1948 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths

Events

Aldeburgh Festival is founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears.
Al Jolson is voted the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" in 1948 by a Variety poll
Patti Page becomes the first artist to use the technique of multi-track overdubbing (later popularized by Les Paul & Mary Ford).
Perry Como has his first television Christmas Special
Columbia Records introduces the 33⅓ rpm LP (“long playing”) record at New York's Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, featuring 25 minutes of music per side, compared to the four minutes per side of the 78 rpm record, the previous standard for gramophone records.
Otis Rush's musical career begins.
Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft meet for the first time.
Quartetto Cetra dubs the choruses for the Italian release of Disney's Dumbo.

Albums released

Top hits on record

"Buttons and Bows" – Dinah Shore
"Confess" – Doris Day & Buddy Clark
"Deck Of Cards" – Phil Harris
"Don't Have To Tell Nobody" – Frankie Laine
"Gloria" – The Mills Brothers
"I Love You So Much (It Hurts Me) – The Mills Brothers
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" – Frankie Laine
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" – Art Mooney
"I'm My Own Grandpa" – Guy Lombardo & The Guy Lombardo Trio
"Is It True What They Say About Dixie" – Al Jolson & The Mills Brothers
"It's Magic" – Doris Day
"Little White Lies" – Dick Haymes & The Four Hits And A Miss
"Love Somebody" – Doris Day & Buddy Clark
"Manana" by Peggy Lee
"Monday Again" – Frankie Laine
"My Happiness" – The Pied Pipers
"Nature Boy" – Nat King Cole
"Nature Boy" – Sarah Vaughn
"On A Slow Boat To China" – Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood
"Red River Valley" – Jo Stafford
"Red Roses For A Blue Lady" – Vaughn Monroe
"Rosetta" – Frankie Laine
"So Tired" – Russ Morgan
"Someday You'll Want Me To Want You" – Vaughn Monroe
"The Things We Did Last Summer" – Georgia Gibbs
"A Tree In the Meadow" – Margaret Whiting
"Twelfth Street Rag" – Pee Wee Hunt
"Underneath the Arches" – Andrews Sisters
"What Could Be Sweeter"" – Frankie Laine
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" – Georgia Gibbs
"Woody Woodpecker" – Kay Kyser
"You Call Everybody Darlin' " – Al Trace
"You Can't Be True, Dear" – Ken Griffin

Published popular music

""A" You're Adorable" w.m. Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise & Sidney Lippman
"Always True To You In My Fashion" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Lisa Kirk in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Performed in the film version by Ann Miller and Tommy Rall
"Another Op'nin', Another Show" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Annabelle Hill and the ensemble in the musical Kiss Me, Kate
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Be A Clown" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in the film The Pirate
"Bibbidi-Bobbodi-Boo (The Magic Song)" w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
"Black Coffee" w.m. Paul Francis Webster & Sonny Burke
"Black Market" w.m. Frederick Hollander
"Blue Christmas" w.m. Billy Hayes & Jay Johnson
"The Blue Skirt Waltz" w. Mitchell Parish m. Vaclav Blaha
"Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" w.m. Oakley Haldeman, Al Trace & Jimmy Lee
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Harry Clark and Jack Diamond in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Memorably Performed in the film version by Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore.
"Busy Line" Semes, Stanton
"Candy Kisses" w.m. George Morgan
"Careless Hands" w. Bob Hilliard m. Carl Sigman
"Comme Ci, Comme Ça" w. (Eng) Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer (Fr) Pierre Dudan m. Bruno Coquatrix
"A Couple Of Swells" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in the film Easter Parade
"The Deck Of Cards" w.m. T. Texas Tyler
"Don't Look Now But My Heart Is Showing" w. Ann Ronell m. Kurt Weill from the film version of One Touch Of Venus
"Far Away Places" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
"Forever And Ever" w. (Eng) Malia Rosa (Ger) Franz Winkler m. Franz Winkler
"Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys" w.m. Ralph Blane
"Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue" w.m. Sunny Skylar
"Hang On The Bell, Nellie" w.m. Tommie Connor, Clive Erard & Ross Parker
"I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"I'm Beginning To Miss You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Alfred Drake in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Sung in the film version by Howard Keel.
"I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" w.m. Fred Heatherton
"My Darling, My Darling" w.m. Frank Loesser. Introduced in the musical Where's Charley? by Byron Palmer and Doretta Morrow
"My Happiness" w. Betty Peterson m. Borney Bergantine
"N'yot N'yow (The Pussycat Song)" w.m. Dick Manning
"O Mein Papa" w.m. Paul Burkhard
"Once In Love With Amy" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Pecos Bill" w. Johnny Lange m. Eliot Daniel
"Powder Your Face With Sunshine" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski
"Red Roses For A Blue Lady" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
"Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
"Shoes With Wings On" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren
"So In Love" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Patricia Morison in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Performed in the film version by Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel.
"Sunflower" Mack David
"Tennessee Waltz" w.m. Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King
"The Three Bells" w. (Eng) Bert Reisfeld m. Jean Villard
"Time Out For Tears" w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman
"Too Darn Hot" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Lorenzo Fuller, Fred Davis and Eddie Sledge in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Ann Miller sang and danced the number in the film version.
"A Tree In The Meadow" w.m. Billy Reid
"Where Is The Life That Late I Led?" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Alfred Drake in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Sung by Howard Keel in the film version.
"Why Can't You Behave?" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Performed by Ann Miller in the film version.
"Wunderbar" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Performed by Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson.
"You Came A Long Way From St Louis" w. Bob Russell m. John Benson Brooks
"You Can't Be True, Dear" w.(Eng) Hal Cotton (Ger) Gerhard Ebeler m. Hans Otten
"You Say The Nicest Things, Baby" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
"You Was" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke
"You're All I Want For Christmas" w.m. Glen Moore & Seger Ellis
"You're Breaking My Heart" w.m. Pat Genaro & Sunny Skylar

Classical music

George Antheil – Violin Sonata No. 4
John Cage – Suite for Toy Piano
Aaron Copland – Red Pony Suite
Einar Englund – Symphony No. 2, "Blackbird"
Dmitri Kabalevsky – Violin Concerto in C major
Henning Wellejus – Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor
Pierre Schaeffer – Étude aux chemins de fer
Eduard Tubin – Concerto for Double Bass

Opera

Musical theater

A La Carte London production
As The Girls Go Broadway production
The Boltons Revue London production
Caribbean Rhapsody London production
Down In The Valley Broadway production
High Button Shoes (Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) – London production
Inside U.S.A. Broadway production
Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter) – Broadway production opened on December 30 at the New Century Theatre and ran for 1077 performances
Lend An Ear Broadway production
Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! Broadway production
Love Life Broadway production
Magdalena Broadway production
Make Mine Manhattan Broadway production
Moonshine New Haven production
Oranges And Lemons London production
Slings And Arrows London production
That's The Ticket Broadway production
Where's Charley? Broadway production opened on October 11 at the St. James Theatre and ran for 792 performances

Musical films

Are You With It?
La Belle Meuniere
Big City
Bill And Coo
Casbah starring Yvonne DeCarlo and Tony Martin.
A Date With Judy
Deux Amours
Easter Parade
The Emperor Waltz
Fandango
For The Love Of Mary
A Foreign Affair
Give My Regards To Broadway
Glamour Girl
The Glass Mountain
If You Knew Susie
The Kissing Bandit
Ladies Of The Chorus
Lulu Belle
Luxury Liner
Martin Block's Musical Merry Go Round
Mary Lou
Melody Time Animated film include Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill
Mexican Hayride
Mickey
A Miracle Can Happen
The Miracle Of The Bells
Music Man
On An Island With You
One Night With You
One Sunday Afternoon
One Touch Of Venus released August, starring Ava Gardner, Robert Walker and Dick Haymes.
The Paleface
The Pirate
Rachel And The Stranger
Romance On The High Seas
So Dear To My Heart
A Song Is Born
Summer Holiday released on April 16 starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven
That Lady In Ermine
Three Daring Daughters
Two Guys From Texas
Up In Central Park
When My Baby Smiles At Me
Words And Music
You Were Meant For Me