1957 in music

none February 2013 August 2011 1957 1957 music radio television film right|thumb|Elvis Presley in 1957 film "Jailhouse Rock". This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1957. Specific locations 1957 in British music 1957 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1957 in country music 1957 in jazz Events January 5 – Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba. January 6 – Elvis Presley makes his final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. January 16 – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool, England, as a jazz club. February 8 – Bo Diddley records his songs "Hey! Bo Diddley" and "Mona (I Need You Baby)". February 16 – BBC Television in the UK begins presenting the Saturday-night show Six-Five Special which pioneers the presentation of rock and roll on television. March – Chicago's Cardinal Stritch bans all rock and roll and rhythm and blues music from Catholic-run schools, saying that "its rhythms encourage young people to behave in a hedonistic manner." March 1 – The Everly Brothers record in Nashville their first single "Bye Bye Love" for Cadence Records. March 3 – The second annual Eurovision Song Contest is staged in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany. The contest is won by Dutch singer Corry Brokken with the song Net als toen.Frankfurt 1957 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 3 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220517112718/https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/final 17 May 2022 live March 19 – Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, and calls it Graceland. March 26 – Ricky Nelson records his first three songs. March 27 – "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" from 1956's Alfred Hitchcock suspense film The Man Who Knew Too Much wins the Academy Award for Best Song. Sung by Doris Day in the film, it proves to be one of her biggest hit records as well. May 14 – In Paris, Heitor Villa-Lobos records his Bachiana Brasileira No. 4, with the Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française, for EMI. Through May 21 the recording sessions continue with Bachiana Brasileira No. 7 and Bachiana Brasileira No. 3 with Manoel Braune, piano. May 26 – Paul Robeson, blacklisted at this time from travelling outside the United States, performs a concert from New York City via the new transatlantic telephone line to an audience in St Pancras Town Hall in London; on October 5 he uses the same means to address the Miners' Eisteddfod at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl in Wales.Let Robeson Sing https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/exhibitions/exhibitionsonline/robeson/ Modern Records Centre University of Warwick 2009-01-29 2019-01-29 June 20 – Tōru Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.Toru Takemitsu – Chronology http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/ Schott Music 2013-02-01 https://archive.today/20130216182859/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/ February 16, 2013 dead mdy-all July 6 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles first meet at a garden fete at St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool, England, at which Lennon's skiffle group, The Quarrymen, is playing (and in the graveyard of which an Eleanor Rigby is buried). August 5 – American Bandstand begins its 30-year syndicated run on US network television. August 7 – The Quarrymen first play at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in an interlude spot between jazz bands; when John Lennon starts the group playing Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", the club's owner at this time hands him a note reading "Cut out the bloody rock 'n roll".Spitz Bob Bob Spitz 2005 The Beatles: The Biography Little Brown & Company 978-0-316-80352-6 65 Paul McCartney is away from Liverpool at this time at a Boy Scout camp and a family holiday.Paul McCartney goes to Scout camp https://www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/29/paul-mccartney-goes-to-scout-camp/ The Beatles Bible July 29, 1957 2022-04-25 September 19 – Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300,000 sales of "Bambino". This year, she is also the first female recording artist to have her own fan club. September 20 – Jean Sibelius dies aged 91 at Ainola, his home in Finland, having completed no significant compositions for thirty years; at the time of his death, a performance of his Symphony No. 5 is being given in Helsinki under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent.Sibelius – Jean Sibelius 150 Years http://www.finncult.be/sibeulius150-jean-sibelius/?lang=en Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux 23 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105501/http://www.finncult.be/sibeulius150-jean-sibelius/?lang=en 23 August 2018 dead September 26 – Broadway première of the musical West Side Story at the Winter Garden Theatre (following tryouts in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia beginning in August) with music by Leonard Bernstein (who a week later is appointed music director of the New York Philharmonic orchestra) and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, his Broadway debut. This year also Bernstein conducts the inaugural concert of the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. September 29 – Jean Sibelius lies in state overnight, following a short memorial service at which musicians from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Symphony Orchestra carry his coffin into Helsinki Cathedral while Tapani Valsta plays the organ. September 30 – The state funeral of Jean Sibelius is held at Helsinki Cathedral. MAino Sibelius and Finland's president, Urho Kekkonen, lay wreaths, and composers Uuno Klami and Einojuhani Rautavaara are among the coffin-bearers. The coffin is taken to his home at Ainola for burial.https://sibelius.fi/en/the-man/death-and-funeral-1957/ Death and Funeral 1957 Sibelius 25 September 2025 November 25–27 – The first two Hollywood motion pictures starring Pat Boone, Bernadine and April Love, are released. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel name themselves Tom and Jerry and begin their recording career, signing with Sid Prosen of Big Records. Their first single, "Hey, Schoolgirl", backed with "Dancin' Wild", hits #49 on the Billboard pop charts. Garfunkel is Tom Graph (so called because he like to write the pop charts out on graph paper) and Simon is Jerry Landis, a pseudonym he used during his early 1960s solo recordings. They tour for eighteen months before retiring to become college students and then reforming in 1963 as Simon & Garfunkel. The Casals Festival is founded in Puerto Rico. When Nat King Cole's television show is unable to get a sponsor, Frankie Laine becomes the first artist to cross TV's color line, becoming the first white artist to appear as a guest, foregoing his usual salary of $10,000. Other top performers follow suit, including Mel Tormé and Tony Bennett, but, despite an increase in ratings, the show still fails to pick up a national sponsor. Gorni Kramer makes his first appearance on Italian television, in Il Musichiere. Maria Callas is introduced to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. "Suíte do Pescador" is composed by Dorival Caymmi. Actress Debbie Reynolds earns a gold record for her song Tammy, which is the best-selling single by a female vocalist in 1957 in the United States. This song from the motion picture Tammy and the Bachelor is also nominated for an Academy Award. Bands formed United States Navy Steel Band Albums released 30em About the Blues – Julie London After Glow – Carmen McRae After Midnight – Nat King Cole After School Session – Chuck Berry Almendra – Aldemaro Romero Anita Sings the Most – Anita O'Day April in Paris – Count Basie Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section – Art Pepper At Mister Kelly's – Sarah Vaughan At the Gate of Horn – Odetta Award Winner: Stan Getz – Stan Getz Bags' Groove – Miles Davis The Beat of My Heart – Tony Bennett Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean – Harry Belafonte Bing with a Beat – Bing Crosby The Big Beat – Johnnie Ray Birth of the Cool – Miles Davis Blossom Dearie – Blossom Dearie A Blowin' Session – Johnny Griffin Blue Starr – Kay Starr Blue Train – John Coltrane Blue Trombone – J. J. Johnson Boy Meets Girl – Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae Brilliant Corners – Thelonious Monk Chet Atkins at Home – Chet Atkins The "Chirping" Crickets – Buddy Holly & The Crickets (debut) A Christmas Story – Bing Crosby Close to You – Frank Sinatra A Closer Walk with Thee – Pat Boone The Clown – Charles Mingus Coltrane – John Coltrane Cookin' – Paul Gonsalves Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet – Miles Davis Count Basie at Newport – Count Basie Criollísima – Aldemaro Romero Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature – Cachao Day by Night – Doris Day Dedicated to You – The "5" Royales Double Play! – Russ Freeman & André Previn Dream Street – Peggy Lee Drum Suite – Art Blakey Ella and Louis Again – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Elvis' Christmas Album – Elvis Presley An Evening with Belafonte – Harry Belafonte Exotica – Martin Denny Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps – Gene Vincent Grand Ole Opry's New Star – George Jones The Great Ray Charles – Ray Charles Hard Bop – Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers The Helen Morgan Story – Gogi Grant Her Nibs – Georgia Gibbs Here's Little Richard – Little Richard Hi-Fi in Focus – Chet Atkins Hymns We Love – Pat Boone I Love John Frigo...He Swings – Johnny Frigo (debut) In Las Vegas – Johnnie Ray Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – John Coltrane It's All Over but the Swingin' – Sammy Davis Jr. Jackie's Pal – Jackie McLean Jazz by Sun Ra – Sun Ra Jim Edward, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown – The Browns (debut) A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra The Jones Boys – Thad Jones Julie – Julie London Just One of Those Things – Nat King Cole Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims – Jutta Hipp Like Someone in Love – Ella Fitzgerald Losers, Weepers – Kay Starr Louis and the Angels – Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson Love Is the Thing – Nat King Cole Love Serenade – Ames Brothers Loving You (OST Original sound track) – Elvis Presley Mad Thad – Thad Jones Make Love to Me – Julie London Mal/2 – Mal Waldron The Man I Love – Peggy Lee The Many Sides of Toshiko – Toshiko Akiyoshi Mating Call – Tadd Dameron Mel Tormé's California Suite – Mel Tormé Mel Tormé at the Crescendo – Mel Tormé Miguel – Dalida Miles Ahead – Miles Davis A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers – Art Blakey Moanin' the Blues – Hank Williams Monk's Music – Thelonious Monk Moondreams – Dick Haymes Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings – Benny Goodman, clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch; Boston Symphony String Quartet. 12-inch LP. RCA Victor LM 2073. New Tricks – Bing Crosby Now Hear This – The Hi-Lo's Once Over Lightly – Jo Stafford One Dozen Roses – The Mills Brothers One O'Clock Jump – Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Williams Orgy in Rhythm – Art Blakey The Pajama Game – Doris Day Pal Joey – Morris Stoloff, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth, Trudy Erwinhttps://music.apple.com/gb/album/pal-joey-original-film-soundtrack/329385981 Pal Joey (Original Film Soundtrack) by Various Artists on Apple Music Pat – Pat Boone Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin – Pat Boone Patsy Cline – Patsy Cline Please, Please, Please – James Brown The Poll Winners – Barney Kessel Porgy and Bess – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong The Prestige Jazz Quartet – Teddy Charles Pretty Baby – Dean Martin Quand on n'a que l'amour – Jacques Brel Ray Charles – Ray Charles Ricky – Ricky Nelson (debut) Ring around Rosie – The Hi-Lo's Rockin' – Frankie Laine Rockin' the Oldies – Bill Haley & His Comets 'Round About Midnight – Miles Davis Sammy Swings – Sammy Davis Jr. Saxophone Colossus – Sonny Rollins Sea Shells – Peggy Lee Sing a Song of Basie – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue – Jill Corey Son nom est Dalida – Dalida Songs for Any Taste – Mel Tormé Songs for Inspiration & Meditation – Jo Stafford Songs of Scotland – Jo Stafford Sophisticated Swing – Cannonball Adderley Soulville – Ben Webster The Sounds of Christmas Harmony – Ames Brothers Strange Blues – Jackie McLean (recorded, released 1967) Strictly Powell – Bud Powell Such Sweet Thunder – Duke Ellington Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's – The Hi-Lo's Suddenly There's Gogi Grant – Gogi Grant Sweet Seventeen – Ames Brothers A Swingin' Affair! – Frank Sinatra Swingin' Easy – Sarah Vaughan Tenor Conclave – Prestige All Stars Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane – Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane There'll Always Be A Christmas – Ames Brothers Tony – Tony Bennett Tormé Meets the British – Mel Tormé Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport – Toshiko Akiyoshi & Leon Sash Trane's Blues – John Coltrane Walkin' – Miles Davis Way Out West – Sonny Rollins We Get Letters – Perry Como The Weavers at Carnegie Hall – The Weavers West Side Story – Original Broadway Cast Where Are You? – Frank Sinatra Winner's Circle – Oscar Pettiford With His Hot and Blue Guitar – Johnny Cash (debut) Word Jazz - Ken Nordine Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1957.http://tsort.info/music/yr1957.htm Songs from the Year 1957 Tsort.info 2016-01-20 # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 US UK 1 – Jan 1958, US BB 1 – Oct 1957, US BB 1 of 1957, Canada 1 – Oct 1957, DDD 1 of 1957, POP 1 of 1957, Europe 2 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 2 of rockabilly, RYM 3 of 1957, Netherlands 5 – Jan 1974, France 10 – Dec 1971, US CashBox 11 of 1957, South Africa 11 of 1958, AFI 21, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, Party 54 of 1999, Italy 60 of 1958, Rolling Stone 67, Acclaimed 192, Belgium 214 of all time 2 Paul Anka Diana 1957 Canada UK 1 – Aug 1957, US BB 1 – Jul 1957, Canada 1 – Jul 1957, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1957, Italy 2 of 1958, Poland 9 – Apr 1989, US CashBox 13 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1956, POP 14 of 1956, Europe 17 of the 1950s, RYM 17 of 1957, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, DDD 36 of 1957 3 Elvis Presley All Shook Up 1957 US UK 1 – Jun 1957, US BB 1 – Apr 1957, Canada 1 – May 1957, RYM 5 of 1957, US CashBox 8 of 1957, DDD 11 of 1957, Scrobulate 12 of rock & roll, US BB 13 of 1957, POP 13 of 1957, Netherlands 33 – Jan 2005, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, Europe 78 of the 1950s, Party 179 of 2007, Rolling Stone 352, Acclaimed 835 4 Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire 1957 US UK 1 – Dec 1957, RYM 1 of 1957, US BB 2 – Dec 1957, Canada 2 – Dec 1957, DDD 5 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1958, POP 14 of 1958, South Africa 15 of 1958, Netherlands 27 – Sep 1989, Scrobulate 63 of oldies, RIAA 64, Europe 76 of the 1950s, Acclaimed 86, Rolling Stone 96, Party 242 of 1999 5 Danny & the Juniors At the Hop 1957 US US BB 1 – Dec 1957, Canada 1 – Dec 1957, UK 3 – Jan 1958, US BB 3 of 1958, POP 3 of 1958, South Africa 6 of 1958, US CashBox 10 of 1958, RYM 11 of 1957, DDD 21 of 1957, Europe 73 of the 1950s, RIAA 250, Acclaimed 728 US No. 1 hit singles These singles reached the top of US Billboards charts in 1957. First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtistFebruary 9, 19573"Too Much"Elvis PresleyMarch 2, 19574"Young Love"Tab HunterMarch 30, 19571"Party Doll"Buddy KnoxApril 6, 19571"Round and Round"Perry ComoApril 13, 19578"All Shook Up"Elvis PresleyJune 3, 19575"Love Letters in the Sand"Pat BooneJune 10, 19571"Bernardine"Pat BooneJuly 8, 19577"Teddy Bear"Elvis PresleyAugust 26, 19572"Tammy"Debbie ReynoldsSeptember 9, 19571"Diana"Paul AnkaSeptember 16, 19571"Tammy"Debbie ReynoldsSeptember 23, 19571"That'll Be the Day"The CricketsSeptember 30, 19572"Honeycomb"Jimmie RodgersOctober 14, 19571"Wake Up Little Susie"The Everly BrothersOctober 21, 19577"Jailhouse Rock"Elvis PresleyDecember 9, 19572"You Send Me"Sam CookeDecember 23, 19572"April Love"Pat Boone Top hits on record 30em "All Shook Up" – Elvis Presley "An Affair To Remember" – Nat King Cole "And That Reminds Me" – Della Reese "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) – Sophia Loren "April Love" – Pat Boone "Around the World" – Nat King Cole "A Teenager's Romance" – Ricky Nelson "At the Hop" — Danny & the Juniors "Bad Motorcycle"- The Storey Sisters "Be-Bop Baby" – Ricky Nelson "Bernardine" – Pat Boone "Black Slacks" – Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones "Blue Starr" – Kay Starr "Blueberry Hill" – Fats Domino "Butterfly" – Andy Williams "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz" – The Hollywood Flames "Bye Bye Love" – Everly Brothers "Chances Are" – Johnny Mathis "Come Go With Me" – The Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups "Crazy Street" – Matys Brothers (some sources say 1958) "Dark Moon" – Gale Storm, originally recorded by Bonnie Guitar "Deep Purple" – Billy Ward & The Dominoes "Diana" – Paul Anka "Drive-In Show"- Eddie Cochran "Everyday" – Buddy Holly "Fascination", recorded by Nat King Cole Jane Morgan & The Troubadors "Forbidden Fruit" – Anita Ellis "Four Walls" – Jim Reeves "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird", recorded by Marvin Rainwater Eddy Arnold "Great Balls Of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis "The Greater Sin" – Frankie Laine "Gunfight At the OK Corral" – Frankie Laine "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" – The Tune Weavers "Hey, Schoolgirl" – Tom and Jerry "Histoire d'un amour" – Dalida "Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers "Hoot Owl" – Guy Mitchell "How High The Moon" – Pat Suzuki "I Like Your Kind of Love" – Andy Williams "I'm Available" – Margie Rayburn "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers "I'm Sorry" – The Platters "I'm Stickin' with You" – Jimmy Bowen with The Rhythm Orchids "I'm Walkin'" – Ricky Nelson "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" – Georgia Gibbs "It's Not For Me To Say" – Johnny Mathis "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley "Jim Dandy"- LaVern Baker "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers "Last Train to San Fernando" – Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK) "Lips of Wine" – Andy Williams "Little Darlin' " – The Diamonds, a cover of The Gladiolas' rhythm and blues hit "The Lonesome Road" – Frankie Laine "Starlight" Jack Huddle "Long Lonely Nights"- Lee Andrews & the Hearts "Look Homeward, Angel" – Johnnie Ray "Love Letters in the Sand" – Pat Boone "Loving You" – Elvis Presley "Lucille" – Little Richard "Moonlight Gambler" – Frankie Laine "Mr. Lee" – The Bobbettes "My Juanita"- The Crests "My Special Angel" – Bobby Helms "Not Fade Away" – Buddy Holly "Oh Boy" – Buddy Holly "Old Cape Cod" – Patti Page "Out in the Cold Again" – The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon "Party Doll" – Buddy Knox "Peggy Sue" – Buddy Holly "Pink Champagne" – The Tyrones "Queen Of The Senior Prom" – The Mills Brothers "Raunchy" – Bill Justis "Reet Petite" – Jackie Wilson "Remember You're Mine" – Pat Boone "Rock-A-Billy" – Guy Mitchell "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" – Brenda Lee "Rock and Roll Music" – Chuck Berry "Rockin' at the 2i's" – Wee Willie Harris "Round and Round" – Perry Como "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" – Billy Vaughn "Searchin' " – The Coasters "Send for Me" – Nat King Cole "Shangri-La" – The Four Coins "Silent Lips" – Georgia Gibbs "So Rare" – Jimmy Dorsey "Stardust" – Nat King Cole "Start Movin' (In My Direction)" – Sal Mineo "The Stroll" – The Diamonds "Stood Up" – Ricky Nelson "Sugar Moon" – Pat Boone "Sugartime" – McGuire Sisters "Tammy", recorded by Ames Brothers Debbie Reynolds "Teddy Bear" – Elvis Presley "Teen-Age Crush" – Tommy Sands "That'll Be the Day" – The Crickets, Buddy Holly's group "3:10 To Yuma" – Frankie Laine "Too Much" – Elvis Presley "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" – Gayla Peevey "Treat Me Nice" – Elvis Presley "The Twelfth Of Never" – Johnny Mathis "Tu n'as pas très bon caractère" – Dalida "Tutti Frutti" – Little Richard "Up Above My Head" – Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine "Valley of Tears" – Fats Domino "Wait A Minute"- Jo Ann Campbell "Waitin' in School" – Ricky Nelson "Wake Up Little Susie" – The Everly Brothers "Walkin' After Midnight" – Patsy Cline "When I Fall in Love" – Nat King Cole "Whispering Bells" – The Del-Vikings "White Silver Sands – Don Rondo "Who Needs You" – The Four Lads "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" – Jerry Lee Lewis "Why Baby Why" – Pat Boone "Willie and the Hand Jive" – Johnny Otis "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra "Wonderful! Wonderful!" – Johnny Mathis "Words of Love", recorded by Buddy Holly The Diamonds "You Know How It Is" – Frankie Laine "You Send Me" – Sam Cooke "Young Blood" – The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"' "Young Love", recorded by Crew-Cuts Tab Hunter Sonny James "You're My One and Only Love" – Ricky Nelson Published popular music 30em "An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)" w. Words Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey m. Music Harry Warren "After School" w.m. Words and music Dick Wolf & Warren Nadel "All Shook Up" w.m. Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley "All the Way" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Almost Paradise" m. Norman Petty "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)" w. Selma Craft m. Morton Craft "America" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "April Love" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain "At the Hop" w.m. Artie Singer, Johnny Medora & Dave White "Bernardine" w.m. Johnny Mercer "Bony Moronie" w.m. Larry Williams "The Book of Love" w.m. Warren Davies, George Malone & Charles Patrick "Boy on a Dolphin" w.(Eng) Paul Francis Webster (Greek) Jean Fermanoglou m. Takis Morakis "Butterfly" w.m. Anthony September "Bye Bye Love" w.m. Felice & Boudleaux Bryant "Ca, C'est L'Amour" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Taina Elg in the film Les Girls. "Catch a Falling Star" w.m. Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance "Chances Are" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen "Chantez, Chantez" w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields "Cocoanut Sweet" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "Come Fly with Me" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Come Go with Me" w.m. Clarence E. Quick "Cool" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "Dark Moon" w.m. Ned Miller "The Day the Rains Came" w.(Eng) Carl Sigman (Fr) Pierre Delanoë m. Gilbert Bécaud "Diana" w.m. Paul Anka "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "Everyday" Charles Hardin, Norman Petty "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" w.m. Ewan MacColl "Four Walls" w.m. George Campbell & Marvin Moore "From a Jack to a King" w.m. Ned Miller "Gee, Officer Krupke" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein from the musical West Side Story "Gigi" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "The Girl with the Golden Braids" m. Eddie Snyder w. Stanley J. Kahan "Goodnight My Someone" w.m. Meredith Willson "Got-Ta Have Something in the Bank, Frank" Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson "Great Balls of Fire" w.m. Jack Hammer & Otis Blackwell "A Handful of Songs" Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart & Michael Pratt "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" w.m. Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez "Hey Schoolgirl" w. Art Garfunkel m. Paul Simon "Hula Love" adapted by Buddy Knox from the 1911 song "My Hula Hula Love" "I Can't Stop Loving You" w.m. Don Gibson "I Feel Pretty" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "I Just Don't Know" w. Joe Stone m. Robert Allen "I Like Your Kind of Love" Melvin Endsley "I'm Sorry" w.m. Buck Ram "In My Own Little Corner" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "In the Middle of an Island" w.m. Ted Varnick & Nick Acquaviva "Island in the Sun" w.m. Harry Belafonte & Irving L. Burgie "It's Good to Be Alive" w.m. Bob Merrill "Ivy Rose" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning "Jailhouse Rock" w.m. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "Jingle Bell Rock" w.m. Joseph Beal & James Boothe "Just Between You and Me" w.m. Lee Cathy & Jack Keller "Just Born" w.m. Luther Dixon & Billy Dawn Smith "Let It Be Me" w.(Eng) Mann Curtis (Fr) Pierre Delanoë m. Gilbert Bécaud "Lida Rose" w.m. Meredith Willson "Liechtensteiner Polka" w.(Eng) Joseph Seener w.m. Edmund Koetscher & Rudi Lindt "Lips of Wine" w. Shirley Wolfe m. Sy Soloway "Little Biscuit" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "The Little Blue Man" w.m. Fred Ebb & Paul Klein "Little Darlin' " w.m. Maurice Williams "Loving You" w.m. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "Lucille" w.m. Richard Penniman & Albert Collins "Magic Moments" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach "Mama Look at Bubu" w.m. Lord Melody "Mean Woman Blues" w.m. Claude Demetrius "Mi Casa, Su Casa" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning "Moonlight Swim" w. Sylvia Dee m. Ben Weisman "My Heart Reminds Me" (aka "And That Reminds Me") w. (Eng) Al Stillman m. Camillo Bargoni "My Special Angel" w.m. Jimmy Duncan "Napoleon" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "Oh Boy!" w.m. Sunny West, Norman Petty & Bill Tilghman "Oh Lonesome Me" w.m. Don Gibson "Old Cape Cod" w.m. Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus & Allan Jeffrey "One Hand, One Heart" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "Party Doll" w.m. Jimmy Bowen & Buddy Knox "Passing Strangers" Mel Mitchell, Stanley Applebaum "Peggy Sue" w.m. Jerry Allison, Norman Petty & Buddy Holly "Pretend You Don't See Her" w.m. Steve Allen "A Pub with No Beer" w.m. Gordon Parsons "Put a Light in the Window" w. Rhoda Roberts m. Kenny Jacobson "Rainbow" w.m. Russ Hamilton "Raunchy" m. William E. Justis Jr & Sidney Manker "Reet Petite" T. Carlo, Berry Gordy "Remember You're Mine" Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann "Rock and Roll Music" w.m. Chuck Berry "Rock-A-Billy" w.m. Woody Harris & Eddie V. Deane "Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me" w.m. Meredith Willson "Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" w.m. Claude Demetrius & Aaron Schroeder "Sayonara" w.m. Irving Berlin "School Day" w.m. Chuck Berry "Searchin' " w.m. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "Send for Me" w.m. Ollie Jones "Seventy-Six Trombones" w.m. Meredith Willson "She Was Only Seventeen" w.m. Marty Robbins "Shiralee" w.m. Tommy Steele "Short Fat Fanny" Larry Williams "Silhouettes" w.m. Frank Slay & Bob Crewe "Something's Coming" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "Somewhere" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein. Introduced by Reri Grist in the musical West Side Story "The Song of Raintree County" w. Paul Francis Webster & Raymond Egan m. Richard Whiting "Song of the Clyde" w. R. Y Bell m. Ian Gourlay "Spooky Polka" – m. John Serry Sr. "The Story of My Life" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach "The Stroll" w.m. Nancy Lee & Clyde Otis "Tammy" w. Jay Livingston m. Ray Evans. Introduced by Debbie Reynolds in the film Tammy and the Bachelor "Teddy Bear" w.m. Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. Introduced by Elvis Presley in the film Loving You "Tele Vee Shun" Stan Freberg "Ten Minutes Ago" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers "That'll Be the Day" w.m. Buddy Holly, Norman Petty & Jerry Allison "Till" w.m. Carl Sigman, Charles Sananes & Pierre Buisson "Till There Was You" w.m. Meredith Willson. Introduced by Robert Preston and Barbara Cook in the musical The Music Man "Tonight" w. Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein m. Leonard Bernstein "Treat Me Nice" w.m. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "Trouble (In River City)" w.m. Meredith Willson. Introduced by Robert Preston in the musical The Music Man. "The Twelfth of Never" adapt. (folk song) w. Paul Francis Webster m. Jerry Livingston "Twenty-six Miles" w.m. Bruce Bell & Glen Larson "A Very Special Love" w.m. Robert Allen "Wake Up Little Susie" w.m. Felice & Boudleaux Bryant "Walking Along" Sam Weiss, Winston Willis "White Silver Sands" w.m. Charles G. Matthews & Gladys Reinhardt "A White Sport Coat" w.m. Marty Robbins "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" w.m. Dave Williams & Sunny David "Whole Lotta Woman" w.m. Marvin Rainwater "Why Baby Why" w.m. Luther Dixon & Larry Harrison "Why Don't They Understand" Jack Fishman, Joe Henderson "Wild Is the Wind" w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin "Wind in the Willows" Wecht, Singer, Singer "Witchcraft" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman "Wonderful! Wonderful!" w. Ben Raleigh m. Sherman Edwards "Yellow Bird" w.m. Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff "You Need Hands" w.m. Roy Irwin Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Arnold, Malcolm Horn Concerto No. 2 1957-07-17 Cheltenham Music Festival, UK Brain / Hallé Orchestra – Arnoldhttps://books.google.com/books?id=iQxUHXq9-GcC&q=malcolm+arnold+horn+concerto+2+dennis+brain+hall%C3%A9&pg=PT114 Dennis Brain: A Biography Stephen Pettitt 2012-11-15 Faber & Faber 2016-01-20 9780571287475 Bainton, Edgar Symphony No. 3 1957-03-25Posthumous premiere Sydney, Australia Sydney Symphony – Heinzehttps://books.google.com/books?id=mnp6BAAAQBAJ&q=edgar+bainton+symphony+3+sydney+1957&pg=PA112 The Australian Symphony from Federation to 1960 Dr Rhoderick McNeill 112 January 17, 2014 Ashgate Publishing 2016-01-20 9781409441243 Symphony no. 3 in C minor (Musical LP, 1958) 1957-03-25 221541885 Barraqué, Jean Piano Sonata 1957-10-28 Paris Recording. The Sonata was performed publicly for the first time in concert in April 1967 by Elisabeth Klein in Copenhagen.http://music21c.buffalo.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/SleeProgram_2006-10-17.pdf Slee Sinfonietta Music21c.buffalo.edu 2016-01-20 Loriod6630 Sonate pour piano, Jean Barraqué Berio, Luciano Mutazioni 1957-04-24 Milan, Italy Electronic music on tapehttp://www.lucianoberio.org/node/130 Mutazioni | Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website it Lucianoberio.org 2016-01-20 Crumb, George Sonata for Solo Cello 1957-03-15 Ann Arbor, Michigan Doppmannhttps://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/gueorguiev_martin_g_200905_dma.pdf Traditional Formal Structures and 20th Century Sonorities: A Successful Pairing in the Solo Cello Sonatas of Ligeti, Crumb, and Stevens by Martin Gueorguiev Getd.libs.uga.edu 2016-01-20 Davies, Peter Maxwell Clarinet Sonata 1957-07-20 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Dobrée, Davieshttp://www.maxopus.com/work_detail.aspx?key=60 Work Detail – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Maxopus.com 1957-07-20 2016-01-20 Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Versuch eines Requiem (Symphony No. 1)Revision of a cantata composed in 1938 and premiered in 1948. Until then Miserae had been Hartmann's Symphony No. 1. 1957-06-22 Vienna, Austria Rössl-Majdan / Vienna Symphony – Sanzognohttp://www.schott-music.com/shop/hire_material/show,152336.html?showOldPerformances=true Shop – Karl Amadeus Hartmann – 1. Symphonie Schott Music 2016-01-20 Henze, Hans Werner Maratona, ballet suite 1957-02-08 Cologne, Germany SWF Symphony – Rosbaud24118 Maratona, Hans Werner Henzehttp://www.naxos.com/person/Harald_Banter/19128.htm Harald Banter- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music Naxos.com 2016-01-20 Ives, Charles From the Salvation Army (String Quartet No. 1) (1900) 1957-04-24 New York City Kohon Quartet9427 String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, Charles Ives Larsson, Lars-Erik Concertini: No. 4, for Bassoon 1957-12-10 Gothenburg, Sweden Rönnerbäck / Gothenburg Radio Orchestra – Staernhttp://www.gehrmans.se/en/shop/instruments-ensemble/concertino-for-fagott-och-strakorkester Concertino för fagott och stråkorkester – Gehrmans Musikförlag Gehrmans.se 1957-12-10 2016-01-20 Martinů, Bohuslav Piano Sonata 1957–?-? Düsseldorf, Germany Serkinhttps://books.google.com/books?id=k8O4se7G0p0C&q=martinu+piano+sonata+serkin+1957+dusseldorf&pg=PA118 Martinů's Mysterious Accident: Essays in Honor of Michael Henderson Michael Brim Beckerman Michael Henderson 118 2016-01-20 9781576470039 2007 Pendragon Press Matsudaira, Yoritsune Figures sonores 1957-06-01 Zürich, Switzerland (ISCM Festival) [unknown orchestra] – Schmidhttp://www.mvmusica.eu/schedaprodotto.asp?cod=*OMTSU2570&clmerc=*OORC%20%20V%20&codmadre=0&tit=Figures+Sonores++++Orchesra+Full+Score++Music+Musica+Musik Figures Sonores Orchesra Full Score Music Musica Musik – Mv – Musica e Vita – Vendita spartiti online Mvmusica.eu 1957-01-06 2016-01-20 Nono, Luigi Varianti 1957-10-20 Donaueschingen, Germany (Musiktage) SWF Symphony – Rosbaudhttp://www.luiginono.it/opere/varianti/ Varianti | Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono Onlus Luiginono.it 2002-05-07 2016-01-20 Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 4 (2nd version) (1948) 1957-01-05Concert premiere. The Symphony had been previously recorded by the BBC Symphony conducted by Adrian Boult in March 1950 for a radio broadcast. Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gennady Rozhdestvenskyhttp://www.hdtracks.com/prokofiev-symphony-no-4-in-c-major-op-112 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112 | HDtracks – The World's Greatest-Sounding Music Downloads HDtracks 2014-12-22 2016-01-20 Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 7 1957-10-01 Birmingham, UK City of Birmingham Symphony – Panufnikhttp://www.feeneytrust.org.uk/recent/feeney-commissions.html John Feeney Charitable Trust – Feeney Commissions Feeneytrust.org.uk 2016-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005811/http://www.feeneytrust.org.uk/recent/feeney-commissions.html August 20, 2018 dead https://atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com/british-symphonies-1950-1999/ 1950–1999 The British Symphony | atuneadayblogdotcom Atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com April 19, 2013 2016-01-20 Shostakovich, Dmitri Piano Concerto No. 2 1957-05-10 Moscow M. Shostakovich / USSR State Symphony – Anosovhttp://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosthaw.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150530205040/http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosthaw.htm dead May 30, 2015 Opus by Shostakovich Home.online.nl 2016-01-20 Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905") 1957-10-30 Moscow USSR State Symphony – Rakhlin Simpson, Robert Symphony No. 2 1957-07-16 Cheltenham Music Festival, UK Hallé Orchestra – Barbirollihttps://books.google.com/books?id=W2mRAwAAQBAJ&q=robert+simpson+symphony+2+1957+barbirolli&pg=PA75 The Power of Robert Simpson Donald Macauley 75 2013-06-07 Xlibris Corporation 2016-01-20 9781479794379 Stockhausen, Karlheinz Klavierstück XI 1957-04-22In two versions. Unofficial premiere, given at the time without permission, but now acknowledged by the publisher.http://www.universaledition.com/Klavierstueck-11-Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3084 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück 11 Universal Edition 1957-04-22 2016-01-20 Originally, the official premiere was given as 28 July 1957, the last day of the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, in the Darmstadt orangerie, in two versions played by Paul Jacobs. This is now regarded as the European premiere. New York (Carl Fischer Hall)Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London: Faber and Faber, 1992): 87–88. 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); 978-0-571-17146-0 (pbk). TudorImke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe (Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag, 2001): 147, 166, 169–172. 3-00-007290-X.Stravinsky, IgorAgon1957-12-01Los AngelesRobert Craft Takemitsu, Tōru Requiem for Strings 1957-06-20 Tokyo Tokyo Philharmonic – Ueda28832 Requiem for strings, Tōru Takemitsu Tubin, Eduard Double Bass Concerto 1957-03-08 Bogotá, Colombia Verdaguer / Colombia National Symphony – Rootshttp://www.vitoliuzzi.com/history-7/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150706001718/http://www.vitoliuzzi.com/history-7/ usurped July 6, 2015 History (7) – Vito D.Liuzzi – The Classical Double Bass "Il Contrabbasso classico" Vitoliuzzi.com 2016-01-20 Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 3 1957-08-24 Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro Arnaldo Estrella pt ru Эстрела, Арналду / Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira – CarvalhoVilla-Lobos, sua obra https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf October 16, 2016 , Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009; based on the third edition, 1989): 57–58. Xenakis, Iannis Pithoprakta 1957-03-08 Musica Viva (Munich) de Musica Viva (München) Bavarian Radio Symphony – Scherchenhttp://www.iannis-xenakis.org/xen/bio/chrono_55-61.html Biography Iannis Xenakis 2016-01-20 45em Compositions thumb|Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing on his Klavierstück XI at Darmstädter Ferienkurse in July 1957 Hugo Alfvén – Den förlorade sonen (The Prodigal Son), R214 Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 3 Luciano Berio – Serenata I Ernest Bloch Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello Piano Quintet No. 2 Pierre Boulez – Le Marteau sans maître (1953–55/1957) John Cage – Winter Music Aaron Copland – Orchestral Variations Pierre Gabaye – Boutade Henryk Górecki – Sonata for two violins, Op. 10 Concerto for Five Instruments and String Quartet, Op. 11 Jørgen Jersild – 3 Madrigali Wojciech Kilar – Lullabies, solo cantatas for soprano and seven instruments Giselher Klebe – Concerto for cello and orchestra Jan Klusák – Concerto grosso László Lajtha – Symphony No. 7, Revolution (A tribute to the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 against the Soviet suppression) Bohuslav Martinů – Romance z pampelišek, H. 364 Toshiro Mayuzumi – Phonologie Symphonique Ennio Morricone – Concerto, for orchestra Per Nørgård – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 20 Walter Piston – Viola Concerto Allan Pettersson – Concerto for String Orchestra No. 3 Francis Poulenc – Flute Sonata, FP 164 Hilding Rosenberg – String Quartets nos. 8 – 12 Edmund Rubbra – Seventh Symphony John Serry Sr. – Reeds in a Rush, American RhapsodyAccordion and Guitar World 1958 Vol. 23, p. 18 "Alpha Music has just released an original work by John Serry: "American Rhapsody"- Alpha Music and American Rhapsody on google books Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 3 Alfred Schnittke – Symphony No. 0 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905" Elie Siegmeister – Symphony No. 3 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gruppen for three orchestras (1955–57) Tōru Takemitsu – Requiem for Strings Vladimir Ussachevsky – Metamorphosis Galina Ustvolskaya – Piano Sonata No. 4 Ralph Vaughan Williams Blake Songs (10) Symphony No. 9 Heitor Villa-Lobos Piano Concerto No. 3 String Quartet No. 17 Symphony No. 12 William Walton – Partita for Orchestra Mieczysław Weinberg – Symphony No. 4 Malcolm Williamson A Vision of Beasts and Gods, song cycle for high voice and piano Santiago de Espada, overture for orchestra Symphony No. 1 – Elevamini, for orchestra Iannis Xenakis – Achorripsis Bernd Alois Zimmermann Canto di speranza Die fromme Helene Omnia tempus habent Opera John Eaton – Ma Barker Bohuslav Martinů – The Greek Passion Douglas Moore – Gallantry Ildebrando Pizzetti – Assassinio nella Cattedrale Francis Poulenc – Dialogues of the Carmelites (Dialogues des Carmelites) Joan Trimble – Blind Raftery (for television) Heitor Villa-Lobos – Daughter of the Clouds Film Malcolm Arnold - The Bridge on the River Kwai (featuring the famous march by Kenneth J. Alford) George Duning - 3:10 to Yuma Gerald Fried - Paths of Glory Hugo Friedhofer - An Affair to Remember Erik Nordgren - The Seventh Seal Nino Rota - Nights of Cabiria Dimitri Tiomkin - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Franz Waxman - Peyton Place Franz Waxman - The Spirit of St. Louis Jazz 1957 in jazz Musical theatre Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) — Broadway revival Damn Yankees (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) — London production Katharina Knie opened at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich on January 20 The Music Man (Meredith Willson) opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on December 19, 1957, and ran for 1375 performances. New Girl in Town (George Abbott and Bob Merrill) Broadway production, opened at the 46th St. Theatre and ran for 431 performances West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) — Broadway production, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 732 performances Zuleika — London production, Saville Theatre Musical films Funny Face starring Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley Les Girls starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall Loving You released July 9 starring Elvis Presley. Mayabazar starring Savithri The Pajama Game starring Doris Day and John Raitt Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak Pardesi, with music by Anil Biswas Silk Stockings, featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse Births January 3 – Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer January 4 Brian Roy Goble, Canadian singer-songwriter (Subhumans and The Skulls) (died 2014) Patty Loveless, country singer January 23 – Earl Falconer, reggae bass guitarist and singer (UB40) January 27 – Janick Gers, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden) January 28 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, presenter and writer February 2 – Tony Butler, rock bass guitarist (Big Country) February 19 – Falco, classical and rock musician (died 1998) February 27 – Adrian Smith, musician (Iron Maiden and Urchin) February 28 Phil Gould, drummer (Level 42) Cindy Wilson, new wave singer (The B-52's) March 5 – Mark E. Smith, post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall) (died 2018) March 12 – Marlon Jackson, vocalist (The Jackson 5) March 21 – John Whitfield, conductor March 26 – Paul Morley, music journalist March 28 – Oran "Juice" Jones, American R&B singer April 2 – Mark Alburger, composer, conductor, music journalist April 12 – Vince Gill May 2 – Markus Stockhausen, trumpeter and composer May 10 – Sid Vicious, punk musician (Sex Pistols) (died 1979) May 18 – Michael Cretu, musician May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees) June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and musician June 11 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma, free jazz bass guitarist June 14 – Maxi Jazz, singer-songwriter and rapper (Faithless) (died 2022) June 15 – Brad Gillis, American guitarist June 17 Phil Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues) Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (died 2005) June 22 – Garry Gary Beers, new wave rock bass guitarist (INXS) June 24 – Astro (Terence Wilson), reggae singer-songwriter (UB40) (died 2021) June 26 – Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter (Scandal) July 3 Peter Breiner, composer Poly Styrene, punk musician July 30 – Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies, drummer August 2 Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter and producer (Garbage and Spooner) August 18 – Ron Strykert, Men at Work August 21 – Budgie, drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees) August 22 – Holly Dunn, country singer/songwriter (died 2016) August 26 – Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer, songwriter, and producer August 31 Gina Schock, The Go-Go's Glenn Tilbrook, vocalist (Squeeze) September 1 Gloria Estefan, singer (Miami Sound Machine) Jon Moss, drummer (Culture Club) September 12 – Hans Zimmer, film score composer and music producer September 22 Nick Cave, singer-songwriter Johnette Napolitano, Concrete Blonde October 3 – Tim Westwood, DJ October 5 – Lee Jay Thompson (Madness) October 7 – Michael W. Smith, contemporary Christian singer October 19 – Karl Wallinger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (World Party) (died 2024) October 20 – Anouar Brahem, oud player and composer October 21 Julian Cope, post-punk singer-songwriter and antiquarian Steve Lukather, rock guitarist (Toto) October 16 – Kelly Marie, disco singer October 28 – Stephen Morris (New Order) November 1 – Lyle Lovett, country musician November 5 – Mike Score (A Flock of Seagulls) November 8 – Porl Thompson (The Cure) November 20 – Hendrik Hofmeyr, composer November 24 – Chris Hayes, pop rock musician (Huey Lewis and the News) December 6 – Adrian Borland, post-punk musician The Sound (died 1999) December 6 Bob Drake, avant-garde musician Jack Lee, bagpiper December 9 Donny Osmond, singer (Osmonds) Steve Taylor, singer, record producer December 10 – Paul Hardcastle, composer and musician December 12 – Sheila E., singer-songwriter and percussionist December 20 Anita Baker, R&B singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter Anna Vissi, singer December 22 – Tsai Chin, singer December 24 – Ian Burden, English keyboardist and composer (The Human League) December 25 – Shane MacGowan, Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues) (died 2023) December 27 – Jerry Gaskill, American drummer date unknown Annette A. Aguilar, Latin jazz percussionist Charles Roland Berry, composer Kartik Seshadri, sitarist and composer Deaths January – Gertie Gitana, English music hall entertainer, 69 January 16 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, 89 January 18 – George Girard, American jazz trumpeter, 26 (cancer) February 7 – Rudolph Réti, Serbian pianist, composer and musicologist, 71 February 16 – Josef Hofmann, Polish pianist and composer, 81 February 21 "Klondike" Kate Rockwell, American vaudeville performer, 83 Marguerite Sylva, Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano, 81 March 8 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer, 70 March 13 – Lena Ashwell, British Forces entertainer, 84 March 24 – Carson Robison, American country music singer and songwriter, 66 April 15 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer, 39 (air crash) May 2 – Tadeusz Kassern, Polish composer, 53 (cancer)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/03/archives/kassern-is-dead-composer-was-53-polish-musician-defected-from.html Kassern Is Dead – Composer Was 53 – Polish Musician Defected from Government Post – Found Asylum Here Work for Strings Hailed Came Here in 1945 The New York Times 1957-05-03 2016-01-20 May 9 – Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor, 64 May 12 – Marie Rappold, German operatic soprano, 83 June 5 – Frances Densmore, American ethnomusicologist, 90 June 6 – Kulyash Baiseitova, Soviet opera singer, 52 June 12 – Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician and big band leader, 53 (cancer) July 7 – Hiski Salomaa, Finnish folk singer and songwriter, 66 July 9 – Alexander Goedicke, Soviet pianist and composer, 80 July 16 – Serge Chaloff, American saxophonist, 33 (cancer) August 4 – Ivan Zorman, Slovene poet and composer, 72 August 28 – Erik Tuxen, Danish conductor, composer and arranger, 55 September 1 – Dennis Brain, British horn virtuoso, 36 (car accident) September 11 – Petar Stojanović, Serbian violinist and composer, 80 September 19 – Heino Kaski, Finnish composer (born 1885)Lehtonen Tiina-Maija Säveltäjä Heino Kaski oli sydämeen käypä melodikko – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-301609 2025-07-28 Yle fi 2020-06-21 September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer, 91 September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician, 68 October 14 – Natanael Berg, Swedish composer, 78 October 20 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, dancer, actor and director, 66 October 23 – Abe Lyman, American bandleader, composer and drummer, 60 November 4 – Joseph Canteloube, French composer, 78 November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer, 60 November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian operatic tenor, 67 December 19 – Abolhasan Saba, Iranian instrumentalist, 55 December 20 – Walter Page, American jazz musician, 57 December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer, 71 Undated – Ustad Qasim, Afghan musician, 78–79 Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1957 References 30em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year