FurtwänglerMusicweb International Villa-Lobos, Heitor Montanhas de Brasil (Symphony No. 6) (1944) 1950-04-29 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony – Villa-Lobos Historia de la sinfonía Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 2 (1948) 1950-04-21 Rio de Janeiro João de Souza Lima pt João de Sousa Lima de João de Souza Lima (Komponist) ru Соуза Лима, Жуан де / Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony – Villa-LobosVilla-Lobos, sua obra https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf October 16, 2016 , Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009; based on the third edition, 1989): 56–57. Compositions Hendrik Andriessen – Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Malcolm Arnold – English Dances for orchestra, Op. 27 Alexander Arutiunian – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Arno Babajanian – Heroic Ballade Ernest Bloch – Suite hébraïque Karl-Birger Blomdahl – Symphony No. 3 Facetter Pierre Boulez – Polyphonie X Le soleil des eaux, for soprano, chorus and orchestra (second version) John Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts Carlos Chávez – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Jani Christou – First Symphony Arnold Cooke – Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello George Crumb – A Cycle of Greek Lyrics for voice and piano Henri Dutilleux – Blackbird for piano Jesús Guridi – String Quartet in A minor Eivind Groven – Hjalarljod Overture, Op. 38New music of the Nordic countries 2002 Pendragon Press 978-1-57647-019-0 White John D. Hillsdale, NY Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Symphony No. 5 Symphonie Concertante Hans Henkemans – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 7 Wojciech Kilar – Toccata for piano Ernst Krenek – Suite for String Trio Parvula Corona Musicalis Bohuslav Martinů – Concerto No. 2 for two violins and orchestra Duo No. 2, for Violin and Viola Intermezzo for Large Orchestra Sinfonietta La Jolla, in A major, for piano and chamber orchestra Trio No. 2, for violin, cello, and piano, in D minor Luigi Nono – Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’op.41 di A. Schönberg, for chamber orchestra Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento for Band Allan Pettersson – First Concerto for Strings Walter Piston – Symphony No.4 Theodor Rogalski – Three Romanian Dances for orchestra Arnold Schoenberg – Psalm 130 "De profundis", Op. 50b Modern Psalm, Op. 50c (unfinished) Style and Idea (collection of essays and other works, translated by Dika Newlin) Humphrey Searle – Poem for 22 Strings John Serry Sr. – Eight Accordion Quartet Arrangements La Culebra, for flute & accordion African Bolero, for flute & accordion Karlheinz Stockhausen – Choral ("Wer uns trug mit Schmerzen in dies Leben"), for a cappella choir, Nr. 1/9 (1950) Chöre für Doris, for a cappella choir, Nr. 1/11 (1950) Drei Lieder, for alto voice and chamber orchestra, Nr. 1/10 (1950) Heitor Villa-Lobos – String Quartet No. 12 Symphony No. 8 Opera Luigi Dallapiccola – Job Norman Dello Joio – The Triumph of Saint Joan Lukas Foss – The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (opera in two scenes, libretto by Jean Karsavina, premiered on May 18, 1950, at Indiana University) Vittorio Giannini – The Taming of the Shrew Gian Carlo Menotti – The Consul Film Georges Auric - Orpheus Aram Khachaturian – Secret Mission (1950 film) Leith Stevens - Destination Moon Franz Waxman – Sunset Boulevard (film) Jazz 1950 in jazz Musical theatre Alive and Kicking – Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 17 and ran for 46 performances Call Me Madam (Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Howard Lindsay and 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. Dear Miss Phoebe London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on October 13 and ran for 283 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 Michael Todd's Peep Show Broadway revue opened at Winter Garden Theatre on June 28 and ran for 278 performances. Out Of This World (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence) 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 Tickets, Please! Broadway revue opened at the Coronet Theatre on April 27 and ran for 245 performances. Musical films right|thumb|Dorothy Kirsten and Bing Crosby in "Mr. Music". Annie Get Your Gun (music and lyrics by Irving Berlin), starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern and Keenan Wynn. Bhai Bahen, starring Geeta Bali and Bharat Bhushan. Canzoni per le strade, starring Luciano Taioli and Antonella Lualdi Cinderella, animated film featuring the voice of Ilene Woods and Verna Felton. Come Dance with Me featuring Anne Shelton and Anton Karas Cossacks of the Kuban (Kubanskie kazaki), starring Vladlen Davydov and Marina Ladynina Fancy Pants starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball Hamara Ghar, starring Meena Kumari and Durga KhoteHamara Ghar : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Hamara Ghar (1950) HindiGeetMala 2016-10-17 http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/hamara_ghar_1950.htm 2016-12-20 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. Mussorgsky, starring Aleksandr Borisov My Blue Heaven, starring Betty Grable and Dan DaileyGrable to appear in Blue Heaven: Star Ends Hold-Out Against the Fox Studios The New York Times October 19, 1949 37 Pagan Love Song starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel Samsaram, starring N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and LakshmirajyamNaati 101 Chitralu S. V. Rama Rao, Kinnera Publications, Hyderabad, 2006, pp. 54–55. Singing Guns released February 28 starring Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan and Ward Bond Tea For Two starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae There's a Girl in My Heart starring Lee Bowman, Elyse Knox, Gloria Jean and Peggy Ryan Three Little Words starring Fred Astaire, Red Skelton and Vera Ellen, and featuring Helen Kane dubbing for Debbie Reynolds. The Chocolate Girl (La petite chocolatière), starring Giselle Pascal, Claude Dauphin and Henri GenèsGoble, Alan The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film Walter de Gruyter 1999 176 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, starring June Haver and Gordon MacRaeCrowther Bosley Bosley Crowther March 31, 1950 The Screen in Review The New York Times 43 The Toast of New Orleans starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza Two Weeks With Love starring Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalbán, Louis Calhern, Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter. The West Point Story starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day and Gordon MacRae Births January – February January 1 Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople) Steve Ripley (The Tractors) January 3 – Beth Anderson, American composer January 5 – Chris Stein, guitarist and co-founder of Blondie January 7 – Juan Gabriel, singer (died 2016) January 9 – David Johansen, proto-punk singer (New York Dolls) (died 2025) January 21 – Billy Ocean, singer January 23 Bill Cunningham, American bass and keyboard player Luis Alberto Spinetta, "father of Argentine rock" (died 2012) Danny Federici (E Street Band) January 26 – Paul Pena, singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 2005) January 28 – Bob Hay, American singer-songwriter January 29 – Max Carl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player (Grand Funk Railroad) February 1 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch) February 2 – Ross Valory, American rock bass player (Journey and The Storm) February 3 – John Schlitt, American Christian rock singer (Petra and Head East) February 6 – Natalie Cole, African American singer, daughter of Nat King Cole (died 2015) February 12 – Steve Hackett, guitarist and composer (Genesis) February 13 – Peter Gabriel, singer and composer (Genesis) February 14 – Roger Fisher, American guitarist (Heart and Alias) February 15 – David Brown, bass guitarist (Santana) (died 2000) February 16 – Roman Tam, Chinese Cantopop singer (died 2002) February 19 – Andy Powell, rock guitarist (Wishbone Ash) February 20 – Walter Becker, jazz rock bass guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Steely Dan) (died 2017) February 24 – Pappo, Argentinian rock musician (died 2005) February 26 Jonathan Cain, rock musician (Journey) Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (Madonna, The Veronicas, Cyndi Lauper) March – April March 2 – Karen Carpenter, singer (died 1983) March 11 – Katia Labèque, pianist March 20 – Carl Palmer, drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia) March 21 Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Cho Yong-pil, South Korean singer and songwriter March 22 – David Golub, pianist and conductor (died 2000) March 26 – Teddy Pendergrass, singer (died 2010) March 27 Tony Banks, rock keyboardist (Genesis) Maria Ewing, operatic soprano (died 2022) March 28 – Claudio Lolli, Italian novelist, singer and songwriter (died 2018)http://www.ciao.it/Lolli_Claudio__Opinione_314293 Info on ciao.it Ciao.it August 17, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203352/http://www.ciao.it/Lolli_Claudio__Opinione_314293 September 23, 2015 dead April 5 – Agnetha Fältskog, singer (ABBA) April 12 David Cassidy, singer (died 2017) Ivar Frounberg, Danish composer and organist April 22 – Peter Frampton, singer April 24 – Rob Hyman (The Hooters) April 25 – Steve Ferrone (Average White Band) April 28 – Willie Colón, American salsa musician and social activist (died 2026) May – June May 2 – Lou Gramm (Foreigner) May 3 – Mary Hopkin, singer May 4 – Darryl Hunt (The Pogues) (died 2022) May 7 – Prairie Prince, American rock drummer and graphic artist May 9 – Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) May 12 – Billy Squier, singer-songwriter and guitarist May 13 Stevie Wonder, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Danny Kirwan, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) (died 2018) May 16 – Ray Condo, singer, saxophonist, and guitarist (died 2004) May 18 – Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) May 20 – Victor Lewis, American jazz drummer, composer, and educator May 22 – Bernie Taupin, lyricist May 29 – Rebbie Jackson, singer May 24 – Terry Scott Taylor, record producer June 1 – Graham Russell (Air Supply) June 3 – Suzi Quatro, rock singer June 5 Ronnie Dyson, singer and actor (died 1990) Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf) June 19 – Ann Wilson (Heart) June 21 – Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) July – August July 4 – Tonio K, American singer-songwriter July 5 Huey Lewis, singer and songwriter Michael Monarch, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Steppenwolf, Detective, and World Classic Rockers) July 10 – Greg Kihn, rock musician, radio personality and novelist. July 12 – Eric Carr (Kiss) (died 1991) July 14 – Gwen Guthrie, singer-songwriter (died 1999) July 18 – Glenn Hughes (Village People) (died 2001) July 19 – Freddy Moore, singer-songwriter July 23 – Blair Thornton (Bachman–Turner Overdrive) August 12 – Kid Creole, American singer August 13 – Pluto Shervington, Jamaican reggae singer (died 2024) August 18 – Dennis Elliott, British rock drummer (Foreigner) August 25 – Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (died 2009) September – October September 10 – Joe Perry, guitarist (Aerosmith) September 14 – Paul Kossoff, guitarist (Free) (died 1976) September 17 – Fee Waybill rock singer-songwriter (The Tubes) September 27 – Linda Lewis, singer (died 2023) September 29 – Andrew Dalton, countertenor2002 Elizabeth Forbes Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist) Dalton, Andrew Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O004970 October 1 – Elpida, singer October 2 – Mike Rutherford, musician and songwriter (Genesis) October 8 – Robert Kool Bell, singer (Kool and The Gang) October 12 – Lowell Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and film composer October 20 – Tom Petty, rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) October 24 - May Pang, American former music executive. She worked for John Lennon and Yoko Ono as a personal assistant and production coordinator. November – December November 1 – Dan Peek (America) (died 2011) November 11 – Jim Peterik (Ides of March, Survivor) November 12 – Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter November 18 Graham Parker, British singer-songwriter Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American bass player (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Manic Eden, and Queensrÿche) November 20 – Gary Green (Gentle Giant) November 21 Marie Bergman, Eurovision singer Livingston Taylor, singer-songwriter November 22 Tina Weymouth, American musician, singer-songwriter, bassist (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) Steven Van Zandt (aka "Little Steven", "Miami Steve") (E Street Band) December 1 – Richard Keith [birth name Keith Thibodeaux], American drummer and actor December 5 – Camarón de la Isla, flamenco singer December 6 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer and director December 8 – Dan Hartman, singer-songwriter (died 1994) December 9 – Joan Armatrading, singer-songwriter December 20 – Arturo Márquez, composer December 25 – Rockdrigo González, folk & rock singer-songwriter (died in earthquake 1985) December 28 – Alex Chilton (Box Tops, Big Star) (died 2010) Deaths January 1 – Kate Carney, English singer and comedian (born 1869) January 2 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (born 1883) January 13 – Dimitrios Semsis, Greek violinist (born 1883) January 28 – Kansas Joe McCoy, American blues musician and songwriter (born 1905) February 10 – Armen Tigranian, Armenian composer (born 1879) February 26 – Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish singer, comedian and songwriter (born 1870) February 28 – Ernst Abert Couturier, cornet virtuoso, composer, inventor and instrument manufacturer (born 1869) March 2 – Milton Schwarzwald, film director and composer (born 1891) March 8 – Jaroslav Kocián, violinist, composer and teacher (born 1883) April 2 – Adolf Wiklund, Swedish composer (born 1879) April 3 – Kurt Weill, composer in many styles (born 1900)Mercado Mario R. Kurt Weill: A Guide to His Works Kurt Weill Foundation for Music 1989 April 8 – Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer (born 1889/90) April 23 – Gemma Bellincioni, operatic soprano (born 1864) April 27 — Karl Straube, German organist (born 1873)Straube, Karl Deutsche Biographie https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz106765.html 2021-08-30 de May 7 – Bertha "Chippie" Hill, blues singer and vaudeville performer (born 1905) May 13 – Pauline de Ahna, operatic soprano (born 1863) May 27 – Auguste Aramini, French singer (born 1875) June 9 – Joe Burke, pianist and composer (born 1884) June 26 – Antonina Nezhdanova, coloratura soprano (born 1873) July 1 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, developer of eurhythmics (born 1865) July 7 – Fats Navarro, jazz musician (born 1923) July 11 – Buddy DeSylva, songwriter (born 1895) July 26 – Papa Charlie McCoy, blues musician (born 1909) July 30 – Guilhermina Suggia, cellist (born 1885) August 3 – Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (born 1872) August 8 – Nikolai Myaskovsky, Soviet composer and teacher of Polish birth (born 1881) August 26 – Giuseppe De Luca, operatic baritone (born 1876) September 5 – Al Killian, trumpeter and bandleader (born 1916) September 20 – Georges Mager, trumpet player (born 1885) October 11 – Emil Votoček, chemist, composer and music theorist (born 1862) October 15 – Clément Doucet, pianist (born 1895) October 23 – Al Jolson, singer and actor (born 1886) October 26 – Evelyn Suart, English pianist (born 1881) November 20 – Francesco Cilea, opera composer (born 1866) November 23 – Percival Mackey, English pianist, composer and bandleader (born 1894) December 2 – Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (born 1917; Hodgkin's disease)Prince of Pianists | Lipatti | Classical Music | Mark Ainley https://web.archive.org/web/20151022165810/http://www.markainley.com/music/classical/lipatti/prince_of_pianists.html October 22, 2015 December 9 – Georg Hann, operatic bass-baritone (born 1897) December 22 – Julius Weismann, German composer and conductor (born 1879) December 26 – Ben Black, songwriter and impresario (born 1889) December 28 – Charles L. Johnson, composer of ragtime and popular music (born 1876) December 31 – Charles Koechlin, composer and teacher (born 1867) date unknown Jaime de Angulo, ethnomusicologist (born 1887) Edouard Espinosa, dancer, choreographer and teacher (born 1871) Cenobio Hernandez, composer (born 1863) Ray Perry, jazz musician (born 1915)Musician, Player and Listener Amordian Press 1978 45 Notes Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year