1950 in music

Events

• Sam Cooke joins The Soul Stirrers
• Albert King[?]'s musical career begins
• On January 3, Sam Phillips opened the doors at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee of what was to become the most famous music recording studio in the world, Sun Records

Albums Released

• The Fat Man - Fats Domino

Top Hit Records

• "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole
• "Goodnight, Irene" by The Weavers[?] with Gordon Jenkins[?]
• "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley[?]
• "I Can Dream, Can't I?" by The Andrews Sisters
• "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas[?], also Guy Lombardo
• "The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page[?]
• "The Thing" by Phil Harris[?]
• "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" by Eileen Barton[?]
• "All My Love" by Patti Page[?]
• "Harbor Lights" by Sammy Kaye[?]
• "Here Comes Santa Claus" - Andrews Sisters

Births

• January 1 - Morgan Fisher[?], Mott the Hoople
• January 1 - Steve Ripley[?], The Tractors[?]
• January 5 - Chris Stein[?], Blondie
• January 9 - David Johanson[?], Buster Poindexter & His Banshees of Blue[?]
• January 21 - Billy Ocean
• January 23 - Pat Simmons[?], The Doobie Brothers
• January 23 - Danny Federici[?], E Street Band
• 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[?], The 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 Faltskog-Ulvaeus[?], 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 17 - Bill Bruford[?], Yes, King Crimson
• May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh
• 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 - Suzie Quatro[?]
• June 5 - Laurie Anderson
• June 5 - Ronnie Dyson[?]
• June 8 - Alex Van Halen[?], Van Halen
• June 15 - Noddy Holder[?], Slade
• June 19 - Ann Wilson[?], Heart[?]
• June 21 - Joey Kramer[?], Aerosmith
• July 12 - Eric Carr[?], Kiss
• July 18 - Glenn Hughes, The Village People
• July 23 - Blair Thornton[?], Bachman Turner Overdrive[?]
• August 1 - Jim Carroll[?]
• August 8 - Andy Fairweather-Low[?], Amen Corner[?]
• 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 Kosoff[?], 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[?]
• October 15 - Chris De Burgh[?]
• 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[?], The 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 9 - Joan Armatrading[?]
• December 28 - Alex Chilton[?], The Box Tops[?], Big Star

Deaths

• July 11 - Buddy De Sylva, songwriter