1949 in music: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

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Table of contents

1 Events

2 Albums Released

3 Top Hit Records

4 Births

5 Deaths

Events

45 rpm discs are introduced

Albums Released

Top Hit Records

"Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry Como[?]
"That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine[?]
"Mule Train" by Frankie Laine[?]
"Slippin' Around" by Margaret Whiting[?] & Jimmy Wakely[?]
"Cruising Down the River" by Blue Barron[?], also Russ Morgan[?]
"Riders In the Sky" by Vaughn Monroe[?]
"Forever and Ever" by Russ Morgan[?]
"A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight[?]
"You're Breaking My Heart" by Vic Damone[?]
"A You're Adorable" by Perry Como[?]
"The Fat Man", by Fats Domino, first record with back beat all the way through

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 Skynrd[?]
January 19 - Robert Palmer[?]
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 Skynrd[?]
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 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

July 7 - Bunk Johnson, jazz trumpeter
October 4 - Chris Smith, composer