1952 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 No. 1 hit singles
4 Top hits on record
5 Published popular music
6 Top R&B and Country hits on record
7 Classical music
8 Opera
9 Musical theater
10 Musical films
11 Births
12 Deaths

Events

Pierre Schaeffer publishes his A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
Joni James begins her recording career at MGM
Jo Stafford marries bandleader/arranger Paul Weston
March 21 – First reported Rock and roll riot breaks out at Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. Teenage excitement is blamed for the frenzy
March 27 – Sun Records begins operations
August 29 – David Tudor gives the premiere of John Cage's 4' 33" in Woodstock, New York
September – Bill Haley and His Saddlemen change their image to become Bill Haley and His Comets
October 7 – First edition of Bob Horn's Bandstand is broadcast as a local show from station WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is later renamed American Bandstand and syndicated
November 14 – first UK singles chart published by NME.
Hank Ballard's musical career begins
Johnny Ace's musical career begins
Ernesto Bonino moves from Italy to the USA.

Albums released

As You Desire Me – Jo Stafford
Christmas With Eddie Fisher – Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher Sings – Eddie Fisher
Favorite Spirituals – The Ames Brothers
Home On The Range – The Ames Brothers
Johnnie Ray – Johnnie Ray
Mr. Rhythm Sings – Frankie Laine
Song Favorites By Frankie Laine – Frankie Laine

No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

First week	Number of weeks	Title	Artist
March 15, 1952	9	"Wheel of Fortune"	Kay Starr
May 17, 1952	5	"Blue Tango"	Leroy Anderson
June 21, 1952	2	"Here in My Heart"	Al Martino
July 5, 1952	1	"Delicado"	Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 12, 1952	9	"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"	Vera Lynn
September 13, 1952	5	"You Belong to Me"	Jo Stafford
October 18, 1952	5	"I Went To Your Wedding"	Patti Page
November 22, 1952	1	"It's In The Book"	Johnny Standley
November 29, 1952	4	"Why Don't You Believe Me"	Joni James
December 27, 1952	2	"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"	Jimmy Boyd

Top hits on record

"All Of Me" – Johnnie Ray
"Anytime" – Eddie Fisher
"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn
"Be My Life's Companion" – The Mills Brothers
"Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" – Rosemary Clooney
"Christmas Roses" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
"Day Of Jubilo" – Guy Mitchell
"Delicado" – Percy Faith & his Orchestra
"The Glow-Worm" – The Mills Brothers
"A Guy Is A Guy" – Doris Day
"Half As Much" – Rosemary Clooney
"Heart And Soul" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
"Here In My Heart" – Al Martino
"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" – Frankie Laine
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Karen Chandler
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" – Jimmy Boyd
"I Went To Your Wedding" – Patti Page
"I'll Walk Alone" – Don Cornell
"I'm Confessin'" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
"I'm Just A Poor Bachelor" – Frankie Laine
"I'm Yours" – Eddie Fisher
"Kiss Of Fire" – Georgia Gibbs
"A Kiss To Build A Dream On" – Louis Armstrong
"Lady Of Spain" – Eddie Fisher
"Lover" – Peggy Lee
"Maybe" – Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
"My Favorite Song" – Georgia Gibbs
"Pittsburgh Pennsylvania" – Guy Mitchell
"Please, Mr. Sun" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
"Ramblin' Man" – Frankie Laine
"Rock Of Gibraltar" – Frankie Laine
"Settin' The Woods On Fire" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
"A Sinner Am I" – Johnnie Ray
"Slow Poke" – Arthur Godfrey
"So Madly In Love" – Georgia Gibbs
"Somewhere Along The Way" – Nat King Cole
"Sugarbush" – Doris Day & Frankie Laine
"Tell Me Why" – Eddie Fisher
"Temptation" – Mario Lanza
"Tenderly" – Rosemary Clooney
"Tiger Rag" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
"Till I Waltz Again With You" – Teresa Brewer
"Tonight You Belong To Me" – Frankie Laine
"Unforgettable" – Nat King Cole
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" – Johnnie Ray
"Wheel Of Fortune" – Kay Starr
"When I Fall In Love" – Doris Day
"When You're In Love" – Frankie Laine
"Why Don't You Believe Me" – Joni James
"Winter Wonderland" – Perry Como
"Wish You Were Here" – Eddie Fisher
"You Belong To Me" – Jo Stafford
"You'll Never Be Mine" – Guy Mitchell

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