Your favorite music from 1952

As usual, you don't have to do a big list all at once. I just post stuff as I listen to it.

Albums, EPs, singles--whatever you want. Just limit it to stuff released, recorded, written/premiered (in the case of classical, for example) in 1952.

 

Ferrante & Teicher - self-titled

 

'I Don't Know' - Willie Mabon

 

"Have Mercy Baby"-Billy Ward and the Dominoes...also "That's What You're Doing To Me"

 

The Orioles - You Belong To Me

 

Nat King Cole - Polka Dots & Moonbeams

 

A partial list:

Billie Holiday Sings
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm
Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1
Charlie Parker ‎– South of the Border
Charlie Parker ‎– The Verve Years (compilation)
Sidney Bechet ‎– Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Vol. 2 (actually rel. in '53)
Joe Houston ‎– Rockin' at the Drive-in
Milt Jackson ‎– Wizard of the Vibes
Thelonious Monk ‎– Genius of Modern Music
Don Byas et ses Rythmes ‎– L'inimitable Don Byas et ses Rythmes Présente les Plus Célèbres Mélodies Américaines

 

'5-10-15 Hours' - Ruth Brown

 

Here's a good one...

If I am not mistaken I think Sinatra's excellent Birth of the Blues also came out in '52. It is not a year I think of that often in terms of music. Recently I saw The Quiet Man, a very good movie, from this year. Was the early 50's more "1940's"-ish in the same way some people think that "the 60's" didn't start until JFK assassination/Beatlemania? Rock and roll did not explode until 1955/56 as we all know... But culturally, the early 50's and the late 50's seem to have a few quantum leaps between them.

 

That's true, 1952 isn't a year I commonly think of for standout songs...I'm not familiar at all with the pop music of the era, and the blues and R&B songs of note, sometimes I'm surprised that they came out that year. I was born in 1956 myself and I do love a lot of 50s music. I'm sure '52 had a lot of hidden gems!

 

I had always thought Parker's debut records came out in 1953. Even then you could sort of sense the direction he would take through the 60's, bringing the blues into suave territory making it very R&B/soul/slick. Criminally underrated singer, one of the very best of the genre.

 

'Get Rich Quick' - Little Richard


his second record

 

'Don't let the stars (get in your eyes)' - Slim Willet with the Brush Cutters


aka Slim Willett

Many cover versions were released during the year
Cover versions of Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes written by Slim Willett | SecondHandSongs

 

"It's Magic" - Doris Day

re-make

 

My one an only release from 1952 so I guess that makes it my favorite by default


Johnny Smith Featuring Stan Getz ‎– Moonlight In Vermont
Label:
Roulette Jazz ‎– CDP 7977472
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue
Country:
US
Released:
1991
Genre:
Jazz

 

'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' - Lloyd Price

 

My mistake. Billie Holiday Sings
(Columbia) was released in 1950 and
Billie Holiday Sings (Mercury) was released in 1953.


I also want to add :

Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (Pacific Jazz)

Johnny Smith: Moonlight in Vermont originally Jazz at NBC Series (Royal Roost)

 

'One Mint Julep' - the Clovers

 

Wow...I can barely recognize his voice!

 

Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont
Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall
Count Basie - The Swinging Count
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz
Lester Young - The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings
Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm

Carlos Chavez - Symphony #4, Sinfonia Romantica
Frank Martin - Harpsichord Concerto
Bohuslav Martinu - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Juaquin Rodrigo - Concierto Seranada for Harp and Orchestra
Edmund Rubbra - Viola Concerto
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Symphony #7, Sinfonia Antartica

 

According to Discogs, Billie Holiday Sings (Clef) was released in '52.

 

1952 Hudson Hornet with race spec engine, music to my ears, did anyone back in the day write a song about how they dominated stock car racing?

 

Roy Brown-"Brown Angel"