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1948 in music

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

The Jolson Album Vol. 2 - Al Jolson
Christmas Songs By Sinatra - Frank Sinatra

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1948.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Pee Wee Hunt	Twelfth Street Rag	1948	US 1940s 1 - Jul 1948, US 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1948, Peel list 1 of 1947, US BB 4 of 1948, POP 7 of 1948, RYM 20 of 1948
2	Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	1948	US 1940s 1 - Jan 1948, US BB 1 of 1948, US 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1948, POP 1 of 1948
3	Nat King Cole	Nature Boy	1948	US 1940s 1 - Apr 1948, US 1 for 7 weeks May 1948, US BB 9 of 1948, RYM 9 of 1948, POP 17 of 1948, Europe 90 of the 1940s, Acclaimed 1793
4	Dinah Shore	Buttons & Bows	1948	US 1940s 1 - Oct 1948, US 1 for 10 weeks Nov 1948, US BB 3 of 1948, POP 3 of 1948, Europe 91 of the 1940s, RYM 102 of 1948
5	Kay Kyser	The Woody Woodpecker Song	1948	US 1940s 1 - Jun 1948, US 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1948, US BB 13 of 1948, POP 21 of 1948, Europe 76 of the 1940s, RYM 95 of 1948

Top hits on record

"Buttons and Bows" - Dinah Shore
"Confess" recorded by

Doris Day & Buddy Clark
Patti Page (the first multi-tracked song)

"Cool Water" - Vaughn Monroe & The Sons of the Pioneers
"Deck Of Cards" - Phil Harris
"Don't Have To Tell Nobody" - Frankie Laine
"Gloria" - The Mills Brothers
"Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue" recorded by:

"I Love You So Much (It Hurts Me)" - The Mills Brothers
"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" recorded by:

"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
"Mañana" - Peggy Lee
"Monday Again" - Frankie Laine
"Move On Up A Little Higher" - Mahalia Jackson
"My Happiness" recorded by:

"Nature Boy" recorded by:

"(I'd Like to Get You 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, Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood
"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-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)" w.m. Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
"Black Coffee" w. Paul Francis Webster m. 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'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
"Make A Miracle" w.m. Frank Loesser. Introduced by Ray Bolger and Allyn McLerie in the musical Where's Charley?
"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" 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; String Quartet No. 3
Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 7
John Cage - Suite for Toy Piano
Elliott Carter - Cello Sonata
Aaron Copland - Red Pony Suite; Clarinet Concerto
George Crumb - Alleluja for unaccompanied chorus
Sven Einar Englund - Symphony No. 2 Blackbird
Ross Lee Finney - String Quartet No. 5
Vagn Holmboe - Concerto No. 11 for trumpet and orchestra (his only trumpet concerto, but once called Chamber Concerto No. 11 because of its scoring)
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky - Violin Concerto in C major
Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concerto No. 3; The Strangler (ballet)
Nikolai Myaskovsky - Cello Sonata No. 2
Andrzej Panufnik - Symphony No. 1 Sinfonia Rustica
Francis Poulenc - Cello Sonata
Sergei Prokofiev - The Story of a Real Man (opera)
Alan Rawsthorne - Violin Concerto No. 1
Pierre Schaeffer - Étude aux chemins de fer
William Schuman - Symphony No. 6
Dmitri Shostakovich - From Jewish Folk Poetry (song cycle)
Igor Stravinsky - Mass for Chorus and Double Wind Quintet
Eduard Tubin - Double Bass Concerto
Henning Wellejus - Violin Concerto in A minor

Opera

Norman Demuth - Le Flambeau
Gabriel von Wayditch - begins his last opera The Heretics, which is not completed when he dies in 1969. However, he completed the piano score of the massive 8.5 hour work, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest opera.