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Overview of the events of 1954 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1954.
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the set of charts available for 1954.[14]
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries |
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1 | The Chordettes | "Mr. Sandman" | 1954 | US | US Billboard 1 – Oct 1954 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Nov 1954 (8 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks – Dec 1954, US CashBox 1 – Oct 1954 (23 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 6 weeks – Jan 1955, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Apr 1955, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1954), Peel list 1 of 1954, US BB 5 of 1954, DZE 5 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 6 of 1954, POP 7 of 1954, RYM 9 of 1954, UK 11 – Dec 1954 (8 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1955, DDD 45 of 1954, RIAA 252, Acclaimed 1006 (1954) |
2 | Doris Day | "Secret Love" | 1954 | US | UK 1 – Apr 1954 (29 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Jan 1954 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jan 1954 (20 weeks), US 1 for 3 weeks – Feb 1954, US CashBox 1 – Nov 1953 (30 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 7 weeks – May 1954, Oscar in 1953 (film 'Calamity Jane'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1953), UKMIX 7, DZE 8 of 1954, US BB 11 of 1954, POP 11 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 12 of 1954, RYM 12 of 1953, Brazil 17 of 1954, Italy 54 of 1954 |
3 | The Crew-Cuts | "Sh-Boom" | 1954 | US | US Billboard 1 – Jul 1954 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jul 1954 (20 weeks), US 1 for 7 weeks – Aug 1954, US CashBox 1 – Jul 1954 (24 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Dec 1954, DZE 1 of 1954, US BB 3 of 1954, Flanders 3 – Dec 1954 (3 months), POP 3 of 1954, UK 12 – Oct 1954 (9 weeks), Brazil 13 of 1954, France (50s) 20 of 1954, RYM 22 of 1954, Italy 95 of 1955 |
4 | Kitty Kallen | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | 1954 | US | UK 1 – Jul 1954 (23 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1954 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Apr 1954 (25 weeks), US 1 for 9 weeks – Jun 1954, US CashBox 1 – Apr 1954 (28 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 12 weeks – Jul 1954, Australia 1 for 5 weeks – Oct 1954, DZE 2 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 9 of 1954, US BB 15 of 1954, POP 15 of 1954, UKMIX 28, RYM 145 of 1954 |
5 | Rosemary Clooney | "Hey There" | 1954 | US | US Billboard 1 – Jul 1954 (27 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jul 1954 (23 weeks), US 1 for 6 weeks – Sep 1954, US CashBox 1 – Jul 1954 (31 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Feb 1957, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1954), UK 4 – Oct 1955 (11 weeks), DZE 7 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 14 of 1954, US BB 18 of 1954, POP 21 of 1954, Brazil 31 of 1954, RYM 34 of 1954, DDD 66 of 1954 |
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1954.
First week | Number of weeks | Title | Artist |
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January 2, 1954 | 8 | "Oh! My Pa-Pa" | Eddie Fisher |
February 27, 1954 | 2 | "Secret Love" | Doris Day |
March 13, 1954 | 1 | "Make Love to Me" | Jo Stafford |
March 20, 1954 | 1 | "Secret Love" | Doris Day |
March 27, 1954 | 2 | "Make Love to Me" | Jo Stafford |
April 10, 1954 | 8 | "Wanted" | Perry Como |
June 5, 1954 | 9 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | Kitty Kallen |
August 7, 1954 | 7 | "Sh-Boom" | The Crew-Cuts |
September 25, 1954 | 6 | "Hey There" | Rosemary Clooney |
November 6, 1954 | 1 | "This Ole House" | Rosemary Clooney |
November 13, 1954 | 3 | "I Need You Now" | Eddie Fisher |
December 4, 1954 | 7 | "Mr. Sandman" | The Chordettes |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Brian, Havergal | Symphony No. 8 (1949) | 1954-02-01 | London | London Philharmonic – Boult[16] |
Chávez, Carlos | Symphony No. 3 | 1954-12-09 | Caracas, Venezuela | Venezuela Symphony – Chávez[17] |
Dohnányi, Ernő | American Rhapsody | 1954-02-21 | Athens, Ohio | ? – Dohnányi[18] |
Enescu, George | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 22, No. 2 | 1954-02-07 | Boston | Stradivarius Quartet[19] |
Goeyvaerts, Karel | Nummer 5 | 1954-10-19 | Cologne (Musik der Zeit)[20] | electronic music |
Jolivet, André | Symphony No. 1 | 1954-05-30 | Haifa, Israel (ISCM Festival) | [unknown orchestra and conductor] [21] |
Korngold, Erich W. | Symphony | 1954-10-17 | Vienna | Vienna Symphony – Harold Byrns1[22] |
Lutosławski, Witold | Concerto for Orchestra | 1954-11-26 | Warsaw | Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki[23] |
Persichetti, Vincent | Symphony No. 4 | 1954-12-17 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[24] |
Rubbra, Edmund | Symphony No. 6 | 1954-11-17 | London | BBC Symphony – Sargent[25] |
Shchedrin, Rodion | Piano Concerto No. 1 | 1954-11-07 | Moscow | Shchedrin / Moscow Conservatory Symphony – Rozhdestvensky[26] |
Shostakovich, Dmitri | Festive Overture | 1954-11-06 | Moscow | Bolshoi Orchestra – Nebolsin[27] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Klavierstücke I–V | 1954-08-21 | Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany | Mercenier[28] |
Karlheinz Stockhausen | Studie I + Studie II | 1954-10-19 | Cologne (Musik der Zeit)[20] | electronic music |
Stravinsky, Igor | In memoriam Dylan Thomas | 1954-09-20 | Los Angeles (Monday Evening Concerts) | Robinson, Baker, Babitz, Figelski, Neikrug, Bohannon, Howard, Ulyate, Zeldin – Craft[29][30] |
Thomson, Virgil | Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion | 1954-09-17 | Venice Biennale | La Fenice Philharmonic – Sanzogno[31] |
Varèse, Edgard | Déserts | 1954-12-02 | Paris | Henry / French Radio National Orchestra – Scherchen[32] |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Tuba Concerto | 1954-06-13 | London | Catelinet / London Symphony – Barbirolli[33] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Odisseia de uma raça, symphonic poem | 1954-05-30 | Haifa, Israel (ISCM Festival) | Israel Philharmonic – Taube[34] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Rudá (Dio d'amore), symphonic poem and ballet | 1954-08-30 | Paris | French Radio National Orchestra – Villa-Lobos[35] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | String Quartet No. 14 | 1954-08-11 | Ann Arbor, US | Stanley Quartet[36] |
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