1950 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Albums released

3 Top hit records

4 Published popular music

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

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
"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

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" - Georgia Gibbs
"Ballin' The Jack" - 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 A L'Amour (Hymn To Love)" - Edith 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
"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" - The Mills Brothers
"Someday" - 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
"The Third Man Theme" - Anton Karas
"The Third Man Theme" - Guy Lombardo
"With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" - Patti Page

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
"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
"Music! Music! Music!" w.m. Stephen Weiss & Bernie Baum
"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
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" w.m. Frank Loesser
"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
"The Thing" w.m. Charles R. Grean
"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" adapt. trad Yiddish w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish m. Issachar Miron (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