1948 in music

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 hits on record

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

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 Ça"     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

• Are You With It?
• La Belle Meuniere
• Big City
• Bill And Coo
• 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
• 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

Deaths

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