1958 in music

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 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

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 Holliday
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Swings Lightly - Ella Fitzgerald
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
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
Smoochin' Time - The Ames Brothers
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
That Travelin' Two-Beat - Bing Crosby
Them There Eyes - Kay Starr
This Is Sinatra Volume 2 - Frank Sinatra
'Til Morning - Johnnie Ray
Time For Teresa - Teresa Brewer
Torchin' - Frankie Laine
Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis
Yes Indeed! - Pat Boone

Top hits on record

*"All American Boy" - Bill Parsons
*"All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette" - The Everly Brothers
*"Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)" - The Southlanders
*"Because You're Mine" - Mario Lanza
*"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
*"A Certain Smile" - Johnny Mathis
*"Chantilly Lace" - Big Bopper
*"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
*"" - 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

Musical films

* April Love
* Damn Yankees starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston
* Gigi starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold
* King Creole
* Mardi Gras
* Senior Prom
* The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw starring Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield and Sid James.
* South Pacific
* Tunnel of Love