1948 in music
Events
- February 25th: First jazz festival with Nice (Louis Armstrong, Stephan Grappelli, Claude Luter, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow and Django Reinhardt).
- February 28th: First concert in Paris of Dizzy Gillespie.
- May 21st: Young ladies of the night , first representation of the Ballets of Paris of Small Roland.
- July 22nd: First International festival of lyric art of Aix-en-Provence.
- October 27th: Creation of the Mass of Igor Stravinski with the Scala of Milan under the direction of Ernest Ansermet.
Principal albums of the year
- X
Success of the year in France
- X
Births
- February 4th: Alice Cooper, American singer of the group of heavy metal éponyme
- March 26th: Steven Tyler, American singer of the group of Hard rock Aerosmith
- May 25th: Klaus Meine, German singer of the group of Hard rock Scorpions
- May 31st: John Bonham, British beater of the rock group Led Zeppelin
- August 20th: Robert Plant, British singer of the rock group Led Zeppelin
- August 31st: Rudolf Schenker, guitarist and German type-setter of the group of hard rock Scorpions
- October 14th: Marcia Barrett, singer of the group Disco music Boney M
- December 4th: Southside Johnny, singer of American rock'n'roll
- December 18th: Laurent Voulzy, singer and type-setter French
Principal deaths
- January 21st, Venice: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian type-setter.
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