Table of contents

1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hit records 4 Published popular music 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

Top hit records

• "Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry Como
• "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
• "Mule Train" by Frankie Laine
• "Slippin' Around" by Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
• "Cruising Down the River" by Blue Barron, also Russ Morgan
• "Riders In the Sky" by Vaughn Monroe
• "Forever and Ever" by Russ Morgan
• "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight
• "You're Breaking My Heart" by Vic Damone
• "A You're Adorable" by Perry Como
• "The Fat Man", by Fats Domino, first record with back beat all the way through
• "Goodnight Irene" by the Weavers sells four million copies and launches the group's success

• "Again"     w. Dorcas Cochran m. Lionel Newman
• "Bali Ha'i"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Bamboo"     w. Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
• "Beyond The Reef"     w.m. Jack Pitman
• "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart"     Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
• "Bloody Mary"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Blue Ribbon Gal"     Irwin Dash & Ross Parker
• "Bluebird On Your Windowsill"     w.m. Elizabeth Clarke & Robert Mellin
• "Bonaparte's Retreat"     w.m. Pee Wee King
• "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Bye Bye Baby"     w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
• "Cafe Mozart Waltz"     m. Anton Karas
• "C'Est Si Bon"     w. (Eng) Jerry Seelan (Fr) Andrez Hornez m. Henri Bett
• "Clopin Clopant"     Bruno Coquatrix, Pierre Dudan & Kermit Goell
• "A Cock-Eyed Optimist"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Count Every Star"     w. Sammy Gallop m. Bruno Coquatrix
• "Crazy, He Calls Me"     w. Bob Russell m. Carl Sigman
• "Daddy's Little Girl"     w.m. Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach
• "Dear Hearts And Gentle People"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain
• "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"     w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
• "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?"     w.m. Buddy Johnson
• "Dites-Moi"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Don't Cry, Joe"     w.m. Joe Marsala
• "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"     w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
• "Dreamer With A Penny"     w.m. Allan Roberts & Lester Lee
• "A Dreamer's Holiday"     w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne
• "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)"     w. Herb Magidson m. Carl Sigman
• "The Fat Man"     w. Antoine Domino m. Dave Bartholomew
• "The Four Winds And The Seven Seas"     w. Hal David m. Don Rodney
• "Happy Talk"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "He's A Real Gone Guy"     w.m. Nellie Lutcher
• "Homework"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Honey Bun"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Hop-Scotch Polka"     w.m. William "Billy" Whitlock, Carl Sigman & Gene Rayburn
• "The Horse Told Me"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "The Hot Canary"     m. Paul Nero
• "How Can You Buy Killarney?"     Hamilton Kennedy, Ted Steels, Freddie Grant (Grundland) & Gerard Morrison
• "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke
• "The Hucklebuck"     w. Roy Alfred m. Andy Gibson
• "Hyme á L'amour"     w. Edith Piaf m. Marguerite Monnot
• "I Almost Lost My Mind"     w.m. Ivory Joe Hunter
• "I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded"     w.m. Hank Fort & Herb Leighton
• "I Love You Because"     w.m. Leon Payne
• "I Said My Pajamas"     w.m. Edward Pola & George Wyle
• "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas"     w.m. Harry Stewart
• "I'll Never Slip Around Again"     Floyd Tillman
• "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"     w.m. Hank Williams
• "It's A Great Feeling"     Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
• "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House"     w. Jack Elliott m. Harold Spina
• "Just One Way To Say I Love You"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "A Little Girl From Little Rock"     w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
• "Lush Life"     w.m. Billy Strayhorn
• "Maybe It's Because"     w. Harry Ruby m. Johnnie Scott
• "Melodie D'Amour"     w.(Eng) Leo Johns m. Henri Salvador
• "Mona Lisa"     w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
• "Mule Train"     w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
• "My Bolero"     Kennedy, Simon
• "My Foolish Heart"     w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
• "My One And Only Highland Fling"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren
• "Now That I Need You"     w.m. Frank Loesser
• "The Old Master Painter"     w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
• "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Peter Cottontail"     w.m. Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson
• "Pigalle"     w.m. Georges Konyn, Charles Newman & Georges Ulmer
• "Portrait Of Jenny"     w. Gordon Burge m. J. Russell Robinson
• "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy"     w.m. Hank Fort
• "Quicksilver"     w.m. Irving Taylor, George Wyle & Eddie Pola
• "Rag Mop"     w.m. Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson
• "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"     w.m. Stan Jones
• "The Right Girl For Me"     w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Roger Edens from the film Take Me Out To The Ball Game
• "The River Seine"     w. (Eng) Allan Roberts & Alan Holt m. Guy La Forge
• "Room Full Of Roses"     w.m. Tim Spencer
• "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"     w.m. Johnny Marks
• "Saturday Night Fish Fry"     w.m. Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh & Al Carters
• "Scarlet Ribbons"     w. Jack Segal m. Evelyn Danzig
• "La Seine"     w. Geoffrey Parsons m. Berkeley Fase
• "Sentimental Me"     w.m. James T. Morehead & James Cassin
• "Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle"     w.m. Jimmy Durante & Jack Barnett
• "Slipping Around"     w.m. Floyd Tillman
• "Some Day My Heart Will Awake"     w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello
• "Some Enchanted Evening"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)"     Bob Hilliard & Sammy Mysels
• "Sunshine Cake"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "Swamp Girl"     w.m. Michael Brown
• "That Lucky Old Sun"     w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
• "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Third Man Theme"     m. Anton Karas
• "This Nearly Was Mine"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Through A Long And Sleepless Night"     w. Mack Gordon m. Alfred Newman
• "Too Darn Hot"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!"     Billy Reid
• "Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine"     w. Carl Sigman m. Peter De Rose
• "Up Above My Head"     w.m. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene"     w.m. Tommie Connor & Johnny Reine
• "When Love Goes Wrong"     Leo Robin, Jule Styne
• "When The Wind Was Green"     w.m. Don Hunt
• "Where Is The Life That Late I Led?"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "A Wonderful Guy"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "Yingle Bells"     adapt. Harry Stewart
• "You Can Have Him"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Younger Than Springtime"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
• "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes     Broadway production
• King's Rhapsody     London production
• Lost In The Stars     Broadway production
• Miss Liberty     Broadway production
• South Pacific     Broadway production

• January 2 - Chick Churchill, Ten Years After
• January 5 - George Brown, Kool and the Gang
• January 11 - Frederick Dennis Greene, Sha Na Na
• January 15 - Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd
• January 19 - Robert Palmer, singer
• January 22 - Steve Perry, Journey
• January 24 - John Belushi, The Blues Brothers
• February 5 - Nigel Olsson
• February 11 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist
• February 12 - Stanley Knight, Black Oak Arkansas
• February 21 - Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads
• February 23 - Terry Comer, Ace
• March 2 - Rory Gallagher
• March 13 - Donald York , Sha Na Na
• March 21 - Eddie Money
• March 24 - Nick Lowe
• March 26 - Fran Sheehan, Boston
• April 3 - Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention
• April 7 - John Oates, Hall and Oats
• April 15 - Tonio K
• May 9 - Billy Joel
• May 13 - Overend Pete Watts, Mott The Hoople
• May 16 - William Spooner, The Grateful Dead
• May 18 - Rick Wakeman, Yes
• May 19 - Dusty Hill, Z.Z. Top
• May 26 - Hank Williams, Jr
• May 26 - Vicki Lawrence
• June 11 - Frank Beard, Z.Z. Top
• June 13 - Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook
• June 14 - Alan White, The Plastic Ono Band, Yes
• June 15 - Russell Hitchcock, Air Supply
• June 15 - Michael Sam Lutz, Brownsville Station
• June 20 - Lionel Richie
• June 22 - Alan Osmond, The Osmonds
• June 26 - Larry Taylor, Canned Heat
• June 26 - John Illsey, Dire Straits
• June 30 - Andrew Scott, Sweet
• July 3 - Fontella Bass
• July 3 - John Verity, Argent
• July 6 - Michael Shrieve, Santana
• July 10 - Dave Smalley, The Raspberries
• July 10 - Ronnie James Rio, Rainbow
• July 12 - John Wetton, Asia
• July 16 - Ray Major, Mott the Hoople
• July 17 - Terry Butler, Black Sabbath
• July 18 - Wally Bryson, The Raspberries
• July 26 - Roger Taylor, Queen
• July 27 - David Weck, Brownsville Station
• July 27 - Maureen McGovern
• July 28 - Simon Kirke, Free, Bad Company)
• July 28 - Steven Took, T. Rex
• August 3 - B.B. Dickerson, War
• August 11 - Eric Carmen, The Raspberries
• August 12 - Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
• August 17 - Sib Hashian, Boston
• August 23 - Rick Springfield
• August 25 - Gene Simmons, Kiss
• August 26 - Bob Cowsill, The Cowsills
• August 27 - Jeff Cook, Alabama
• September 1 - Greg Errico, Sly and The Family Stone
• September 5 - Clem Clempson, Humble Pie
• September 7 - Gloria Gaynor
• September 10 - Barriemore Barlow, Jethro Tull
• September 14 - Steve Gaines, Lynyrd Skynyrd
• September 18 - Kerry Livgren, Kansas
• September 20 - Chuck Panozzo, Styx
• September 20 - John Panozzo, Styx
• September 23 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
• October 5 - B.W. Stevenson
• October 6 - Thomas McClary, The Commodores
• October 8 - Michael Rosen, Average White Band
• October 17 - Bill Hudson, Hudson Brothers
• October 23 - Wurzel, Motorhead
• October 27 - Garry Tallent, E Street Band
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz performer
• November 8 - Bonnie Raitt
• November 10 - Donna Fargo
• November 13 - Terry Reid, singer, guitarist
• November 14 - James Young, Styx
• November 28 - Paul Shaffer, Late Show with David Letterman
• December 7 - Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor
• December 13 - Tom Verlaine, Television
• December 14 - Cliff Williams, Home, AC/DC
• December 14 - Randy Owen, Alabama
• December 16 - Billy Gibbons, Z.Z. Top
• December 17 - Paul Rodgers, Free, Bad Company, The Firm
• December 22 - Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees
• December 23 - Adrian Belew
• December 23 - Luther Grosvenor, Spooky Tooth, Mott The Hoople