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Years: | 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- January 4 - The Communist forces of North Korea and China seize the city of Seoul.
- Bette Nesmith Graham invents Liquid Paper
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Kim Wilson, blues singer and harmonica player
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress
- Rush Limbaugh, radio personality
- January 30 - Phil Collins, English musician
- February 6 - Princess Daphné of Belgium
- February 14 - Kevin Keegan, English footballer and football manager
- February 15 - Melissa Manchester, singer
- February 15 - Jane Seymour, actress
- February 18 - Dale Earnhardt, American racing car driver (d. 2001)
- February 19 - Tahir-ul-Qadri, Islamic scholar and leader
- February 20 - Gordon Brown, Scottish politician
- February 25 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
- March 4 - Kenny Dalglish Scottish footballer and football manager
- March 4 - Chris Rea, British singer and musician
- March 8 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
- March 17 - Kurt Russell, actor
- March 24 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
- April 13 - Peter Davison, actor
- April 27 - Ace Frehley, American musician
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Films Released
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- The African Queen
- Calamity Jane
- Flying Leathernecks
- The Thing From Another World
- No Highway
- Alice in Wonderland
- On the Riviera
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- When Worlds Collide
- Bedtime for Bonzo
- Miss Julie
- Strangers on a Train
- Rashomon
- Miracle in Milan
- The Lavender Hill Mob
- An American in Paris
- Death of a Salesman
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- The Man in the White Suit
- A Place in the Sun
- The Big Carnival
[edit] Hit Songs
- "Aba Daba Honeymoon" - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
- "Because" - Mario Lanza
- "Because Of You" - Tony Bennett
- "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" - Guy Mitchell
- "Blue Tango" - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
- "Cold, Cold Heart" - Tony Bennett
- "Come On-A My House" - Rosemary Clooney
- "Cry" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
- "Detour" - Patti Page
- "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" - Patti Page
- "Down Yonder" - Del Wood
- "Down Yonder" - Champ Butler
- "Flamenco" - Frankie Laine
- "Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
- "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" - Frankie Laine
- "Get Happy" - Frankie Laine
- "Get Out Those Old Records" - Guy Lombardo (The Lombardo Trio vocals)
- "The Girl In The Wood" - Frankie Laine
- "Give Me Time" - Johnnie Ray
- "Gone Fishin'" - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
- "Got Him Off My Hands" - Georgia Gibbs
- "Hello, Young Lovers" - Perry Como
- "Hello, Young Lovers" - Guy Lombardo (Kenny Martin vocals)
- "Hey, Good Lookin'" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
- "The Hot Canary" - Florian Zabach
- "How High The Moon" - Les Paul and Mary Ford
- "I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" - Mel Blanc
- "If" - Perry Como
- "It Is No Secret" - Bill Kenny & The Song Spinners
- "It's All In the Game" - Tommy Edwards
- "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
- "Jealousy (Jalousie)" - Frankie Laine
- "Jezebel" - Frankie Laine
- "The Little White Cloud That Cried" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
- "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" - Mario Lanza
- "Lullaby Of Broadway" - Doris Day
- "Mister And Mississippi" - Patti Page
- "Mockin' Bird Hill" - Patti Page
- "My Heart Cries For You" - Dinah Shore
- "My Truly, Truly Fair" - Guy Mitchell
- "On Top Of Old Smoky" - The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson
- "Once Upon A Nickel" - Georgia Gibbs
- "One For My Baby" - Frankie Laine
- "Paths Of Paradise" - Johnnie Ray
- "Pretty-Eyed Baby" - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine
- "Red Sails In The Sunset" - Nat King Cole
- "Rose, Rose I Love You" - Frankie Laine
- "Shanghai" - Doris Day
- "Sin" - Eddie Howard & his Orchestra
- "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" - Vaughn Monroe
- "The Sparrow In The Treetop" - Guy Mitchell
- "A Sunday Kind Of Love" - Jo Stafford
- "Sweet Violets" - Dinah Shore
- "The Syncopated Clock" - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
- "Tell Me" - Doris Day
- "Tell Me Why" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
- "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" - Johnnie Ray
- "Tom's Tune" - Georgia Gibbs
- "Too Young" - Nat King Cole
- "Undecided" - The Ames Brothers
- "When It's Sleep Time Down South" - Frankie Laine
- "While You Danced, Danced, Danced" - Georgia Gibbs
- "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" - Les Paul and Mary Ford
[edit] New Books
- The Balance Wheel - Taylor Caldwell
- The Blessing - Nancy Mitford
- Boy at the Window - Owen Dodson
- The Caine Mutiny - Herman Wouk
- The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
- The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat
- The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey
- The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
- Foundation - Isaac Asimov
- The Foundling - Cardinal Spellman
- From Here to Eternity - James Jones
- Galactic Storm - Gill Hunt
- Lie Down In Darkness - William Styron
- Log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck
- The Loved and the Lost - Morley Callaghan
- Mémoires d'Hadrien - Marguerite Yourcenar
- Moses - Sholem Asch
- My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier
- Prince Caspian - C. S. Lewis
- A Question of Upbringing - Anthony Powell
- Return to Paradise - James A. Michener
- Spartacus - Howard Fast
- Tempest-Tost - Robertson Davies
- The Wanderer - Mika Waltari
- A Woman Called Fancy - Frank Yerby