1948 in music

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