1950 in music

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Events

• Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
• Legendary singer Al Jolson dies on the 23rd of October.
• Mitch Miller signs as A&R man with Columbia Records.
• Patti Page becomes the first (and only) artist to have a Number One record on the Pop, R&B and Country charts concurrently.
• Al Cernick is signed to Columbia by Mitch Miller, who changes the singer's name to Guy Mitchell.
• Columbia Records lures Jo Stafford away from Capitol.
• Georgia Gibbs leaves the Majestic label and scores her first charting single with Coral
• Bandleader Les Baxter founds the school of "Outer Space" exotica.
• Albert King's musical career begins
• Sam Cooke joins The Soul Stirrers
• On January 3, Sam Phillips opened the doors at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee of what was to become the most famous music recording studio in the world, Sun Records