1958 in British music

This is a summary of 1958 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

ummary

The Official UK Singles Chart

Charts

Classical music: new works

*Daniel Jones - "The Country Beyond the Stars" (cantata)
*Thea Musgrave - "String Quartet"
*Ralph Vaughan Williams - "Symphony No. 9"

Opera

*Ralph Vaughan Williams - "Hugh the Drover"

Events

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Births

* January 24 - Jools Holland, pianist, bandleader and television presenter
* March 1 - Nik Kershaw, singer-songwriter
* March 5 - Andy Gibb, English-born singer (died 1988)
* March 8 - Gary Numan, British singer
* March 18 - Neil Brand, British writer, pianist and composer
* April 12 - Will Sergeant, guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen)
*April 15 - Benjamin Zephaniah, writer and musician
* April 25 - Fish, Scottish singer
* May 18 - Toyah Willcox, actress and singer
*May 25 - Paul Weller, singer-songwriter
*July 30 - Kate Bush, singer and songwriter
* August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, musician
* August 13 - Feargal Sharkey, singer (The Undertones)
* September 21 - Simon Mayo, radio presenter
* October 14 - Thomas Dolby, musician
* October 27 - Simon Le Bon, singer (Duran Duran)

Deaths

*August 5 - Joseph Holbrooke, composer (born 1878)
*August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, British composer (born 1872)
*October 27 - John Wooldridge, film composer (born 1919) (car accident)
*November 3 - Harry Revel, musical theatre composer (b. 1905)
*"date unknown"
**Martin Shaw, composer (born 1875)
**John Strachan, ballad singer (born 1875)