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DEBUT ARTISTS OF 1950

Teresa Brewer	Fats Domino	Eddie Fisher
Mario Lanza	Dean Martin	Guy Mitchell
POP HITS OF 1950 All My Love-------Patti Page Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy-------Red Foley The Cry of the Wild Goose-------Frankie Laine Goodnight Irene-------The Weavers Harbor Lights-------Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra I Can Dream, Can't I-------The Andrews Sisters If I Knew You Were Comin'-------Eileen Barton Mona Lisa-------Nat "King" Cole Music! Music! Music!-------Teresa Brewer Peter Cottontail-------Mervin Shiner Rag Mop/Sentimental Me-------The Ames Brothers Tennessee Waltz-------Patti Page The Thing-------Phil Harris Third Man Theme-------Anton Karas Third Man Theme-------Guy Lombardo & the Royal Canadians		OTHER ARTISTS Les Paul and Mary Ford Ray Anthony Eileen Barton Joe "Fingers" Carr Mindy Carson Don Cherry Percy Faith Georgia Gibbs Phil Harris Little Esther Phillips The Weavers Hugo Winterhalter Victor Young

DEBUT ARTISTS OF 1951

Rosemary Clooney	Tony Bennett	Bill Haley
Johnnie Ray	Muddy Waters	OTHER ARTISTS Les Baxter Earl Bostic The Clovers The Dominoes The Five Keys The Fontane Sisters The Four Aces The Four Knights Stan Freberg Eddy Howard B.B. King Mantovani The Swallows Howlin' Wolf
POP HITS OF 1951 Aba Daba Honeymoon----------Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds Because of You--------------Tony Bennett Be My Love------------------Mario Lanza Charmaine-------------------Mantovani & His Orchestra Cold, Cold Heart------------Tony Bennett Come On-A My House----------Rosemary Clooney Cry-------------------------Johnnie Ray How High the Moon-----------Les Paul & Mary Ford If--------------------------Perry Como Mockin' Bird Hill-----------Patti Page My Truly, Truly Fair--------Guy Mitchell On Top of Old Smoky---------The Weavers Sin-------------------------The Four Aces		BANNED MUSIC Radio stations ban Dottie O'Brien's "Four or Five Times" and Dean Martin's "Wham Bam, Thank You Ma'am" fearing they are suggestive.

DEBUT ARTISTS OF 1952

Tex Ritter	Johnny Ace	The Four Freshmen
The Four Lads	Lloyd Price	Al Martino
OTHER ARTISTS Leroy Anderson Jimmy Boyd Don Cornell The 5 Royales The Gaylords The Hilltoppers Joni James Steve Lawerence Smiley Lewis Robert Maxwell Shirley & Lee Chuck Willis	POP HITS OF 1952 Blue Tango------------Leroy Anderson Delicado--------------Percy Faith Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes---Perry Como The Glow Worm---------The Mills Brothers A Guy is a Guy--------Doris Day Half As Much----------Rosemary Clooney I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause-------Jimmy Boyd I Went to Your Wedding-----------------Patti Page Kiss of Fire----------Georgia Gibbs Slow Poke-------------Pee Wee King & his Golden West Cowboys Till I Waltz Again With You------------Teresa Brewer Wheel of Fortune------Kay Starr Why Don't You Believe Me---------------Joni James Wish You Were Here----Eddie Fisher You Belong to Me------Jo Stafford
MUSIC NEWS March 21--The rock 'n' roll frenzy officially begins when a riot breaks out at Alan Freed's concert event, the Moondog Coronation Ball. September--American Bandstand is broadcast for the first time, under the title, Bob Horn's Bandstand, from Philadelphia.		BANNED MUSIC The Weavers were blacklisted due to the leftist political beliefs and associations of several members.

DEBUT ARTISTS OF 1953

The Harptones	The Moonglows	The Drifters
Big Mama Thornton	Julius LaRosa
OTHER ARTISTS Faye Adams Red Buttons The Flamingos The Four Tunes Richard Hayman Eartha Kitt June Valli	POP HITS OF 1953 Song From Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)----Percy Faith Vaya Con Dios-----------------------------------Les Paul and Mary Ford (How Much is That) Doggy in The Window----------Patti Page I'm Walking Behind You--------------------------Eddie Fisher You, You, You-----------------------------------The Ames Brothers Till I Waltz Again With You---------------------Teresa Brewer April in Portugal-------------------------------Les Baxter No Other Love-----------------------------------Perry Como Don't Let The Stars Get in Your Eyes------------Perry Como I Believe---------------------------------------Frankie Laine Pretend-----------------------------------------Nat King Cole P. S. I Love You--------------------------------The Hilltoppers Tell Me Your Mine-------------------------------The Gaylords Eh Compari--------------------------------------Julius LaRosa Rags to Riches----------------------------------Tony Bennett Anna--------------------------------------------Silvano Mangano Say You're Mine Again---------------------------Perry Como Dragnet - Instrumental--------------------------Ray Anthony Tell Me a Story---------------------------------Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd Crying in The Chapel----------------------------June Valli Why Don't You Believe Me------------------------Joni James Your Cheating Heart-----------------------------Joni James With These Hands--------------------------------Eddie Fisher C'est Si Bon------------------------------------Eartha Kitt Have You Heard----------------------------------Joni James
MUSIC NEWS June- "Gee" by The Crows is released. It's considered to be one of the first rock 'n' roll records.		BANNED MUSIC The phrase "gardenia perfume linger on a pillow" is altered to "a seaplane rising from an ocean billow" in the song "These Foolish Things." Six counties in South Carolina pass legislation outlawing jukebox operation anytime when within hearing distance of a church.