1958 in music

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André Claveau (right) wins at Eurovision 1958

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958.

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

Events[]

  • January – Maria Callas, due to open the Rome Opera House season with Norma with Italy's president, Giovanni Gronchi, in the audience, cancels after the first act because of voice problems.[1]
  • January 24Paul McCartney makes his first appearance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool with The Quarrymen.[2]
  • February – 45,000 people in one week watch performances of "rokabirī" music by Japanese singers at the first Nichigeki Western Carnival.
  • February 14 – The Iranian government bans rock & roll, claiming that this form of music is against the concepts of Islam and is a health hazard. Iranian doctors warn of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll dances.
  • February 19
    • An American singer-songwriter Carl Perkins left Sun Records and moved to Columbia Records
    • Motown released its first record Got a Job (Smokey Robinson and The Miracles)
  • 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 places third for Italy with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" which, retitled "Volare", 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 24Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.
  • April 10Cleo Laine marries John Dankworth.
  • May 30Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Basel, 50 years after it was composed
  • c. July 12The Quarrymen (Paul McCartney, John Lennon (lead vocals), George Harrison, Colin Hanton (drums) and John Lowe (piano)) record a single 78 rpm shellac acetate disc at Phillips' Sound Recording Services in Liverpool: "In Spite of All the Danger" (McCartney–Harrison) and a cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day".[2]
  • August 4Billboard magazine launches its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the #1 record.
  • September 24 – Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina
  • 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.
  • The major record labels[vague] begin to cease production of 78 rpm records.[citation needed]
  • 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 US and returns to Italy.
  • Bob Bogle and Don Wilson founds the surf instrumental group The Ventures.
  • The Country Music Association (CMA) is founded as the first trade association dedicated to a single music genre.
  • Singer Júnior joins the pioneering Spanish electric guitar group Jump.[3]

Albums released[]

  • Anita Sings the WinnersAnita O'Day
  • Around the WorldBing Crosby
  • As Long As There's MusicEddie Fisher
  • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (soundtrack)Miles Davis
  • The Atomic Mr. BasieCount Basie
  • Bo DiddleyBo Diddley
  • Breezin' AlongThe Four Lads
  • C'est çaCharles Aznavour[4]
  • Chicago Musette – John Serry and His AccordionJohn Serry Sr.[5] (in French)
  • Come Fly with MeFrank Sinatra
  • Destination MoonThe Ames Brothers
  • DreamThe Mills Brothers
  • Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at NewportElla Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday
  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Ella Swings Lightly – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Ellington IndigosDuke Ellington
  • Elvis' Golden RecordsElvis Presley
  • The Everly BrothersThe Everly Brothers
  • The Fabulous Johnny CashJohnny Cash
  • Fancy Meeting You HereBing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
  • For Musicians OnlyStan Getz
  • For Teenagers In LoveTeresa Brewer
  • Foreign AffairFrankie Laine and Michel LeGrand
  • Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the LonelyFrank Sinatra
  • Freedom SuiteSonny Rollins
  • Give Him the Ooh-La-LaBlossom Dearie
  • Gogi Grant – Welcome To My HeartGogi Grant
  • GondolierDalida
  • Greatest HitsFrankie Laine
  • A Guy in LoveGuy Mitchell
  • Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will TravelDuane Eddy (debut)
  • He's So FineJackie Wilson
  • Hooray for HollywoodDoris Day
  • John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio – John Coltrane
  • Johnny Horton Sings Free And EasyJohnny Horton
  • Johnny's Greatest HitsJohnny Mathis
  • Julie Is Her Name, Volume IIJulie London
  • Kate Smith Sings Folk SongsKate Smith
  • King Creole (OST) – Elvis Presley
  • King of SurinameRamdew Chaitoe
  • The Kingston TrioThe Kingston Trio
  • Last Night When We Were YoungArt Farmer
  • Les GitansDalida
  • London by NightJulie London
  • MilestonesMiles Davis
  • The Mills Brothers In Hi-FiThe Mills Brothers
  • The Mills Brothers SingThe Mills Brothers
  • Miss MusicTeresa Brewer
  • Mmmm, The Mills BrothersThe Mills Brothers
  • Music! Music! Music!Teresa Brewer
  • My HappinessConnie Francis
  • No Count SarahSarah Vaughan
  • One Dozen BerrysChuck Berry
  • Our Gal SalSally Starr (with The Comets)
  • Paris HolidayBing Crosby
  • RhondaRhonda Fleming
  • Ricky NelsonRicky Nelson
  • Rockin' Around the WorldBill Haley & His Comets
  • Rockin' the JointBill Haley & His Comets
  • Rockin' With Kay StarrKay Starr
  • Salut les copainsGilbert Bécaud
  • Saturday Night with Mr. CPerry Como
  • Sings the Songs That Made Him FamousJohnny Cash
  • Smoochin' TimeThe Ames Brothers
  • Some Pleasant Moments In The 20th CenturyOscar Levant
  • Songs I Wish I Had SungBing Crosby
  • South PacificOriginal Soundtrack
  • Star DustPat Boone
  • Surprise PackageThe Crew Cuts
  • Swingin' Down BroadwayJo Stafford
  • TeresaTeresa Brewer
  • Teresa Brewer At Christmas TimeTeresa Brewer
  • Them There EyesKay Starr
  • This Is Sinatra Volume 2Frank Sinatra
  • 'Til MorningJohnnie Ray
  • Time For TeresaTeresa Brewer
  • Torchin' Frankie Laine
  • TorméMel Tormé
  • Wheelin' & Dealin'Mal Waldron, John Coltrane and Frank Wess
  • When You Come to the End of the DayPerry Como
  • Who's Sorry Now?Connie Francis
  • Yes Indeed!Pat Boone

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts for the longest time in 1958, in their respective countries.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Domenico Modugno Volare 1958 Italy 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 United States 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 Everly Brothers All I Have to Do is Dream 1958 United States UK 1 – May 1958 (7 weeks at No.1), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1958 (17 weeks), Canada 1 – Apr 1958 (15 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 9 weeks – Jun 1958, South Africa 1 of 1958, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1958), US BB 2 of 1958, US CashBox 4 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 4 of 1958, DDD 14 of 1958, US invalid BB 26 of 1958, POP 26 of 1958, Europe 28 of the 1950s (1958), UKMIX 45, nuTsie 89 of 1950s, DMDB 98 (1958), Rolling Stone 141, Acclaimed 160 (1958), RYM 5 of 1958, NY Daily Love list 13, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
4 The Everly Brothers Bird Dog 1958 United States Canada 1 – Aug 1958 (13 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 3 weeks – Nov 1958, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 1958, UK 2 – Sep 1958 (16 weeks), US Billboard 2 – Aug 1958 (18 weeks), Australia 2 of 1958, US CashBox 5 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1958, Norway 5 – Oct 1965 (3 weeks), Flanders 12 – Dec 1958 (3 months), US BB 13 of 1958, US invalid BB 25 of 1958, POP 25 of 1958, Europe 33 of the 1950s (1958), DDD 35 of 1958, D.Marsh 40 of 1958, Italy 88 of 1959, UKMIX 341, Acclaimed 1925 (1958), RYM 30 of 1958

Top Hits on record[]

  • "All I Have To Do Is Dream" – The Everly Brothers
  • "Are You Sincere?" – Andy Williams
  • "Believe What You Say" – Ricky Nelson
  • "Big Man" – The Four Preps
  • "Billy" – Kathy Linden
  • "Bird Dog" – Everly Brothers
  • "Blast Off" – The Tyrones
  • "Blue Boy" – Jim Reeves
  • "Born Too Late" – The Poni-Tails
  • "Breathless" – Jerry Lee Lewis
  • "Broke Down Baby" – The Tyrones
  • "Cannonball" – Duane Eddy
  • "Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
  • "Come Dance With Me" – Frank Sinatra
  • "Come On Let's Go" – Ritchie Valens
  • "Come prima" ("Tu me donnes") – Dalida
  • "DeDe Dinah" – Frankie Avalon
  • "Everybody Loves A Lover" – Doris Day
  • "Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" – Dalida
  • "The Day the Rains Came" – Jane Morgan
  • "El Diablo" – Frankie Laine
  • "Don't" – Elvis Presley
  • "Fallin'" – Connie Francis
  • "Fever" – Peggy Lee
  • "For Your Love" – Ed Townsend
  • "Get a Job" – The Silhouettes
  • "Got a Job" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
  • "Ginger Bread" – Frankie Avalon
  • "Gondolier" – Dalida
  • "Great Balls Of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
  • "Guitare et tambourin" – Dalida
  • "Hard Headed Woman" – Elvis Presley
  • "Hava Nagila" – Dalida
  • "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" – Andy Williams
  • "Heartbeat" – Buddy Holly
  • "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – Laurie London
  • "High Class Baby" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters
  • "Hoots Mon" – Lord Rockingham's XI
  • "I am a Mole and I Live in a Hole" – The Southlanders
  • "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Don Gibson (B-side to "Oh, Lonesome Me")
  • "It's All in the Game" – Tommy Edwards
  • "I Got a Feeling" – Ricky Nelson
  • "I Have To Cry" – Frankie Laine
  • "I Met Him On A Sunday" – The Shirelles
  • "I Wonder Why" – Dion & the Belmonts
  • "I'll Get By" – Connie Francis
  • "I'll Wait for You" – Frankie Avalon
  • "I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby" – Mindy Carson
  • "I'm Shook" – The Tyrones
  • "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" – Connie Francis
  • "It's Only Make Believe" – Conway Twitty
  • "Journey's End" – Frankie Laine
  • "Johnny B. Goode" – Chuck Berry
  • "King Creole" – Elvis Presley
  • "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers
  • "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)Lou Monte
  • "Le jour où la pluie viendra" – Dalida
  • "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" – Patti Page
  • "Les Gitans" – Dalida
  • "Little Star" – The Elegants
  • "Lollipop" – The Chordettes
  • "Looking Back" – Nat King Cole
  • "Maybe" (The Chantels song)The Chantels
  • "Maybe Baby" – Buddy Holly
  • "Mexican Hat Rock" – Dave Appell/The Applejacks
  • "Milord" – Édith Piaf
  • "Move It" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Original B-side to "Schoolboy Crush")
  • "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" – Ricky Nelson
  • "My Happiness" – Connie Francis
  • "No One Knows" – Dion and the Belmonts
  • "Oh Julie" – The Crescendos
  • "Oh, Lonesome Me" – Don Gibson
  • "One Summer Night" – Danleers
  • "Partners" – Jim Reeves
  • "Patricia" – Perez Prado
  • "Poor Little Fool" – Ricky Nelson
  • "Promise Me, Love" – Andy Williams
  • "Queen of the Hop" – Bobby Darin
  • "Ramrod" – Duane Eddy
  • "Rave On" – Buddy Holly
  • "Rawhide" – Frankie Laine
  • "Return To Me (Ritorna 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
  • "Schoolboy Crush" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters (B-side to "Move It") (Original A-side to "Move It")
  • "Short Shorts" – The Royal Teens
  • "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" – The Platters
  • "Stupid Cupid" – Connie Francis
  • "Sugartime" – The McGuire Sisters
  • "Summertime Blues" – Eddie Cochran
  • "Sweet Little Sixteen" – Chuck Berry
  • "Teacher's Pet" – Doris Day
  • "Tequila" – The Champs
  • "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – The Chipmunks with David Seville
  • "The Happy OrganDave "Baby" Cortez
  • "The Purple People Eater" – Sheb Wooley
  • "To Know Him is to Love Him" – The Teddy Bears
  • "Tom Dooley" – The Kingston Trio
  • "Twilight Time" – The Platters
  • "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" – Domenico Modugno
  • "The Walk" – Jimmy McCracklin
  • "Well All Right" – Buddy Holly
  • "Western Movies" – The Olympics
  • "What Am I Living For" – Chuck Willis
  • "When" – The Kalin Twins
  • "Who's Sorry Now?" – Connie Francis
  • "Why Don't They Understand" – George Hamilton IV
  • "Witch Doctor" – Dave Seville
  • "A Wonderful Time Up There" – Pat Boone
  • "Yakety Yak" – The Coasters
  • "You Always Hurt the One You Love" – Connie Francis

Published popular music[]

  • "16 Candles" w.m. Luther Dixon &
  • "All I Have to Do is Dream" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Am I That Easy to Forget" w.m. Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson & Shelby Singleton
  • "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
  • "A Big Hunk O' Love" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche
  • "Bird Dog" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Broken Hearted Melody" w. Hal David m. Sherman Edwards
  • "A Certain Smile" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
  • "Chantilly Lace" w.m. Jiles Perry Richardson
  • "C'mon Everybody" w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart
  • "Devoted to You" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Do You Want To Dance?" w.m. Bobby Freeman
  • "Donna" w.m. Ritchie Valens
  • "Don't" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "Enchanted Island" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
  • "Everybody Loves a Lover" w. Richard Adler m. Robert Allen
  • "French Foreign Legion" w. Aaron Schroeder m. Guy Wood
  • "Hoots Mon" Harry Robertson
  • "If I Had A Hammer" w.m. Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
  • "It's Only Make Believe" w.m. Conway Twitty & Jack Nance
  • "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
  • "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" w. Earl Shuman m. Mort Garson
  • "The Little Serenade" w.m. Antonio Amurri, Paolo Esposito, Geoffrey C. Parsons & James J. T. Phillips
  • "Little Star" w.m. Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa
  • "Make Me A Miracle" Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell
  • "Maybe Baby" w.m. Norman Petty & Charles Hardin
  • "Moon Talk" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
  • "My True Love" w.m. Jack Scott
  • "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
  • "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
  • "Poor Little Fool" w.m. Shari Sheeley
  • "The Purple People Eater" w.m. Sheb Wooley
  • "Raining In My Heart" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Rave On!" w.m. Norman Petty, & Sunny West
  • "Rawhide" w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Title tune of the TV series performed by Frankie Laine.
  • "Secretly" w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
  • "Splish Splash" w.m. Bobby Darin & Jean Murray
  • "Stupid Cupid" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
  • "Sugartime" w.m. Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols
  • "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran, J. Capehart
  • "Sweet Little Sixteen" w.m. Chuck Berry
  • "Tears On My Pillow" w.m. Sylvester Bradford & Al Lewis
  • "Tequila" w.m. Chuck Rio
  • "There's Only One Of You" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
  • "Tom Dooley" trad arr. Dave Guard
  • "Volare" w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci m. Domenico Modugno
  • "We Belong Together", S. Weiss, Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell
  • "When" w.m. Jack Reardon & Paul Evans
  • "Witch Doctor" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
  • "Yakety Yak" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "You Are My Destiny" w.m. Paul Anka
  • "Young and Warm and Wonderful" w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer

Other notable songs[]

  • "The Bells of Rhymney" by Pete Seeger and Idris Davies
  • "Devojko mala" w. B. Timotijević m. D. Kraljić, sung by Vlastimir "Đuza" Stojiljković in the film
  • "Mera naam Chin Chin Chu" w. Qamar Jalalabadi m. O.P. Nayyar, sung by Geeta Dutt in the film Howrah Bridge
  • "Pod sjajem zvezda" w. Mirjana Savić m. Predrag Ivanović
  • "Majulah Singapura" by Zubir Said (national anthem of Singapore)

Classical music[]

Premieres[]

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Archer, Violet 1958-04-20 United States Washington DC () Balsam, , [6]
Ardévol, José 1958-04-19 United States Washington FC () Mexico National SymphonyHerrera de la Fuente[6]
Brian, Havergal 1958-11-03 United Kingdom London London Philharmonia[7]
1958-04-18 United States Washington DC () Caamaño / USA National SymphonyMitchell[6]
Eisler, Hanns 1958-11-22 East Germany East Berlin [8] [Unknown performers]
Ginastera, Alberto 1958-04-19 United States Washington DC () Juilliard Quartet[6]
Guarnieri, Camargo 1958-04-20 United States Washington DC () Wright / USA National SymphonyMitchell[6]
Imbrie, Andrew 1958-04-22 United States Berkeley, CA Robert Gross / San Francisco SymphonyJordá[9]
Lajtha, Lászlo (Symphony No. 7) 1958-04-26 France Paris [10]
Larsson, Lars-Erik 1958-01-24 Sweden Malmö Lanzky-Otto / Malmö Symphony[11]
Larsson, Lars-Erik 1958-03-13 Sweden Gothenburg / Gothenburg Symphony[12]
Ligeti, György Métamorphoses nocturnes (String Quartet No. 1) 1958-05-08 Austria Vienna [13]
Martinu, Bohuslav The Epic of Gilgamesh, oratorio 1958-01-24 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber Orchestra and ChoirSacher[14]
Orrego-Salas, Juan 1958-04-19 United States Washington DC () Juilliard Quartet[6]
Pettersson, Allan 1958-03-14 Sweden Stockholm Swedish Radio SymphonyMann[15]
Porter, Quincy 1958-04-18 United States Washington DC () USA National SymphonyMitchell[6]
Shchedrin, Rodion 1958-12-06 Soviet Union Moscow Moscow PhilharmonicRakhlin[16]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Gruppen for three orchestras 1958-03-24 West Germany Cologne-Deutz (Koelnmesse, ) Cologne Radio SymphonyStockhausen, Maderna, Boulez[17]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Symphony No. 9 1958-04-02 United KingdomLondon Sargent[18]
Vega, Aurelio de la 1958-04-20 United States Washington DC () [6]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor String Quartet No. 15 1958-04-19 United States Washington DC () Juilliard Quartet[6]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Symphony No. 12 1958-04-20 United States Washington DC () USA National SymphonyMitchell

Compositions[]

  • Jean Absil
Burlesque, for oboe and piano, Op. 100
Danse rustique, for piano
Fantaisie concertante, for violin and orchestra, Op. 99
"Heure de grâce", for soprano (or tenor) and piano, Op. 98
Silhouettes, for flute and piano, Op. 97
Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion, for orchestra
Preludes (12), for piano
  • Hendrik Andriessen
Canzoni (3), for chorus
Liturgie Amienj Gospodie, for chorus
Missa "Fiat voluntas tua", for two voices and organ
Uilenspiegel-variatie, for two violins and orchestra
  • Jurriaan Andriessen – Duo, for two violins
  • Theodore AntoniouAquarelles, for piano
  • Louis Applebaum
Cherry Tree Carol, for SATB chorus
King Herod, for SATB chorus
  • Hans Erich Apostel
Höhe des Jahres, for four-part male chorus, Op 28
Piano Concerto, Op. 30
Studie, for flute, viola, and guitar, Op. 29
  • Malcolm Arnold – Sinfonietta No. 2, for orchestra, Op. 65
  • Tadeusz BairdFour Essays
  • Samuel BarberWondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn, for organ, Op. 34
  • Jürg Baur
Concertante Music, for piano and orchestra
"Du selber bist das Rad", for mixed chorus
Quintetto sereno, for wind quintet
  • Paul Ben-HaimLamenatseah mizmor (To the Chief Musician), for orchestra
  • Arthur Berger – String Quartet
  • William Bergsma
Concerto, for wind quintet
Praise, for chorus and organ
  • Luciano BerioSequenza I, for solo flute
  • Lennox Berkeley
Concerto, for piano and double string orchestra, Op. 46
Poems of W.H. Auden (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 53
  • Günter BialasSonata piccola, for violin and piano
  • Harrison BirtwistleThree Sonatas for Nine Instruments (withdrawn)
  • Arthur BlissThe Lady of Shallott (ballet)
  • Marc Blitzstein
Elizabethan Songs (6), for voice and piano
Lear: A Study, for orchestra
  • Ernest Bloch – Suite for Viola Solo (fragmentary)
  • Rob du Bois – Pieces (3), for clarinet
  • André BoucourechlievTexte I, for tape
  • Pierre Boulez
Doubles, for orchestra
Poésie pour pouvoir, for five-channel tape and three orchestral groups
Le Soleil des eaux, for soprano, tenor, bass, STB chorus, and orchestra (revised version)
  • Henry Brant
The Children's Hour, for six solo voicdes, chorus, two trumpets, two trombones, organ, and percussion
In Praise of Learning, for 16 sopranos and 16 percussionists
Joquin, for piccolo and six instruments
Mythical Beasts, for soprano and 16 instruments
  • Benjamin Britten
Nocturne, for tenor, 7 obbligato instruments, and strings, Op. 60
Noye's Fludde, one-act opera, Op. 59
Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, for voice and piano, Op. 61
  • Earle BrownPentathis, for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, violin, viola, and cello
  • Alan Bush
Ballad of Aldermarston, for speaker, chorus, and orchestra
Ballads of the Sea (2), for piano, Op. 50
Mister Playford’s Tunes, for piano, Op. 49
The World Is His Song, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 51
  • John Cage
Aria, for solo voice
Concert, for piano and orchestra
Fontana Mix, for tape
Haiku, for any instruments
Music Walk, for piano (one or more players, also using radio and/or recordings)
Solo for Voice 1
TV Köln, for piano
Variations I, for any number of players, and any means
  • Cornelius Cardew
Books of Study for Pianists (2), for two pianos
Piano Sonata No. 3
Balbuceos, for micro-tonal piano and chamber orchestra
Concerto, for ⅓-tone piano and orchestra
  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Endymion, for chorus, Op. 184
The Fiery Furnace (chamber cantata), for baritone, children’s voicdes, piano or organ, and percussion, Op. 183
Little Songs (3), for voice and piano
Pastorale and Rondo, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, Op. 185
Inizio di movimento, for piano
Sequenze, for orchestra
Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni, for trumpet, brass, and percussion
To a Wayfarer, for clarinet, harp, percussion, and strings
America, cycle of four songs for soprano and strings
Chamber Concerto, for cello and 12 wind instruments
  • Henry Cowell
Andrée’s Birthday, for treble instrument
Birthday Piece, for 2 treble instruments
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Duet, for 2 soprano instruments
[Duet], for 2 treble instruments
Henry’s Hornpipe, for treble instrument
Introduction and Allegro, for viola and harpsichord or piano
Jim’s B’day, for piano
Love to Sidney, for soprano instrument and piano:Rondo for Brass, for 3 trumpets, 2 horns, and 2 trombones
Lullaby for Philio, for treble instrument:Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 12, for 3 horns
Wedding Rondo, for unaccompanied clarinet
  • Ingolf DahlFanfares, for piano
  • Luigi Dallapiccola
Concerto per la notte di Natale dell’anno 1956, for soprano and chamber orchestra (revised version)
Requiescant, for chorus and orchestra
  • Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 2
  • Peter Maxwell Davies
Prolation, for orchestra
Sextet, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, violin, and cello
  • Norman Dello Joio
O Sing unto the Lord (Psalm 48), men's voices and organ
To St Cecilia, for SATB chorus and piano or brass
  • David Diamond – Wind Quintet
  • Franco Donatoni – String Quartet No. 2
  • Antal DorátiThe Two Enchantments of Li-Tai-Po, for baritone and chamber orchestra
  • Jacob Druckman – Madrigals (4), for SATB chorus
  • Vernon DukeVariations on an Old Russian Chant, for oboe and strings
  • Marcel Dupré
Motets (2), for chorus, Op. 53
Quartet in D Minor, for organ, violin, viola, and cello, Op. 52
  • John Eaton
String Quartet
Tertullian Overture, for orchestra
  • Petr EbenLáska a smrt (Love and Death), for mixed chorus
  • Helmut Eder
Pezzo sereno, for orchestra
  • Cecil Effinger
Little Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5
Wind Quintet
  • Gottfried von Einem
Lieder (5), for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 25
Das Stundenlied, for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 26
  • Hanns Eisler
Am 1. Mai, for voice with small orchestra
Steht auf!, for voice and piano
  • Halim El-DabhClytemnestra, ballet
  • Hans Ulrich Engelmann
Noche da luna, dance pantomime
Nocturnos, for soprano and chamber orchestra
  • Donald Erb
Chamber Concerto, for piano and strings
Correlations, for piano
Dialogue, for violin and piano
  • Heimo ErbseRuth, ballet in two acts, Op. 16
  • Rudolf George Escher – Symphony No. 2
  • Alvin Etler
Concerto for violin and wind quintet
"Peace Be unto You", for SATB chorus
  • Franco EvangelistiProporzioni, for flute solo
  • Ferenc Farkas – Lieder (3)
  • Robert Farnon
City Streets, for orchestra
Dominion Day, for orchestra
Mr Punch, for orchestra
Rhapsody for violin and orchestra
  • David FarquharIn Despite of Death, song cycle for baritone and piano
  • Samuil FeinbergMaritza, cycle of eight songs for voice and piano, Op. 47
  • Jindřich Feld – Violin Concerto
  • Morton Feldman
Ixion (Summerspace) (ballet), for ten instruments
Piano, for piano four-hands
Two Instruments, for horn and cello
  • Luc Ferrari
Étude aux accidents, for tape
Étude aux sons tendus, for tape
  • Jacobo FicherMi Aldea, cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, and chamber orchestra, Op. 91
  • Irving FineRomanza, for wind quintet
  • Nicolas Flagello – Serenata for orchestra, Op. 58
  • Wolfgang Fortner _
Ballet blanc, for two violins and string orchestra
Berceuse royale, for soprano, violin, and string orchestra
  • Lukas Foss
Ode, for orchestra (revised version)
Symphony of Chorales, for orchestra
La dame dans la lune, ballet
Divertimento, for horn and orchestra
L’homme entre deux âges, for voice, flute, and string quintet
Hay que bañar al nene (film score)
El límite (incidental music)
Primavera de la vida (film score)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26
  • Marcel GrandjanyFantaisie sur un thème de J. Haydn, Op. 31, for harp
  • Ferde Grofé – Concerto in D, for piano and orchestra
  • Dmitri KabalevskyIn the Magic Forest
  • Mauricio KagelAnagrama, for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, speaking chorus, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 percussionists, celesta, 2 pianos, and 2 harps
  • Leon Kirchner – String Quartet No. 2
  • György LigetiArtikulation
  • Witold LutosławskiFuneral music
  • 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
  • José Pablo Moncayo
Pequeño nocturno, for piano
Symphony No. 2 (unfinished)
Tierra (ballet), for orchestra
  • Thea Musgrave – String Quartet
  • Luigi Nono
Cori di Didone, for chorus and percussion
Piccola gala notturna veneziana in onore dei 60 anni di Heinrich Strobel, for 14 instruments
La terra e la compagna, for soprano, tenor, chorus, and instruments
  • Harry PartchWindsong, film score for ensemble of original instruments
  • Goffredo Petrassi
Saluto augurale, for orchestra
Serenata, for flute, harpsichord, percussion, viola, and contrabass
String Quartet
  • George RochbergCheltenham Concerto, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and strings
  • Ned Rorem – Symphony No. 3
  • Edmund RubbraPezzo Ostinato (Rubbra collections page with description) and Violin Concerto, Opp. 102 and 103.
  • Carl RugglesExaltation
  • Dieter Schnebel
für stimmen ( … missa est): dt 31,6, for 12 vocal ensembles
Raum-Zeit Y, for instruments
  • Alfred SchnittkeOratorio Nagasaki
  • Humphrey Searle – Symphony No. 2, Op. 33 (1956–8); Variations and Finale, Op. 34
  • Roger Sessions
String Quintet
Symphony No. 4
  • Dmitri ShostakovichMoskva, Cheryomushki, operetta, Op. 105
  • Toru Takemitsu
Kamitsukareta kaoyaku [A Boss Who was Bitten] (film score)
Kokusen’ya, incidental music
Pananpe no omoigakenai shōri no hanashi [The Story of Panape’s Unexpected Victory], for tenor, baritone, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, guitar, and percussion
Solitude sonore, for orchestra
Sora, uma, soshite shi [Sky, Horse and Death], for tape
Tableau noir, for speaker and chamber orchestra
Yume no hoshi [A Star in a Dream] (television music)
Utau dake, for chorus
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Eight Miniatures, for piano
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bendita sabedoria, for six-part choir
Fantasia, for wind orchestra
Fantasia concertante, for orchestra of cellos (at least 32 instruments)
Green Mansions (film score, concert arrangement as Forest of the Amazon)
Magnificat alleluia, solo voice, chorus, and orchestra
A menina das nuvens, musical adventure in three acts
  • Leó Weiner – Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major
  • Stefan Wolpe
Dust of Sorrow, for SATB choir
The Hour Glass (dramatic scene)
The Way a Crow, for SATB choir
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Impromptu, for orchestra
Omnia tempus habent, canatata for soprano and 17 instruments

Opera[]

Jazz[]

Musical theatre[]

  • The Body Beautiful Broadway production, opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 60 performances
  • The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) – off-Broadway revival
  • Expresso Bongo London production
  • Flower Drum Song (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) Broadway production, opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 600 performances
  • Irma La Douce London production
  • Lola Montez, Brisbane production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 1
  • Oh, Captain! Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on February 4 and ran for 192 performances.
  • Salad Days (Julian Slade) New York production ran for 80 performances
  • Valmouth London production
  • West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) – London production
  • Where's Charley? London production

Musical films[]

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 1Grandmaster Flash, rapper
  • January 2Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
  • January 8Steve Garvey, bass guitarist (Buzzcocks, The Teardrops and Bok Bok)
  • January 9Hillevi Martinpelto, Swedish operatic soprano
  • January 10Samira Said, Moroccan singer
  • January 11
    • Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist and songwriter (The Bangles and Psycho Sisters)
    • Trevor Taylor, Jamaican-German singer and musician
  • January 21Frank Ticheli, American composer and academic
  • January 24Jools Holland, R&B pianist and singer, TV music presenter
  • January 29Vlatka Oršanić, opera singer
  • February 10Michael Weiss, jazz pianist and composer
  • February 12Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost) (died 2006)
  • February 16Ice-T, American musician, rapper, songwriter, actor, record executive, record producer and author
  • February 21
    • Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers)
    • Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter
  • February 23David Sylvian (Japan)
  • February 25Eva Johansson, Danish operatic soprano
  • March 5Andy Gibb, English singer, songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees) (died 1988)
  • March 8Gary Numan, singer
  • March 9Martin Fry, vocalist (ABC)
  • March 10Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (died 1998)
  • March 28Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
  • April 10
    • Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
    • Errollyn Wallen, Belize-born composer
  • April 11Stuart Adamson (Big Country) (died 2001)
  • April 12Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen)
  • April 14Aprile Millo, American operatic soprano of Italian and Irish ancestry
  • April 18Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen)
  • April 21Andranik Madadian, Armenian/Iranian singer-songwriter
  • April 25Fish, Scottish singer (Marillion)
  • May 2Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model
  • May 6Lolita Flores, Spanish actress and singer
  • May 10Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idoli and Apartchiks) (died 2015)
  • May 12Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter
  • May 18Toyah Willcox, English singer and actress
  • May 21Mike Barson (Madness)
  • May 23Shelly West, American country singer
  • May 25Paul Weller, singer-songwriter The Jam, Style Council
  • May 27Neil Finn, singer-songwriter
  • May 30Marie Fredriksson, pop singer-songwriter (Roxette) (died 2019)
  • June 2Karl Gottfried Brunotte, composer and music philosopher
  • June 3Roger Redgate, composer-conductor
  • June 7Prince, Prolific American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist, record executive, record producer, musician and film maker (died 2016)
  • June 12Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • June 17Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
  • June 21
    • Jennifer Larmore, american operatic mezzo-soprano
    • Steve Lieberman punk musician (Gangsta Rabbi)
  • June 24Kathy Troccoli, American singer and author
  • June 27
    • Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OP8 and Eels)
    • Brian Helicopter, English bass player (The Shapes, HellsBelles and Rogue Male)
    • Magnus Lindberg, Finnish pianist and composer
    • Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (died 1996)
  • June 29
    • Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
    • Mark Radcliffe, English singer and radio host (Shirehorses and The Family Mahone)
  • June 30Esa-Pekka Salonen, composer-conductor
  • July 5Paul Daniel, conductor
  • July 7Michala Petri, recorder virtuoso
  • July 18Bent Sørensen, composer
  • July 25Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
  • July 26Angela Hewitt, classical pianist
  • July 30Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer
  • July 31
    • Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
    • Deborah Riedel, operatic soprano (died 2009)
  • August 3Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
  • August 6Randy DeBarge, soul singer and guitarist
  • August 7Bruce Dickinson, singer (Iron Maiden)
  • August 16Madonna, American singer, songwriter, actress, activist and businesswoman.
  • August 17Belinda Carlisle, American singer and songwriter.
  • August 22
    • Ian Mitchell, British pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
    • Vernon Reid, British-born rock guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour)
  • August 29Michael Jackson, American performer, singer and songwriter (died 2009)
  • September 3Radoslav Lorković, Croatian pianist and accordionist
  • September 6Buster Bloodvessel, vocalist (Bad Manners)
  • September 10Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer and musician
  • September 13Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor
  • September 14Rachid Taha, Algerian-born singer and activist (died 2018)
  • September 19
    • Lita Ford, English-born American rock guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter (member of The Runaways)
    • Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor
  • September 22
    • Andrea Bocelli, operatic tenor
    • Joan Jett, American alternative rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)
  • October 9Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American industrial rock singer-songwriter and producer (Ministry)
  • October 10Tanya Tucker, country singer
  • October 13Derri Daugherty, American alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (The Choir, The Lost Dogs)
  • October 14Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
  • October 20
    • Ricky Byrd, rock guitarist (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
    • Mark King, bassist and singer (Level 42)
  • October 27Simon Le Bon, vocalist (Duran Duran)
  • November 1Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer and producer
  • November 10 – Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls)
  • November 22Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers)
  • November 27Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese songwriter and music producer
  • December 7Timothy Butler (The Psychedelic Furs)
  • December 9Nick Seymour, bassist (Crowded House)
  • December 11Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
  • December 12Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kids and TNT)
  • December 14
    • Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
    • Spider Stacy, folk musician (The Pogues)
  • December 17Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
  • December 23Victoria Williams, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • December 25
    • Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • Juancho Rois, Colombian vallenato musician, accordionist and composer (died 1994)
  • probableFortuna, Brazilian singer

Deaths[]

  • January 20Ataúlfo Argenta, conductor, 44 (carbon monoxide poisoning)
  • February 5Lew Brown, lyricist, 64
  • March 24John Harvey Gahan, violinist, songwriter and actor, 69
  • March 25
    • Tom Brown, jazz trombonist, 69
    • Emerson Whithorne, composer and historian, 73
  • March 28W. C. Handy, blues composer, 84
  • April 1
  • April 2Tudor Davies, operatic tenor, 65
  • April 10Chuck Willis, singer, 30 (during surgery for stomach ulcer)
  • April 16Margaret Burke Sheridan, operatic soprano, 68
  • May 20Irma Baltuttis, singer, 37 (suspected murder)
  • June 1Henri Pensis, violinist, conductor and composer
  • June 3
    • Georges Boulanger, violinist, 65
    • Maude Nugent, songwriter, 81
  • June 15José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican percussionist and composer, 45
  • June 20Elfriede Trötschel, operatic soprano, 44
  • June 21Eduard Erdmann, pianist and composer, 62
  • June 23Armas Järnefelt, composer, 88
  • June 27Marie Sundelius, operatic soprano, 74
  • July 10Karl Erb, operatic tenor and lieder singer, 81
  • July 31
  • August 5Joseph Holbrooke, composer, 80
  • August 14Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis Presley
  • August 15Big Bill Broonzy, blues musician and composer, 60
  • August 17Florent Schmitt, composer, 87
  • August 21Stevan Hristić, composer, 73
  • August 26Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer, 85
  • September 20Yvonne Arnaud, pianist, singer and actress, 65
  • September 23Alfred Piccaver, British-born American operatic tenor, 74
  • October 13Alexander Veprik, composer, 59
  • October 24Martin Shaw, composer, 83
  • October 25Artie Matthews, ragtime composer and songwriter, 69
  • October 27John Wooldridge, film composer, 39 (car accident)
  • October 29Vassili Nebolsin, conductor, 60
  • November 3Harry Revel, composer of musicals, 52
  • November 26Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and blues musician, 53 (stroke)
  • November 27Artur Rodziński, conductor, 66
  • December 1Boots Mallory, dancer, 45 (chronic throat disease)
  • December 8Julia Lee, blues singer, 56 (heart attack)
  • December 11Paul Bazelaire, cellist, 72
  • December 20Éva Gauthier, operatic soprano, 73
  • December 29Doris Humphrey, dancer and choreographer, 63
  • date unknown
    • Samuel Antek, violinist and conductor
    • John Strachan, ballad singer

Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition[]

  • Van Cliburn

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