1952 in music (original) (raw)

See also: 1951 in music, other events of 1952, 1953 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years 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
• "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
• "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