MORGAN FISHER = English keyboard player and composer, member of Mott the Hoople {1973–1980}
STEVE RIPLEY = American recording artist, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor, member of The Tractors {1988-present}
3 January:BETH ANDERSON = American composer
5 January:CHRIS STEIN = American guitarist and co-founder of Blondie {1975–1982, 1997–present}
7 January:JUAN GABRIEL = Mexican singer and songwriter = [died: 2016]
9 January:DAVID JOHANSEN = American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor, member of New York Dolls {1971–1976, 2004–present}
21 January:BILLY OCEAN = British singer
23 January:
LUIS ALBERTO SPINETTA = Argentine musician, "father of Argentine rock" = [died: 2012]
DANNY FEDERICI = American musician - organ, glockenspiel, and accordion player, member of the E Street Band {1972-2008} = [died: 2008]
26 January:PAUL PENA = American singer, songwriter and guitarist of Cape Verdean descent = [died: 2005]
28 January:BOB HAY = American songwriter and the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
29 January:MAX CARL = American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player, member of Grand Funk Railroad {2000-present}
1 February:MIKE CAMPBELL = American guitarist, songwriter and producer, member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers {1975-present} and Mudcrutch {1971-1975, 2007-present}
2 February:ROSS VALORY = American rock bass player Journey {1973–85, 1995–present} and The Storm {1990-1993, 1995-1996}
3 February:JOHN SCHLITT = American Christian rock singer, member of Head East {1974–1980} and Petra {1986-2010, 2013-present}
6 February:NATALIE COLE = African-American singer-songwriter, actress, daughter of Nat King Cole = [died: 2015]
12 February:STEVE HACKETT = English musician, singer and songwriter. He gained prominence as lead guitarist of the English progressive rock band Genesis {1971–1977, 1982, 1999}, which he joined in 1971 and left in 1977
13 February:PETER GABRIEL = English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist, member of Genesis {1967–1975, 1978, 1982, 1999}
14 February:ROGER FISHER = American guitarist, member of Heart {1963-1980} and Alias {1988–1991}
19 February:ANDY POWELL = English guitarist and songwriter, and a founding member of the British band Wishbone Ash {1969–present}
20 February:WALTER BECKER = American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter of Steely Dan {1972–1981, 1993–present}
23 February:STEVE PRIEST = English musician, guitarist and vocalist with Sweet {1968-1982}
24 February:GEORGE THOROGOOD = American musician, singer and songwriter
26 February:JONATHAN CAIN = American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with The Babys {1979–81}, Journey {1980–present} and Bad English {1987-1991}
2 March:KAREN CARPENTER = American singer and drummer, member of The Carpenters {1969-1983} = [died: 1983]
11 March:KATIA LABÈQUE = French pianist
20 March:CARL PALMER = English drummer and percussionist, member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer {1970–79 1991–98 2010} and Asia {1981–1986, 1989–1992, 2006–present}
21 March:ROGER HODGSON = English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and co-founding member of progressive rock band Supertramp {1969-1983}
22 March:DAVID GOLUB = American pianist and conductor = [died: 2000]
26 March:TEDDY PENDERGRASS = American singer–songwriter and composer. He first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes {1972-1975} = [died: 2010]
27 March:TONY BANKS = English musician and multi-instrumentalist, primarily known for being the keyboardist and a founding member of the rock band Genesis {1967–1998, 1999, 2000, 2006–present}
30 March:DAVID J. BALL aka DAVE BALL = English guitar player, member of Big Bertha {1969-1971}, Procol Harum {1971-1972} and Bedlum {1972-1974}
5 April:AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG = Swedish singer, member of ABBA {1972–1982, 2016-present}
6 April:PETER VAN HOOKE = British musician and producer, drummer with Mike + The Mechanics {1985-1995}
12 April:
DAVID CASSIDY = American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist
IVAR FROUNBERG = Danish composer and organist
22 April:PETER FRAMPTON = English-American rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist
24 April:ROB HYMAN = American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters {1980–1995, 2001–present}
25 April:STEVE FERRONE = English drummer, member of Average White Band {1974–1983} and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers {1994–present}
2 May:LOU GRAMM = American rock singer, and songwriter, best known for being the original lead singer for the British-American rock band Foreigner {1976–90, 1992–2003}
3 May:MARY HOPKIN = Welsh folk singer
4 May:DARRYL HUNT = English musician, member of The Pogues {1986–1996, 2001–2014}
9 May:TOM PETERSSON = American musician who is best known for being the bass guitar player for the rock band Cheap Trick {1974–1980, 1987–present}
12 May:BILLY SQUIER = American singer-songwriter and guitarist
13 May:
STEVIE WONDER = American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist
DANNY KIRWAN = British musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac {1968-1972}
16 May:RAY CONDO = Canadian rockabilly singer, saxophonist, and guitarist = [died: 2004]
18 May:MARK MOTHERSBAUGH = American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author, and visual artist; member of Devo {1973–1991, 1996–present}
22 May:BERNIE TAUPIN = English lyricist, poet, and singer
24 May:TERRY SCOTT TAYLOR = American songwriter, record producer, writer
29 May:REBBIE JACKSON = American singer
3 June:
SUZI QUATRO = American glam rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress
DENIECE WILLIAMS = American singer–songwriter and record producer
5 June:RONNIE DYSON = American singer and actor = [died: 1990]
11 June:GRAHAM RUSSELL = English musician and singer/guitarist of the soft rock duo Air Supply {1975-present}
12 June:BRAD M. CARLSON bka BUN E. CARLOS = American drummer with Cheap Trick {1974–2010; one-off 2012, 2016}
19 June:ANN WILSON = American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the hard rock band Heart {1972-present}
21 June:JOEY KRAMER = American drummer for the American hard rock band Aerosmith {1970-present}
4 July:TONIO K = American singer-songwriter
5 July:
HUEY LEWIS = American singer, songwriter, and actor
MICHAEL MONARCH = American guitarist, songwriter, and producer Steppenwolf {1967-1969}, Detective {1977-1979}, and World Classic Rockers {1997-present}
9 July:GWEN GUTHRIE = American singer-songwriter and pianist = [died: 1999]
11 July:PATRICIA EVA 'BONNIE' POINTER = American R&B/Soul singer, most notable for being a member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters {1969-1977}
12 July:ERIC CARR = American musician who was the drummer for the rock band Kiss {1980-1991} = [died: 1991]
17 July:PHOEBE SNOW = American singer, songwriter, and guitarist = [died: 2011]
18 July:GLENN HUGHES = American singer and actor, original "Biker" character in the disco group The Village People {1977-1996} = [died: 2001]
19 July:FREDDY MOORE = American rock musician, singer-songwriter
23 July:BLAIR THORNTON = Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter, member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive {1974-1979, 1988-2005}
10 August:PATTI AUSTIN = American R&B and jazz music singer
12 August:THOMAS AUGUST DARNELL BROWDER aka AUGUST DARNELL or KID CREOLE = American singer
18 August:DENNIS ELLIOTT = English musician, original drummer for the rock band, Foreigner {1976-1992}
25 August:WILLY DeVILLE = American singer and songwriter = [died: 2009]
10 September:JOE PERRY = American musician and songwriter, lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the American rock band Aerosmith
14 September:PAUL KOSSOFF = English guitarist with Free {1968–1971, 1972–1973} = [died: 1976]
17 September:FEE WAYBILL = American musician and producer, lead singer and songwriter of the band The Tubes {1972-1986, 1993-present}
1 October:ELPIDA = Greek singer
2 October:MIKE RUTHERFORD = English musician and songwriter, member of Genesis {1967–1998, 1999, 2000, 2006–present} and Mike + the Mechanics {1985–2004, 2010–present}
8 October:ROBERT KOOL BELL = American singer-songwriter and musician, member of Kool and The Gang {1964-present}
20 October:TOM PETTY = American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer, member of Mudcrutch {1971-1975, 2007-present}, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers {1975-present}, and The Traveling Wilburys {1988-1990}
1 November:DAN PEEK = American musician best known as a member of the folk rock band America {1970-1977} = [died: 2011]
11 November:JIM PETERIK = American musician and songwriter, member of The Ides of March {1964–1973, 1990–present} and Survivor {1978–1988, 1993–1996}
12 November:BARBARA FAIRCHILD = American country and gospel singer
18 November:
GRAHAM PARKER = English singer-songwriter, lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour {1976-1980}
RUDY SARZO = Cuban-American bass player, member of Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Manic Eden, and Queensrÿche
20 November:GARY GREEN = British musician, member of Gentle Giant {1970-1980}
21 November:
MARIE BERGMAN = Swedish Eurovision singer, member of Family Four {1969-1972}
LIVINGSTON TAYLOR = American singer-songwriter
22 November:
TINA WEYMOUTH = American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads {1975-91} and its side project Tom Tom Club {1981-present}
STEVEN VAN ZANDT aka "LITTLE STEVEN", or "MIAMI STEVE" = American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, radio disc jockey and actor; member of The E Street Band {1975-1983, 1995-present}
1 December:KEITH THIBODEAUX = American actor and drummer
5 December:CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA = Spanish flamenco singer
6 December:JOE HISAISHI = Japanese composer and director
8 December:DAN HARTMAN = American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer = [died: 1994]
9 December:JOAN ARMATRADING = British singer-songwriter and guitarist
20 December:ARTURO MÁRQUEZ = Mexican composer of orchestral music
25 December:RODRIGO GONZÁLEZ bka ROCKDRIGO = Mexican folk & rock musician and singer-songwriter = [died: 1985]
28 December:ALEX CHILTON = American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops {1967-1970, 1989, 1996-2010} and Big Star {1971–1974, 1993–2010} = [died: 2010]
Timeline of Musical Events
3 January:SAM PHILLIPS launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
14 March:PABLO CASALS terminates his recording contract with RCA Records and signs with their chief competitor, Columbia Records.
26 June:LOUIS ARMSTRONG records the first American version of C'est si bon with the English lyrics by JERRY SEELEN
29 August: 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.
August: HERBERT HOWELLS' Hymnus Paradisi is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival.
1 October: Italian composer LUCIANO BERIO marries American mezzo-soprano CATHY BERBERIAN
11 October: 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
November: – The Eleanor Steber Award is won by soprano WILLABELLE UNDERWOOD
Also in 1950:-
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH is reburied in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
MALCOLM SARGENT becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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
Published Popular Music
"Adelaide's Lament" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"African Bolero" = music by JOHN SERRY, Sr.
"American Beauty Rose" = lyrics & music by HAL DAVID, REDD EVANS & ARTHUR ALTMAN
"Be My Love" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by NICHOLAS BRODSZKY
"The Best Thing For You" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Blind Date" = lyrics & music by SID ROBIN
"A Bushel And A Peck" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Candy And Cake" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" = lyrics & music by HARRY STONE & JACK STAPP
"Choo'n Gum" = lyrics by MANN CURTIS; music by VIC MIZZY
"Cold, Cold Heart" = lyrics & music by HANK WILLIAMS
"The Cry Of The Wild Goose" = lyrics & music by TERRY GILKYSON
"Dearie" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & DAVID MANN
"Freight Train" = lyrics by PAUL JAMES & FRED WILLIAMS; traditional music arranged by ELIZABETH COTTON
"The French Can-Can Polka" = lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by JACQUES OFFENBACH
"From This Moment On" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Frosty the Snowman" = lyrics & music by STEVE NELSON & JACK ROLLINS
"Fugue For Tinhorns" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Get Out Those Old Records" = lyrics & music by CARMEN LOMBARDO & JOHN JACOB LOEB
"Gone Fishin'" = lyrics & music by NICK KENNY & CHARLES KENNY
"Guys and Dolls" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Home Cookin"' = lyrics & music by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS
"Hoop-Dee-Doo" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by MILTON DE LUGG
"The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN in the musical Call Me Madam
"I Almost Lost My Mind" = lyrics & music by IVORY JOE HUNTER
"I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" = lyrics & music by EDWARD POLA & GEORGE WYLE
"I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID
"I Leave My Heart in an English Garden" = lyrics & music by HARRY PARR-DAVIES and CHRISTOPHER HASSALL from the musical Dear Miss Phoebe
"I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" = lyrics & music by ALAN LIVINGSTON, BILLY MAY & WARREN FOSTER
"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" = lyrics & music by AL HOFFMAN, BOB MERRILL & CLEM WATTS
"If I Were A Bell" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"I'll Know" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"I'll Never Be Free" = lyrics & music by BENNIE BENJAMIN & GEORGE DAVID WEISS
"I'm Movin' On" = lyrics & music by HANK SNOW
"It Is No Secret" = lyrics & music by STUART HAMBLEN
"It's A Lovely Day Today" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"I've Never Been In Love Before" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Ivory Rag" = by LOU BUSCH, JACK ELLIOTT
"La Culebra" = music by JOHN SERRY, Sr.
"Little White Duck" = lyrics & music by WALT BARROWS & BERNARD ZARITSKY
"The Loveliest Night Of The Year" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by JUVENTINO P. ROSAS
"Luck Be a Lady" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Lucky Lucky Lucky Me" = by BERLE, ARNOLD
"Marry The Man Today" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Marrying For Love" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"More I Cannot Wish You" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"My Heart Cries For You" = lyrics & music by CARL SIGMAN & PERCY FAITH
"My Time Of Day" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"No Other Love" = adapted from Chopin's Etude No 3 in E, Opus 10. = lyrics & music by BOB RUSSELL & PAUL WESTON
"The Old Piano Roll Blues" = lyrics & music by CY COBEN
"The Oldest Established" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Orange Colored Sky" = lyrics & music by MILTON DE LUGG & WILLIAM STEIN
"Patricia" = lyrics & music by BENNY DAVIS
"Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)" = lyrics & music by STUART HAMBLEN
"The Roving Kind" = adapted lyrics & music by JESSIE CAVANAUGH & ARNOLD STANTON
"Sam's Song" = lyrics by JACK ELLIOTT; music by LEW QUADLING
"Shot Gun Boogie" = lyrics & music by TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
"Silver Bells" = lyrics & music by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS. Introduced by BOB HOPE in the 1951 Musical film The Lemon Drop Kid
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER. Introduced by STUBBY KAYE in the musical Guys and Dolls
"Sixty Minute Man" = lyrics & music by BILLY WARD & ROSE MARKS
"Sleigh Ride" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by LEROY ANDERSON
"Sue Me" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"The Syncopated Clock" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by LEROY ANDERSON
"Take Back Your Mink" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER. Introduced by VIVIAN BLAINE in the musical Guys and Dolls
"The Thing" = lyrics & music by CHARLES R. GREAN
"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" = adapted traditional Hebrew = English lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by ISSACHAR MIRON (STEFAN MICHROVSKY) & JULIUS GROSSMAN
"You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" = lyrics & music by BOB MERRILL & TERRY SHAND
"You're Just In Love" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
Classical Music
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
MALCOLM ARNOLD
English Dances for orchestra, op. 27
ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
ARNO BABADJANIAN
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
ARNOLD COOKE
Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
GEORGE CRUMB
A Cycle of Greek Lyrics for voice and piano
JESÚS 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
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
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
JEREMY JULIO RIGGINS
Violin Sonata (revision)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Psalm 130 “De profundis”, op. 50b
Modern Psalm, op. 50c (unfinished)
HUMPHREY SEARLE
Poem for 22 Strings
JOHN SERRY, Sr.
Eight Accordion Quartet Arrangements
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Choral ("Wer uns trug mit Schmerzen in dies Leben"), for a capella choir, Nr. 1/9 (1950)
Chöre für Doris, for a capella choir, Nr. 1/11 (1950)
Drei Lieder, for alto voice and chamber orchestra, Nr. 1/10 (1950)
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
Musical Theatre
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
OUT OF THIS WORLD
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
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 20th August 2011
Last edited: 27th January 2024
