1958 IN MUSIC

Contents

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top Hits on record

Published popular music

Classical music

Musical television

Births

Deaths

Awards

Events

★ January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama

★ February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts of Islam and also a health hazard. Iranian doctors warned of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll dances.

★ March 12 - Billie Holiday is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in 1956.

★ March 12 - ''Dors, mon amour'' by André Claveau (music by Pierre Delanoë, text by Hubert Giraud) wins Eurovision Song Contest 1958 for France

★ March 24 - Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.

★ April 14 - Gladys Presley, Elvis´ mother dies.

★ May 30 - Béla Bartók's ''Violin Concerto No. 1'' is premiered in Basel, 50 years after it was composed

★ August 4 - Billboard magazine debuts its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.

★ September 24 - Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina

★ Cleo Laine marries John Dankworth.

★ The Festival dei Due Mondi is founded by Gian Carlo Menotti.

★ Marvin Gaye begins recording with his first group.

★ Otis Williams & the Distants begin their musical career. They will later join with The Primes and become The Temptations.

★ Phil Spector begins his recording career.

★ Dalida receives the Music Hall "Bravos" along with Yves Montand.

★ RCA introduces its first stereo LPs.

★ Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

★ Ernesto Bonino leaves the USA and returns to Italy.

★ Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.

Albums released

★ ''Around The World'' - Bing Crosby

★ ''As Long As There's Music'' - Eddie Fisher

★ ''Atomic Basie'' - Count Basie

★ ''The Chirping Crickets'' - The Crickets

★ ''Come Fly With Me'' - Frank Sinatra

★ ''Destination Moon'' - The Ames Brothers

★ ''Dream'' - The Mills Brothers

★ ''Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport'' - Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday

★ ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook'' - Ella Fitzgerald

★ ''Ella Swings Lightly'' - Ella Fitzgerald

★ ''Everybody Digs Bill Evans'' - Bill Evans

★ ''Fancy Meeting You Here'' - Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney

★ ''For Teenagers In Love'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''Foreign Affair'' - Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand

★ ''The Frank Sinatra Story'' - Frank Sinatra

★ ''Give Him The Ooh-La-La'' - Blossom Dearie

★ ''Gogi Grant - Welcome To My Heart'' - Gogi Grant

★ ''Gondolier'' - Dalida

★ ''Greatest Hits'' - Frankie Laine

★ ''A Guy In Love'' - Guy Mitchell

★ ''He's So Fine'' - Jackie Wilson

★ ''Hooray for Hollywood'' (Vol. 1) - Doris Day

★ ''Johnny Horton Sings Free And Easy'' - Johnny Horton

★ ''Kate Smith Sings Folk Songs'' - Kate Smith

★ ''King Creole'' - Elvis Presley

★ ''The Kingston Trio'' - The Kingston Trio

★ ''Les Gitans'' - Dalida

★ ''Little Girl Blue'' - Nina Simone

★ ''Milestones'' - Miles Davis

★ ''The Mills Brothers In Hi-Fi'' - The Mills Brothers

★ ''The Mills Brothers Sing'' - The Mills Brothers

★ ''Miss Music'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''Mmmm, The Mills Brothers'' - The Mills Brothers

★ ''Music! Music! Music!'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''My Happiness'' - Connie Francis

★ ''Oklahoma'' - Original Soundtrack

★ ''Only The Lonely'' - Frank Sinatra

★ ''Our Gal Sal'' - Sally Starr (with The Comets)

★ ''Paris Holiday'' - Bing Crosby

★ ''Rhonda'' - Rhonda Fleming

★ ''Ricky Nelson'' - Ricky Nelson

★ ''Rockin' Around the World'' - Bill Haley & His Comets

★ ''Rockin' the Joint'' - Bill Haley & His Comets

★ ''Rockin' With Kay Starr'' - Kay Starr

★ ''Saturday Night With Mr. C'' - Perry Como

★ ''Anita Sings the Winners'' - Anita O'Day

★ ''Smoochin' Time'' - The Ames Brothers

★ ''Some Pleasant Moments In The 20th Century'' - Oscar Levant

★ ''Songs For Swinging Lovers'' - Frank Sinatra

★ ''Songs I Wish I Had Sung'' - Bing Crosby

★ ''South Pacific'' - Original Soundtrack

★ ''Star Dust'' - Pat Boone

★ ''Surprise Package'' - The Crew Cuts

★ ''Swingin' Down Broadway'' - Jo Stafford

★ ''Teresa'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''Teresa Brewer At Christmas Time'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''Them There Eyes'' - Kay Starr

★ ''This Is Sinatra Volume 2'' - Frank Sinatra

★ '' 'Til Morning'' - Johnnie Ray

★ ''Time For Teresa'' - Teresa Brewer

★ ''Torchin' '' - Frankie Laine

★ ''Vaughan and Violins'' - Sarah Vaughan

★ ''When You Come To The End of The Day'' - Perry Como

★ ''Who's Sorry Now?'' - Connie Francis

★ ''Yes Indeed!'' - Pat Boone

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1958.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	1958	UK 5 - Nov 1958, US BB 1 - Oct 1958, US BB 37 of 1958, US CashBox 20 of 1958, Canada 1 - Oct 1958, Norway 1 - Jan 1959, Australia 5 of 1958, Australia 1 for 10 weeks, Europe 18 of the 1950s, South Africa 8 of 1958, RYM 89 of 1958, DDD 94 of 1958, POP 37 of 1958, RIAA 197, Acclaimed 1001
2	Domenico Modungo	Volare	1958	UK 10 - Sep 1958, US BB 1 - Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Canada 2 - Jul 1958, Norway 2 - Oct 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks, Europe 34 of the 1950s, South Africa 5 of 1958, Grammy in 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, DDD 56 of 1958
3	The Everly Brothers	Bird Dog	1958	UK 2 - Sep 1958, US BB 1 - Aug 1958, US BB 25 of 1958, US CashBox 5 of 1958, Canada 1 - Aug 1958, Norway 5 - Oct 1965, Australia 2 of 1958, Australia 1 for 3 weeks, Europe 33 of the 1950s, RYM 30 of 1958, DDD 35 of 1958, POP 25 of 1958, Acclaimed 1925
4	The Platters	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1958	UK 1 - Jan 1959, US BB 1 - Dec 1958, US CashBox 14 of 1959, Canada 1 - Dec 1958, Australia 3 of 1959, Australia 1 for 9 weeks, Europe 25 of the 1950s, South Africa 3 of 1959, RYM 6 of 1958, DDD 34 of 1958, RIAA 190, Acclaimed 1720
5	Tommy Edwards	It's All in the Game	1958	UK 1 - Oct 1958, US BB 1 - Aug 1958, US BB 6 of 1958, US CashBox 2 of 1958, Canada 1 - Sep 1958, Australia 7 of 1958, Australia 1 for 1 weeks, South Africa 20 of 1958, RYM 9 of 1951, DDD 47 of 1958, POP 6 of 1958

Top Hits on record

★ "Bird Dog" - Everly Brothers

★ "Blast Off" - The Tyrones

★ "Blue Boy" - Jim Reeves

★ "Breathless" - Jerry Lee Lewis

★ "Broke Down Baby" - The Tyrones

★ "Catch A Falling Star" - Perry Como

★ "Chipmunk Song" - The Chipmunks with David Seville

★ "Come Dance With Me" - Frank Sinatra

★ "Come On Let's Go" - Ritchie Valens

★ "Come Prima (Tu me donnes)" - Dalida

★ "Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" - Dalida

★ "The Day The Rains Came" - Jane Morgan

★ "El Diablo" - Frankie Laine

★ "Fever" - Peggy Lee

★ "Get a Job" - The Silhouettes

★ "Gondolier" - Dalida

★ "Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis

★ "Guitare et tambourin" - Dalida

★ "Hava Naguila" - Dalida

★ "I am a Mole and I Live in a Hole" - The Southlanders

★ "I Have To Cry" - Frankie Laine

★ "I Wonder Why" - Dion & the Belmonts

★ "I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby" - Mindy Carson

★ "I'm Shook" - The Tyrones

★ "It's All In The Game" - Tommy Edwards

★ "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley

★ "Johnny B.Goode" - Chuck Berry

★ "Journey's End" - Frankie Laine

★ "Heartbeat" - Buddy Holly

★ "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry

★ "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers

★ "Le jour où la pluie viendra" - Dalida

★ "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" - Patti Page

★ "Les Gitans" - Dalida

★ "Maybe Baby" - Buddy Holly

★ "Mexican Hat Rock" - Dave Appell/the Applejacks

★ "Milord" - Édith Piaf

★ "Move It" - Cliff Richard

★ "The Purple People Eater" - Sheb Wooley

★ "One Summer Night" - Danleers

★ "Partners" - Jim Reeves

★ "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson

★ "Rave On" - Buddy Holly

★ "Rawhide" - Frankie Laine

★ "Return To Me (Rittorna A Me)" - Dean Martin

★ "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay" - Danny & the Juniors

★ "Rocka-Conga" - Dave Appell/the Applejacks

★ "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee

★ "Rockin' Robin" - Bobby Day

★ "Scarlet Ribbons" - The Kingston Trio

★ "Short Shorts" - Royal Teens

★ "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters

★ "Stupid Cupid" - Connie Francis

★ "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran

★ "Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry

★ "Teacher's Pet" - Doris Day

★ "Tequila" - The Champs

★ "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio

★ "Twilight Time" - The Platters

★ "Well All Right" - Buddy Holly

★ "Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis
'See also:' Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1958 (USA)

Published popular music

★ "16 Candles"     w.m. Luther Dixon & Allyson R. Khent

★ "A Toujours (Till Always)"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "All I Have to Do is Dream"     w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

★ "All Of These And More"     w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock

★ "The All-American Boy"     w.m. Orville Lunsford & Bill Parsons (''See'': Bobby Bare)

★ "Almost In Your Arms"     w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

★ "Am I That Easy To Forget?"     w.m. Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson & Shelby Singleton

★ "Another Time, Another Place"     w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

★ "Any Way The Wind Blows"     w.m. William Dunham, Joseph Hooven & Marilyn Hooven

★ "Are You Really Mine?"     w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell

★ "Baby I Don't Care"     Leiber and Stoller

★ "Baby Lover"     Wandra Merrell

★ "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"     w.m. Jack Clement

★ "The Ballad Of Paladin"     w.m. Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe & Johnny Western

★ "Beep Beep"     w.m. Donald Clapps & Carl Cicchetti

★ "Big Best Shoes"     w.m. Sandy Wilson

★ "A Big Hunk O' Love"     w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche

★ "Big Man"     w.m. Bruce Belland & Glenn Larson

★ "Bimbombey"     w.m. Mack David, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore

★ "Bird Dog"     w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

★ "The Blob"     w. Mack David m. Burt Bacharach

★ "Blue, Blue Day"     w.m. Don Gibson

★ "Born Too Late"     w. Fred Tobias m. Charles Strouse

★ "Breathless"     w.m. Otis Blackwell

★ "Broken Hearted Melody"     w. Hal David m. Sherman Edwards

★ "Bye, Bye Baby Goodbye"     F. McNulty

★ "Cannonball"     m. Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood

★ "A Certain Smile"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain

★ "Chanson d'Amour"     w.m. Wayne Shanklin

★ "Chantilly Lace"     w.m. Jiles Perry Richardson

★ "The Chipmunk Song"     w.m. Ross Bagdasarian

★ "Claudette"     w.m. Roy Orbison

★ "C'mon Everybody"     w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart

★ "Come Prima"     w. (Eng) Buck Ram (Ital) M. Panzeri m. V. Di Paola & S. Taccani

★ "Dance Only With Me"     Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne

★ "Devoted to You"     w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

★ "The Diary"     w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka

★ "Do You Want To Dance?"     w.m. Bobby Freeman

★ "Donna"     w.m. Richie Valens

★ "Don't"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

★ "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"     w.m. Johnny Cash

★ "Early In The Morning"     w.m. Bobby Darin & Woody Harris

★ "El Rancho Rock"     w. Ben Raleigh m. Silvano R. Ramos

★ "Enchanted Island"     w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen

★ "The End"     w. Sid Jacobson m. Jimmy Krondes

★ "Endless Sleep"     Jody Reynolds, Dolores Nance

★ "Everybody Loves a Lover"     w. Richard Adler m. Robert Allen

★ "Firefly"     w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman

★ "Fly Away Lovers"     Frank Stanton & Tommie Connor

★ "For Your Precious Love"     Jerry Butler

★ "French Foreign Legion"     w. Aaron Schroeder m. Guy Wood

★ "Get A Job"     w.m. Earl T. Beal, Raymond W. Edwards, William F. Horton & Richard A. Lewis

★ "Gotta Travel On"     trad (Brit 19th century) adapt w.m. Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar & Tom Six

★ "Green Christmas"     Stan Freberg

★ "Hard Headed Woman"     w.m. Claude Demetrius

★ "Hoots Mon"     Harry Robertson

★ "The Hula Hoop Song"     w.m. Carl Maduri Jr & Donna Kohler

★ "A Hundred Million Miracles"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

★ "I Beg Of You"     w.m. Rose Marie McCoy & Kelly Owens

★ "I Enjoy Being A Girl"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

★ "I Got A Feeling"     w.m. Baker Knight

★ "I Got Stung"     w.m. Aaron Schroeder & David Hill

★ "I Met Him On A Sunday"     Shirley Owens, Addie Harris, Doris Coley

★ "I Remember It Well"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "If Dreams Came True"     w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen

★ "If I Had A Hammer"     w.m. Pete Seeger & Lee Hays

★ "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday"     w.m. R. Hayes, D. Bartholomew & Fats Domino

★ "It's Late"     w.m. Dorsey Burnette

★ "It's Only Make Believe"     w.m. Conway Twitty & Jack Nance

★ "Java" m. Freddy Friday, Allen Toussaint & Alvin Tyler

★ "Johnny B. Goode"     w.m. Chuck Berry

★ "Kewpie Doll"     w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett

★ "Lazy Moon"     J. Kerr, W. Kerr, Ford

★ "Learning The Game"     Buddy Holly

★ "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" w. Earl Shuman m. Mort Garson

★ "Let The Bells Keep Ringing" w.m. Paul Anka

★ "The Little Serenade"     w.m. Antonio Amurri, Paolo Esposito, Geoffrey C. Parsons & James J. T. Phillips

★ "Little Star"     w.m. Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa

★ "Lollipop"     w.m. Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon

★ "The Long, Hot Summer"     w. Sammy Cahn m. Alex North

★ "Love Makes The World Go 'Round"     w.m. Ollie Jones

★ "Love, Look Away"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

★ "A Lover's Question"     w.m. Brook Benton & Jimmy Williams

★ "Mad Passionate Love"     Dick Sherman & David E. Coleman

★ "Make Me A Miracle"     Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell

★ "Mandolins In The Moonlight"     w.m. George David Weiss & Aaron Schroeder

★ "Maverick"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. David Buttolph

★ "Maybe Baby"     w.m. Norman Petty & Charles Hardin

★ "Moon Talk"     w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning

★ "My True Love"     w.m. Jack Scott

★ "Nairobi"     w.m. Bob Merrill

★ "Never Be Anyone Else But You"     w.m. Baker Knight

★ "The Night They Invented Champagne"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again"     w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell

★ "Once Upon A Summertime" (Original title "La Valse des Lilas")     Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer

★ "One Night"     w.m. Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King

★ "The Only Man On The Island"      Bob Hilliard & Dave Mann

★ "Only The Lonely"     Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen

★ "Padre"     w. (Eng) Paul Francis Webster (Fr) Marcel Algeron & Jacques Larue m. Alain C. Romans

★ "Patricia"     w. Bob Marcus m. Perez Prado

★ "Peter Gunn"     m. Henry Mancini

★ "Pink Shoelaces"     w.m. Mickie Grant

★ "Plain Jane"      Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman

★ "Poor Little Fool"     w.m. Shari Sheeley

★ "Problems"     w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

★ "Promise Me, Love"     w.m. Kay Thompson

★ "The Purple People Eater"     w.m. Sheb Wooley

★ "Queen Of The Hop"     w.m. Woody Harris & Bobby Darin

★ "Raining In My Heart"     w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

★ "Rave On"     w.m. Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman & Sunny West

★ "Rawhide"     w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Title tune of the TV series performed by Frankie Laine.

★ "Reeds In A Rush" m. John Serry, Sr.

★ "Return To Me"     w.m. Danny Di Minno & Carmen Lombardo

★ "Rockin' Robin"     w.m. Jimmie Thomas

★ "Saturday Girl"     w. Peter Benjamin m. Peter Stannard

★ "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "Secretly"     w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell

★ "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On"     w.m. Hank Locklin

★ "Short Shorts"     w. Bob Gaudio & Bill Dalton m. Tom Austin & Bill Crandall

★ "Since I Don't Have You"     w. James Beaumont, Walter Lester, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen & Janet Vogel m. Joseph Rock & Lennie Martin

★ "Splish Splash"     w.m. Bobby Darin & Jean Murray

★ "Stagger Lee"     trad arr. Lloyd Price & Harold Logan

★ "Stupid Cupid"     w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka

★ "Sugartime"     w.m. Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols

★ "Summertime Blues"      Eddie Cochran, J. Capehart

★ "Summertime, Summertime"     w.m. Tom Jameson & Sherm Feller

★ "Sunday"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

★ "Surprise"      w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston from the musical ''Oh Captain!''

★ "Susie Darlin' "     w.m. Robin Luke

★ "Sweet Little Sixteen"     w.m. Chuck Berry

★ "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues"     w. Rhoda Roberts & Kenny Jacobson m. Moe Koffman

★ "Teacher Teacher"     w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen

★ "Teacher's Pet"     w.m. Joe Lubin

★ "Tears On My Pillow"     w.m. Sylvester Bradford & Al Lewis

★ "Tequila"     w.m. Chuck Rio

★ "Thank Heaven For Little Girls"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "There's Only One Of You"     w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen

★ "Think It Over"     Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison

★ "This Happy Feeling"     w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

★ "This Is All I Ask"     w.m. Gordon Jenkins

★ "Time"     w. Julian More, David Heneker & Monty Norman m. David Heneker & Monty Norman

★ "To Know Him Is To Love Him"     w.m. Phil Spector

★ "Tom Dooley"     trad arr. Dave Guard

★ "True Love Ways"     w.m. Norman Petty & Buddy Holly

★ "Tulips From Amsterdam"      Ralf Arnie & Gene Martyn

★ "A Very Precious Love"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain

★ "Volare"     w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci m. Domenico Modugno

★ "Waltz At Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking Of Me)"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe

★ "We Belong Together, S. Weiss, Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell

★ "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"     w.m. Bert Carroll & Russell Moody

★ "What To Do"     Buddy Holly

★ "When"     w.m. Jack Reardon & Paul Evans

★ "Witch Doctor"     w.m. Ross Bagdasarian

★ "The Wizard"     David, Dane, Paul

★ "Woman From Liberia"     Rodgers, Whiting

★ "The World Outside"     Carl Sigman, Richard Addinsell

★ "Yakety Yak"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

★ "You Are Beautiful"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

★ "You Are My Destiny"     w.m. Paul Anka

★ "You Cheated"     w.m. Don Burch

★ "Young And Warm And Wonderful"     w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer

★ "Zorro"     w. Norman Foster m. George Burns

Classical music

★ Aldo Clementi - ''Episodi''

★ Mario Davidovsky - ''String Quartet No. 2''

★ Benjamin Frankel - ''Symphony No. 1''

★ Ferde Grofé - ''Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D''

★ Dmitriy Borisovich Kabalevskiy - ''In the Magic Forest''

★ Leon Kirchner - ''String Quartet No. 2''

★ György Ligeti - ''Artikulation''

★ Peter Mennin - ''Piano Concerto''

★ Thea Musgrave - ''String Quartet''

★ Ned Rorem - ''Symphony No. 3''

★ Edmund Rubbra - ''Pezzo Ostinato'' (Rubbra collections page with description) and ''Violin Concerto'', opp. 102 and 103.

★ Carl Ruggles - ''Exaltation''

★ Roger Sessions - ''String Quintet'', ''Symphony No. 1''

★ Eduard Tubin - ''Symphony No. 7''

★ Edgard Varèse - ''Poème électronique'' (1957-58)

★ Ralph Vaughan Williams - ''Symphony No. 9''

★ Leó Weiner - ''Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major''
==Opera==

★ Samuel Barber - ''Vanessa''

★ Carlisle Floyd - ''Wuthering Heights''

★ Jakov Gotovac - ''Dalmaro''

★ Gian Carlo Menotti - ''Maria Golovin''

★ Ralph Vaughan Williams - ''Hugh the Drover''
==Musical theater==

★ ''The Body Beautiful''     Broadway production

★ ''The Boy Friend'' (Sandy Wilson) - off-Broadway revival

★ ''Expresso Bongo''     London production

★ ''Flower Drum Song'' (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) - Broadway production

★ ''Irma La Douce''     London production

★ ''Lola Montez'', Brisbane production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 1

★ ''Nightcap''     off-Broadway production

★ ''Oh Captain!'' Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on February 4 and ran for 192 performances.

★ ''Salad Days'' (Julian Slade) - Broadway production

★ ''Valmouth''     London production

★ ''West Side Story'' (Leonard Bernstein) - London production

★ ''Where's Charley?''     London production
==Musical films==

★ ''April Love''

★ ''Damn Yankees'' starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston

★ ''The Duke Wore Jeans'' starring Tommy Steele

★ ''Gigi'' starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold

★ ''King Creole'' starring Elvis Presley

★ ''Mardi Gras''

★ ''Senior Prom''

★ ''The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw'' starring Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield and Sid James.

★ ''South Pacific''

★ ''Tunnel of Love''

Musical television

★ ''Aladdin'' (Cole Porter) televised on February 21 starring Cyril Ritchard, Basil Rathbone, Dennis King, Sal Mineo, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Una Merkel.

★ ''Hansel and Gretel'' (William Engvick and Alec Wilder) televised on April 27 starring Barbara Cook and Red Buttons

★ ''Kiss Me, Kate'' starring Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes and Jack Klugman

Births

★ January 1 - Grandmaster Flash

★ January 11 - Vicky Peterson, The Bangles

★ February 16 - Ice-T

★ February 21 - Jake Burns, Stiff Little Fingers

★ February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter

★ March 5 - Andy Gibb (+ 1988)

★ March 8 - Gary Numan

★ March 9 - Martin Fry

★ April 11 - Stuart Adamson, Big Country (+ 2001)

★ April 12 - Will Sergeant, Echo & The Bunnymen

★ April 18 - Les Pattinson, Echo & The Bunnymen

★ May 2 - Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model

★ May 21 - Mike Barson, Madness

★ May 25 - Paul Weller

★ May 27 - Neil Finn, Crowded House

★ May 29 - Marie Fredriksson, Roxette

★ June 7 - Prince

★ June 17 - Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys

★ June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

★ July 7 - Michala Petri, recorder performer

★ July 25 - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth

★ July 30 - Kate Bush

★ July 31 - Bill Berry, R.E.M.

★ August 3 - Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs

★ August 6 - Randy DeBarge

★ August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, musician, Iron Maiden

★ August 16 - Madonna

★ August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go's

★ August 22 - Ian Mitchell, Bay City Rollers

★ August 22 - Vernon Reid, Living Colour

★ August 29 - Michael Jackson

★ September 6 - Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Manners

★ September 10 - Siobhan Fahey

★ September 19 - Lita Ford

★ September 22 - Andrea Bocelli

★ October 9 - Al Jourgensen, Ministry

★ October 10 - Tanya Tucker

★ October 13 - Derri Daugherty, The Choir, The Lost Dogs

★ October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician

★ October 20 - Ricky Byrd, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

★ October 27 - Simon Le Bon, Duran Duran

★ November 10 - Frank Maudsley, A Flock of Seagulls

★ November 22 - Jason Ringenberg, Jason & The Scorchers

★ December 7 - Timothy Butler, Psychedelic Furs

★ December 9 - Nick Seymour, Crowded House

★ December 11 - Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe

★ December 14 - Mike Scott, The Waterboys

★ December 14 - Peter Stacy, The Pogues

★ December 17 - Michael Mills, R.E.M.

★ December 23 - Victoria Williams

★ December 28 - Mike McGuire, Shenandoah

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Chuck Girard, Love Song

Deaths

★ January 21 - Ataúlfo Argenta, conductor

★ February 5 - Lew Brown, lyricist

★ March 25 - Tom Brown, jazz trombonist

★ March 28 - W.C. Handy - Blues composer

★ April 1

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★ Břetislav Bakala, pianist, conductor and composer

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★ Alfred Bryan, songwriter

★ May 20 - Irma Baltuttis, singer

★ June 15 - José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer

★ June 23 - Armas Järnefelt, composer

★ August 5 - Joseph Holbrooke, composer

★ August 15 - Big Bill Broonzy, blues musician and composer

★ August 17 - Florent Schmitt, composer

★ August 21 - Stevan Hristić, composer

★ August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer

★ September 20 - Yvonne Arnaud, pianist, singer and actress

★ October 25 - Artie Matthews, ragtime composer and songwriter

★ October 27 - John Wooldridge, film composer

★ November 3 - Harry Revel, composer of musicals

★ November 27 - Artur Rodziński, conductor

★ December 1 - Boots Mallory, dancer

★ December 8 - Julia Lee, female blues singer

★ December 11 - Paul Bazelaire, cellist

★ December 29 - Doris Humphrey, dancer and choreographer

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Samuel Antek, violinist and conductor

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★ Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and blues musician

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★ Martin Shaw, composer

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★ Vassili Nebolsin, conductor

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★ Maude Nugent, songwriter

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★ John Strachan, ballad singer

Awards

===Eurovision Song Contest===

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1958