nostos-music.blogspot: 1952 IN MUSIC

Events

February 26 - 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 & 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.
Ernesto Bonino moves from Italy to the USA.
John Serry, Sr. first performs in the Broadway Theatre.
Joni James begins her recording career at MGM.

[edit]Publications

Pierre Schaeffer - A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.

[edit]Musical groups formed

76th Army Band
338th Army Band (reactivated)
The Duke's Men of Yale (a cappella singing group)

[edit]Albums released

Anthology of American Folk Music - Various Artists
As You Desire Me - Jo Stafford
The Astaire Story – Fred Astaire
Billie Holiday Sings – Billie Holiday
Christmas Day in the Morning - Burl Ives
Christmas with Eddie Fisher - Eddie Fisher
The Early Show - Art Pepper
Eddie Fisher Sings - Eddie Fisher
Favorite Spirituals - The Ames Brothers
Harmony Encores - The Chordettes
Home on the Range - The Ames Brothers
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray
I'm in the Mood for Love - Eddie Fisher
Mr. Rhythm Sings - Frankie Laine
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington - Oscar Peterson
Penthouse Serenade - Nat King Cole
Song Favorites By Frankie Laine - Frankie Laine

[edit]US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US 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

[edit]Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Percy Faith	Delicado	1952	US 1940s 1 - Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
2	Jo Stafford	You Belong to Me	1952	UK 1 - Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 - Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
3	Al Martino	Here in My Heart	1952	UK 1 - Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 - May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
4	Kay Starr	Wheel of Fortune	1952	US 1940s 1 - Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
5	Frankie Laine	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)	1952	Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 - Jul 1952, UK 7 - Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952

[edit]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
"Comes A-Long A-Love" - Kay Starr
"Day of Jubilo" - Guy Mitchell
"Delicado" - Percy Faith & his Orchestra
"Faith Can Move Mountains" - Nat King Cole
"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

[edit]Published popular music

"Blue Tango" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
"Comes A-Long A-Love" w.m. Al Sherman
"Delicado" w. Jack Lawrence m. Waldyr Azevedo
"(How Much Is) That 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 (pseudonym for George David Weiss) 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. Rudy Toombs
"Outside of Heaven" w. Sammy Gallop m. Chester Conn
"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
"Raminay (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)" w.m. J. Lawrence, Sammy Fain
"She Wears Red Feathers" w.m. Bob Merrill
"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
"To Know You (Is to Love You)" w. Allan Roberts m. Robert Allen
"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

[edit]Top R&B and Country hits on record

"5-10-15 Hours" - Ruth Brown
"Daddy Daddy" - Ruth Brown
"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton
"Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" - Hank Williams
"Juke" - Little Walter
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" - Lloyd Price
"Midnight Special" - The Weavers
"Night Train" - Jimmy Forrest
"Wimoweh" - The Weavers
"Worry, Worry, Worry" - Joe Houston
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" - Kitty Wells

[edit]Classical music

Jean Barraqué - Piano Sonata
John Cage - 4′33″
George Crumb
- String Trio
- Three Pastoral Pieces for oboe and piano
George Enescu - String Quartet No. 2, Op. 22, No. 2
Alberto Ginastera - Sonata for Piano No. 1
Carlos Guastavino - Suite Argentina
Bohuslav Martinů - Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger - Canzone for violin and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.5 in B-flat major, Op. 92
Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Etude, musique concrète
- Klavierstücke I–IV
- Punkte ("Points"), for orchestra (first version)
- Schlagquartett, for piano and 3 pair of timpani (first version)
- Spiel, for orchestra

[edit]Opera

Franco Alfano - Sakùntala (revision of La leggenda di Sakùntala)
Leonard Bernstein - Trouble in Tahiti
Raymond Chevreuille - Atta Troll
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri - Pedro Malazarte (comic opera in one act, libretto by Mario de Andrade, premiered in May at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro)
Sergei Prokofiev - War and Peace