1951 in music

Events

February: the label Specialty leaves its first 45 turns
August: beginning of the Moondog Rock'n'roll Roll party of Alan Freed on the radio WJW of Cleveland
September 11th: Creation with Venice of The Rake' S Progress , of Igor Stravinski.

Principal albums of the year

June: Party After Hours , with Amos Milburn, Wynonie Harris… (25 cm long life)

Principal individual of the year

January: Black Night , of Charles Brown
January: Rock'n'roll Little Baby , of Cecil Glove
January: Too Young , of Nat King Cole
February: Yew (They Made has Me King) , of Perry Como
March: Rock'n'rolls In My Bed , of Big Joe Turner
March: Rockin' , of the Robins
March: Let' S Rock has While , of Amos Milburn
March: How High the Moon , of the Paul and Mary Ford
April: Rocket 88 , of Jackie Brenston & his Cats Delta (with Ike Turner)
April: Sixty Minute Man , of the Dominoes
April: Rockin' And Rollin' , of Little Its Jackson
July: Rocket 88 , of Bill Halley & The Saddle-Men
August: Fool, Fool, Fool , of the Clovers
August: Because off You , of Tony Bennett
October: Cold, Cold Heart , of Tony Bennett
November: Lovin' Machine , of Wynonie Harris & the Todd Rhodos orchestrated
December: Taxi Blues , of Little Richard
December: Cry , of Johnnie Ray & The Furnace Stable-lads

Success of the year in France

March 10th: P' tite Lili , operetta of Marguerite Monnot created with the ABC of Paris, with Edith Piaf.

Padam Padam of Edith Piaf
the singer of Mexico City , operetta of Francis Lopez with Shine Mariano

Births

January 30th: Phil Collins, British singer and member of the rock group Genesis
January 31st: Phil Manzanera, guitarist of the group of English glam-rock'n'roll Roxy Music
February 19th: Horace Andy, singer jamaïcain of reggae
March 18th: Bill Frisell, guitarist of American jazz
March 25th: Maizie Williams, singer of the group Disco music Boney M
March 4th: Chris Rea, British singer of rock'n'roll
April 27th: Ace Frehley, American guitarist of the group of hard rock KIS
May 3rd: Christopher Cross-country race, singer and American type-setter
May 15th: Jonathan Richman, singer and American guitarist of the group of punk-rock'n'roll The Modern Lovers
May 19th: Joey Cleans, singer of the group of American punk-rock'n'roll The Ramones
June 8th: Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer
June 30th: Stanley Clarke, bass player of American jazz
July 15th: Gregory Isaacs, singer jamaïcain of reggae
August 16th: Eric Bibb, singer of American blues
August 19th: John Deacon, English bass player of the group Queen
September 7th: Chrissie Hynde, singer of the English rock group The Pretenders
September 19th: Daniel Lanois, musician and Canadian producer
September 22nd: David Coverdale, English singer of the groups of hard rock Deep Purple and Whitesnake
October 2nd: Sting, English singer and member of the rock group The Organizes
October 7th: John Mellencamp, singer and guitarist of American rock'n'roll
October 11th: Jean-Jacques Goldman, author, type-setter and interprets French
October 26th: Bootsy Hakes, bass player of the American funk, member of the group Funkadelic
December 26th: John Scofield, guitarist of American jazz
December 31st: Tom Hamilton, bass player of the group of Hard rock Aerosmith

Principal deaths

February 3rd: Fréhel, French realistic singer
February 4th: Cecil Glove, singer of rhythm & American blues
July 13rd, Los Angeles: Arnold Schönberg, Austrian type-setter.
September 17th: Jimmy Yancey, pianist of rhythm & American blues

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