1950 in music: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

See also: 1949 in music, other events of 1950, 1951 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Albums Released

3 Top Hit Records

4 Births

5 Deaths

Events

Sam Cooke joins The Soul Stirrers
Albert King[?]'s musical career begins
On January 3, Sam Phillips opened the doors at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee of what was to become the most famous music recording studio in the world, Sun Records

Albums Released

The Fat Man - Fats Domino

Top Hit Records

"Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole
"Goodnight, Irene" by The Weavers[?] with Gordon Jenkins[?]
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley[?]
"I Can Dream, Can't I?" by The Andrews Sisters
"The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas[?], also Guy Lombardo
"The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page[?]
"The Thing" by Phil Harris[?]
"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" by Eileen Barton[?]
"All My Love" by Patti Page[?]
"Harbor Lights" by Sammy Kaye[?]
"Here Comes Santa Claus" - Andrews Sisters

Births

January 1 - Morgan Fisher[?], Mott the Hoople
January 1 - Steve Ripley[?], The Tractors[?]
January 5 - Chris Stein[?], Blondie
January 9 - David Johanson[?], Buster Poindexter & His Banshees of Blue[?]
January 21 - Billy Ocean
January 23 - Pat Simmons[?], The Doobie Brothers
January 23 - Danny Federici[?], E Street Band
February 2 - Ross Valory[?], Santana
February 6 - Natalie Cole[?]
February 8 - Danny Seals[?]
February 11 - Rochelle Fleming[?], soul music vocalist
February 12 - Steve Hackett[?], Genesis
February 13 - Peter Gabriel
February 19 - Andy Powell[?], Wishbone Ash
February 20 - Walter Becker[?], Steely Dan
February 23 - Steven Priest[?], Sweet[?]
February 26 - Jonathan Cain[?], Journey
March 2 - Karen Carpenter[?], The Carpenters
March 4 - Billy Gibbons[?], ZZ Top
March 13 - Danny Kirwan[?], Fleetwood Mac
March 21 - Roger Hodgson[?], Supertramp[?]
March 26 - Teddy Pendergrass[?]
March 27 - Tony Banks[?], Genesis
April 5 - Agnetha Faltskog-Ulvaeus[?], ABBA
April 12 - David Cassidy
April 15 - Tonio K, singer
April 22 - Peter Frampton
April 25 - Steve Ferrone, Average White Band
May 2 - Lou Gramm[?], Foreigner
May 3 - Mary Hopkin[?]
May 9 - Tom Petersson, Cheap Trick
May 12 - Jocko Marcellino[?], Sha Na Na[?]
May 12 - Billy Squier[?]
May 13 - Stevie Wonder
May 17 - Bill Bruford[?], Yes, King Crimson
May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh
May 22 - Bernie Taupin
May 29 - Rebbie Jackson[?]
May 24 - Terry Scott Taylor, record producer, The Lost Dogs, Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies
June 1 - Graham Russell[?], Air Supply[?]
June 2 - Antone Tavares[?]
June 3 - Suzie Quatro[?]
June 5 - Laurie Anderson
June 5 - Ronnie Dyson[?]
June 8 - Alex Van Halen[?], Van Halen
June 15 - Noddy Holder[?], Slade
June 19 - Ann Wilson[?], Heart[?]
June 21 - Joey Kramer[?], Aerosmith
July 12 - Eric Carr[?], Kiss
July 18 - Glenn Hughes, The Village People
July 23 - Blair Thornton[?], Bachman Turner Overdrive[?]
August 1 - Jim Carroll[?]
August 8 - Andy Fairweather-Low[?], Amen Corner[?]
August 11 - Eric Braunn[?], Iron Butterfly
August 12 - Kid Creole[?]
August 15 - Tom Aldrich[?], Black Oak Arkansas[?]
August 18 - Dennis Elliott[?], Foreigner
August 25 - Willy DeVille[?]
September 4 - Ronald LaPread[?], The Commodores[?]
September 10 - Joe Perry[?], Aerosmith
September 14 - Paul Kosoff[?], Free[?]
September 17 - Fee Waybill[?], Tubes[?]
October 2 - Michael Rutherford[?], Genesis
October 8 - Robert Kool Bell[?], Kool and The Gang[?]
October 11 - Andrew Woolfolk[?], Earth Wind and Fire[?]
October 15 - Chris De Burgh[?]
November 1 - Dan Peek[?], America
November 11 - Jim Peterik[?], Ides Of March[?], Survivor
November 18 - Graham Parker[?]
November 21 - Livingston Taylor[?]
November 22 - Tina Weymouth[?], The Talking Heads
November 22 - Steven Van Zandt[?] (aka "Little Steven", "Miami Steve"), E Street Band
December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)
December 9 - Joan Armatrading[?]
December 28 - Alex Chilton[?], The Box Tops[?], Big Star

Deaths

July 11 - Buddy De Sylva, songwriter