1952 in music

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
• "Lean Baby"   w. Roy Alfred m. Billy May
• "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
• "The Ol' Spring Fever" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren from the film Just For You
• "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

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