1950 in music

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See also: 1949 in music, other events of 1950, 1951 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Albums released

[edit] No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1950.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
January 6, 1950 4 "I Can Dream, Can't I?" The Andrews Sisters
February 3, 1950 1 "Rag Mop" The Ames Brothers
February 10, 1950 4 "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley
March 10, 1950 4 "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer
April 7, 1950 2 "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton
April 21, 1950 11 "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas
July 7, 1950 5 "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole
August 11, 1950 13 "Goodnight, Irene" Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
November 10, 1950 2 "Harbor Lights" Sammy Kaye
November 24, 1950 4 "The Thing" Phil Harris
December 22, 1950 9 "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page

[edit] Top hit records

[edit] Top R&B hits on record

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

[edit] Musical theater

[edit] Musical films

[edit] Births

[edit] January - February

[edit] March - April

[edit] May - June

[edit] July - August

[edit] September - October

[edit] November - December

[edit] Deaths

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