See also: 1948 in music, other events of 1949, 1950 in music and the list of 'years 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

  • 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 á 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

Musical theater

Musical films

  • On The Town
  • Red, Hot And Blue

Births

Deaths