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1952 in music
See also:
1951 in music
,
other events of 1952
,
1953 in music
,
1950s in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Published popular music
4 Top hits on record
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
Events
March 27
-
Sun Records
begins operations
August 29
-
David Tudor
gives the premiere of
John Cage
's
4' 33"
in Woodstock, New York
Hank Ballard
's musical career begins
Johnny Ace's musical career begins
Albums released
Published popular music
"Blue Tango" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
"Delicado" w. Jack Lawrence m. Waldyr Azevedo
"The Doggie In The Window" w.m. Bob Merrill
"Don't Laugh At Me ('Cause I'm A Fool)" w.m. Norman Wisdom & June Tremayne
"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" w.m. Barbara Trammel, Cactus Pryor & Slim Whitman
"Faith Can Move Mountains" w. Ben Raleigh m. Guy Wood
"Feet Up" w.m. Bob Merrill
"A Fool Such As I" w.m. Bill Trader
"Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" w.m. Milton Kellem
"A Guy Is A Guy" w.m. Oscar Brand
"Hambone" w.m. Leon Washington & Red Saunders
"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" w.m. Charles Singleton & J. H. Wallace
"Here In My Heart" w.m. Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli
"High Noon" w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin
"Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" w. Helen Deutsch m. Bronislau Kaper
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" w.m. Harry Noble
"Hound Dog" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" w.m. Tommie Connor
"I Went To Your Wedding" w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
"I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
"I'm Hans Christian Anderson" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Inchworm" w.m. Frank Loesser
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" w.m. J. D. Miller
"It's In The Book" w.m. Johnny Standley & Art Thorsen
"Jambalaya" w.m. Hank Williams
"Kaw-Liga" w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
"Keep It A Secret" w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
"The King's New Clothes" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" w.m. Lloyd Price
"Lullaby Of Birdland" w. B. Y. Forster m. George Shearing
"Luna Rossa" w. (Eng) Kermit Goell (Ital) V. de Crescenzo m. A. Vian
"Mister Taptoe" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
"Never Smile At A Crocodile" F. Churchill, J. Lawrence
"Oh, Happy Day" w.m. Donald Howard Koplow & Nancy Binns Reed
"One Mint Julep" w.m. Rudolph Toombs
"Petite Fleur" m. Sidney Bechet
"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" w.m. Bob Merrill
"Pretend" w.m. Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere
"Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie" Kay Twomey, Fred Wise & Ben Weisman
"She Wears Red Feathers" w.m. Bob Merrill
"Somewhere Along The Way" w. Sammy Gallop m. Kurt Adams
"Sugar Bush" w.m. Josef Marais
"Take These Chains From My Heart" w.m. Fred Rose & Hy Heath
"Takes Two To Tango" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"That's All" w. Alan Brandt m. Bob Haymes
"That's Entertainment" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Till I Waltz Again With You w.m. Sidney Prosen
"The Ugly Duckling" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Walkin' To Missouri" w.m. Bob Merrill
"Wheel Of Fortune" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"When I Fall In Love" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
"Why Don't You Believe Me?" w.m. Lew Douglas, King Laney & Roy Rodde
"Wish You Were Here" w.m. Harold Rome
"You Belong To Me" w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price
"Your Cheatin' Heart" w.m. Hank Williams
"Zing A Little Zong" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren
Top hits on record
"Hound Dog" -
Big Mama Thornton
"Night Train" - Jimmy Forrest
"Wimoweh" - Weavers
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" -
Lloyd Price
"Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" -
Hank Williams
"Midnight Special" - Weavers
Musical theater
Curtain Going Up
Broadway production
Globe Revue
London production
Love From Judy
London production
New Faces Of 1952
Broadway production
Pal Joey
Broadway revival
Two's Company
Broadway production
Wish You Were Here
Broadway production
Musical films
April In Paris
Hans Christian Andersen
Just For You
The Las Vegas Story
Lovely To Look At
Meet Danny Wilson
The Merry Widow
Skirts Ahoy
The Stooge
Where's Charley
With A Song In My Heart
Births
January 15
- Melvyn Gale,
Electric Light Orchestra
January 20
-
Paul Stanley
,
Kiss
January 20
-
Ian Hill
,
Judas Priest
January 22
- Teddy Gentry,
Alabama
January 23
-
Robin Zander
,
Cheap Trick
January 29
- Tommy Ramone,
The Ramones
January 30
- Steve Bartek,
Oingo Boingo
February 4
- Jerry Shirley,
Humble Pie
February 13
- Edward John Gagliardi,
Foreigner
February 17
- James Ingram
February 18
- Juice Newton
February 23
- Brad Whitford,
Aerosmith
March 19
- Derek Longmuir,
Bay City Rollers
April 2
- Leon Wilkerson,
Lynryd Skynyrd
April 4
- Dave Hill,
Slade
April 4
-
Gary Moore
,
Skid Row
,
Thin Lizzy
May 14
-
David Byrne
,
Talking Heads
May 19
- Barbara Joyce Lomas, B.T. Express
May 19
-
Joey Ramone
,
The Ramones
June 12
-
Junior Brown
June 14
- Jim Lea,
Slade
June 16
- Gino Vannelli
June 25
- Tim Finn,
Split Enz
,
Crowded House
July 1
-
Dan Aykroyd
,
The Blues Brothers
July 2
- Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis & The News
July 16
-
Stewart Copeland
,
The Police
July 17
- Phoebe Snow
July 17
- Nicolette Larson
August 6
-
Pat McDonald
, Timbuk 3
August 20
- John Hiatt
August 26
- Billy Rush, Asbury Jukes
September 4
- Martin Chambers,
The Pretenders
September 9
-
Dave Stewart
,
Eurythmics
September 12
-
Neil Peart
,
Rush
September 12
- Gerry Beckley,
America
September 13
- Randy Jones,
The Village People
September 18
-
Dee Dee Ramone
,
The Ramones
September 19
- Nile Rogers, The Honeydrippers
September 30
- John Lombardo,
10,000 Maniacs
October 18
- Keith Knudsen,
The Doobie Brothers
,
Southern Pacific
November 2
- Maxine Nightingale
November 11
- Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills
December 2
-
Michael McDonald
,
The Doobie Brothers
December 27
- David Knopfler,
Dire Straits
Burleigh Drummond - Ambrosia,
The Lost Dogs
Deaths