 this is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952. ==events== *february 26 - popular american singer jo stafford marries bandleader/arranger paul weston. *march 21 - first reported rock and roll riot breaks out at alan freed's moondog coronation ball in cleveland, ohio. teenage excitement is blamed for the frenzy. *march 27 - sun records begins operations in memphis, tennessee. *august 29 - david tudor gives the premiere of john cage's 4â²33â³, during which the performer does not play, in woodstock, new york. *september - bill haley and his saddlemen change their image to become bill haley & his comets. *october 7 - first edition of bob horn's bandstand is broadcast as a local show from station wfil-tv in philadelphia, pennsylvania. it is later renamed american bandstand and syndicated. *november 14 - first uk singles chart published by the new musical express, with al martino's "here in my heart" as number one. *jazz singer ernesto bonino moves from italy to the united states. *accordionist john serry, sr. first performs in broadway theatre. *popular american singer joni james begins her recording career at mgm. ==publications== *pierre schaeffer - a la recherche d'une musique concrÃ¨te (the search for a concrete music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing. ==musical groups formed== *76th army band *338th army band (reactivated) *the duke's men of yale (a cappella singing group) ==albums released== *anthology of american folk music - various artists *as you desire me - jo stafford *billie holiday sings â billie holiday *bird and diz â charlie parker and dizzy gillespie *christmas day in the morning - burl ives *christmas with eddie fisher - eddie fisher *the early show - art pepper *eddie fisher sings - eddie fisher *favorite spirituals - the ames brothers *harmony encores - the chordettes *home on the range - the ames brothers *johnnie ray - johnnie ray *i'm in the mood for love - eddie fisher *mr. rhythm sings - frankie laine *oscar peterson plays duke ellington - oscar peterson *penthouse serenade - nat king cole *song favorites by frankie laine - frankie laine ==us no. 1 hit singles== these singles reached the top of us billboard magazine's charts in 1952. {| border="1" cellpadding="2" !first week!!number of weeks!!title!!artist |- |march 15, 1952||align="center"|9||&qu
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