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Contents 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Biggest hit singles 4 Top Hits on record 5 Published popular music 6 Classical music 7 Opera 8 Musical theater 9 Musical films 10 Musical television 11 Births 12 Deaths 13 Awards 13.1 Eurovision Song Contest

[edit] Events

• January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama
• January 29 - Bo Diddley records "Say Man", a #3 R&B hit when it is released in the Fall of 1959.
• 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.
  • In Hilversum, Netherlands, "Dors, mon amour" sung by André Claveau (music by Pierre Delanoë, text by Hubert Giraud) wins the third annual Eurovision Song Contest for France. Domenico Modugno is placed third for Italy with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", retitled "Volare", which will reach No. 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100, and will win two Grammy Awards next year for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for 1958.
• 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.
• Kenny Rogers signs his first recording contract with a major record label and makes his first national TV performance on American Bandstand.
• 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.
• Bob Bogle and Don Wilson founded the surf instrumental group The Ventures.

[edit] Albums released

• Anita Sings the Winners - Anita O'Day
• Around the World - Bing Crosby
• As Long As There's Music - Eddie Fisher
• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud - Miles Davis
• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
• Breezin' Along - The Four Lads
• 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
• Elvis' Golden Records - Elvis Presley
• 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
• Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely - 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
• Julie Is Her Name, Volume II - Julie London
• Kate Smith Sings Folk Songs - Kate Smith
• King Creole (OST) - 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! (OST) - Original Cast
• One Dozen Berrys - Chuck Berry
• 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
• Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous - Johnny Cash
• Smoochin' Time - The Ames Brothers
• Some Pleasant Moments In The 20th Century - Oscar Levant
• 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
• Tormé - Mel Tormé
• 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

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1958.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Domenico Modugno	Volare	1958		US BB 1 - Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Italy 1 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1958, Grammy in 1958, Canada 2 - Jul 1958, Norway 2 - Oct 1958, South Africa 5 of 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, UK 10 - Sep 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, Europe 34 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1958
2	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	1958		US BB 1 - Oct 1958, Canada 1 - Oct 1958, Norway 1 - Jan 1959, Australia 1 for 10 weeks May 1958, UK 5 - Nov 1958, Australia 5 of 1958, Italy 5 of 1959, South Africa 8 of 1958, Europe 18 of the 1950s, US CashBox 20 of 1958, US BB 37 of 1958, POP 37 of 1958, RYM 89 of 1958, DDD 94 of 1958, RIAA 197, Acclaimed 1001
3	The Platters	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1958		UK 1 - Jan 1959, US BB 1 - Dec 1958, Canada 1 - Dec 1958, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jul 1958, Australia 3 of 1959, South Africa 3 of 1959, Italy 4 of 1959, RYM 6 of 1958, US CashBox 14 of 1959, Europe 25 of the 1950s, DDD 34 of 1958, RIAA 190, Acclaimed 1720
4	The Everly Brothers	Bird Dog	1958		US BB 1 - Aug 1958, Canada 1 - Aug 1958, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Mar 1958, UK 2 - Sep 1958, Australia 2 of 1958, US CashBox 5 of 1958, Norway 5 - Oct 1965, US BB 25 of 1958, POP 25 of 1958, RYM 30 of 1958, Europe 33 of the 1950s, DDD 35 of 1958, Italy 88 of 1959, Acclaimed 1925
5	Tommy Edwards	It's All in the Game	1958		UK 1 - Oct 1958, US BB 1 - Aug 1958, Canada 1 - Sep 1958, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1958, US CashBox 2 of 1958, US BB 6 of 1958, POP 6 of 1958, Australia 7 of 1958, RYM 9 of 1951, US 1940s 18 - Nov 1951, South Africa 20 of 1958, DDD 47 of 1958

[edit] Top Hits on record

• "All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" - The Everly Brothers
• "Big Man" - The Four Preps
• "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
• "Heartbeat" - Buddy Holly
• "Hoots Mon" - Lord Rockingham's XI
• "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
• "Journey's End" - Frankie Laine
• "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
• "King Creole" - Elvis Presley
• "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 and The Drifters
• "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
• "Volare" - Domenico Modugno
• "Well All Right" - Buddy Holly
• "When" - The Kalin Twins
• "Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis

See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 1958 (United States)

[edit] 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. Ritchie 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
• "Kumbayah" recorded by Joe Hickerson and by Pete Seeger
• "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

[edit] Classical music

• Ernest Bloch - Suite for Viola Solo (fragmentary)
• Aldo Clementi - Episodi
• Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 2
• Benjamin Frankel - Symphony No. 1
• Ferde Grofé - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D
• Dmitri Kabalevsky - In the Magic Forest
• Leon Kirchner - String Quartet No. 2
• György Ligeti - Artikulation
• Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concerto No. 5 H. 366; The Parables H. 367; Estampes; Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello
• Peter Mennin - Piano Concerto
• Darius Milhaud - String Sextet, Op. 368
• 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
• Alfred Schnittke - Oratorio Nagasaki
• Humphrey Searle - Symphony No. 2, Op. 33 (1956-8); Variations and Finale, Op. 34
• Roger Sessions - String Quintet; Symphony No. 4
• 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

[edit] Opera

• Samuel Barber - Vanessa (opera)
• Carlisle Floyd - Wuthering Heights
• Jakov Gotovac - Dalmaro
• Gian Carlo Menotti - Maria Golovin
• Ralph Vaughan Williams - Hugh the Drover

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• The Tunnel of Love

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• January 1 - Grandmaster Flash
• January 8 - Steve Garvey, Buzzcocks, The Teardrops
• January 11 - Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
• January 24 - Jools Holland, pianist, Squeeze
• February 16 - Ice-T, rapper
• February 21
  • Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers)
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter
• March 5 - Andy Gibb, singer (d. 1988)
• March 8 - Gary Numan, singer
• March 9 - Martin Fry, vocalist of ABC
• April 11 - Stuart Adamson (Big Country) (d. 2001)
• April 12 - Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen)
• April 18 - Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen)
• April 21 - Andranik Madadian, Armenian/Iranian singer-songwriter
• April 25 - Fish, Scottish singer, Marillion
• May 2 - Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model
• May 18 - Toyah Willcox, singer
• May 21 - Mike Barson, Madness
• May 25 - Paul Weller, singer-songwriter
• May 27 - Neil Finn, singer-songwriter
• May 30 - Marie Fredriksson, Roxette
• June 7 - Prince, singer-songwriter
• June 17 - Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
• June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
• July 5 - Paul Daniel, conductor
• July 7 - Michala Petri, recorder performer
• July 25 - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth
• July 30 - Kate Bush, singer-songwriter and dancer
• July 31 - Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
• August 3 - Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
• August 6 - Randy DeBarge
• August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, singer (Iron Maiden)
• August 16 - Madonna, singer
• August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, singer
• August 22
  • Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers)
  • Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
• August 29 - Michael Jackson, singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• September 6 - Buster Bloodvessel, vocalist (Bad Manners)
• September 10 - Siobhan Fahey, singer
• September 19 - Lita Ford, singer
• September 22
  • Andrea Bocelli, operatic tenor
  • Joan Jett, rock musician
• October 9 - Al Jourgensen (Ministry)
• October 10 - Tanya Tucker, country singer
• October 13 - Derri Daugherty (The Choir, The Lost Dogs)
• October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
• October 20
  • Mark King, guitarist and singer (Level 42)
  • Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
• October 27 - Simon Le Bon, vocalist (Duran Duran)
• November 10 - Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls)
• November 22 - Jason Ringenberg, Jason & the Scorchers
• November 27 - Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese songwriter and music producer
• December 7 - Timothy Butler, The Psychedelic Furs
• December 9 - Nick Seymour, bassist (Crowded House)
• December 11 - Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe
• December 14
  • Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
  • Spider Stacy, folk musician (The Pogues)
• December 17 - Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
• December 23 - Victoria Williams
• December 28 - Mike McGuire, Shenandoah
• date unknown
  • Chuck Girard, Love Song

[edit] 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
  • Břetislav Bakala, pianist, conductor and composer
  • Alfred Bryan, songwriter
• April 10 : Chuck Willis, singer
• May 20 - Irma Baltuttis, singer
• June 3 - Maude Nugent, songwriter (born 1877)
• 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
  • Samuel Antek, violinist and conductor
  • Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and blues musician
  • Martin Shaw, composer
  • Vassili Nebolsin, conductor
  • John Strachan, ballad singer

[edit] Awards

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1958