1948 in music

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

Columbia Records introduces the 33 1/3 LP (“long playing”) record at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, featuring 25 minutes of music per side, compared to the four minutes per side of the 78 rpm record, the previous standard.
Otis Rush's musical career begins

Albums released

Top hit records

"Woody Woodpecker" by Kay Kyser
"Manana" by Peggy Lee
"You Can't Be True, Dear" by Ken Griffin
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" by Art Mooney
"Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt
"Buttons and Bows" by Dinah Shore
"A Tree In the Meadow" by Margaret Whiting
"Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole
"You Call Everybody Darlin' " by Al Trace
"Love Somebody" by Doris Day with Buddy Clark
"Underneath the Arches" - Andrews Sisters

Published popular music

""A" You're Adorable" w.m. Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise & Sidney Lippman

"Always True To You In My Fashion" w.m. Cole Porter
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Be A Clown" w.m. Cole Porter
"Bibbidi-Bobbodi-Boo (The Magic Song)" w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
"Black Coffee" w.m. Paul Francis Webster & Sonny Burke
"Black Market" w.m. Frederick Hollander
"Blue Christmas" w.m. Billy Hayes & Jay Johnson
"The Blue Skirt Waltz" w. Mitchell Parish m. Vaclav Blaha
"Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" w.m. Oakley Haldeman, Al Trace & Jimmy Lee
"Busy Line" Semes, Stanton
"Candy Kisses" w.m. George Morgan
"Careless Hands" w. Bob Hilliard m. Carl Sigman
"Comme Ci, Comme �a" w. (Eng) Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer (Fr) Pierre Dudan m. Bruno Coquatrix
"A Couple Of Swells" w.m. Irving Berlin
"The Deck Of Cards" w.m. T. Texas Tyler
"Far Away Places" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
"Forever And Ever" w. (Eng) Malia Rosa (Ger) Franz Winkler m. Franz Winkler
"Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys" w.m. Ralph Blane
"Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue" w.m. Sunny Skylar
"Hang On The Bell, Nellie" w.m. Tommie Connor, Clive Erard & Ross Parker
"I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"I'm Beginning To Miss You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua" w.m. Cole Porter
"I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" w.m. Fred Heatherton
"My Darling, My Darling" w.m. Frank Loesser
"My Happiness" w. Betty Peterson m. Borney Bergantine
"N'yot N'yow (The Pussycat Song)" w.m. Dick Manning
"O Mein Papa" w.m. Paul Burkhard
"Once In Love With Amy" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Pecos Bill" w. Johnny Lange m. Eliot Daniel
"Powder Your Face With Sunshine" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski
"Red Roses For A Blue Lady" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy Brodsky
"Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy Brodsky
"Shoes With Wings On" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren
"So In Love" w.m. Cole Porter
"Sunflower" Mack David
"Tennessee Waltz" w.m. Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King
"The Three Bells" w. (Eng) Bert Reisfeld m. Jean Villard
"Time Out For Tears" w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman
"A Tree In The Meadow" w.m. Billy Reid
"Why Can't You Behave?" w.m. Cole Porter
"Wunderbar" w.m. Cole Porter
"You Came A Long Way From St Louis" w. Bob Russell m. John Benson Brooks
"You Can't Be True, Dear" w.(Eng) Hal Cotton (Ger) Gerhard Ebeler m. Hans Otten
"You Say The Nicest Things, Baby" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
"You Was" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke
"You're All I Want For Christmas" w.m. Glen Moore & Seger Ellis
"You're Breaking My Heart" w.m. Pat Genaro & Sunny Skylar

Musical theater

A La Carte London production

As The Girls Go Broadway production

The Boltons Revue London production

Caribbean Rhapsody London production

Down In The Valley Broadway production

High Button Shoes London production

Inside U.S.A Broadway production

Kiss Me, Kate Broadway production
Lend An Ear Broadway production
Look Ma, I'm Dancin' Broadway production
Love Life Broadway production
Magdalena Broadway production
Make Mine Manhattan Broadway production
Moonshine New Haven production
Oranges And Lemons London production
Slings And Arrows London production
That's The Ticket Broadway production
Where's Charley Broadway production

Musical films

Casbah
A Date With Judy
Deux Amours
Easter Parade
The Emperor Waltz
Fandango
For The Love Of Mary
A Foreign Affair
Give My Regards To Broadway
Glamour Girl
The Glass Mountain
If You Knew Susie
The Kissing Bandit
Ladies Of The Chorus
Lulu Belle
Luxury Liner
Martin Block's Musical Merry Go Round
Mary Lou
Melody Time Animated film include Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill
Mexican Hayride
Mickey
A Miracle Can Happen
The Miracle Of The Bells
The Music Man
On An Island With You
One Night With You
One Sunday Afternoon
One Touch Of Venus
The Paleface
The Pirate
Rachel And The Stranger
Romance On The High Seas
So Dear To My Heart
A Song Is Born
Summer Holiday
That Lady In Ermine
Three Daring Daughters
Two Guys From Texas
Up In Central Park
When My Baby Smiles At Me
Words And Music
You Were Meant For Me

Births

January 7 - Kenny Loggins
January 9 - Bill Cowsill, The Cowsills
January 10 - Cyril Neville, The Neville Brothers
January 10 - Donald Fagen, Steely Dan
January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, record producer, artist
January 16 - John Carpenter
January 17 - Mick Taylor, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones
January 23 - Anita Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
February 1 - Rick James
February 2 - Alan McKay, Earth Wind and Fire
February 4 - Alice Cooper, artist
February 5 - Christopher Guest, actor, musician, Spinal Tap
February 19 - Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath
March 4 - Chris Squire, Yes
March 5 - Eddy Grant
March 8 - Little Peggy March
March 9 - Jeffrey Osborne
March 9 - Jimmie Fadden, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
March 12 - James Taylor
March 17 - Fran Byrne, Ace
March 25 - Michael Stanley
March 26 - Steven Tyler, Aerosmith
March 26 - Richard Tandy, Electric Light Orchestra
March 28 - John Evans, Jethro Tull
March 28 - Milan Williams, The Commodores
March 30 - Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas
March 31 - Mick Ralphs, Mott The Hoople, Bad Company
April 1 - Ronnie Lane, Faces
April 1 - Jimmy Cliff
April 4 - Berry Oakley, The Allman Brothers
April 9 - Chico Ryan, Sha Na Na
April 9 - Phil Wright, Paper Lace
April 17 - Jan Hammer
April 20 - Craig Frost, Grand Funk Railroad
April 21 - Paul Davis
April 27 - Kate Pierson, The B52's
April 30 - Wayne Kramer, MC5
May 5 - Bill Ward, Black Sabbath
May 6 - Mary MacGregor
May 12 - Steve Winwood
May 15 - Brian Eno
May 19 - Tom Scott
May 21 - Leo Sayer
May 25 - Klaus Meine, The Scorpions
May 26 - Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac
May 27 - Pete Sears, Jefferson Starship
May 31 - John Bonham, drummer
June 22 - Todd Rundgren, singer and producer
June 24 - Patrick Moraz, Yes, The Moody Blues
June 29 - Ian Paice, Deep Purple
July 3 - Paul Barrerre, Little Feat
July 4 - Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac
July 7 - Larry Rheinhardt, Iron Butterfly
July 12 - Walter Egan
July 17 - Mick Tucker, Sweet
July 18 - Philip Harris, Ace
July 19 - Keith Godchaux, The Grateful Dead
July 21 - Cat Stevens
July 25 - Steve Goodman
August 10 - Patti Austin
August 12 - Tony Santini, Sha Na Na
August 16 - Barry Hay, Golden Earring
August 19 - Elliott Lurie, Looking Glass
August 20 - Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin
August 28 - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago
September 3 - Don Brewer, Grand Funk Railroad
September 11 - John Martyn
September 16 - Kenny Jones, Faces, The Who
September 26 - Olivia Newton-John
September 29 - Mark Farner, The Pack, Grand Funk Railroad
October 1 - Cub Koda, Brownsville Station
October 5 - Brian Connolly, Sweet
October 10 - Cyril Neville, Neville Brothers
October 11 - Daryl Hall, Hall and Oates
October 25 - Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest
October 28 - Rick Reynolds, Black Oak Arkansas
October 28 - Telma Hopkins, Tony Orlando & Dawn
November 3 - Lulu
November 6 - Glenn Frey, The Eagles
November 8 - Minnie Ripperton
November 21 - Lonnie Jordan , War
November 22 - Dennis Larden, Every Mother's Son
December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath
December 4 - Southside Johnny Lyon
December 10 - Jessica Cleave, Friends Of Distinction
December 13 - Jeff Skunk Baxter, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan
December 13 - Ted Nugent
December 17 - Jim Bonfanti, The Raspberries
December 20 - Stephen Wright, The Easybeats
December 25 - Barbara Mandrell
December 31 - Donna Summer