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1948 in music
See also:
1947 in music
,
other events of 1948
,
1949 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums Released
3 Top Hit Records
4 Births
5 Deaths
Events
Columbia Records
introduces the 33 1/3
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.
Otis Rush[?]
's musical career begins
Albums Released
Top Hit Records
"Woody Woodpecker" by
Kay Kyser[?]
"Manana" by
Peggy Lee
"You Can't Be True, Dear" by
Ken Griffin[?]
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" by
Art Mooney[?]
"Twelfth Street Rag" by
Pee Wee Hunt[?]
"Buttons and Bows" by
Dinah Shore[?]
"A Tree In the Meadow" by
Margaret Whiting[?]
"Nature Boy" by
Nat King Cole
"You Call Everybody Darlin'" by
Al Trace[?]
"Love Somebody" by
Doris Day
with
Buddy Clark[?]
"Underneath the Arches" -
Andrews Sisters
Births
January 7
-
Kenny Loggins[?]
January 9
-
Bill Cowsill[?]
,
The Cowsills[?]
January 10
-
Cyril Neville[?]
,
The Neville Brothers
January 10
-
Donald Fagen[?]
,
Steely Dan
January 14
-
T-Bone Burnett
,
record producer
, artist
January 16
-
John Carpenter
January 17
-
Mick Taylor[?]
,
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
,
The Rolling Stones
January 23
-
Anita Pointer[?]
,
The Pointer Sisters[?]
February 1
-
Rick James[?]
February 2
-
Alan McKay[?]
,
Earth Wind and Fire[?]
February 4
-
Alice Cooper
, artist
February 5
-
Christopher Guest
, actor, musician,
Spinal Tap
February 19
-
Tony Iommi[?]
,
Black Sabbath
March 4
-
Chris Squire
,
Yes
March 5
-
Eddy Grant[?]
March 8
-
Little Peggy March[?]
March 9
-
Jeffrey Osborne[?]
March 9
-
Jimmie Fadden[?]
,
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band[?]
March 12
-
James Taylor
March 17
-
Fran Byrne[?]
,
Ace
March 25
-
Michael Stanley[?]
March 26
-
Steven Tyler[?]
,
Aerosmith
March 26
-
Richard Tandy[?]
,
Electric Light Orchestra
March 28
-
John Evans[?]
,
Jethro Tull
March 28
-
Milan Williams[?]
,
The Commodores[?]
March 30
-
Jim Dandy[?]
,
Black Oak Arkansas[?]
March 31
-
Mick Ralphs[?]
,
Mott The Hoople
,
Bad Company
April 1
-
Ronnie Lane
,
Faces
April 1
-
Jimmy Cliff
April 4
-
Berry Oakley[?]
,
The Allman Brothers[?]
April 9
-
Chico Ryan[?]
,
Sha Na Na[?]
April 9
-
Phil Wright[?]
,
Paper Lace[?]
April 17
-
Jan Hammer[?]
April 20
-
Craig Frost[?]
,
Grand Funk Railroad
April 21
-
Paul Davis[?]
April 27
-
Kate Pierson
,
The B52's[?]
April 30
-
Wayne Kramer[?]
,
MC5
May 5
-
Bill Ward[?]
,
Black Sabbath
May 6
-
Mary MacGregor[?]
May 12
-
Steve Winwood
May 15
-
Brian Eno
May 19
-
Tom Scott[?]
May 21
-
Leo Sayer[?]
May 25
-
Klaus Meine[?]
,
The Scorpions
May 26
-
Stevie Nicks
,
Fleetwood Mac
May 27
-
Pete Sears[?]
,
Jefferson Starship
May 31
-
John Bonham
, drummer
June 22
-
Todd Rundgren
, singer and producer
June 24
-
Patrick Moraz[?]
,
Yes
,
The Moody Blues
June 29
-
Ian Paice[?]
,
Deep Purple
July 3
-
Paul Barrerre[?]
,
Little Feat[?]
July 4
-
Jeremy Spencer[?]
,
Fleetwood Mac
July 7
-
Larry Rheinhardt[?]
,
Iron Butterfly
July 12
-
Walter Egan[?]
July 17
-
Mick Tucker[?]
,
Sweet[?]
July 18
-
Philip Harris[?]
,
Ace
July 19
-
Keith Godchaux[?]
,
The Grateful Dead
July 21
-
Cat Stevens
July 25
-
Steve Goodman
August 10
-
Patti Austin[?]
August 12
-
Tony Santini[?]
,
Sha Na Na[?]
August 16
-
Barry Hay[?]
,
Golden Earring
August 19
-
Elliott Lurie[?]
,
Looking Glass[?]
August 20
-
Robert Plant
,
Led Zeppelin
August 28
-
Daniel Seraphine[?]
,
Chicago
September 3
-
Don Brewer[?]
,
Grand Funk Railroad
September 11
-
John Martyn
September 16
-
Kenny Jones[?]
,
Faces
,
The Who
September 26
-
Olivia Newton-John
September 29
-
Mark Farner
,
The Pack[?]
,
Grand Funk Railroad
September 30
-
Marc Bolan
,
T. Rex
October 1
-
Cub Koda[?]
,
Brownsville Station[?]
October 5
-
Brian Connolly[?]
,
Sweet[?]
October 10
-
Cyril Neville[?]
,
Neville Brothers
October 11
-
Daryl Hall[?]
,
Hall and Oates[?]
October 25
-
Glenn Tipton
,
Judas Priest
October 28
-
Rick Reynolds[?]
,
Black Oak Arkansas[?]
October 28
-
Telma Hopkins[?]
,
Tony Orlando & Dawn[?]
November 3
-
Lulu
November 6
-
Glenn Frey[?]
,
The Eagles
November 8
-
Minnie Ripperton[?]
November 21
-
Lonnie Jordan [?]
,
War
November 22
-
Dennis Larden[?]
,
Every Mother's Son[?]
December 3
-
Ozzy Osbourne
,
Black Sabbath
December 4
-
Southside Johnny Lyon[?]
December 10
-
Jessica Cleave[?]
,
Friends Of Distinction[?]
December 13
-
Jeff Skunk Baxter[?]
,
The Doobie Brothers
,
Steely Dan
December 13
-
Ted Nugent
December 17
-
Jim Bonfanti[?]
,
The Raspberries[?]
December 20
-
Stephen Wright[?]
,
The Easybeats[?]
December 25
-
Barbara Mandrell[?]
December 31
-
Donna Summer
Deaths
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