Category Archives: Popular Music 1950s

‘I Can Dream, Can’t I?’ by Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1950)

1950s, Popular Music 1950s

(Saturday, January 14, 1950) — “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” by Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for four consecutive weeks (Jan. 14/21/28, Feb. 4, 1950). Continue reading ‘I Can Dream, Can’t I?’ by Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1950) →

‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ by Gene Autry peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1950)

1950s, Christmas, Popular Music 1950s

(Saturday, January 7, 1950) — “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Accompaniment peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week (Jan. 7, 1950, based on reports received last three days of week ending Dec. 30, 1949). Continue reading ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ by Gene Autry peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1950) →

‘Heartaches by the Number’ by Guy Mitchell peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1959)

1950s, Popular Music 1950s

(Monday, December 14, 1959) — “Heartaches by the Number” by Guy Mitchell peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Dec. 14/21, 1959). Continue reading ‘Heartaches by the Number’ by Guy Mitchell peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1959) →

‘The Sound of Music’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1959)

1950s, Broadway, Popular Music 1950s


Video: '- The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'

(Monday, November 16, 1959, 7:30 p.m. EST) — The Sound of Music, a Broadway musical about a woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower, opened tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City.

With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, the original cast included Mary Martin as Maria, Theodore Bikel as Captain Georg von Trapp, Patricia Neway as Mother Abbess, Kurt Kasznar as Max Detweiler, Marion Marlowe as Elsa Schräder, Brian Davies as Rolf and Lauri Peters as Liesl.