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1949 in music
See also:
1948 in music,
other events of 1949,
1950 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
Events
- 45 rpm discs are introduced
Albums released
Top hit records
Published popular music
- "Again" w. Dorcas Cochran m. Lionel Newman
- "Bali Ha'i" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Bamboo" w. Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
- "Beyond The Reef" w.m. Jack Pitman
- "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
- "Bloody Mary" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Blue Ribbon Gal" Irwin Dash & Ross Parker
- "Bluebird On Your Windowsill" w.m. Elizabeth Clarke & Robert Mellin
- "Bonaparte's Retreat" w.m. Pee Wee King
- "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" w.m. Cole Porter
- "Bye Bye Baby" w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
- "Cafe Mozart Waltz" m. Anton Karas
- "C'Est Si Bon" w. (Eng) Jerry Seelan (Fr) Andrez Hornez m. Henri Bett
- "Clopin Clopant" Bruno Coquatrix, Pierre Dudan & Kermit Goell
- "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Count Every Star" w. Sammy Gallop m. Bruno Coquatrix
- "Crazy, He Calls Me" w. Bob Russell m. Carl Sigman
- "Daddy's Little Girl" w.m. Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach
- "Dear Hearts And Gentle People" w. Bob Hilliard m. Sammy Fain
- "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
- "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" w.m. Buddy Johnson
- "Dites-Moi" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Don't Cry, Joe" w.m. Joe Marsala
- "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
- "Dreamer With A Penny" w.m. Allan Roberts & Lester Lee
- "A Dreamer's Holiday" w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne
- "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" w. Herb Magidson m. Carl Sigman
- "The Fat Man" w. Antoine Domino m. Dave Bartholomew
- "The Four Winds And The Seven Seas" w. Hal David m. Don Rodney
- "Happy Talk" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "He's A Real Gone Guy" w.m. Nellie Lutcher
- "Homework" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Honey Bun" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Hop-Scotch Polka" w.m. William "Billy" Whitlock, Carl Sigman & Gene Rayburn
- "The Horse Told Me" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "The Hot Canary" m. Paul Nero
- "How Can You Buy Killarney?" Hamilton Kennedy, Ted Steels, Freddie Grant (Grundland) & Gerard Morrison
- "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke
- "The Hucklebuck" w. Roy Alfred m. Andy Gibson
- "Hyme รก L'amour" w. Edith Piaf m. Marguerite Monnot
- "I Almost Lost My Mind" w.m. Ivory Joe Hunter
- "I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded" w.m. Hank Fort & Herb Leighton
- "I Love You Because" w.m. Leon Payne
- "I Said My Pajamas" w.m. Edward Pola & George Wyle
- "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" w.m. Harry Stewart
- "I'll Never Slip Around Again" Floyd Tillman
- "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" w.m. Hank Williams
- "It's A Great Feeling" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
- "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" w. Jack Elliott m. Harold Spina
- "Just One Way To Say I Love You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "A Little Girl From Little Rock" w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne
- "Lush Life" w.m. Billy Strayhorn
- "Maybe It's Because" w. Harry Ruby m. Johnnie Scott
- "Melodie D'Amour" w.(Eng) Leo Johns m. Henri Salvador
- "Mona Lisa" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Mule Train" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
- "My Bolero" Kennedy, Simon
- "My Foolish Heart" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
- "My One And Only Highland Fling" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren
- "Now That I Need You" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "The Old Master Painter" w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
- "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Peter Cottontail" w.m. Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson
- "Pigalle" w.m. Georges Konyn, Charles Newman & Georges Ulmer
- "Portrait Of Jenny" w. Gordon Burge m. J. Russell Robinson
- "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy" w.m. Hank Fort
- "Quicksilver" w.m. Irving Taylor, George Wyle & Eddie Pola
- "Rag Mop" w.m. Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson
- "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" w.m. Stan Jones
- "The River Seine" w. (Eng) Allan Roberts & Alan Holt m. Guy La Forge
- "Room Full Of Roses" w.m. Tim Spencer
- "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" w.m. Johnny Marks
- "Saturday Night Fish Fry" w.m. Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh & Al Carters
- "Scarlet Ribbons" w. Jack Segal m. Evelyn Danzig
- "La Seine" w. Geoffrey Parsons m. Berkeley Fase
- "Sentimental Me" w.m. James T. Morehead & James Cassin
- "Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle" w.m. Jimmy Durante & Jack Barnett
- "Slipping Around" w.m. Floyd Tillman
- "Some Day My Heart Will Awake" w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello
- "Some Enchanted Evening" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)" Bob Hilliard & Sammy Mysels
- "Sunshine Cake" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "Swamp Girl" w.m. Michael Brown
- "That Lucky Old Sun" w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
- "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Third Man Theme" m. Anton Karas
- "This Nearly Was Mine" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Through A Long And Sleepless Night" w. Mack Gordon m. Alfred Newman
- "Too Darn Hot" w.m. Cole Porter
- "Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!" Billy Reid
- "Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine" w. Carl Sigman m. Peter De Rose
- "Up Above My Head" w.m. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene" w.m. Tommie Connor & Johnny Reine
- "When Love Goes Wrong" Leo Robin, Jule Styne
- "When The Wind Was Green" w.m. Don Hunt
- "Where Is The Life That Late I Led?" w.m. Cole Porter
- "A Wonderful Guy" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Yingle Bells" adapt. Harry Stewart
- "You Can Have Him" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Younger Than Springtime" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
Births
- January 2 - Chick Churchill, Ten Years After
- January 5 - George Brown, Kool and the Gang
- January 11 - Frederick Dennis Greene, Sha Na Na
- January 15 - Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- January 19 - Robert Palmer, singer
- January 22 - Steve Perry, Journey
- January 24 - John Belushi, The Blues Brothers
- February 5 - Nigel Olsson
- February 11 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist
- February 12 - Stanley Knight, Black Oak Arkansas
- February 21 - Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads
- February 23 - Terry Comer, Ace
- March 2 - Rory Gallagher
- March 13 - Donald York, Sha Na Na
- March 21 - Eddie Money
- March 24 - Nick Lowe
- March 26 - Fran Sheehan, Boston
- April 3 - Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention
- April 7 - John Oates, Hall and Oats
- April 15 - Tonio K
- May 9 - Billy Joel
- May 13 - Overend Pete Watts, Mott The Hoople
- May 16 - William Spooner, The Grateful Dead
- May 18 - Rick Wakeman, Yes
- May 19 - Dusty Hill, Z.Z. Top
- May 26 - Hank Williams, Jr.
- May 26 - Vicki Lawrence
- June 11 - Frank Beard, Z.Z. Top
- June 13 - Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook
- June 14 - Alan White, The Plastic Ono Band, Yes
- June 15 - Russell Hitchcock, Air Supply
- June 15 - Michael Sam Lutz, Brownsville Station
- June 20 - Lionel Richie
- June 22 - Alan Osmond, The Osmonds
- June 26 - Larry Taylor, Canned Heat
- June 26 - John Illsey, Dire Straits
- June 30 - Andrew Scott, Sweet
- July 3 - Fontella Bass
- July 3 - John Verity, Argent
- July 6 - Michael Shrieve, Santana
- July 10 - Dave Smalley, The Raspberries
- July 10 - Ronnie James Rio, Rainbow
- July 12 - John Wetton, Asia
- July 16 - Ray Major, Mott the Hoople
- July 17 - Terry Butler, Black Sabbath
- July 18 - Wally Bryson, The Raspberries
- July 26 - Roger Taylor, Queen
- July 27 - David Weck, Brownsville Station
- July 27 - Maureen McGovern
- July 28 - Simon Kirke, Free, Bad Company)
- July 28 - Steven Took, T. Rex
- August 3 - B.B. Dickerson, War
- August 11 - Eric Carmen, The Raspberries
- August 12 - Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
- August 17 - Sib Hashian, Boston
- August 23 - Rick Springfield
- August 25 - Gene Simmons, Kiss
- August 26 - Bob Cowsill, The Cowsills
- August 27 - Jeff Cook, Alabama
- September 1 - Greg Errico, Sly and The Family Stone
- September 5 - Clem Clempson, Humble Pie
- September 7 - Gloria Gaynor
- September 10 - Barriemore Barlow, Jethro Tull
- September 14 - Steve Gaines, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- September 18 - Kerry Livgren, Kansas
- September 20 - Chuck Panozzo, Styx
- September 20 - John Panozzo, Styx
- September 23 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
- October 5 - B.W. Stevenson
- October 6 - Thomas McClary, The Commodores
- October 8 - Michael Rosen, Average White Band
- October 17 - Bill Hudson, Hudson Brothers
- October 23 - Wurzel, Motorhead
- October 27 - Garry Tallent, E Street Band
- November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz preformer
- November 8 - Bonnie Raitt
- November 10 - Donna Fargo
- November 13 - Terry Reid, singer, guitarist
- November 14 - James Young, Styx
- November 28 - Paul Shaffer, Late Show with David Letterman
- December 7 - Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor
- December 13 - Tom Verlaine, Television
- December 14 - Cliff Williams, Home, AC/DC
- December 14 - Randy Owen, Alabama
- December 16 - Billy Gibbons, Z.Z. Top
- December 17 - Paul Rodgers, Free, Bad Company, The Firm
- December 22 - Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees
- December 23 - Adrian Belew
- December 23 - Luther Grosvenor, Spooky Tooth, Mott The Hoople
Deaths
Referenced By
1910s in music | 1920s in music | 1930s in music | 1940s in music | 1948 in music | 1949 | 1950 in music | List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D | List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients E-I | List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients J-P | List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Q-Z | List of music events by year | List of musical events | Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) | The Weavers | Timeline of trends in music (1900-1949) | Timeline of trends in music (1900-1950)
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