Title: 1951 Content: . ==Events== * January 4 – The Communist forces of North Korea and China seize the city of Seoul. * Bette Nesmith Graham invents Liquid Paper * == Births == * January 6 – Kim Wilson, blues singer and harmonica player * January 7 - Helen Worth, English actress * January 12 – Kirstie Alley, actress **Rush Limbaugh, radio personality **Larry Hoppen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans) (d. 2012) * January 30 – Phil Collins, English musician (Genesis) * January 31 - Harry Wayne Casey, American keyboardist (KC & the Sunshine Band) * February 6 – Princess Daphné of Belgium * February 14 – Kevin Keegan, English footballer and football manager * February 15 – Melissa Manchester, singer * February 15 – Jane Seymour, actress * February 18 – Dale Earnhardt, American racing car driver (d. 2001) * February 19 – Tahir-ul- Qadri, Islamic scholar and leader * February 20 – Gordon Brown, Scottish politician * February 25 – Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter * March 4 – Kenny Dalglish Scottish footballer and football manager * March 4 – Chris Rea, British singer and musician * March 8 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina * March 17 – Kurt Russell, actor * March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer * April 13 – Peter Davison, actor * April 13 - Peabo Bryson, American singer * April 21 - David Mallett, American folk musician * April 25 - Fred Hubbell, politician * April 27 – Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss) * April 30 - Ken Whiteley, Canadian folk musician * May 15 - Dennis Frederiksen, American singer (Toto) (d. 2014) * June 12 - Bun E. Carlos, American drummer (Cheap Trick) * August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American musician (d. 2007) * August 19 - John Deacon, English bass guitarist (Queen) * October 2 - Sting, English bass guitarist (The Police) * November 14 - Stephen Bishop, American singer- songwriter * December 1 – Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist (d. 1987) * December 31 - Tom Hamilton, American bass guitarist (Aerosmith) ;People who were born in this year but their day of birth is unknown * Lee Cornes, English stand-up comedian ==Deaths== * January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car designer * February 12 – Choudhary Rahmat Ali, Pakistani student * April 9 – Sadegh Hedayat * July 13 – Arnold Schoenberg * ==Movies released== *A Streetcar Named Desire *The African Queen *Calamity Jane *Flying Leathernecks *The Thing From Another World *No Highway *Alice in Wonderland *On the Riviera *The Day the Earth Stood Still *When Worlds Collide *Bedtime for Bonzo *Miss Julie *Strangers on a Train *Rashomon *Miracle in Milan *The Lavender Hill Mob *An American in Paris *Death of a Salesman *Gerald McBoing-Boing *The Man in the White Suit *A Place in the Sun *The Big Carnival ==Hit Songs== *"Aba Daba Honeymoon" – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter *"Because" – Mario Lanza *"Because Of You" – Tony Bennett *"Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – Guy Mitchell *"Blue Tango" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra *"Cold, Cold Heart" – Tony Bennett *"Come On-A My House" – Rosemary Clooney *"Cry" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads *"Detour" – Patti Page *"Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" – Patti Page *"Down Yonder" – Del Wood *"Down Yonder" – Champ Butler *"Flamenco" – Frankie Laine *"Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford *"The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" – Frankie Laine *"Get Happy" – Frankie Laine *"Get Out Those Old Records" – Guy Lombardo (The Lombardo Trio vocals) *"The Girl In The Wood" – Frankie Laine *"Give Me Time" – Johnnie Ray *"Gone Fishin'" – Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong *"Got Him Off My Hands" – Georgia Gibbs *"Hello, Young Lovers" – Perry Como *"Hello, Young Lovers" – Guy Lombardo (Kenny Martin vocals) *"Hey, Good Lookin'" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford *"The Hot Canary" – Florian Zabach *"How High The Moon" – Les Paul and Mary Ford *"I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" – Mel Blanc *"If" – Perry Como *"It Is No Secret" – Bill Kenny & The Song Spinners *"It's All In the Game" – Tommy Edwards *"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters *"Jealousy (Jalousie)" – Frankie Laine *"Jezebel" – Frankie Laine *"The Little White Cloud That Cried" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads *"The Loveliest Night Of The Year" – Mario Lanza *"Lullaby Of Broadway" – Doris Day *"Mister And Mississippi" – Patti Page *"Mockin' Bird Hill" – Patti Page *"My Heart Cries For You" – Dinah Shore *"My Truly, Truly Fair" – Guy Mitchell *"On Top Of Old Smoky" – The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson *"Once Upon A Nickel" – Georgia Gibbs *"One For My Baby" – Frankie Laine *"Paths Of Paradise" – Johnnie Ray *"Pretty-Eyed Baby" – Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine *"Red Sails In The Sunset" – Nat King Cole *"Rose, Rose I Love You" – Frankie Laine *"Shanghai" – Doris Day *"Sin" – Eddie Howard & his Orchestra *"Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" – Vaughn Monroe *"The Sparrow In The Treetop" – Guy Mitchell *"A Sunday Kind Of Love" – Jo Stafford *"Sweet Violets" – Dinah Shore *"The Syncopated Clock" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra *"Tell Me" – Doris Day *"Tell Me Why" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts *"Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" – Johnnie Ray *"Tom's Tune" – Georgia Gibbs *"Too Young" – Nat King Cole *"Undecided" – The Ames Brothers *"When It's Sleep Time Down South" – Frankie Laine *"While You Danced, Danced, Danced" – Georgia Gibbs *"The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" – Les Paul and Mary Ford ==New Books== *The Balance Wheel – Taylor Caldwell *The Blessing – Nancy Mitford *Boy at the Window – Owen Dodson *The Caine Mutiny – Herman Wouk *The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger *The Cruel Sea – Nicholas Monsarrat *The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey *The Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham *Foundation – Isaac Asimov *The Foundling – Cardinal Spellman *From Here to Eternity – James Jones *Galactic Storm – Gill Hunt *Lie Down In Darkness – William Styron *Log from the Sea of Cortez – John Steinbeck *The Loved and the Lost – Morley Callaghan *Mémoires d'Hadrien – Marguerite Yourcenar *Moses – Sholem Asch *My Cousin Rachel – Daphne du Maurier *Prince Caspian – C. S. Lewis *A Question of Upbringing – Anthony Powell *Return to Paradise – James A. Michener *Spartacus – Howard Fast *Tempest-Tost – Robertson Davies *The Wanderer – Mika Waltari *A Woman Called Fancy – Frank Yerby