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4 unusual facts about 1949 in music


Polygon Records

It was started in 1949 as the Polygon Record Company Ltd. by Alan A. Freeman and Leslie Clark, who was anxious to control distribution of his daughter Petula Clark's recordings.

Roost Records

Roost Records (also known as Royal Roost Records) was a record label established in 1949, primarily to record jazz, taking its secondary name from the New York club with which it was associated.

Slippin' Around

"Slippin' Around" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1949.

You've Got to Be Carefully Taught

"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (sometimes "You've Got to Be Taught" or "Carefully Taught") is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.



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