Events in Music
- Jan 8 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
- Jan 8 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
- Jan 8 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
- Jan 13 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
- Jan 16 Benjamin Britten's chamber opera "The Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 23 performances
- Jan 22 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
- Feb 1 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
- Feb 10 Arthur Miller's dramatic play "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
- Feb 11 "Lovesick Blues" single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox "Best Hillbilly Record of the Year", Billboard Song of the Year 1949)
- Feb 12 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
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