1949 in music

Events

• 45 rpm discs are introduced

Albums Released

Top Hit Records

• "Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry Como[?]
• "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine[?]
• "Mule Train" by Frankie Laine[?]
• "Slippin' Around" by Margaret Whiting[?] & Jimmy Wakely[?]
• "Cruising Down the River" by Blue Barron[?], also Russ Morgan[?]
• "Riders In the Sky" by Vaughn Monroe[?]
• "Forever and Ever" by Russ Morgan[?]
• "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight[?]
• "You're Breaking My Heart" by Vic Damone[?]
• "A You're Adorable" by Perry Como[?]
• "The Fat Man", by Fats Domino, first record with back beat all the way through

Births

• January 2 - Chick Churchill[?], Ten Years After[?]
• January 5 - George Brown, Kool and the Gang
• January 11 - Frederick Dennis Greene[?], Sha Na Na[?]
• January 15 - Ronnie Van Zandt[?], Lynyrd Skynrd[?]
• January 19 - Robert Palmer[?]
• January 22 - Steve Perry[?], Journey
• January 24 - John Belushi, The Blues Brothers
• February 5 - Nigel Olsson[?]
• February 11 - Charlie Hargrett[?], rock guitarist
• February 12 - Stanley Knight[?], Black Oak Arkansas[?]
• February 21 - Jerry Harrison[?], Talking Heads
• February 23 - Terry Comer[?], Ace
• March 2 - Rory Gallagher[?]
• March 13 - Donald York [?], Sha Na Na[?]
• March 21 - Eddie Money
• March 24 - Nick Lowe
• March 26 - Fran Sheehan[?], Boston
• April 3 - Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention
• April 7 - John Oates[?], Hall and Oats[?]
• April 15 - Tonio K
• May 9 - Billy Joel
• May 13 - Overend Pete Watts[?], Mott The Hoople
• May 16 - William Spooner[?], The Grateful Dead
• May 18 - Rick Wakeman, Yes
• May 19 - Dusty Hill[?], Z.Z. Top[?]
• May 26 - Hank Williams, Jr.
• May 26 - Vicki Lawrence[?]
• June 11 - Frank Beard[?], Z.Z. Top[?]
• June 13 - Dennis Locorriere[?], Dr. Hook[?]
• June 14 - Alan White[?], The Plastic Ono Band, Yes
• June 15 - Russell Hitchcock[?], Air Supply[?]
• June 15 - Michael Sam Lutz[?], Brownsville Station[?]
• June 20 - Lionel Richie
• June 22 - Alan Osmond[?], The Osmonds[?]
• June 26 - Larry Taylor[?], Canned Heat
• June 26 - John Illsey[?], Dire Straits
• June 30 - Andrew Scott[?], Sweet[?]
• July 3 - Fontella Bass[?]
• July 3 - John Verity[?], Argent
• July 6 - Michael Shrieve[?], Santana
• July 10 - Dave Smalley[?], The Raspberries[?]
• July 10 - Ronnie James Rio[?], Rainbow
• July 12 - John Wetton[?], Asia
• July 16 - Ray Major[?], Mott the Hoople
• July 17 - Terry Butler[?], Black Sabbath
• July 18 - Wally Bryson[?], The Raspberries[?]
• July 26 - Roger Taylor, Queen
• July 27 - David Weck[?], Brownsville Station[?]
• July 27 - Maureen McGovern[?]
• July 28 - Simon Kirke[?], Free[?], Bad Company)
• July 28 - Steven Took[?], T. Rex
• August 3 - B.B. Dickerson[?], War
• August 11 - Eric Carmen[?], The Raspberries[?]
• August 12 - Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
• August 17 - Sib Hashian[?], Boston
• August 23 - Rick Springfield
• August 25 - Gene Simmons, Kiss
• August 26 - Bob Cowsill[?], The Cowsills[?]
• August 27 - Jeff Cook[?], Alabama
• September 1 - Greg Errico[?], Sly and The Family Stone[?]
• September 5 - Clem Clempson[?], Humble Pie
• September 7 - Gloria Gaynor
• September 10 - Barriemore Barlow[?], Jethro Tull
• September 14 - Steve Gaines[?], Lynyrd Skynrd[?]
• September 18 - Kerry Livgren, Kansas
• September 20 - Chuck Panozzo[?], Styx
• September 20 - John Panozzo[?], Styx
• September 23 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
• October 5 - B.W. Stevenson[?]
• October 6 - Thomas McClary[?], The Commodores[?]
• October 8 - Michael Rosen[?], Average White Band
• October 17 - Bill Hudson[?], Hudson Brothers[?]
• October 23 - Wurzel[?], Motorhead
• October 27 - Garry Tallent[?], E Street Band
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz preformer
• November 8 - Bonnie Raitt
• November 10 - Donna Fargo[?]
• November 14 - James Young[?], Styx
• November 28 - Paul Shaffer, Late Show with David Letterman
• December 7 - Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor
• December 13 - Tom Verlaine, Television
• December 14 - Cliff Williams[?], Home, AC/DC
• December 14 - Randy Owen[?], Alabama
• December 16 - Billy Gibbons[?], Z.Z. Top[?]
• December 17 - Paul Rodgers[?], Free[?], Bad Company, The Firm
• December 22 - Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees
• December 23 - Adrian Belew
• December 23 - Luther Grosvenor[?], Spooky Tooth[?], Mott The Hoople

Deaths

• July 7 - Bunk Johnson, jazz trumpeter
• October 4 - Chris Smith, composer