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"Young John Watson: Space Guitar (1954)". Elsewhere by Graham Reid. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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Anon. "Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aaron". Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center (Archived copy from 14 April 2012, accessed 20 April 2013).

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"Top Chords Songs | Highest Chart Hit". Playback.fm. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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"The 26th Academy Awards | 1954". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2017-10-03.

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"Elvis Presley records "That's All Right (Mama)"". This Day in History. History. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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"On this day, first Elvis song on the radio". MPR News. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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Radio Daily-Television Daily. Publisher: Radio Daily Corporation 29 October 1954, p. 8 - "RCA Thesaurus cut a session of Latin-American music, polkas, and novelties with the John Serry Accordion Quartet", RCA Thesaurus John Serry on Google Books

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Harvey Rachlin (15 March 2020). Song and System: The Making of American Pop Music. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-5381-1213-7.

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"Lyric Opera House History". Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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"Symphony 8".

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#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	The Chordettes	"Mr. Sandman"	1954	US	US Billboard 1 – Oct 1954 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Nov 1954 (8 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks – Dec 1954, US CashBox 1 – Oct 1954 (23 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 6 weeks – Jan 1955, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Apr 1955, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1954), Peel list 1 of 1954, US BB 5 of 1954, DZE 5 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 6 of 1954, POP 7 of 1954, RYM 9 of 1954, UK 11 – Dec 1954 (8 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1955, DDD 45 of 1954, RIAA 252, Acclaimed 1006 (1954)
2	Doris Day	"Secret Love"	1954	US	UK 1 – Apr 1954 (29 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Jan 1954 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jan 1954 (20 weeks), US 1 for 3 weeks – Feb 1954, US CashBox 1 – Nov 1953 (30 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 7 weeks – May 1954, Oscar in 1953 (film 'Calamity Jane'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1953), UKMIX 7, DZE 8 of 1954, US BB 11 of 1954, POP 11 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 12 of 1954, RYM 12 of 1953, Brazil 17 of 1954, Italy 54 of 1954
3	The Crew-Cuts	"Sh-Boom"	1954	US	US Billboard 1 – Jul 1954 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jul 1954 (20 weeks), US 1 for 7 weeks – Aug 1954, US CashBox 1 – Jul 1954 (24 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Dec 1954, DZE 1 of 1954, US BB 3 of 1954, Flanders 3 – Dec 1954 (3 months), POP 3 of 1954, UK 12 – Oct 1954 (9 weeks), Brazil 13 of 1954, France (50s) 20 of 1954, RYM 22 of 1954, Italy 95 of 1955
4	Kitty Kallen	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	1954	US	UK 1 – Jul 1954 (23 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1954 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Apr 1954 (25 weeks), US 1 for 9 weeks – Jun 1954, US CashBox 1 – Apr 1954 (28 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 12 weeks – Jul 1954, Australia 1 for 5 weeks – Oct 1954, DZE 2 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 9 of 1954, US BB 15 of 1954, POP 15 of 1954, UKMIX 28, RYM 145 of 1954
5	Rosemary Clooney	"Hey There"	1954	US	US Billboard 1 – Jul 1954 (27 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Jul 1954 (23 weeks), US 1 for 6 weeks – Sep 1954, US CashBox 1 – Jul 1954 (31 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Feb 1957, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1954), UK 4 – Oct 1955 (11 weeks), DZE 7 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 14 of 1954, US BB 18 of 1954, POP 21 of 1954, Brazil 31 of 1954, RYM 34 of 1954, DDD 66 of 1954

First week	Number of weeks	Title	Artist
January 2, 1954	8	"Oh! My Pa-Pa"	Eddie Fisher
February 27, 1954	2	"Secret Love"	Doris Day
March 13, 1954	1	"Make Love to Me"	Jo Stafford
March 20, 1954	1	"Secret Love"	Doris Day
March 27, 1954	2	"Make Love to Me"	Jo Stafford
April 10, 1954	8	"Wanted"	Perry Como
June 5, 1954	9	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	Kitty Kallen
August 7, 1954	7	"Sh-Boom"	The Crew-Cuts
September 25, 1954	6	"Hey There"	Rosemary Clooney
November 6, 1954	1	"This Ole House"	Rosemary Clooney
November 13, 1954	3	"I Need You Now"	Eddie Fisher
December 4, 1954	7	"Mr. Sandman"	The Chordettes

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Brian, Havergal	Symphony No. 8 (1949)	1954-02-01	London	London Philharmonic – Boult^[17]
Chávez, Carlos	Symphony No. 3	1954-12-09	Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuela Symphony – Chávez^[18]
Dohnányi, Ernő	American Rhapsody	1954-02-21	Athens, Ohio	? – Dohnányi^[19]
Enescu, George	String Quartet No. 2, Op. 22, No. 2	1954-02-07	Boston	Stradivarius Quartet^[20]
Goeyvaerts, Karel	Nummer 5	1954-10-19	Cologne (Musik der Zeit)^[21]	electronic music
Jolivet, André	Symphony No. 1	1954-05-30	Haifa, Israel (ISCM Festival)	[unknown orchestra and conductor] ^[22]
Korngold, Erich W.	Symphony	1954-10-17	Vienna	Vienna Symphony – Harold Byrns¹^[23]
Lutosławski, Witold	Concerto for Orchestra	1954-11-26	Warsaw	Warsaw Philharmonic – Rowicki^[24]
Persichetti, Vincent	Symphony No. 4	1954-12-17	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy^[25]
Rubbra, Edmund	Symphony No. 6	1954-11-17	London	BBC Symphony – Sargent^[26]
Shchedrin, Rodion	Piano Concerto No. 1	1954-11-07	Moscow	Shchedrin / Moscow Conservatory Symphony – Rozhdestvensky^[27]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	Festive Overture	1954-11-06	Moscow	Bolshoi Orchestra – Nebolsin^[28]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Klavierstücke I–V	1954-08-21	Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany	Mercenier^[29]
Karlheinz Stockhausen	Studie I + Studie II	1954-10-19	Cologne (Musik der Zeit)^[21]	electronic music
Stravinsky, Igor	In memoriam Dylan Thomas	1954-09-20	Los Angeles (Monday Evening Concerts)	Robinson, Baker, Babitz, Figelski, Neikrug, Bohannon, Howard, Ulyate, Zeldin – Craft^[30]^[31]
Thomson, Virgil	Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion	1954-09-17	Venice Biennale	La Fenice Philharmonic – Sanzogno^[32]
Varèse, Edgard	Déserts	1954-12-02	Paris	Henry / French Radio National Orchestra – Scherchen^[33]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph	Tuba Concerto	1954-06-13	London	Catelinet / London Symphony – Barbirolli^[34]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Odisseia de uma raça, symphonic poem	1954-05-30	Haifa, Israel (ISCM Festival)	Israel Philharmonic – Taube^[35]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Rudá (Dio d'amore), symphonic poem and ballet	1954-08-30	Paris	French Radio National Orchestra – Villa-Lobos^[36]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor	String Quartet No. 14	1954-08-11	Ann Arbor, US	Stanley Quartet^[37]

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