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Bo Diddley's chart debut was in 1955
| Contents |
| Events |
| Albums released |
| Biggest hit singles |
| No. 1 hit singles |
| Top hits on record |
| Top R&B and Country Hits on record |
| Published popular music |
| Births |
| Deaths |
Events
★ January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT." The label drops the list price on LP's from $5.95 to $3.98, EP's from $4.95 to $2.98, 45 EP's from $1.58 to $1.49 and 45's from $1.16 to $.89. Other record labels follow RCA's lead and begin to drop prices as well.
★ January 7 - "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets first appears on the British charts.
★ January 8 - Elvis Presley's third Sun Records single, "Milk Cow Blue Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker" released.
★ January 14 - In New York City, Alan Freed produces the first rock and roll concert.
★ February 19 - Dot Records introduces a new singer, Pat Boone, with an advertisement in Billboard magazine calling him "a great new voice"
★ February 26 - For the first time since they were introduced in 1949, 45 rpm discs begin to outsell the old standard 78s
★ Kay Starr leaves Capitol to sign with RCA
★ ''The Patti Page Show'' premieres on NBC
★ ''The Frankie Laine Show'' premieres on CBS
★ March 15 - Colonel Tom Parker becomes Elvis Presley's manager
★ March 19 - The film ''Blackboard Jungle'' premieres in New York City. The film features Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" over the opening credits -- the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. This event causes a groundswell of sales for the recording and is credited with helping to launch in earnest the Rock and Roll Era.
★ March 22 - Decca Records signs DJ Alan Freed as an A&R man.
★ April 1 - Elvis Presley's fourth Sun Records single: "Baby Let's Play House" / "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Goen" released.
★ April 17 - Imperial Records releases "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino
★ May 13 - First riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL
★ May 14 - Bo Diddley makes his US R&B chart debut with his single "Bo Diddley".
★ May 21 - Chuck Berry records his first single, "Maybelline" for Chess Records in Chicago.
★ May 22 - Bridgeport, CT authorities cancel a rock concert to be headlined by Fats Domino for fear of a riot breaking out.
★ June 4 - "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino beings an 11 week stretch on top of the US R&B charts.
★ July 9 - "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first Rock and roll single to reach Number One on the American charts
★ July 23 - Chess Records release debut single by Chuck Berry, "Maybelline". Also that same day Chess releases Muddy Waters's "Mannish Boy"
★ August 17 - Elvis Presley's last Sun Records single - "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train" - released.
★ August 19 - WINS radio station in New York City adopts policy of not playing white cover versions of black R&B songs.
★ August 20 - Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" reaches #1 on R&B charts, ending 11 week reign of "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino.
★ August 31 - Sidney Turner of London fined for "creating an abominable noise" for blasting "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" at top volume.
★ September 3 - Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" with significantly cleaned up lyrics (originally "Tutti Frutti, good booty" among other things.
★ September 26 - "America's Sweethearts," Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds marry.
★ October 15 - Elvis Presley plays concert in Lubbock, Texas. Opening act is local duo Buddy and Bob. Buddy was future rock star Buddy Holly.
★ November 12 - Billboard magazine DJ poll names Elvis Presley as the most promising new country/western singer.
★ November 22 - Colonel Tom Parker signs Elvis Presley to RCA Records.
★ November 26 - "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford tops the Billboard pop charts.
★ December 15 - Sun Records releases "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash.
★ Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's musical careers begin as they copyright a song, "The Girl For Me," with the Library of Congress and begin singing together as a duo while still in high school in New York, New York.
★ Mirella Freni makes her debut as Micaela in ''Carmen'' at Modena.
★ Eddie Cochran's musical career begins.
★ Al Green's musical career begins at the age of nine.
★ Clyde McPhatter launches a solo career
★ Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno meet and start their songwriting partnership
★ Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's wed.
★ The Coasters are formed.
Albums released
★ ''Day Dreams'' - Doris Day
★ ''Doris Day In Hollywood'' - Doris Day
★ ''Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs'' - Eddie Fisher
★ ''Especially for You...'' - Teresa Brewer
★ ''Exactly Like You'' - The Ames Brothers
★ ''Four Brothers'' - The Ames Brothers
★ ''Happy Holidays'' - Jo Stafford
★ ''The Hi-Lo's, I Presume'' - The Hi-Lo’s
★ ''I Cry For You'' - Johnnie Ray
★ ''I Love You'' - Eddie Fisher
★ ''I’m In The Mood For Love'' - Eddie Fisher
★ ''In A Blue Mood'' - Kay Starr
★ ''In the Land of Hi-Fi'' - Sarah Vaughan
★ ''In the Wee Small Hours'' - Frank Sinatra
★ ''Jazz Spectacular'' - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
★ ''Love After Midnight'' - Patti Page
★ ''Love Me or Leave Me'' - Doris Day
★ ''Lovers' Laine'' - Frankie Laine
★ ''Memory Songs'' - Jo Stafford
★ ''Moments To Remember'' - The Four Lads
★ ''Music Ala Carte'' - The Crew Cuts
★ ''The One, The Only Kay Starr'' - Kay Starr
★ ''Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets'' - Bill Haley & His Comets
★ ''Romance On The Range'' - Patti Page
★ ''Satch Plays Fats'' - Louis Armstrong
★ ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' - Bill Haley & His Comets
★ ''So Smooth'' - Perry Como
★ ''Soft And Sentimental'' - Jo Stafford
★ ''Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues'' - Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee
★ ''Voice Of Our Choice'' - Guy Mitchell
Biggest hit singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1955.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around the Clock | 1955 | UK 1 - Oct 1955, US BB 1 - May 1955, US BB 1 of 1955, Holland 27 - Jun 1968, Germany 17 - Jun 1968, Europe 5 of the 1950s, Global 4 (20 M sold) - 1954, Rolling Stone 158, AFI 50, 41 in 2FM list, DDD 1 of 1954, POP 1 of 1955, RIAA 12, Scrobulate 8 of rock & roll, Acclaimed 49, Party 180 of 1999 |
| 2 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons | 1955 | UK 1 - Jan 1956, US BB 1 - Nov 1955, US BB 20 of 1955, Australia 1 for 6 weeks, RYM 13 of 1955, DDD 49 of 1955, POP 20 of 1955, RIAA 83, Acclaimed 276 |
| 3 | Four Aces | Love is a Many Splendoured Thing | 1955 | UK 2 - Nov 1955, US BB 1 - Aug 1955, US BB 9 of 1955, Oscar in 1955, Peel list 2 of 1955, RYM 29 of 1955, POP 9 of 1955 |
| 4 | Chuck Berry | Maybellene | 1955 | US BB 5 - Aug 1955, US BB 6 of 1955, Rolling Stone 18, RYM 1 of 1955, DDD 2 of 1955, POP 6 of 1955, Scrobulate 17 of rock & roll, Acclaimed 99 |
| 5 | Frank Sinatra | Love & Marriage | 1955 | UK 3 - Jan 1956, US BB 5 - Nov 1955, US BB 2 of 1955, Holland 9 - Apr 1991, Europe 83 of the 1950s, RYM 16 of 1955, POP 2 of 1955, Scrobulate 47 of relaxing |
No. 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1955.
Top hits on record
★ "Ain't That A Shame" - Pat Boone
★ "Arrivederci Roma" - Georgia Gibbs
★ "Band Of Gold" - Don Cherry
★ "A Blossom Fell" - Nat King Cole
★ "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado
★ "Cool Water" - Frankie Laine
★ "Croce Di Oro" - Patti Page
★ "Cry Me a River" - Julie London
★ "Dance With Me, Henry" - Georgia Gibbs
★ "Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" - Jaye P. Morgan
★ "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - Nat King Cole
★ "Earth Angel" - The Crew Cuts
★ "Gum Drop" - The Crew Cuts
★ "The Great Pretender" - The Platters
★ "Hawk-Eye" - Frankie Laine
★ "He", recorded by
★
★ Al Hibbler
★
★ McGuire Sisters
★ "Heart" - Eddie Fisher
★ "How Important Can It Be?" - Joni James
★ "Hummingbird", recorded by
★
★ Frankie Laine
★
★ Les Paul and Mary Ford
★ "I Hear You Knocking" – Gale Storm
★ "I Need You Now" - Eddie Fisher
★ "I Want You To Be My Baby" - Georgia Gibbs
★ "If I Give My Heart to You", recorded by
★
★ Doris Day
★
★ Denise Lor
★ "In The Beginning" - Frankie Laine
★ "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Somethin' Smith & The Redheads
★ "Let Me Go, Lover" - Joan Weber
★ "Let's Go Fishin'" - Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd
★ "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
★ "Love Me Or Leave Me" - Doris Day
★ "Maybelline" - Chuck Berry
★ "Melody of Love" - Billy Vaughn
★ "Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin
★ "Moments to Remember" - The Four Lads
★ "My Friend" - Frankie Laine
★ "Never Look Back" - Doris Day
★ "Only You (And You Alone)" - The Platters
★ "Playmates" - The Fontane Sisters
★ "Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & the Comets
★ "Rock And Roll Waltz" - Kay Starr
★ "Same Old Saturday Night" - Frank Sinatra
★ "Seventeen" - The Fontane Sisters
★ "Sincerely" – McGuire Sisters
★ "Sixteen Tons", recorded by
★
★ Tennessee Ernie Ford
★
★ Frankie Laine
★ "Smack Dab In The Middle" - The Mills Brothers
★ "Song Of Seventeen" - Petty King
★ "Stars Fell On Alabama" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
★ "Suddenly There's A Valley" - Gogi Grant
★ "Teenage Prayer" – Gale Storm
★ "That Old Feeling" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
★ "That Old Feeling" - Patti Page
★ "Tweedle Dee" - Georgia Gibbs
★ "Unchained Melody", recorded by
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★ Les Baxter
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★ Roy Hamilton
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★ Al Hibbler
★ "A Woman in Love" - Frankie Laine
★ "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" - Mitch Miller & The Gang
★ "You Are My Love" - Joni James
Top R&B and Country Hits on record
★ "Ain't That A Shame" - Fats Domino
★ "Earth Angel" - Penguins
★ "Flip, Flop & Fly" - Joe Turner
★ "Tweedle Dee" - LaVern Baker
★ "Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
Published popular music
★ "Adelaide" w.m. Frank Loesser
★ "Ain't That A Shame" w.m. Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
★ "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" w.m. Jimmy Reed
★ "All At Once You Love Her" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
★ "Arrivederci Roma" w. (Eng) Carl Sigman m. Renato Ranucci
★ "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" w. Tom Blackburn m. George Bruns
★ "Banana Boat (Day O)" trad West Indies arr. William Attaway and Irving Burgie (aka Lord Burgess)
★ "Band Of Gold" w. Bob Musel m. Jack Taylor
★ "The Bible Tells Me So" w.m. Dale Evans
★ "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
★ "Blue Monday" w.m. Antoine "Fats" Domino & Dave Bartholomew
★ "Blue Star" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
★ "Blue Suede Shoes" w.m. Carl Perkins
★ "Bo Diddley" w.m. Ellas McDaniel
★ "Charlie Brown" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
★ "Christmas Alphabet" Buddy Kaye, Jules Loman
★ "Dance With Me, Henry" w.m. Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James aka "Wallflower"
★ "Domani" w. Tony Velona m. Ulpio Minucci
★ "Don't Be Angry" w.m. Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy & Fred Mendelsohn
★ "Dreamboat" w.m. Jack Hoffman
★ "Dungaree Doll" w. Ben Raleigh m. Sherman Edwards
★ "Folsom Prison Blues" w.m. Johnny Cash
★ "The Great Pretender" w.m. Buck Ram
★ "Hallelujah I Love Her So" w.m. Ray Charles
★ "He" w. Jack Mullan m. Jack Richards
★ "He's a Tramp" w.m. Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke. Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film ''Lady and the Tramp''
★ "Heart" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
★ "Hey, Mister Banjo" w.m. Freddy Morgan & Norman Malkin
★ "I Hear You Knocking" w.m. Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King
★ "I Never Has Seen Snow" w. Truman Capote & Harold Arlen m. Harold Arlen
★ "I'm In Love Again" w.m. Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
★ "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" w. Bob Hilliard m. Dave Mann
★ "Innamorata" w. Jack Brooks m. Harry Warren Introduced by Dean Martin in the film ''Artists And Models''
★ "It's Almost Tomorrow" w. Wade Buff m. Gene Adkinson
★ "Jamaica Farewell" w.m. Lord Burgess
★ "Jim Dandy" w.m. Lincoln Chase
★ "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" w.m. Forest Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy
★ "Learnin' The Blues" w.m. Dolores Vicki Silvers
★ "Life Could Not Better Be" w.m. Sylvia Fine & Sammy Cahn. Introduced by Danny Kaye in the film ''The Court Jester''.
★ "Little One" w.m. Cole Porter
★ "Love and Marriage" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen
★ "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
★ "Maybelline" w.m. Chuck Berry, Russ Frato & Alan Freed
★ "Memories Are Made Of This" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr & Frank Miller
★ "Mind If I Make Love To You" w.m. Cole Porter
★ "Moments To Remember" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
★ "Mr. Wonderful" w.m. Jerry Bock, George David Weiss & Larry Holofcener
★ "My Boy - Flat Top" w.m. Boyd Bennett & John Young Jr
★ "No, Not Much" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
★ "Once-A-Year Day" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross from the musical ''The Pajama Game''
★ "An Occasional Man" w.m. Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin. Introduced by Gloria DeHaven in the film ''The Girl Rush''
★ "Paper Roses" w. Janice Torre m. Fred Spielman
★ "Pet Me Poppa" w.m. Frank Loesser
★ "Pete Kelly's Blues" w. Sammy Cahn m. Ray Heindorf
★ "Relax-Ay-Voo" Sammy Cahn & Arthur Schwartz
★ "Robin Hood" w.m. Carl Sigman. Theme song of the Television series starring Richard Greene.
★ "The Rock And Roll Waltz" w. Dick Ware m. Shorty Allen
★ "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" w.m. Bill Haley
★ "Same Old Saturday Night" w. Sammy Cahn m. Frank Reardon
★ "See You Later Alligator" w.m. Robert Guidry
★ "Seven-And-A-Half Cents" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
★ "The Siamese Cat Song" w.m. Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke. Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film ''Lady and the Tramp''.
★ "A Sleepin' Bee" w. Truman Capote & Harold Arlen m. Harold Arlen. Introduced in the musical ''House of Flowers'' by Diahann Carroll, Ada Moore, Dolores Harper and Enid Mosier
★ "Smokey Joe's Café" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
★ "Softly, Softly" Pierre Dudan, Paddy Roberts & Mark Paul
★ "Something's Gotta Give" w.m. Johnny Mercer. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the musical film ''Daddy Long Legs''.
★ "Speedoo" w.m. Esther Navarro
★ "Stereophonic Sound" w.m. Cole Porter from the musical ''Silk Stockings''
★ "A Story Untold" Leroy Griffin
★ "Suddenly There's A Valley" w.m. Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones
★ "The Tender Trap" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen. Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film ''The Tender Trap''.
★ "Theme From "East Of Eden"" m. Leonard Rosenman
★ "Tina Marie" w.m. Bob Merrill
★ "Tutti Frutti" w.m. Richard Penniman, D. La Bostrie & Joe Lubin
★ "Two Lost Souls" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Introduced by Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass in the musical ''Damn Yankees''
★ "Unchained Melody" w. Hy Zaret m. Alex North
★ "Wake The Town And Tell The People" w. Sammy Gallop m. Jerry Livingston
★ "The Wallflower" (aka "Dance With Me Henry") w.m. Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James
★ "Whatever Lola Wants" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Introduced by Gwen Verdon in the musical ''Damn Yankees''. Gwen also performed the song in the 1958 film version.
★ "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" w.m. Frankie Lymon & George Goldner
★ "A Woman in Love" w.m. Frank Loesser
★ "You Are My Love" w.m. Jimmie Nabbie
★ "You Don't Know Me" w.m. Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
★ "You're Sensational" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the musical film ''High Society''
==Classical music==
★ Arthur Bliss - Violin Concerto
★ Henry Cowell - Symphony No. 12
★ George Crumb - Diptych for orchestra
★ George Crumb - Sonata for solo cello
★ Mario Davidovsky - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
★ Mario Davidovsky - ''Suite Sinfonica Para "El Payaso"'' for orchestra
★ Einar Englund - Piano Concerto No. 1
★ Ferenc Farkas - ''Bukki Varlatok''
★ Hans Werner Henze - Symphony No. 4
★ Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No. 2 ''Mysterious Mountain''
★ Witold LutosÅ‚awski - ''Dance Preludes'' (2nd version for clarinet and chamber group)
★ Bohuslav Martinů - ''The Epic of Gilgamesh''
★ Bohuslav Martinů - Oboe Concerto
★ Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 5
★ Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 6
★ Luigi Nono - ''Il Canto Sospeso'', for soli, chorus, and orchestra
★ Luigi Nono - ''Incontri'', for 24 instruments
★ Walter Piston - Symphony No. 6
★ Edmund Rubbra - Piano Concerto
★ John Serry, Sr. - ''American Rhapsody''
★ Alexandre Tansman - Concerto for Orchestra
★ Alexandre Tansman - Capriccio for Orchestra
★ Michael Tippett - Sonata for Four Horns
★ Ernst Toch - Symphony No. 3
★ Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 8
★ William Walton - ''Johannesburg Festival Overture''
★ Franz Waxman - Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani
★ Iannis Xenakis - ''Pithoprakta'' for orchestra
==Opera==
★ Carlisle Floyd - ''Susannah''
★ Dmitri Kabalevsky - ''Nikita Vershinin''
==Musical theater==
★ ''The Amazing Adele'' Philadelphia production
★ ''Ankles Aweigh'' Broadway production
★ ''Catch A Star'' Broadway production
★ ''Damn Yankees'' (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - Broadway production
★ ''Kismet'' London production opened at the Stoll Theatre on April 20 and ran for 648 performances
★ ''The Pajama Game'' (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - London production opened at the Coliseum on October 13 and ran for 501 performances
★ ''Phoenix '55'' Broadway production
★ ''Pipe Dream'' (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway production
★ ''Plain And Fancy'' Broadway production
★ ''Romance in Candlelight'' London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on September 15 and ran for 53 performances
★ ''Seventh Heaven'' Broadway production opened at the ANTA Playhouse on May 26 and ran for 44 performances
★ ''Shoestring Revue'' Broadway production
★ ''Silk Stockings'' Broadway production
★ ''Wonderful Town'' (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) - London production opened at the Princes Theatre on February 24 and ran for 207 performances
==Musical films==
★ ''Artists And Models'' released November 7 starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
★ ''As Long as They're Happy'' starring Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Jeannie Carson, Jerry Wayne, Diana Dors and Joan Sims
★ ''The Benny Goodman Story''
★ ''Daddy Long Legs''
★ ''Gentlemen Marry Brunettes''
★ ''The Girl Rush'' starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert and Gloria DeHaven.
★ ''It's Always Fair Weather''
★ ''Jupiter's Darling'' starring Howard Keel, Esther Williams, Marge Champion and Gower Champion
★ ''King's Rhapsody'' starring Anna Neagle and Erroll Flynn
★ ''Kismet''
★ ''Lady and the Tramp'' Animated feature
★ ''Love Me Or Leave Me''
★ ''Oklahoma!''
★ ''Pete Kelly's Blues''
★ ''Seven Little Foys''
★ ''A Star Is Born''
==Musical television==
★ '' Heidi'' television production
★ '' Our Town'' television production
★ '' Together With Music'' television production
Births
★ January 3 - Helen O'Hara, British musician
★ January 8 - Mike Reno, Loverboy
★ January 13 - Fred White, Earth Wind and Fire
★ January 13 - Trevor Rabin, Yes
★ January 17 - Steve Earle
★ January 19 - Simon Rattle, conductor
★ January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, musician
★ January 27 - Richard Young, Kentucky Headhunters
★ February 18 - Riff Regan, real name Miles Tredinnick, lead singer in London.
★ February 23 - Howard Jones
★ March 2 - Jay Osmond, The Osmonds
★ March 10 - Bunny DeBarge, DeBarge
★ March 15 - Dee Snider, Twisted Sister
★ March 31 - Angus Young, AC/DC
★ April 13 - Louis Johnson, The Brothers Johnson
★ April 17 - Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks
★ May 9 - Anne Sofie von Otter
★ May 12 - Kix Brooks, Country singer Brooks & Dunn
★ May 20 - Steve George, Mr. Mister
★ May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner, composer
★ May 21 - Stan Lynch, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
★ May 28 - John McGeoch, Magazine, PiL, and Siouxsie & the Banshees, (d. 2004)
★ May 29 - Pascal Dusapin, French composer
★ May 30 - Topper Headon, The Clash
★ June 7 - Joey Scarbury
★ June 23 - Glenn Danzig, lead singer for Danzig
★ June 26 - Mick Jones, The Clash
★ July 4 - John Waite
★ July 18 - Terry Chambers, XTC
★ July 21 - Howie Epstein, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
★ August 9 - Benjamin Orr, The Cars
★ August 17 - Colin Moulding, XTC
★ August 29 - Diamanda Galás
★ September 3 - Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols
★ September 9 - Ivan Smirnov
★ September 13 - Andreas Staier, classical harpsichordist and fortepianist
★ October 2 - Philip Oakey, Human League
★ October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
★ October 16 - Leonid Desyatnikov, composer
★ October 21:
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★ Fred Hersch, American jazz pianist
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★ Rich Mullins (+ 1997)
★ October 25 - Matthias Jabs, The Scorpions
★ October 29 - Kevin Dubrow, Quiet Riot
★ November 21 - Kyle Gann, composer, teacher and critic
★ November 23 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
★ November 30 - Billy Idol
★ December 6 - Bright Sheng, composer
★ December 15 - Paul Simonon, The Clash
Deaths
★ February 14 - Charles Cuvillier, composer of operettas
★ March 12 - Charlie Parker, Jazz saxophonist, heart failure
★ May 4 - George Enescu, composer
★ July 25 - Isaak Dunayevsky, conductor and composer
★ August 5 - Carmen Miranda, singer
★ November 11 - Jerry Ross, songwriter
★ November 22 - Joseph Guy Ropartz, composer and conductor
★ November 27 - Arthur Honegger, composer
★ ''date unknown'' - Oskar Adler, violinist and music critic
★ ''date unknown'' - Bessie Brown, blues singer
★ ''date unknown'' - Willy Burkhard, composer
★ ''date unknown'' - Harry Parr Davies, composer and songwriter
★ ''date unknown'' - Vernon Isley, original Isley brother, killed in an accident aged 13
★ ''date unknown'' - Annette Mills, partner of "Muffin the Mule"
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