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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1954. ==Events== *January 14 – First documented use of the abbreviated term "Rock 'n' Roll" to promote Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Jubillee, held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York, New York. Previously the genre term was just called "Rock and Roll" *February 1 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson records "Space Guitar" pioneering reverb and feedback techniques on guitar *March 12 – Arnold Schoenberg's opera ''Moses und Aron'' has its first performance in Hamburg (it is given a staged première on June 6 in Zurich).〔Anon. "(Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aaron )". Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center (Archived copy from 14 April 2012, accessed 20 April 2013).〕 *March 15 – The Chords record "Sh-Boom" for Atlantic Records' Cat subsidiary. *March 25 – At the 26th Academy Awards, Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''From Here to Eternity'', resuscitating his singing career in the process. At the same ceremony, Bing Crosby is nominated for Best Actor for his role in ''The Country Girl''. *April 12 – Bill Haley and His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City for Decca Records. *May 5 – The seventeenth Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opens with a performance of Gaspare Spontini's last opera, ''Agnese di Hohenstaufen'', and continues until 20 June, featuring operas by Weber, Adriano Lualdi, Puccini, and Tchaikovsky, as well as the world premiere of Valentino Bucchi's ''Il contrabasso''.〔Anon., "'Maggio Musicale': Spontini Opera to Be Revived", ''The Times'' Issue 52830 (15 January 1954): 10D; Anon., "Opening of 'Maggio Musicale': Orchestra's Anniversary", ''The Times'' Issue 52927 (10 May 1954): 9D.〕 *May 20 – "Rock Around the Clock" is released as the B-side of "Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)". The song is only a moderate success (US # 23 on May 29, 1954 for only one week ; UK # 17, in December 1954) until it is featured in the film ''Blackboard Jungle'' the following year. *July 5 – Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. He sings ''That's All Right (Mama)'' and ''Blue Moon of Kentucky''. *October 16 – Elvis Presley makes his first radio broadcast, on a show in Shreveport, Louisiana, called the ''Louisiana Hayride''. *Fall – A cover version of Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Bill Haley and His Comets becomes the first internationally popular rock and roll recording. *Record companies deliver 7 inch 45 rpm record singles to radio stations instead of 78s. *Lyric Opera of Chicago is founded. *Pat Boone begins his recording career at Republic Records. *Les Paul commissions Ampex to build the first eight track tape recorder, at his own expense. *The Drifters form. *The Isley Brothers make their first recordings, featuring only the three eldest brothers, O'Kelly Jr., Rudolph and Ronald. *The Newport Jazz Festival is established by George Wein. *São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra is founded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1954 in music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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