1958 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 Awards

9.1 Grammy Awards
9.2 Eurovision Song Contest

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 is enters the U.S. Army.
Billboard magazine debuts its Hot 100 singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.
The Bee Gees begin performing
Marvin Gaye begins performing
Phil Spector begins his career
RCA introduces its first stereo LPs
Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee

Albums released

Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
The Frank Sinatra Story - Frank Sinatra
Johnny Horton Sings Free And Easy - Johnny Horton
The Kingston Trio (album) - The Kingston Trio
My Happiness - Connie Francis
Only The Lonely - Frank Sinatra
Ricky Nelson (album) - Ricky Nelson
This Is Sinatra Vol. 2 - Frank Sinatra
Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis

Top hits on record

"Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis
"Stupid Cupid" - Connie Francis
"My Happiness" - Connie Francis
"Maybe Baby" - Buddy Holly
"Rave On" - Buddy Holly
"Heartbeat" - Buddy Holly
"Well All Right" - Buddy Holly
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee
"Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay" - Danny & the Juniors
"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
"Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio
"Scarlet Ribbons" - The Kingston Trio
"Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
"Come On Let's Go" - Ritchie Valens
"Rockin' Robin" - Bobby Day
"Tequila" - The Champs
"Chantilly Lace" - Big Bopper
"I Wonder Why" - Dion & the Belmonts
Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran
"Chipmunk Song" - The Chipmunks with David Seville
"One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater" - Sheb Wooley
"Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson
"Lonesome Town" - Ricky Nelson
"Bird Dog" - Everly Brothers
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Short Shorts" - Royal Teens

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. Boudleaux Bryant
"All Of These And More" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
"The All-American Boy" w.m. Bill Parsons & Orville Lunsford
"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, 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. 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
"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. 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 De Metrius
"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" Hoffman, Manning, 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 Bryant & 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 Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
"Rave On" w.m. Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman & Sunny West
"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" E. Cochran, J. Capehart
"Summertime, Summertime" w.m. Tom Jameson & Sherm Feller
"Sunday" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"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. Philip 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