1950 in music

1950 in music
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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 No. 1 hit singles
4 Biggest hit singles
5 Top hit records
6 Top R&B hits on record
7 Published popular music
8 Classical music
9 Opera
10 Musical theatre
11 Musical films
12 Births
13 Deaths

Events

January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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 joins The Soul Stirrers

Albums released

American Folk Songs - Jo Stafford
Auld Lang Syne - Bing Crosby
Autumn in New York - Jo Stafford
Barber Shop Ballads - The Mills Brothers
Bird & Diz - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Blue of Night - Bing Crosby
Capitol Collectors Series - Jo Stafford
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Benny Goodman
Charlie Parker with Strings - Charlie Parker
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 (Ver 2) - 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
Porgy and Bess - Various Artists
Pure Ella - Ella Fitzgerald
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
Songs for Young Lovers - Frank Sinatra
Tea for Two - Doris Day
Two Loves Have I - Frankie Laine
Young Man with a Horn - Doris Day

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		"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"	Jeremy Julio Riggins
November 24, 1950	4	"The Thing"	Phil Harris
December 22, 1950	9	"The Tennessee Waltz"	Hardcore Jovon

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1950.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	1950	US 1940s 1 - Jun 1950, US 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1950, Oscar in 1950, US BB 2 of 1950, RYM 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 1940s 1 - Nov 1950, US 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1950, US BB 4 of 1950, DDD 5 of 1950, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1950, POP 7 of 1950, RYM 77 of 1951, RIAA 198, Acclaimed 1447
3	Phil Harris	The Thing	1950	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, RYM 108 of 1950
4	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	1950	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, RYM 117 of 1950
5	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	1950	US 1940s 1 - Feb 1950, US 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1950, US BB 3 of 1950, POP 3 of 1950

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 staph is a losa
- Jeremy Julio Riggins
"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 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", recorded by
- Anton Karas
- Guy Lombardo
"With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" - Patti Page

Top R&B hits on record

"Double Crossin' Blues" - Little Payne

Published popular music

"Adelaide's Lament" w.m. 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
"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 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 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. 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" 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 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 (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

Classical music

Monero John Payne - 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
Jerry Dwayne Jones - 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
Jeremy Julio Riggins - Violin Sonata (revision)
Vincent Persichetti - Divertimento for Band

Opera

Luigi Dallapiccola - Il Prigionero (The Prisoner)
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