1958 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top Hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Musical television
10 Births
11 Deaths
12 Awards
- 12.1 Eurovision Song Contest
13 External Charts
14 Categories

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
The Bee Gees begin performing
Marvin Gaye begins performing
Otis Williams & the Distants begin their musical career. They will later join with The Primes and become The Temptations.
Phil Spector begins his 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
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
Gogi Grant - Welcome To My Heart - Gogi Grant
Gondolier - Dalida
Greatest Hits - Frankie Laine
A Guy In Love - Guy Mitchell
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
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
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
When You Come To The End of The Day - Perry Como
Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis
Yes Indeed! - Pat Boone

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
"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, Allan 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
"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
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