1949 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1950 ,
1951 In Music , 1950s In Music and the List Of 'years In Music'
These singles reached the top of Billboard Magazine 's charts in 1950.
- "Adelaide's Lament" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "American Beauty Rose" w.m. Hal David , Redd Evans & Arthur Altman
- " Be My Love " w. Sammy Cahn m. Nicholas Brodszky
- "The Best Thing For You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Blind Date" w.m. Sid Robin
- " A Bushel And A Peck " w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Candy And Cake" w.m. Bob Merrill
- " Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy " w.m. Harry Stone & Jack Stapp
- "Choo'n Gum" w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy
- " Cold, Cold Heart " w.m. Hank Williams
- "The Cry Of The Wild Goose" w.m. Terry Gilkyson
- " Dearie " w.m. Bob Hilliard & David Mann
- "Freight Train" w. Paul James & Fred Williams m. trad arr. Elizabeth Cotton
- "The French Can-Can Polka" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Jacques Offenbach
- "From This Moment On" w.m. Cole Porter
- "Frosty The Snowman" w.m. Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins
- "Fugue For Tinhorns" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Get Out Those Old Records" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb
- "Gone Fishin"' w.m. Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny
- " Guys And Dolls " w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Home Cookin"' w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Hoop-Dee-Doo" w. Frank Loesser m. Milton De Lugg
- "The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" w.m. Edward Pola & George Wyle
- "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" w.m. Mack David
- "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" w.m. Alan Livingston, Billy May & Warren Foster
- " If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake " w.m. Al Hoffman , Bob Merrill & Clem Watts
- " If I Were A Bell " w.m. Frank Loesser
- "I'll Know" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "I'll Never Be Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
- "I'm Movin' On" w.m. Hank Snow
- "It Is No Secret" w.m. Stuart Hamblen
- "It's A Lovely Day Today" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "I've Never Been In Love Before" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Ivory Rag" Lou Busch , Jack Elliott
- "Little White Duck" w.m. Walt Barrows & Bernard Zaritsky
- "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Juventino P. Rosa
- "Luck Be A Lady" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Lucky Lucky Lucky Me" Berle, Arnold
- "Marry The Man Today" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Marrying For Love" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "More I Cannot Wish You" w.m. Frank Loesser
- " My Heart Cries For You " w.m. Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
- "My Time Of Day" w.m. Frank Loesser
- " No Other Love " adapt from Chopin's Etude No 3 in E, Opus 10. w.m. Bob Russell & Paul Weston
- "The Old Piano Roll Blues" w.m. Cy Coben
- "The Oldest Established" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Orange Coloured Sky" w.m. Milton De Lugg & William Stein
- "Patricia" w.m. Benny Davis
- "Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)" w.m. Stuart Hamblen
- "The Roving Kind" adapt. w.m. Jessie Cavanaugh & Arnold Stanton
- "Sam's Song" w. Jack Elliott m. Lew Quadling
- "Shot Gun Boogie" w.m. Tennessee Ernie Ford
- "Silver Bells" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans . Introduced by Bob Hope in the 1951 Musical Film '' The Lemon Drop Kid .
- "Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" w.m. Frank Loesser . Introduced by Stubby Kaye in the Musical '' Guys And Dolls ''.
- "Sixty Minute Man" w.m. Billy Ward & Rose Marks
- "Sleigh Ride" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
- "Sue Me" w.m. Frank Loesser
- " The Syncopated Clock " w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
- "Take Back Your Mink" w.m. Frank Loesser . Introduced by Vivian Blaine in the Musical '' Guys And Dolls ''.
- " The Thing " w.m. Charles R. Grean
- " Tzena, Tzena, Tzena " adapt. trad Hebrew w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish m. Issachar Miron (Stefan Michrovsky) & Julius Grossman
- "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" w.m. Bob Merrill & Terry Shand
- " You're Just In Love " w.m. Irving Berlin
- January 1 - Morgan Fisher , Mott The Hoople
- January 1 - Steve Ripley , The Tractors
- January 5 - Chris Stein , Blondie
- January 9 - David Johansen , New York Dolls , Buster Poindexter & His Banshees Of Blue
- January 21 - Billy Ocean
- January 23 - Pat Simmons , The Doobie Brothers
- January 23 - Danny Federici , E Street Band
- January 26 - Paul Pena
- February 2 - Ross Valory , Santana
- February 6 - Natalie Cole
- February 8 - Danny Seals
- February 11 - Rochelle Fleming , soul music vocalist
- February 12 - Steve Hackett , Genesis
- February 13 - Peter Gabriel
- February 19 - Andy Powell , Wishbone Ash
- February 20 - Walter Becker , Steely Dan
- February 23 - Steven Priest , Sweet
- February 26 - Jonathan Cain , Journey
- March 2 - Karen Carpenter , Carpenters
- March 4 - Billy Gibbons , ZZ Top
- March 13 - Danny Kirwan , Fleetwood Mac
- March 21 - Roger Hodgson , Supertramp
- March 26 - Teddy Pendergrass
- March 27 - Tony Banks , Genesis
- April 5 - Agnetha Fältskog , ABBA
- April 12 - David Cassidy
- April 15 - Tonio K , singer
- April 22 - Peter Frampton
- April 25 - Steve Ferrone , Average White Band
- May 2 - Lou Gramm , Foreigner
- May 3 - Mary Hopkin
- May 9 - Tom Petersson , Cheap Trick
- May 12 - Jocko Marcellino , Sha Na Na
- May 12 - Billy Squier
- May 13 - Stevie Wonder
- May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh , Devo
- May 22 - Bernie Taupin
- May 29 - Rebbie Jackson
- May 24 - Terry Scott Taylor , Record Producer , The Lost Dogs , Daniel Amos , The Swirling Eddies
- June 1 - Graham Russell , Air Supply
- June 2 - Antone Tavares
- June 3 - Suzi Quatro
- June 5 - Laurie Anderson
- June 5 - Ronnie Dyson
- June 5 - Michael Monarch , Steppenwolf
- June 8 - Alex Van Halen , Van Halen
- June 19 - Ann Wilson , Heart
- June 21 - Joey Kramer , Aerosmith
- July 10 - Greg Kihn
- July 12 - Eric Carr , Kiss (+ 1991 )
- July 14 - Gwen Guthrie (+ 1999 )
- July 18 - Glenn Hughes , The Village People
- July 23 - Blair Thornton , Bachman Turner Overdrive
- August 1 - Jim Carroll
- August 11 - Eric Braunn , Iron Butterfly
- August 12 - Kid Creole
- August 15 - Tom Aldrich , Black Oak Arkansas
- August 18 - Dennis Elliott , Foreigner
- August 25 - Willy DeVille
- September 4 - Ronald LaPread , The Commodores
- September 10 - Joe Perry , Aerosmith
- September 14 - Paul Kossoff , Free
- September 17 - Fee Waybill , Tubes
- October 2 - Michael Rutherford , Genesis
- October 8 - Robert Kool Bell , Kool And The Gang
- October 11 - Andrew Woolfolk , Earth Wind And Fire
- November 1 - Dan Peek , America
- November 11 - Jim Peterik , Ides Of March , Survivor
- November 18 - Graham Parker
- November 21 - Livingston Taylor
- November 22 - Tina Weymouth , Talking Heads
- November 22 - Steven Van Zandt (aka "Little Steven", "Miami Steve"), E Street Band
- December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux , drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on '' I Love Lucy '')
- December 5 - Camarón De La Isla , flamenco singer
- December 9 - Joan Armatrading
- December 28 - Alex Chilton , Box Tops , Big Star
- February 26 - Harry Lauder , Scottish singer, comedian and songwriter
- April 3 - Kurt Weill , composer in many styles
- April 8 - Vaslav Nijinsky , ballet dancer
- July 1 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze , developer of Eurhythmics
- July 11 - Buddy De Sylva , Songwriter
- August 8 - Nikolai Myaskovsky , Soviet composer and teacher of Polish birth
- October 23 - Al Jolson
- December 1 - Ernest John Moeran , composer
- December 2 - Dinu Lipatti , pianist
- December 22 - Walter Damrosch , conductor and composer (born 1862)
- December 31 - Charles Koechlin , composer and teacher (born 1867)
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