- 1958 in music
Events
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January 28 -Little Richard begins attending classes atOakwood College inHuntsville, Alabama
*January 29 -Bo Diddley records "Say Man", a #3 R&B hit when it is released in the Fall of 1959.
*February 14 - TheIran ian government bansrock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts ofIslam 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 aPhiladelphia court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in1956 .
*March 12 - "Dors, mon amour" by André Claveau (music by Pierre Delanoë, text by Hubert Giraud) winsEurovision Song Contest 1958 forFrance
*March 24 -Elvis Presley enters theU.S. Army .
*April 14 -Gladys Presley ,Elvis ´ mother dies.
*May 30 -Béla Bartók 's "Violin Concerto No. 1" is premiered inBasel , 50 years after it was composed
*August 4 -Billboard magazine debuts its "Hot 100" singles chart, withRicky Nelson 's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.
*September 24 - Italian singersNatalino Otto andFlo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina
*Cleo Laine marriesJohn Dankworth .
*TheFestival dei Due Mondi is founded byGian 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 becomeThe Temptations .
*Phil Spector begins his recording career.
*Dalida receives the Music Hall "Bravos" along withYves Montand .
*RCA introduces its first stereo LPs.
*Fred Foster opensMonument Records inHendersonville, Tennessee .
*Ernesto Bonino leaves theUSA and returns toItaly .
*Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.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 andRosemary Clooney
*"For Teenagers In Love" -Teresa Brewer
*"Foreign Affair" -Frankie Laine andMichel LeGrand
*"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" - Original Soundtrack
*"Frank Sinatra Sings for 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
*"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
*"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 songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1958.htm chart positions] in the charts 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 number-one hits of 1958 (United States) 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
* "Kumbayah " recorded byJoe Hickerson and byPete 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 byFrankie 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 BurnsClassical 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" ( [http://www.bl.uk/collections/music/rubbra1.html 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 (opera) "
*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 andOscar Hammerstein II ) - Broadway production
* "Irma La Douce " London production
*"Lola Montez ", Brisbane production opened atHer Majesty's Theatre onOctober 1
* "Nightcap " off-Broadway production
* "Oh, Captain! " Broadway production opened at theAlvin Theatre onFebruary 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 productionMusical film s* "April Love"
* "Damn Yankees" starringTab Hunter ,Gwen Verdon andRay Walston
* "The Duke Wore Jeans " starringTommy Steele
* "Gigi" starringLeslie Caron ,Louis Jourdan ,Maurice Chevalier andHermione Gingold
* "King Creole " starringElvis Presley
* "Mardi Gras "
* "Senior Prom "
* "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw " starringKenneth More ,Jayne Mansfield andSid James .
* "South Pacific"
* "The Tunnel of Love "Musical television
* "Aladdin" (
Cole Porter ) televised onFebruary 21 starringCyril Ritchard ,Basil Rathbone , Dennis King,Sal Mineo ,Anna Maria Alberghetti andUna Merkel .
* "Hansel and Gretel" (William Engvick andAlec Wilder ) televised onApril 27 starringBarbara Cook andRed Buttons
* "Kiss Me, Kate " starringAlfred Drake ,Patricia Morison ,Julie Wilson ,Bill Hayes andJack Klugman Births
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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 30 -Marie Fredriksson ,Roxette
*June 7 - Prince
*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
*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 - Mark King,Level 42
*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 -Mike Mills , R.E.M.
*December 23 -Victoria Williams
*December 28 -Mike McGuire , Shenandoah
*"date unknown"
**Chuck Girard , Love SongDeaths
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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
*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 singerAwards
Eurovision Song Contest *
Eurovision Song Contest 1958
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