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1951 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.

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January 29Nilla Pizzi wins the first annual Sanremo Music Festival with "Grazie dei fiori". • February 22 – The first complete performance of Charles Ives's Symphony No. 2, written between 1897 and 1902, is given in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. • March 3-5 – Jackie Brenston "and His Delta Cats" (actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm) record "Rocket 88" at Sam Phillips' Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, a candidate for the first rock and roll record (released in April). • March 5 – The Suk Trio, consisting of Josef Suk (violinist), Jiří Hubička (pianist) and Saša Večtomov (cellist), make their debut, at the Rudolfinum Hall in Prague (Czechoslovakia). • April 4Frankie Laine, newly signed by Columbia Records, becoming the highest paid vocalist of his day, immediately justifies his new contract by recording the double-sided megahit "Jezebel"/"Rose, Rose, I Love You", the latter being the only major popular music chart hit in the United States written by a Chinese composer (Chen Gexin). • April 18 – An article entitled "The Fight Against Formalism in Art and Literature, for a Progressive German Culture" appears in the Tägliche Rundschau, official daily of the Soviet Government in Germany, promulgating the new cultural policy of the DDR. • May 9–26 – The Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin is held (for the first time under that name) in Brussels, Belgium. Leonid Kogan is awarded first prize. • June 9Joseph Haydn's opera ''L'anima del filosofo, better known by its alternative title Orfeo ed Euridice'' and written in 1791–92, is given its world premiere at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. • June 14Bill Haley and His Saddlemen record their version of "Rocket 88", combining the rhythm and blues arrangement of the version recorded in early March by Jackie Brentson with country music trappings. • June 22July 10Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse held in Darmstadt. • July 2–14 – The seventh annual Cheltenham Music Festival is held in Cheltenham, England, with a performance of Brian Easdale's opera The Sleeping Children, premieres of the first symphonies of Malcolm Arnold, John Gardner and Arnold van Wyk, Franz Reizenstein's Serenade for Winds and Maurice Jacobson's Symphonic Suite, as well as performances of works by Humphrey Searle, Robert Masters, Benjamin Frankel and Philip Sainton. • July 11 – Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio. Freed uses the term rock and roll to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience. • July 14–21 – The Haslemere Music Festival, consisting of six concerts of early music, takes place in Haslemere, England. • July 29 – The annual Bayreuth Festival resumes for the first time since the Second World War, now under the general direction of Wieland Wagner, with an opening concert of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, followed by productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal and Die Meistersinger. • August – The annual Salzburg Festival takes place in Salzburg, Austria, featuring four opera productions from the Vienna State Opera: Mozart's Idomeneo and Die Zauberflöte and Verdi's Otello, all conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Berg's Wozzeck, conducted by Karl Böhm, as well as seven orchestral concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic (two conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler and one each by Edwin Fischer, Rafael Kubelík, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm, and Leopold Stokowski), six choral concerts, four chamber-music concerts, three solo recitals, and a number of smaller events. • September 5 – Opening of the month-long Berlin Festival of the Arts, with a performance in the New Schillertheater of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. Subsequent musical events include performances of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul, Benjamin Britten's ''Let's Make an Opera and the first German performance of Oklahoma!''. • September 11 – ''The Rake's Progress'', an opera by Igor Stravinsky with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres in Venice, conducted by the composer. • September 17–22 – The fourth annual Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts opens in Swansea, Wales, with a controversial speech by one of Wales's leading composers, Daniel Jones. The festival is the final component in the Festival of Britain and consists of seven programmes, featuring Welsh composer Arwel Hughes's new oratorio St. David and appearances by Victoria de los Ángeles, Zino Francescatti, André Navarra, Walter Susskind and Jean Martinon. • October 6–7 – The Donaueschinger Musiktage features the world premieres of Ernst Krenek's Double Concerto for viola, piano, and small orchestra, Rolf Liebermann's Piano Sonata, Pierre Boulez's Polyphonie X for 18 solo instruments, Hermann Reutter's Der himmlische Vagant, lyrische Portrait des F. Villon von Klabund for alto and baritone voices and instrumental ensemble, and Marcel Mihalovici's Étude en deux parties for piano and ensemble, as well as German first performances of works by Messiaen, Guido Turchi, Harsányi, Jelinek, and Honegger, and a performance of Henze's Third Symphony. • October 21 – Opening of a "Festival of Music and the Arts" at Wexford in Ireland, the forerunner of Wexford Festival Opera. • October 22 – Reopening of the Royal Opera House, London, with a production of Puccini's Turandot, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli and with Gertrude Grob-Prandl in the title role. • November 29December 3 – The Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, plays four concerts in London as part of a thirteen-concert tour of England and Ireland. • December 7 – Opening of the opera season at La Scala in Milan, three weeks earlier than the traditional date of December 26, with a double-bill consisting of Verdi's I vespri siciliani and Stravinsky's ''The Rake's Progress''. • December 28 - John Serry collaborates with Nicola Paone (the "Italian Bing Crosby") in a recording for RCA Victor In New York City. ==Albums released==
Albums released
• ''Ballin' the Jack'' – Georgia GibbsBeloved HymnsBing CrosbyBing and the Dixieland Bands – Bing Crosby • Bing Sings Victor Herbert – Bing Crosby • Blue PeriodMiles DavisCountry Style – Bing Crosby • DigMiles DavisDown Memory Lane – Bing Crosby • Folk Song FavoritesPatti PageGo West, Young Man – Bing Crosby • Historically SpeakingGerry MulliganHoop-De-DooAmes Brothers • ''I'll See You in My Dreams'' – Doris DayIn the Evening by the Moonlight – Ames Brothers • ''Let's Polka'' – Frank Yankovic Orchestra (Pontiac Records PLP-520) • Lullaby of Broadway – Doris Day • Music, Maestro PleaseFrankie LaineOn Moonlight Bay – Doris Day • One for My Baby – Frankie Laine • Porgy and Bess – Various Artists • Precious MemoriesBill KennySentimental Me – Ames Brothers • Sweet Leilani – Ames Brothers • Teresa BrewerTeresa BrewerTwo Tickets to BroadwayDinah ShoreWay Back Home – Bing Crosby • Wonderful WordsThe Mills Brothers ==US No 1 hit singles==
US No 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1951. ==Biggest hit singles==
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1951. ==Top hits on record==
Top R&B hits on record
Published popular music
• "Alice In Wonderland" – w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain • "All In The Golden Afternoon" – w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain • "Allentown Jail" – w.m. Irving Gordon • "And So To Sleep Again" w.m. Joe Marsala & Sunny Skylar • "Anywhere I Wander" – w.m. Frank Loesser • "A-Round the Corner" – trad arr. Josef Marais • "Asia Minor" – w.m. Roger King Mozian • "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed" – Happy Wilson, Luther Patrick • "Be My Life's Companion" – w.m. Bob Hilliard & Milton De Lugg • "Beautiful Brown Eyes" – trad arr. Arthur Smith & Alton Delmore • "Because of You" – w.m. Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson • "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – w.m. Bob Merrill • "Bermuda" – w.m. Cynthia Strother & Eugene R. Strother • "The Blacksmith Blues" – w.m. Jack Holmes • "Blue Velvet" – w.m. Bernie Wayne & Lee Morris • "Christopher Columbus" – w.m. Terry Gilkyson • "Come On-A My House" – w.m. Ross Bagdasarian & William Saroyan • "Cry" – w.m. Churchill Kohlman • "Dance Me Loose" – w. Mel Howard m. Lee Erwin • "Domino" – w. (Eng) Don Raye (Fr) Jacques Plante m. Louis Ferrari • "Getting To Know You" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "Good Morning Mister Echo" – w.m. Bill Putman & Belinda Putman • "Half As Much" – w.m. Curly Williams • "He Had Refinement" – w. Dorothy Fields m. Arthur Schwartz • "Hello, Young Lovers" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "Hey, Good Lookin"' – w.m. Hank Williams • "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?" – w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane • "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" – w.m. Hank Williams • "I Get Ideas" – w. Dorcas Cochran m. Lenny Sanders • "I Have Dreamed" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "I Love Lucy theme song" m. Eliot Daniel • "I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile" – w. Jack Hoffman m. Jimmy MacDonald • "I Still See Elisa" – w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by James Barton in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Performed in the film version by Clint Eastwood. • "I Talk To The Trees" – w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Tony Bavaar and Olga San Juan in the musical Paint Your Wagon • "I Whistle A Happy Tune" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "I Wish I Wuz" – w.m. Sid Kuller & Lyn Murray. Introduced in the film Slaughter Trail • "I Won't Cry Anymore" – w. Fred Wise m. Al Frisch • "I'm A Fool To Want You" – w.m. Jack Wolf, Joel Herron & Frank Sinatra • "I'm Late" – w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain • "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening" – w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael. Introduced by Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman in the film Here Comes the Groom. • "It's All In The Game" – w. Carl Sigman m. Charles Gates Dawes Based on "Melody" by Dawes 1912. • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – w.m. Meredith Willson • "Jezebel" – w.m. Wayne Shanklin • "A Kiss To Build A Dream On" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Harry Ruby • "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – w. Paul Campbell m. Joel Newman • "The Little White Cloud That Cried" – w.m. Johnnie Ray • "The March Of The Siamese Children" – m. Richard Rodgers • "Mister and Mississippi" – w.m. Irving Gordon • "Misto Cristofo Columbo" – w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans • "Mockin' Bird Hill" – w.m. Vaughn Horton • "The Morningside Of The Mountain" – w.m. Dick Manning & Larry Stock • "My Truly, Truly Fair" – w.m. Bob Merrill • "No Two People" – w.m. Frank Loesser • "Sail Away" – w.m. Noël Coward • "Sayang di Sayang" – w. Siti Zainab • "Shall We Dance?" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "Somewhere Along The Way" – w. Sammy Gallop m. Kurt Adams • "Shanghai" – w.m. Bob Hilliard & Milton De Lugg • "Shrimp Boats" – w.m. Paul Mason Howard & Paul Weston • "(It's No) Sin" – w. Chester R. Shull m. George Hoven • "Slow Poke" – w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price • "So Far, So Good" – w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne from the revue Two On The Aisle • "Something Wonderful" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "Sound Off" – w.m. Willie Lee Duckworth, B. Lentz • "Sparrow In The Tree Top" – w.m. Bob Merrill • "Suzy Snowflake" – w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett • "Sweet Violets" – arr. Cy Coben & Charles Grean • "Tell Me Why" – w. Al Alberts m. Marty Gold • "They Call The Wind Maria" – w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced in the musical Paint Your Wagon by Rufus Smith • "The Thrill Is Gone" – w.m. Rick Darnell & Roy Hawkins • "Thumbelina" – w.m. Frank Loesser • "Too Young" – w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman • "Top Banana" – w.m. Johnny Mercer from the musical Top Banana (musical) • "The Typewriter" – m. Leroy Anderson • "Unforgettable" – w.m. Irving Gordon • "Vanity" – w. Jack Manus & Bernard Bierman m. Guy Wood • "Very Good Advice" – w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain • "A Very Merry Un-Birthday To You" – w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston • "Wand'rin' Star" – w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Rufus Smith, Robert Penn and Jared Reed in the musical Paint Your Wagon. • "We Kiss In A Shadow" – w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "When The World Was Young" – w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Angela Vannier m. M. Philippe-Gerard • "Wonderful Copenhagen" – w.m. Frank Loesser • "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" – w. Bob Russell m. Harold Spina ==Classical music==
[[Classical music]]
Premieres CompositionsJean AbsilContes for trumpet and piano, Op. 76 • Les météores, ballet for orchestra Op. 77 • Murray AdaskinBallet Symphony for orchestra • Yasushi Akutagawa • Ballata for violin and piano • Kappa ballet for orchestra • Shitsuraku-en (Paradise Lost) ballet for orchestra • Hugo AlfvénSängen till Folkare for baritone and piano or male choir and piano or male choir unaccompanied • Hendrik AndriessenAubade for brass quartet • Choral No. 4 for organ (revised version) • Liederen (3), for choir • Sonata for unaccompanied cello • Suite for brass quartet • Wind Quintet • Jurriaan Andriessen – Flute Concerto • István AnhaltArc en ciel ballet for two pianos • Funeral Music for ten instruments • Piano Sonata • Psalm 19: A Benediction for baritone and piano • Songs of Love (3) for SSA choir • George AntheilAccordion Dance for orchestra • Fragments from Shelley (8) for choir and piano • Nocturne in Skyrockets for orchestra • Sonata for flute and piano • Sonata for trumpet and piano • Denis ApIvorThe Goodman of Paris ballet for orchestra, Op. 18 • A Mirror for Witches ballet for orchestra, Op.19 • Suite Concertante for piano and small orchestra, Op.18a • Boris ArapovRussian Suite for orchestra • Violet ArcherFantasy in the Form of a Passacaglia for brass • José Ardévol – Symphonic Variations for cello and orchestra • Malcolm Arnold • Oboe Sonatina, Op. 28 • Clarinet Sonatina, Op. 29 • Machines, symphonic study, Op. 30 • A Sussex Overture, Op. 31 • Concerto for Piano Four-Hands and String Orchestra, Op. 32 • English Dances, set 2, Op. 33 • Alexander Arutiunian – Concertino for piano and orchestra • Georges AuricChemin de lumière ballet (also orchestral suite) • Milton BabbittDu for soprano and piano • ''The Widow's Lament in Springtime'', for soprano and piano • Jesús Bal y Gay – Concerto Grosso • Luciano BerioDeus meus for voice and three instruments • Due liriche di Garcia Lorca for bass and orchestra • Due pezzi for violin and piano • Opus no. Zoo for reciter and wind quintet • Sonatina for wind quartet [withdrawn] • Pierre BoulezPolyphonie XMartin Boykan – Duo for violin and piano • Benjamin BrittenSix Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe and piano • Earle Brown – Three Pieces for piano • John CageImaginary Landscape No. 4Music of ChangesElliott CarterString Quartet No. 1Carlos Chávez – "Happy Birthday", for a cappella chorus • Henry CowellClown dance music for piano • Duet for Sidney with Love from Henry for violin and cello • Her Smile Is as Sweet as a Rose for unaccompanied voice • Scherzo for soprano and alto recorders • Signature of Light for voice and piano • Tenth Anniversary for piano • George Crumb • Pieces (3) for piano • Prelude and Toccata for piano • Dimitrie Cuclin – Sinfonia No. 13 • Luigi DallapiccolaTartinianaDavid DiamondThe Midnight Meditation song cycle for voice and piano • ''Mizmor L'David'', sacred service for tenor, choir, and organ • Piano Trio • String Quartet No. 4 • Henri DutilleuxSymphony No. 1George EnescuString Quartet No. 2, Op. 22, No. 2 • Morton FeldmanExtensions I, for violin and piano • Intersection, for tape • Intersection I for orchestra • Marginal Intersection for orchestra • Projection II, for 5 instruments • Projection III, for two pianos • Projection IV, for violin and piano • Projection V, for 9 instruments • Songs (4), for soprano, cello, and piano • Structures for string quartet • Howard FergusonPiano Concerto in DGerald Finzi • "God Is Gone Up", from 3 Anthems Op. 27 • All This Night, Op. 33 • Muses and Graces, Op. 34 • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Op. 35 • Lukas Foss – Piano Concerto No. 2 • Roberto GerhardSardana No. 3 for winds and percussion • Piano ConcertoReinhold GlièreHorn ConcertoKarel GoeyvaertsSonata for Two PianosNummer 2 for thirteen instruments • Bengt HambraeusCantata pro defunctis for baritone and organ • Concerto for Organ and Harpsichord (revised version) • Liturgia pro organoHoward HansonFantasy-Variations on a Theme of Youth for piano and strings • Roy HarrisCumberland Concerto for orchestra • Fantasy for piano and "pops" orchestra • Red Cross Hymn for choir and band • Paul HindemithDie Harmonie der Welt Symphony • Vagn HolmboeSinfonia boreale (Symphony No. 8)Alan Hovhaness • Concerto No. 1 ("Arevakal") for orchestra, Op. 88 • Concerto No. 2 for violin and strings, Op. 89, No. 1 • Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune for piano, Op. 85 • Four Motets, for SATB choir, Op. 87 • From the End of the Earth for SATB choir and organ (or piano), Op. 187 • Gamelan and Jhala for carillon, Op. 106 • Hanna for 2 clarinets and 2 pianos, Op. 101 • Hymn to a Celestial Musician for piano, Op. 111, No. 2 • Jhala for piano, Op. 103 • Make Haste, motet for SATB choir, Op. 86 • Khaldis concerto for 4 trumpets, piano, and percussion, Op. 91 • Khirgiz Suite for violin and piano, Op. 73, No. 1 • Lullaby (a.k.a. Slumber Song for piano, Op. 52, No. 2 • Sing Aloud for SATB choir, Op. 68 • Suite for violin, piano and percussion, Op. 99 • Talin concerto for viola and strings, Op. 93, No. 1 • Toccata and Fugue on a Kabardin Tune for piano, Op. 6, No. 2 • Upon Enchanted Ground for flute, cello, harp, and tam-tam, Op. 90, No. 1 • Akira IfukubeDrumming of JapanAndré Jolivet – Piano Concerto • Wojciech Kilar – • Sonatina for flute and piano • Three preludes for piano • Variations on a Theme by Paganini for piano • Gail KubikSymphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer] • György LigetiConcert românescDouglas LilburnSymphony No. 2Witold LutosławskiJesieńPolskich pieśni ludowych na tematy żołnierskie (10) for male choir • Recitative and Arioso for violin and piano • Silesian TriptychGian Francesco MalipieroSinfonia dello ZodiacoFrank MartinViolin ConcertoBohuslav MartinůPiano Trio No. 3Serenade for Two Clarinets and String TrioStowe PastoralsPeter MenninString Quartet No. 2Darius MilhaudLe candélabre à sept branches, Op. 315 • ''Concertino d'automne'' for two pianos and eight instruments, Op. 309 • ''Concertino d'été'' for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 311 • Les miracles de la foi, cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra, Op. 314 • José Pablo MoncayoMuros verdes for piano • Xavier MontsalvatgeCuarteto indianoPoema Concertante for violin and orchestra • Luigi NonoComposizione no. 1 for orchestra • Polifonica – monodia – ritmica, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, horn, piano, and percussion • Vincent PersichettiSymphony No. 4Allan PetterssonSeven Sonatas for Two ViolinsWalter PistonString Quartet No. 4Henri PousseurMissa brevis for four mixed voices • Sept Versets des Psaumes de la Pénitence for four solo voices or mixed choir • Sergei ProkofievSymphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra • Peter Racine FrickerSymphony No. 2Joaquín RodrigoSonatas de CastillaGuy RopartzString Quartet No. 6Ned RoremCycle of Holy Songs (Psalms 134, 142, 148, 150) for vice and piano • From an Unknown Past song cycle for voice and piano • Love in a Life for voice and piano • The Nightingale for voice and piano • Seven Choruses for a cappella choir • To a Young Girl for voice and piano • Edmund RubbraString Quartet No. 2Hermann SchroederAve Maria zart chorale-prelude for organ • Mátyás SeiberConcertino for clarinet and ensemble • Roger SessionsString Quartet No. 2Dmitri ShostakovichPreludes and Fugues (24) for piano • Reginald Smith Brindle – Concertino for guitar and chamber orchestra • Karlheinz StockhausenKreuzspielVirgil ThomsonChromatic Double Harmonies: Portrait of Sylvia Marlowe in Nine Etudes for piano • De profundis (Psalm 30), SATB choir (revised version) • For a Happy Occasion (Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist) for piano • Eduard Tubin – Sonata for alto saxophone solo • David Van Vactor – Violin Concerto • Villa-Lobos, HeitorGuitar ConcertoQuinteto (em forma de chôros), version for conventional wind quintet with horn instead of cor anglaisRudá (Dio d'amore), symphonic poem and ballet • String Quartet No. 13Symphony No. 9Frank WigglesworthSummer Scenes for flute, oboe, and strings ==Opera==
[[Opera]]
Benjamin BrittenBilly Budd, with libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (1 December, Covent Garden) • Paul DessauThe Trial of Lucullus, with libretto by Bertolt Brecht (March 18, Berlin), despite rumours that the work would be forbidden by the East German authorities. • Jean Françaix – ''L'apostrophe'', libretto based on Balzac (1 July, Amsterdam, Netherlands Opera) • Joseph HaydnOrfeo et Euridice (9 June, Teatro della Pergola, Florence, at the fourteenth Maggio Musicale Fiorentino). • Marcel LandowskiLe Rire de Nils HaleriusJan MeyerowitzEastward in Eden, libretto adapted by Dorothy Gardner from her own play (16 November, Detroit, Wayne State University Theatre). • Gian-Carlo MenottiAmahl and the Night Visitors 24 December, NBC television broadcast, live from Radio City Studio H-8 (New York). • Igor Stravinsky – ''The Rake's Progress'', with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 11 September. • Peter TranchellThe Mayor of Casterbridge, libretto adapted from the novel by Thomas Hardy (30 July, Cambridge, Arts Theatre). • Ralph Vaughan Williams – ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' • Egon WelleszIncognita, from a novel by William Congreve (December, Oxford). == Film ==
[[Musical theater]]
And So To Bed (Vivian Ellis) London production opened at the New Theatre on October 17 and ran for 323 performances • Flahooley (E. Y. Harburg and Sammy Fain) Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 14 and ran for 40 performances. • ''Gay's The Word'' London production opened at the Saville Theatre on February 16 and ran for 504 performances • The King and I (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on March 29 and ran for 1,246 performances • Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter) – London production opened at the Coliseum on March 8 and ran for 501 performances • Make a Wish (Hugh Martin)Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 18 and ran for 102 performances. Starred Nanette Fabray. • Oklahoma! first German production (Berlin) • Paint Your Wagon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on November 12 and ran for 289 performances • Penny Plain – London production • See You Later (Sandy Wilson) London production opened at the Watergate Theatre on October 3. • Seventeen Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 21 and ran for 182 performances • South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London production • Top Banana Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 1 and ran for 350 performances. • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 19 and ran for 267 performances • Two On The Aisle – Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on July 19 and ran for 279 performances • Zip Goes A Million (Book: Eric Maschwitz Words: Eric Maschwitz Music: George Posford – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on October 20 and ran for 544 performances. Starring George Formby, Sara Gregory & Warde Donovan. Directed by Charles Hickman ==Musical films==
Births
January 6Kim Wilson, blues singer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) • January 9Crystal Gayle, country singer • January 19Dewey Bunnell, rock musician (America) • Martha Davis, rock singer-songwriter (The Motels) • January 20Ian Hill, heavy metal bassist (Judas Priest) • January 26David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer • Roy Goodman, English violinist and conductor • Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010) • Christopher North, American keyboard player • January 27Brian Downey, drummer (Thin Lizzy) • Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band) • January 30Phil Collins, drummer, singer and actor (Genesis) • January 31 • K.C. (Harry Wayne Casey), singer (K.C. and the Sunshine Band) • Phil Manzanera, guitarist (Roxy Music) • February 4Phil Ehart, American drummer (Kansas) • February 7Andy Chapin, English keyboard player (The Association) (d. 1985) • February 9Dennis Thomas (Kool and the Gang) (d. 2021) • February 12Gil Moore (Triumph) • February 14Sylvain Sylvain, glam rock/protopunk guitarist (New York Dolls) (d. 2021) • February 15Melissa Manchester, singer • February 22Ellen Greene, singer and actress • February 27Steve Harley, glam rock singer-songwriter (Cockney Rebel) (d. 2024) • March 4Chris Rea, singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2025) • March 5Willis Alan Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist • March 9Zakir Hussain, Indian-born tabla player, music producer, film actor and soundtrack composer (d. 2024) • March 17Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) • March 20Jimmie Vaughan (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) • March 21Russell Thompkins, Jr., vocalist (The Stylistics) • Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) • Nigel Dick, British music video director, film director, writer and musician • March 23Phil Keaggy, guitarist, singer • April 3Mel Schacher (Question Mark & the Mysterians, Grand Funk Railroad) • April 6Pascal Rogé, pianist • April 7Janis Ian, singer-songwriter • April 8Joan Sebastian, born José Figueroa, singer-songwriter (d. 2015) • April 12Alex Briley (Village People) • April 13Peabo Bryson, singer • Max Weinberg, drummer and bandleader (''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'') • April 14Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist • April 16Mordechai Ben David, singer • April 20Luther Vandross, soul singer (d. 2005) • April 22Paul Carrack, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist • April 27Ace Frehley, rock guitarist (Kiss) (d. 2025) • May 2Jo Callis, English musician and songwriter (The Human League, The Rezillos) • May 3Christopher Cross, singer-songwriter (Michael McDonald Band, Alan Parsons Project) • May 4Jackie Jackson, vocalist (The Jackson Five) • Mick Mars, heavy metal guitarist (Mötley Crüe) • May 8Philip Bailey, vocalist (Earth, Wind & Fire) • Chris Frantz, American musician and record producer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) • May 10 • Ronald Banks (The Dramatics) • John Magnar Bernes, Norwegian singer and harmonica player • May 16Jonathan Richman, singer-songwriter • May 19Joey Ramone, singer (Ramones) (d. 2001) • June 3Deniece Williams, singer • June 6Dwight Twilley, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2023) • June 8Bonnie Tyler, singer • June 10Ed McTaggart (Daniel Amos, The Road Home) • June 12Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) • Brad Delp (Boston) (d. 2007) • June 15Steve Walsh, progressive rock singer-songwriter (Kansas) • June 19Patty Larkin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer • Karen Young, Canadian singer-songwriter • June 26Tony Currenti, drummer (AC/DC) • June 30Steve Waller, guitarist (d. 2000) • July 1Fred Schneider (The B-52s) • July 7Blondie Chaplin, guitarist and singer • July 11Bonnie Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) • July 12Sylvia Sass, operatic soprano • July 15Gregory Isaacs, reggae musician (d. 2010) • July 19Debra Byrd vocalist (d. 2024) • July 22Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer (The Notorious Cherry Bombs) • August 2Andrew Gold, singer-songwriter (d. 2011) • August 3 – Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind & Fire) • August 4Lois V Vierk, composer • August 13Dan Fogelberg, singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007) • August 15Bobby Caldwell, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2023) • August 19John Deacon, bass guitarist (Queen) • August 23Jimi Jamison (Survivor) • Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) • August 25Rob Halford, heavy metal singer (Judas Priest) • August 28Wayne Osmond, pop vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (The Osmonds) (d. 2025) • Dennis Davis, American drummer (d. 2016) • September 2Mik Kaminski (Electric Light Orchestra) • September 4Martin Chambers, drummer (The Pretenders) • September 6Šaban Šaulić, Serbian folk singer (d. 2019) • September 7Chrissie Hynde, singer (The Pretenders) • September 12Olga Breeskin, violinist, dancer and actress • September 19Daniel Lanois, record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter • September 22David Coverdale, vocalist (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) • September 25Peter Dvorský, operatic tenor • September 26Tony Fox Sales, American musician (Tin Machine) • October 2Sting, singer • October 5Bob Geldof, singer (The Boomtown Rats), social campaigner & organizer of LiveAidOctober 6Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) • October 7John Mellencamp, singer-songwriter, artist and actor • October 13John Ford Coley, singer, pianist, guitarist, actor and author • October 19Lilia Vera, Venezuelan folk singer • October 20Al Greenwood, rock keyboardist (Foreigner) • October 23Charly García, singer-songwriter and pianist • October 26Maggie Roche (The Roches) (d. 2017) • October 27K. K. Downing, heavy metal guitarist (Judas Priest) • November 1Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang) (d. 2020) • November 13Bill Gibson, rock drummer (Huey Lewis and the News) • November 14Alec John Such, American bass player (Bon Jovi) • November 15Joe Puerta, American singer and bass player (Ambrosia) • November 18Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016) • November 27 – Kevin Kavanaugh (Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes) • November 29Barry Goudreau, rock guitarist (Boston) • December 4Gary Rossington, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band) (d. 2023) • December 10Larry Fast, synthesizer player/composer • Johnny Rodriguez, country singer • December 16Robben Ford, guitarist • Mark Heard, singer-songwriter (d. 1992) • December 21Nick Gilder, singer-songwriter • December 25Barbara Dever, operatic soprano • December 26 • Paul Quinn, heavy metal guitarist (Saxon) • John Scofield, jazz guitarist and composer • December 29Yvonne Elliman, singer • December 31Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) • George Thorogood, blues musician • date unknownLorenzo Ferrero, composer ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 20Alexander Chuhaldin, violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator, 58 • February 3Fréhel, French singer, actress, 59 • February 9Eddy Duchin, pianist and bandleader, 41 (leukaemia) • February 20Howard Brockway, composer, 80 • February 28Giannina Russ, operatic soprano, 77 • March 5Leo Singer, vaudeville impresario, 73 • March 6Ivor Novello, operetta composer, entertainer, 58 (coronary thrombosis) • March 12Harold Bauer, pianist and violinist, 77 • March 25Sid Catlett, jazz drummer, 41 (heart attack) • April 21Olive Fremstad, operatic soprano, 80 • May 20Jan Ingenhoven, Dutch composer and conductor, 75 • May 29Fanny Brice, US actress, comedian and singer • Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Czech classical composer (born 1859) • Robert Kahn, composer, 85 • June 4Serge Koussevitzky, double-bassist, conductor and composer, 76 • June 26Frank Ferera, Hawaiian musician (born 1885) • July 9Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, operatic soprano, 60 • Egbert Van Alstyne, US songwriter • Jorgen Bentzon, Danish composer • July 13Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer, 76 • August 15Artur Schnabel, pianist, 69 • August 21Constant Lambert, composer, 45 (pneumonia and undiagnosed diabetes) • September 2Pietro Frosini, accordionist, 67 • September 3Leo Sheffield, d'Oyly Carte star, 77 • September 14Fritz Busch, conductor, 61 • September 17Jimmy Yancey, US jazz pianist • November 4Oscar Natzka, opera singer, 39 • November 9Sigmund Romberg, composer • November 11César Vezzani, operatic tenor, 63 • November 13Nikolai Medtner, pianist and composer, 71 • December 1Edward Joseph Collins, pianist, conductor and composer • December 26Vic Berton, jazz drummer, 55 • date unknownGiuseppina Huguet, operatic soprano (born 1871) • Margot Ruddock, actress and singer (born 1907) • Vince Courtney songwriter and performer ==Notes==
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