February - 45,000 people in one week watch performances of "rokabirī" music by Japanese singers at the first Nichigeki Western Carnival.
February 14 – The Iranian government bans rock & roll, claiming that this form of music is against the concepts of Islam and is a health hazard. Iranian doctors warn 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.
In Hilversum, Netherlands, "Dors, mon amour" sung by André Claveau (music by Pierre Delanoë, text by Hubert Giraud) wins the third annual Eurovision Song Contest for France. Domenico Modugno places third for Italy with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" which, retitled "Volare", will reach No. 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100, and will win two Grammy Awards next year for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for 1958.
April 10 - Cleo Laine marries John Dankworth.
March 24 – Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.
May 30 – Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Basel, 50 years after it was composed
August 4 – Billboard magazine launches its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the #1 record.
September 24 – Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina
The Festival dei Due Mondi is founded by Gian 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 become The Temptations.
Phil Spector begins his recording career.
Dalida receives the Music Hall "Bravos" along with Yves Montand.
RCA introduces its first stereo LPs.
The major record labels begin to cease production of 78 rpm records.
Kenny Rogers signs his first recording contract with a major record label and makes his first national TV performance on American Bandstand.
Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Ernesto Bonino leaves the USA and returns to Italy.
Bob Bogle and Don Wilson founds the surf instrumental group The Ventures.
The Country Music Association (CMA) is founded as the first trade association dedicated to a single music genre.
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
The Atomic Mr. Basie – Count Basie
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
Ellington Indigos – Duke Ellington
Elvis' Golden Records – Elvis Presley
The Fabulous Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash
Fancy Meeting You Here – Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
For Musicians Only – Stan Getz
For Teenagers In Love – Teresa Brewer
Foreign Affair – Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra
Freedom Suite – Sonny Rollins
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
Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel – Duane Eddy (debut)
He's So Fine – Jackie Wilson
Hooray for Hollywood – Doris Day
John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio – John Coltrane
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
King of Suriname - Ramdew Chaitoe
The Kingston Trio – The Kingston Trio
Last Night When We Were Young – Art Farmer
Les Gitans – Dalida
Little Girl Blue – Nina Simone
London by Night – Julie London
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
Newk's Time – Sonny Rollins
No Count Sarah – Sarah Vaughan
One Dozen Berrys – Chuck Berry
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
Tormé – Mel Tormé
Wheelin' & Dealin' – Mal Waldron, John Coltrane and Frank Wess
When You Come to the End of the Day – Perry Como
Who's Sorry Now? – Connie Francis
Yes Indeed! – Pat Boone
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1958.
"All I Have To Do Is Dream" – The Everly Brothers
"Are You Sincere?" - Andy Williams
"Believe What You Say" - Ricky Nelson
"Big Man" – The Four Preps
"Billy" - Kathy Linden
"Bird Dog" – Everly Brothers
"Blast Off" – The Tyrones
"Blue Boy" – Jim Reeves
"Born Too Late" - The Poni-Tails
"Breathless" – Jerry Lee Lewis
"Broke Down Baby" – The Tyrones
"Cannonball" - Duane Eddy
"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
"Come Dance With Me" – Frank Sinatra
"Come On Let's Go" – Ritchie Valens
"Come prima" ("Tu me donnes") – Dalida
"DeDe Dinah" - Frankie Avalon
"Everybody Loves A Lover" - Doris Day
"Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" – Dalida
"The Day The Rains Came" – Jane Morgan
"El Diablo" – Frankie Laine
"Don't" – Elvis Presley
"Fallin'" – Connie Francis
"Fever" – Peggy Lee
"For Your Love" - Ed Townsend
"Get a Job" – The Silhouettes
"Ginger Bread" - Frankie Avalon
"Gondolier" – Dalida
"Great Balls Of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
"Guitare et tambourin" – Dalida
"Hard Headed Woman" – Elvis Presley
"Hava Nagila" – Dalida
"The Hawaiian Wedding Song" - Andy Williams
"Heartbeat" – Buddy Holly
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – Laurie London
"High Class Baby" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters
"Hoots Mon" – Lord Rockingham's XI
"I am a Mole and I Live in a Hole" – The Southlanders
"I Can't Stop Loving You" – Don Gibson (B-side to "Oh, Lonesome Me")
"It's All in the Game" – Tommy Edwards
"I Got a Feeling" - Ricky Nelson
"I Have To Cry" – Frankie Laine
"I Met Him On A Sunday" - The Shirelles
"I Wonder Why" – Dion & the Belmonts
"I'll Get By" – Connie Francis
"I'll Wait for You" - Frankie Avalon
"I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby" – Mindy Carson
"I'm Shook" – The Tyrones
"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" – Connie Francis
"It's Only Make Believe" – Conway Twitty
"Journey's End" – Frankie Laine
"Johnny B. Goode" – Chuck Berry
"King Creole" – Elvis Presley
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers
"Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare) – Lou Monte
"Le jour où la pluie viendra" – Dalida
"Left Right Out Of Your Heart" – Patti Page
"Les Gitans" – Dalida
"Little Star" – The Elegants
"Lollipop" - The Chordettes
"Maybe" (The Chantels song) - The Chantels
"Maybe Baby" – Buddy Holly
"Mexican Hat Rock" – Dave Appell/The Applejacks
"Milord" – Édith Piaf
"Move It" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Original B-side to "Schoolboy Crush")
"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" - Ricky Nelson
"My Happiness" – Connie Francis
"No One Knows" - Dion and the Belmonts
"Oh, Lonesome Me" – Don Gibson
"One Summer Night" – Danleers
"Partners" – Jim Reeves
"Patricia" – Perez Prado
"Poor Little Fool" – Ricky Nelson
"Promise Me, Love" - Andy Williams
"Ramrod" - Duane Eddy
"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
"Schoolboy Crush" – Cliff Richard and The Drifters (B-side to "Move It") (Original A-side to "Move It")
"Short Shorts" – Royal Teens
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" – The Platters
"Stupid Cupid" – Connie Francis
"Sugartime" – The McGuire Sisters
"Summertime Blues" – Eddie Cochran
"Sweet Little Sixteen" – Chuck Berry
"Teacher's Pet" – Doris Day
"Tequila" – The Champs
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – The Chipmunks with David Seville
"The Happy Organ – Dave "Baby" Cortez
"The Purple People Eater" – Sheb Wooley
"To Know Him is to Love Him" – The Teddy Bears
"Tom Dooley" – The Kingston Trio
"Twilight Time" – The Platters
"Volare" – Domenico Modugno
"Well All Right" – Buddy Holly
"When" – The Kalin Twins
"Who's Sorry Now?" – Connie Francis
"Witch Doctor" – Dave Seville
"Yakety Yak" – The Coasters
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" – Connie Francis
"16 Candles" w.m. Luther Dixon & Allyson R. Khent
"All I Have to Do is Dream" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
"Am I That Easy to Forget" w.m. Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson & Shelby Singleton
"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
"A Big Hunk O' Love" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche
"Bird Dog" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
"Broken Hearted Melody" w. Hal David m. Sherman Edwards
"A Certain Smile" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
"Chantilly Lace" w.m. Jiles Perry Richardson
"C'mon Everybody" w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart
"Devoted to You" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
"Do You Want To Dance?" w.m. Bobby Freeman
"Donna" w.m. Ritchie Valens
"Don't" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Enchanted Island" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
"Everybody Loves a Lover" w. Richard Adler m. Robert Allen
"French Foreign Legion" w. Aaron Schroeder m. Guy Wood
"Hoots Mon" Harry Robertson
"If I Had A Hammer" w.m. Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
"It's Only Make Believe" w.m. Conway Twitty & Jack Nance
"Johnny B. Goode" w.m. Chuck Berry
"Kewpie Doll" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
"Kumbayah" recorded by Joe Hickerson and by Pete Seeger
"Left Right Out Of Your Heart" w. Earl Shuman m. Mort Garson
"The Little Serenade" w.m. Antonio Amurri, Paolo Esposito, Geoffrey C. Parsons & James J. T. Phillips
"Little Star" w.m. Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa
"Make Me A Miracle" Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell
"Maybe Baby" w.m. Norman Petty & Charles Hardin
"Moon Talk" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"My True Love" w.m. Jack Scott
"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
"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
"Poor Little Fool" w.m. Shari Sheeley
"The Purple People Eater" w.m. Sheb Wooley
"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 by Frankie Laine.
"Secretly" w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
"Splish Splash" w.m. Bobby Darin & Jean Murray
"Stupid Cupid" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
"Sugartime" w.m. Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols
"Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran, J. Capehart
"Sweet Little Sixteen" w.m. Chuck Berry
"Tears On My Pillow" w.m. Sylvester Bradford & Al Lewis
"Tequila" w.m. Chuck Rio
"There's Only One Of You" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
"Tom Dooley" trad arr. Dave Guard
"Volare" w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci m. Domenico Modugno
"We Belong Together", S. Weiss, Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell
"When" w.m. Jack Reardon & Paul Evans
"Witch Doctor" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
"Yakety Yak" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"You Are My Destiny" w.m. Paul Anka
"Young and Warm and Wonderful" w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer
"The Bells of Rhymney" by Pete Seeger and Idris Davies
!Devojko mala" w. B. Timotijević m. D. Kraljić, sung by Vlastimir "Đuza" Stojiljković in the film Ljubav i moda
"Mera naam Chin Chin Chu" w. Qamar Jalalabadi m. O.P. Nayyar, sung by Geeta Dutt in the film Howrah Bridge
"Pod sjajem zvezda" w. Mirjana Savić m. Predrag Ivanović
"Majulah Singapura" by Zubir Said (national anthem of Singapore)
Jean Absil –
Yasushi Akutagawa – Ellora Symphony
William Alwyn –
Hendrik Andriessen –
Jurriaan Andriessen – Duo, for two violins
Theodore Antoniou – Aquarelles, for piano
Louis Applebaum –
Hans Erich Apostel –
Malcolm Arnold – Sinfonietta No. 2, for orchestra, Op. 65
Tadeusz Baird – Four Essays
Samuel Barber – Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn, for organ, Op. 34
Jürg Baur –
Paul Ben-Haim – Lamenatseah mizmor (To the Chief Musician), for orchestra
Arthur Berger – String Quartet
William Bergsma –
Luciano Berio – Sequenza I, for solo flute
Lennox Berkeley –
Günter Bialas – Sonata piccola, for violin and piano
Harrison Birtwistle – Three Sonatas for Nine Instruments (withdrawn)
Arthur Bliss – The Lady of Shallott (ballet)
Marc Blitzstein –
Ernest Bloch – Suite for Viola Solo (fragmentary)
Rob du Bois – Pieces (3), for clarinet
André Boucourechliev – Texte I, for tape
Pierre Boulez –
Henry Brant –
Benjamin Britten –
Earle Brown – Pentathis, for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, violin, viola, and cello
Alan Bush –
John Cage –
Cornelius Cardew –
Julián Carrillo –
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco –
Niccolò Castiglioni –
Carlos Chávez – Invención, for piano
Chou Wen-chung –
Aldo Clementi – Episode, for orchestra
Ramiro Cortés –
Henry Cowell –
Ingolf Dahl – Fanfares, for piano
Luigi Dallapiccola –
Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 2
Peter Maxwell Davies –
Norman Dello Joio –
David Diamond – Wind Quintet
Franco Donatoni – String Quartet No. 2
Antal Doráti – The Two Enchantments of Li-Tai-Po, for baritone and chamber orchestra
Jacob Druckman – Madrigals (4), for SATB chorus
Vernon Duke – Variations on an Old Russian Chant, for oboe and strings
Marcel Dupré –
John Eaton –
Petr Eben – Láska a smrt (Love and Death), for mixed chorus
Helmut Eder –
Cecil Effinger –
Gottfried von Einem –
Hanns Eisler –
Halim El-Dabh – Clytemnestra, ballet
Hans Ulrich Engelmann –
Donald Erb –
Heimo Erbse – Ruth, ballet in two acts, Op. 16
Rudolf George Escher – Symphony No. 2
Alvin Etler –
Franco Evangelisti – Proporzioni, for flute solo
Ferenc Farkas – Lieder (3)
Robert Farnon –
David Farquhar – In Despite of Death, song cycle for baritone and piano
Samuil Feinberg – Maritza, cycle of eight songs for voice and piano, Op. 47
Jindřich Feld – Violin Concerto
Morton Feldman –
Luc Ferrari –
Jacobo Ficher – Mi Aldea, cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, and chamber orchestra, Op. 91
Irving Fine – Romanza, for wind quintet
Nicolas Flagello – Serenata for orchestra, Op. 58
Wolfgang Fortner _
Lukas Foss –
Jean Françaix –
Benjamin Frankel – Symphony No. 1
Alberto Ginastera –
Marcel Grandjany – Fantaisie sur un thème de J. Haydn, Op. 31, for harp
Ferde Grofé – Concerto in D, for piano and orchestra
Dmitri Kabalevsky – In the Magic Forest
Mauricio Kagel – Anagrama, for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, speaking chorus, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 percussionists, celesta, 2 pianos, and 2 harps
Leon Kirchner – String Quartet No. 2
György Ligeti – Artikulation
Witold Lutosławski – Funeral music
Bohuslav Martinů – Piano Concerto No. 5, H. 366; The Parables H. 367; Estampes; Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello
Peter Mennin – Piano Concerto
Darius Milhaud – String Sextet, Op. 368
José Pablo Moncayo –
Thea Musgrave – String Quartet
Luigi Nono
Harry Partch – Windsong, film score for ensemble of original instruments
Goffredo Petrassi –
George Rochberg – Cheltenham Concerto, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and strings
Ned Rorem – Symphony No. 3
Edmund Rubbra – Pezzo Ostinato (Rubbra collections page with description) and Violin Concerto, Opp. 102 and 103.
Carl Ruggles – Exaltation
Dieter Schnebel –
Alfred Schnittke – Oratorio Nagasaki
Humphrey Searle – Symphony No. 2, Op. 33 (1956–8); Variations and Finale, Op. 34
Roger Sessions –
Dmitri Shostakovich – Moskva, Cheryomushki, operetta, Op. 105
Toru Takemitsu –
Eduard Tubin – Symphony No. 7
Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique' (1957–58)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 9
Anatol Vieru –
Heitor Villa-Lobos –
Leó Weiner – Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major
Stefan Wolpe –
Bernd Alois Zimmermann –
Samuel Barber – Vanessa
Carlisle Floyd – Wuthering Heights
Jakov Gotovac – Dalmaro
Gian Carlo Menotti – Maria Golovin
Humphrey Searle - The Diary of a Madman
The Body Beautiful Broadway production, opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 60 performances
The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) – off-Broadway revival
Expresso Bongo London production
Flower Drum Song (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) Broadway production, opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 600 performances
Irma La Douce London production
Lola Montez, Brisbane production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 1
Oh, Captain! Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on February 4 and ran for 192 performances.
Salad Days (Julian Slade) New York production ran for 80 performances
Valmouth London production
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) – London production
Where's Charley? London production
April Love starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones
Damn Yankees starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston
The Duke Wore Jeans British film starring Tommy Steele
Gigi starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold
King Creole starring Elvis Presley
Mardi Gras starring Pat Boone
Senior Prom starring Jill Corey
South Pacific starring Mitzi Gaynor
The Tunnel of Love
Aladdin (Cole Porter) televised on February 21 starring Cyril Ritchard, Basil Rathbone, Dennis King, Sal Mineo, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Una Merkel.
Hansel and Gretel (William Engvick and Alec Wilder) televised on April 27 starring Barbara Cook and Red Buttons
Kiss Me, Kate starring Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes and Jack Klugman
January 1 – Grandmaster Flash
January 8 – Steve Garvey, bass guitarist (Buzzcocks, The Teardrops and Bok Bok
January 9 – Hillevi Martinpelto, operatic soprano
January 11 – Vicki Peterson (The Bangles and Psycho Sisters
January 21 – Frank Ticheli, American composer and academic
January 24 – Jools Holland, R&B pianist and singer, TV music presenter
January 29 – Vlatka Oršanić, opera singer
February 12 – Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost) (d. 2006)
February 16 – Ice-T rapper
February 21
Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter
February 25 – Eva Johansson, operatic soprano
March 5 – Andy Gibb, singer (d. 1988)
March 8 – Gary Numan, singer
March 9 – Martin Fry, vocalist of ABC
April 11 – Stuart Adamson (Big Country) (d. 2001)
April 12 – Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen)
April 14 – Aprile Millo, operatic soprano
April 18 – Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen)
April 21 – Andranik Madadian, Armenian/Iranian singer-songwriter
April 25 – Fish, Scottish singer (Marillion)
May 2 – Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model
May 10 – Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idoli and Apartchiks) (d. 2015)
May 18 – Toyah Willcox, singer and actress
May 21 – Mike Barson (Madness)
May 25 – Paul Weller, singer-songwriter The Jam, Style Council
May 27 – Neil Finn, singer-songwriter
May 30 – Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
June 2 – Karl Gottfried Brunotte, composer and music philosopher
June 3 – Roger Redgate, composer-conductor
June 7 – Prince, singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
June 17 – Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
June 21
Jennifer Larmore, operatic mezzo-soprano
Steve Lieberman punk musician (Gangsta Rabbi)
June 24 – Kathy Troccoli, American singer and author
June 27
Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OP8 and Eels)
Brian Helicopter, English bass player (The Shapes, HellsBelles, and Rogue Male)
Magnus Lindberg, Finnish pianist and composer
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
June 29
Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
Mark Radcliffe, English singer and radio host (Shirehorses and The Family Mahone)
June 30 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, composer-conductor
July 5 – Paul Daniel, conductor
July 7 – Michala Petri, recorder virtuoso
July 18 – Bent Sørensen, composer
July 25 – Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
July 30 – Kate Bush, singer-songwriter and dancer
July 31
Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
Deborah Riedel, operatic soprano (d. 2009)
August 3 – Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
August 6 – Randy DeBarge, soul singer and guitarist
August 7 – Bruce Dickinson, singer (Iron Maiden)
August 16 – Madonna, singer
August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, singer
August 22
Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers)
Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
August 29 – Michael Jackson, singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
September 6 – Buster Bloodvessel, vocalist (Bad Manners)
September 10 – Siobhan Fahey, singer
September 19 – Lita Ford, singer
September 22
Andrea Bocelli, operatic tenor
Joan Jett, rock musician
October 9 – Al Jourgensen (Ministry)
October 10 – Tanya Tucker, country singer
October 13 – Derri Daugherty (The Choir, The Lost Dogs)
October 14 – Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
October 20
Mark King, bassist and singer (Level 42)
Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
October 27 – Simon Le Bon, vocalist (Duran Duran)
November 10 – Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls)
November 22 – Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers)
November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese songwriter and music producer
December 7 – Timothy Butler (The Psychedelic Furs)
December 9 – Nick Seymour, bassist (Crowded House)
December 11 – Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
December 12 – Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kids and TNT)
December 14
Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
Spider Stacy, folk musician (The Pogues)
December 17 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
December 23 – Victoria Williams, singer-songwriter
January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, conductor, 44 (carbon monoxide poisoning)
February 5 – Lew Brown, lyricist, 64
March 24 – John Harvey Gahan, violinist, songwriter and actor, 69
March 25
Tom Brown, jazz trombonist, 69
Emerson Whithorne, composer and historian, 73
March 28 – W. C. Handy, blues composer, 84
April 1
Břetislav Bakala, pianist, conductor and composer, 61
Alfred Bryan, songwriter, 86
April 2 – Tudor Davies, operatic tenor, 65
April 10 – Chuck Willis, singer, 30 (during surgery for stomach ulcer)
April 16 – Margaret Burke Sheridan, operatic soprano, 68
May 20 – Irma Baltuttis, singer, 37 (suspected murder)
June 1 – Henri Pensis, violinist, conductor and composer
June 3
Georges Boulanger, violinist, 65
Maude Nugent, songwriter, 81
June 15 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican percussionist and composer, 45
June 20 – Elfriede Trötschel, operatic soprano, 44
June 21 – Eduard Erdmann, pianist and composer, 62
June 23 – Armas Järnefelt, composer, 88
June 27 – Marie Sundelius, operatic soprano, 74
July 10 – Karl Erb, operatic tenor and lieder singer, 81
July 31 – Eugène Goossens, fils, violinist and conductor, 91
August 5 – Joseph Holbrooke, composer, 80
August 14 – Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis Presley
August 15 – Big Bill Broonzy, blues musician and composer, 60
August 17 – Florent Schmitt, composer, 87
August 21 – Stevan Hristić, composer, 73
August 26 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer, 85
September 20 – Yvonne Arnaud, pianist, singer and actress, 65
October 24 - Martin Shaw, composer, 83
October 25 – Artie Matthews, ragtime composer and songwriter, 69
October 27 – John Wooldridge, film composer, 39 (car accident)
October 29 – Vassili Nebolsin, conductor, 60
November 3 – Harry Revel, composer of musicals, 52
November 26 – Tiny Bradshaw, jazz and blues musician, 53 (stroke)
November 27 – Artur Rodziński, conductor, 66
December 1 – Boots Mallory, dancer, 45 (chronic throat disease)
December 8 – Julia Lee, blues singer, 56 (heart attack)
December 11 – Paul Bazelaire, cellist, 72
December 20 – Éva Gauthier, operatic soprano, 73
December 29 – Doris Humphrey, dancer and choreographer, 63
date unknown
Samuel Antek, violinist and conductor
John Strachan, ballad singer
Eurovision Song Contest 1958
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