Producer, glam rockstar, and ambient pioneer, Brian Eno is born. Similar to Jarre, Eno was decades ahead of his time when he produced his first ambient recordings in the seventies, nearly twenty years before other artists began experimenting in the genre. Eno's wildly synthetic approach has allowed him to be a highly successful producer as well, engineering the sound for such rock notables as the Talking Heads, U2, and David Bowie.

Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is born. Like so many artists born under the Jupiter-Uranus combination, Lloyd Webber was a successful synthesizer, blending rock into the established musical tradition with musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. With highly memorable music and lyrics, larger-than-life production value, and original and inventive plots, Webber's musicals, without question, have set the standard for musicals in the latter half of the twentieth century.

The first vinyl records were released in the summer of 1948 when Columbia Records unveiled the 33 1/3 long playing (LP) vinyl record. Many astute historians attribute vinyl records to be a contributing factor in creating a wider rift between adult oriented music and popular music of the youth culture.

After creating recordings with Charlie Parker and Dizzie Gillespie, Miles Davis strikes out on his own, creates a uniquely arranged nine-piece band, and initiates the first of many musical revolutions in the jazz genre with his tremendous influence on West Coast cool.

Bell Labs develops the vocoder, a small electronic device which modulates the human voice. Used sporadically in seventies arena rock, disco, and early experimentations in computer music, the vocoder is currently undergoing a sizeable renaissance, widely employed in all forms of electronica and pop music.