Dalida, awarded a gold record in 1957

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Events

• January 5 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba.
• January 6 - Elvis Presley makes final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
• January 16 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool, England
• 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," hit #49 on the Billboard pop charts. Garfunkel was Tom Graph (so called because he like to write the pop charts out on graph paper) and Simon was Jerry Landis, a pseudonym he used during his early 1960s solo recordings. They toured for eighteen months before retiring to become college students and then reforming in 1963 as Simon and Garfunkel.
• 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 19 - Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee and calls it Graceland
• April 16 - Baby boy born to Audrey and Marvin Quarles
• July 6 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) first meet at St. Peter's Church garden fete in Liverpool, England.
• August 5 - American Bandstand begins its 30 year syndicated run on US network television
• September 19 - Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300 000 sales of "Bambino". That year, she's also the first female recording artist to have her own fan club.
• Leonard Bernstein completes work on West Side Story.
• American Bandstand premieres on television.
• The Casals Festival is founded in Puerto Rico.
• Pat Boone stars in his first two Hollywood motion pictures: Bernadine and April Love
• Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 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 proved to be one of her biggest hit records as well.
• 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 $10,000.00 as Cole's sustainer show only paid scale. Other top performers followed suit, including Mel Tormé and Tony Bennett, but despite an increase in ratings, the show still fails to pick up a national sponsor.
• Jerry Lee Lewis' musical career begins
• Patsy Cline's musical career begins.
• Jerry Butler's musical career begins
• Gorni Kramer debuts on Italian television
• Maria Callas is introduced to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

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Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... April Love is a popular song. ... Whatever Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (also transposed as Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)) is a popular song, with music by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1956 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007), was one of the most successful American singers of the twentieth century. ... Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, is best known as one of the great male jazz singers. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Patsy Cline (b. ... Jerry Butler Jerry Butler, Jr. ... Gorni Kramer (Rivarolo Mantovano, Italy, 22 July 1913 - Milan, 26 October 1995) was one of the most famous Italian songwriters, musicians and band leaders of the 20th Century. ... Maria Callas in a casual moment, 1960s Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... Aristotelis Sokratis (also Ari) Onassis (in Greek, Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης) (January 20, 1900 – March 15, 1975) was the most famous shipping magnate of the 20th century. ...

Albums released

• About the Blues - Julie London
• The Big Beat - Johnnie Ray
• Blossom Dearie (Album) - Blossom Dearie
• Bing With A Beat - Bing Crosby
• Blue Starr - Kay Starr
• Blue Train (album) - John Coltrane
• The Christmas Story - Bing Crosby
• Close to You and More - Frank Sinatra
• A Closer Walk With Thee - Pat Boone
• Coltrane - John Coltrane
• Day By Night - Doris Day
• Ella and Louis Again - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington
• Ella at the Opera House - Ella Fitzgerald
• Like Someone in Love - Ella Fitzgerald
• Porgy and Bess - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
• Elvis' Christmas Album - Elvis Presley
• Gogi Grant – THE HELEN MORGAN STORY - Gogi Grant
• Gogi Grant - Suddenly There's Gogi Grant - Gogi Grant
• Her Nibs - Georgia Gibbs
• Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
• Hymns We Love - Pat Boone
• Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline
• In Las Vegas - Johnnie Ray
• A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
• Julie - Julie London
• Losers, Weepers - Kay Starr
• Love Serenade - The Ames Brothers
• Loving You - Elvis Presley
• Make Love to Me - Julie London
• Miguel - Dalida
• Moanin' The Blues - Hank Williams
• Now Hear This - The Hi-Lo's
• Once Over Lightly - Jo Stafford
• One Dozen Roses - The Mills Brothers
• The Pajama Game - Doris Day
• Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra
• Pat - Pat Boone
• Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin - Pat Boone
• Please, Please, Please - James Brown
• Ring Around Rosie - The Hi-Lo’s
• Rockin' - Frankie Laine
• Rockin' the Oldies - Bill Haley & His Comets
• Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue - Jill Corey
• Son nom est Dalida - Dalida
• Songs For Inspiration & Meditation - Jo Stafford
• Songs Of Scotland - Jo Stafford
• The Sounds Of Christmas Harmony - The Ames Brothers
• Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's - The Hi-Lo’s
• Sweet Seventeen - The Ames Brothers
• A Swingin' Affair! - Frank Sinatra
• There'll Always Be A Christmas - The Ames Brothers
• We Get Letters - Perry Como
• Where Are You? - Frank Sinatra
• The Wildest! - Louis Prima

About the Blues was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog numbers LRP-3043 (monaural) in 1957 and LST-7012 (stereophonic) in 1958. ... Julie London Julie London (September 26, 1926–October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress. ... Johnnie Ray from the trailer for one of his few films, Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927–February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Blossom Dearie is a 1957 (see 1957 in music) studio album by Blossom Dearie, it was her first recording for Verve Records. ... Blossom Dearie (born April 28, 1926) is an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop medium. ... Bing With A Beat was Bing Crosbys seventh long play album, but his first recorded with RCA Victor. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Kay Starr on the cover of 2002 collection The Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol Kay Starr (born July 21, 1922) is an American jazz and popular singer. ... Blue Train is a jazz album by John Coltrane, released in 1957 (see 1957 in music. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Close to You is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1957. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... Coltrane is a 1957 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Day by Night was a Doris Day album released on November 11, 1957 by Columbia Records, It was released in two versions, catalog number CL-1053 (Mono) and CS-8089 (Stereo), though the stereo version was only released in 1959. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... Ella and Louis Again is a 1957 studio album (see 1957 in music) by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ... Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook is a 1957 album by the American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Duke Ellington orchestra, focusing on Ellingtons songs. ... This article is about the American Jazz composer and performer. ... Ella at the Opera House is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. ... Like Someone in Love (1957) is an album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. ... Jazz vocalists Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald collaborated on this recording of selections from George Gershwins Porgy and Bess. ... Released in November 1957, Elvis Christmas Album is a very popular holiday album that continues to sell well. ... Elvis redirects here. ... Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, September 20, 1924) was an American popular singer. ... Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, September 20, 1924) was an American popular singer. ... Georgia Gibbs (August 17, 1919[1] - December 9, 2006) was an American singer, most popular in the 1950s. ... Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an African-American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and was a key figure in the transition from rhythm & blues to rock and roll in the mid-1950s. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... Patsy Cline (b. ... Johnnie Ray from the trailer for one of his few films, Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927–February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Where Are You? is a Christmas album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1957. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Julie was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog numbers LRP-3096 (monaural) in 1957 and LST-7004 (stereophonic) in 1958. ... Julie London Julie London (September 26, 1926–October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress. ... Kay Starr on the cover of 2002 collection The Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol Kay Starr (born July 21, 1922) is an American jazz and popular singer. ... The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. ... Loving You is a 1957 American motion picture starring Elvis Presley. ... Elvis redirects here. ... Make Love to Me was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3060 as a monophonic recording in 1957, and later in stereo under catalog number LST-7060 in 1959. ... Julie London Julie London (September 26, 1926–October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress. ... Miguel can refer to: Miguel, the name, meaning Michael in Spanish and Portuguese. ... It has been suggested that Olympia 74 be merged into this article or section. ... For other persons named Hank Williams, see Hank Williams (disambiguation). ... Now Hear This was an LP album by The Hi-Los released in 1957 by Columbia Records, as catalog number CL-1023. ... The Hi-Los were a successful a cappella quartet formed in 1953. ... Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. ... The Mills Brothers were an American jazz and pop vocal group of the 20th century. ... The Pajama Game was an album, released August 12, 1957 by Columbia Records, containing songs from the movie of the same name, mostly sing by Doris Day and John Raitt. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... This article is about the John OHara novel. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... For other persons named James Brown, see James Brown (disambiguation). ... The Hi-Los were a vocal quartet in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007), was one of the most successful American singers of the twentieth century. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Sometimes Im Happy, Sometimes Im Blue was an LP album made by Jill Corey in 1957, released as catalog number CL 1095 by Columbia Records, reissued as a CD on November 25, 2003 by Collectables Records. ... Jill Corey (born Norma Jean Speranza September 30, 1935) was a traditional pop music singer. ... It has been suggested that Olympia 74 be merged into this article or section. ... Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. ... Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. ... The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. ... The Hi-Los were a vocal quartet in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. ... For the Dexter Gordon album see A Swingin Affair. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. ... We Get Letters was Perry Comos Second RCA Victor 12 long-play album. ... Pierino Ronald Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American crooner. ... Where Are You? is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1957. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... The Wildest! is an album by Louis Prima, first released in 1957. ... Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. ...

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1957.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957		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, Holland 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		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		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, Holland 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		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, Holland 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 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

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US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1957. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

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Top hits on record

• "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
• "Bernadine" - Pat Boone
• "Black Slacks" - Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones
• "Blue Starr" - Kay Starr
• "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
• "Buenas Noches Mi Amor" - Dalida
• "Butterfly" - Andy Williams
• "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
• "Deep Purple" - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
• "Diana" - Paul Anka
• "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" - Marvin Rainwater
• "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'm Sorry" - The Platters
• "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" - Georgia Gibbs
• "It's Not For Me To Say" - Johnny Mathis
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Last Train to San Fernando" - Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK)
• "Little Darlin' " - Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
• "The Lonesome Road" - Frankie Laine
• "Starlight" Jack Huddle
• "Look Homeward, Angel" - Johnnie Ray
• "Love Letters In The Sand" - Pat Boone
• "Loving You" - Elvis Presley
• "Lucille" - Little Richard
• "Maman, la plus belle du monde" - Dalida
• "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms
• "Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
• "Oh Boy" - Buddy Holly
• "Old Cape Cod" - Patti Page
• "Party Doll" - Buddy Knox
• "Peggy Sue" - Buddy Holly
• "Pink Champagne" - The Tyrones
• "Quand on n'a que l'amour" - Dalida
• "Queen Of The Senior Prom" - The Mills Brothers
• "Raunchy" - Bill Justis
• "Reet Petite" - Jackie Wilson
• "Remember You're Mine" - Pat Boone
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" - Brenda Lee
• "Rock and Roll Music" - Chuck Berry
• "Round and Round" - Perry Como
• "Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
• "Searchin' " - The Coasters
• "Shangri-La" - The Four Coins
• "Silent Lips" - Georgia Gibbs
• "So Rare" - Jimmy Dorsey
• "Stardust" - Nat King Cole
• "Sugar Moon" - Pat Boone
• "Sugartime" - McGuire Sisters
• "Tammy", recorded by
  • The Ames Brothers
  • Debbie Reynolds
• "Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
• "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
• "Wake Up Little Susie" - The Everly Brothers
• "Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
• "When I Fall in Love" - Nat King Cole
• "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
• "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

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Published popular music

• "According To My Heart"     w.m. Gary Walker
• "An Affair To Remember"     w. Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey m. Harry Warren
• "After School"     w.m. Dick Wolf & Warren Nadel
• "All Shook Up"     w.m. Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
• "All The Way"     w. Sammy Cahn m. James 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
• "Are You Sincere?"     w.m. Wayne Walker
• "At The Hop"     w.m. Artie Singer, Johnny Medora & Dave White
• "Be-Bop Baby"     w.m. Pearl Lenghurst
• "Bernadine"     w.m. Johnny Mercer
• "Black Slacks"     w.m. Joe Bennett & Jimmy Denton
• "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
• "Build Your Love (On A Strong Foundation)"     O. Jones
• "Butterfly"     w.m. Anthony September
• "Bye Bye Love"     w.m. Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
• "Ca, C'est L'Amour"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "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"     Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
• "Come Go With Me"     w.m. Clarence E. Quick
• "Cool"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
• "Could This Be Magic"     w.m. Hiram Johnson & Richard Blandon
• "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
• "Four Walls"     w.m. George Campbell & Marvin Moore
• "Gee, Officer Krupke"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
• "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 & Mike Stoller
• "Jingle Bell Rock"     w.m. Joseph Beal & James Boothe
• "Joey's Song"     m. Joe Reisman
• "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 & Mike Stoller
• "Lucille"     w.m. Richard Penniman & Albert Collins
• "Magic Moments"     w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "Mama Look A Booboo"     w.m. Lord Melody
• "Marching Along To The Blues"     w.m. Mel Green
• "Marian The Librarian"     w.m. Meredith Willson
• "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
• "Mr Lee"     w.m. Heather Dixon, Helen Gathers, Emma Ruth Pought, Laura Webb & Jannie Pought
• "My Heart Reminds Me" (aka "And That Reminds Me")     w. (Eng) Al Stillman m. Camillo Bargoni
• "My Little Baby"     w.m. Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman
• "My Special Angel"     w.m. Jimmy Duncan
• "My White Knight"     w.m. Meredith Willson
• "Napoleon"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
• "A New-Fangled Tango"     w. Matt Dubey m. Harold Carr
• "Ninety-Nine Ways"     w.m. Anthony September
• "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
• "Proceed With Caution"     Wilson Stone
• "Promise Her Anything"     w.m. Roy Alfred
• "The 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 & 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
• "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
• "Tonite, Tonite"     W. Nobles
• "Treat Me Nice"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & 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
• "Yes Tonight, Josephine"     w.m. Winfield Scott & Dorothy Goodman
• "You Need Hands"     w.m. Roy Irwin
• "You Send Me"     w.m. L. C. Cooke

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Classical music

• Aaron Copland - Orchestral Variations
• László Lajtha - Symphony No. 7. "Revolution" (A tribute to the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 against the Soviet suppression)
• Walter Piston - Viola Concerto
• Hilding Rosenberg - String Quartets nos. 8 - 12
• Edmund Rubbra - Seventh Symphony
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905"
• Toru Takemitsu - Requiem
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Symphony no. 4

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Opera

• Samuel Barber - Vanessa
• 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)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Daughter of the Clouds

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Musical theater

• Bells Are Ringing     London production
• Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) — Broadway revival
• Damn Yankees (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) — London production
• Harmony Close London production opened at the Lyric, Hammersmith on April 17.
• The Music Man (Meredith Willson) opened at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on December 19, 1957 and ran for 1375 performances.
• New Girl In Town — Broadway production
• West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) — Broadway production
• Zuleika — London production, Saville Theatre

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Musical films

• Funny Face
• Les Girls starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall
• Loving You released July 9 starring Elvis Presley.
• The Pajama Game starring Doris Day and John Raitt
• Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak
• Silk Stockings, featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse

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Births

• January - Grandmaster Flash
• January 4 - Patty Loveless
• January 19 - Mickey Virtue, UB40
• January 23 - Earl Falconer, UB40
• January 26 - Norman Hassan, UB40
• January 27 - Janick Gers, Iron Maiden
• February 2 - Tony Butler, Big Country
• February 19 - Falco, classical and rock musician
• February 27 - Adrian Smith, musician, Iron Maiden
• February 28
  • Phil Gould, drummer, Level 42
  • Cindy Wilson, The B-52's
• March 12 - Marlon Jackson, The Jackson 5
• March 21 - John Whitfield, conductor
• March 26 - Paul Morley, music journalist
• April 12 - Vince Gill
• April 16, Michael Quarles - Classical and Rock Musician
• May 2 - Markus Stockhausen, trumpeter and composer
• May 10 - Sid Vicious, punk musician
• May 18 - Michael Cretu, musician
• May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie & the Banshees
• June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma
• June 22 - Gary Beers, INXS
• June 26 - Patty Smyth
• July 3 - Laura Branigan
• July 30 - Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies, drummer
• August 18 - Ron Strykert, Men at Work
• August 21 - Budgie, Siouxsie & the Banshees
• August 31 - Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze
• August 31 - Gina Schock, The Go-Go's
• September 1 - Gloria Estefan, singer
• September 1 - Jon Moss, London, Culture Club
• September 22 - Johnette Napolitano , Concrete Blond
• September 22 - Nick Cave
• October 5 - Lee Thompson, Madness
• October 7 - Michael W. Smith
• October 19 - Karl Wallinger, World Party
• October 21 - Steve Lukather, Toto
• October 21 - Julian Cope, singer
• October 3 - Kelly Marie, singer
• October 28 - Stephen Morris, New Order
• November 1 - Lyle Lovett
• November 8 - Porl Thompson, The Cure
• November 24 - Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis & The News
• December 9 - Donny Osmond, singer
• December 9 - Steve Taylor, singer, record producer
• December 10 - Paul Hardcastle
• December 12 - Sheila E.
• December 20
  • Billy Bragg, singer, song-writer
  • Anita Baker, singer
  • Anna Vissi, singer
• December 23 - Victoria Williams, singer
• December 25 - Shane MacGowan, The Pogues
• date unknown
  • Charles Roland Berry, composer
  • Bob Drake, avant-garde musician
  • Poly Styrene, punk musician
  • Tsai Chin, singer

Joseph Biggie Grand Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Patty Loveless signing a shirt Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey on January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky) is an American country music singer. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... UB40 are a British dub band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Janick Robert Gers (born January 27, 1957 in Hartlepool, England) is one of three current guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and a songwriter for the band. ... This article is about the band. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marlon David Jackson (born March 12, 1957) is an American singer, former member of The Jackson 5, and older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet (and briefly a sextet and quartet) from Gary, Indiana. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Whitfield, British musician and conductor, born Darlington, UK 21 March 1957. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Morley Paul Morley (born 26 March 1957 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English journalist, who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, during one of its most successful and relatively notorious periods, and has since written for a wide range of publications. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Vince Gill (born Vincent Grant Gill[1], April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional country musician, songwriter, and singer. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... German trumpeter and composer Markus Pirol Stockhausen (b Cologne, 2 May 1957) is son of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the professional wrestler, see Sid Eudy. ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Cretu being interviewed in 2003. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Susan Janet Ballion (born May 27, 1957 in Bromley, London), better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux (IPA: , pronounced the same way as Susie Sue), is the lead singer of both the influential rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees and of its splinter group The Creatures. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel on June 11, 1956 in Long Island, New York) is a jazz bass guitarist. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gary William Beers, (born June 22, 1957) in (Manly, Sydney, Australia) better known as Garry Gary Beers, is the bassist for rock group INXS. He has two daughters Lucy May and Matilda. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) are an Australian rock group. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Patty Smyth (born June 26, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA) first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as vocalist and lead singer of the band Scandal. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Laura Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was a popular American singer/actress from Brewster, New York, best known in the U.S. for the song Gloria (1982). ... is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Scabies at the time of the release of The Damned single New Rose, October 1976 Christopher Miller (born 30 July 1957), better known by the stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ron Strykert (born 18 August 1957) is an Australian guitarist known for playing lead guitar for reggae 80s band Men at Work and co-writing for the song Down Under. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Clarke, (born August 21, 1957), better known as Budgie, is an English drummer. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Glenn Tilbrook, born in South East London on August 31, 1957, was the lead singer of the British group Squeeze, a power pop band formed in the mid-1960s. ... For other uses, see Squeeze (disambiguation). ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gina Schock was born on August 31, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland. ... For the 1960s band, see The Go-Gos (1960s). ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jon Moss (born Jonathan Aubrey Moss, 11 September 1957, Wandsworth, London, England) is the former drummer for the bands Culture Club, London (including their single Everyones A Winner and album, Animal Games), Adam and the Ants (drums on the song, Cartrouble), The Damned, The Nipple Erectors[1] and (briefly... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Culture Club is a popular English new romantic rock group, that achieved considerable global success in the 1980s. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnette Napolitano (born September 22, 1957, Hollywood, California) is the lead singer and songwriter and bassist of Concrete Blonde, best known for their #1 U.S. Modern Rock hit Joey. She has also recorded as a solo artist, with the albums Sketchbook (2002), Sketchbook 2 (2006), Scarred (2007) and as... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Lee Jay Thompson (b. ... Madness are a British pop/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is a Christian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Karl Wallinger (born October 19, 1957 in Prestatyn, Wales), is a Welsh musician. ... World Party is a successful British pop/rock band, which is essentially the solo project of its multi-talented only member, Karl Wallinger. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Luke Lukather (born Steven Lee Lukather on October 21, 1957 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA) is an American Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and guitar player, best known for his work with the rock band Toto. ... Toto (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Grammy Award winning American rock band founded in 1976[1] by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October 1957) is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kelly Marie (born Jacqueline McKinnon, 16th October 1957,To Proud Parents Alex & Jeanette McKinnon in Paisley, Scotland) is a British disco singer. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen Morris on the cover of Low-Life This article is about the musician Stephen Morris. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lyle Lovett, from the cover of 1996s The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett (born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Porl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson on November 8, 1957 in Wimbledon, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure. ... This article is about the band. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Huey Lewis & The News is a Grammy winning and Academy Award nominated US rock band based in San Francisco, California. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American entertainer. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other people with a similar name, see Steven Taylor. ... is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1957, in London) is an English composer and musician specializing in the synthesizer. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheila Escovedo (born December 12, 1957, in Oakland, California), known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American musician, perhaps best known for her work with Prince and Ringo Starr. ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957), known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician renowned for his blend of folk, punk-rock, and protest music, and his poetic lyrics dealing with political as well as romantic themes. ... Anita Baker (born January 26, 1958) is a eight-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-Platinum rhythm and blues and soul singer and songwriter, renowned for her soaring alto vocal range. ... Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση; born December 20, 1957) is a Cypriot-Greek singer, famous mainly in Greece, and her home country Cyprus, with success in the United States as well. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is a singer/songwriter, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana but for the length of her career a resident of Southern California. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Shane Patrick MacGowan (born December 25, 1957 in Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom) is best known as the original singer and songwriter with The Pogues, and is considered one of the most important and poetic Irish songwriters of the last thirty years, often echoing his influences such as Irish playwright Brendan... The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish folk with influences from the English punk rock movement. ... Charles Roland Berry was born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Bob Drake (born 1957) is an American avant-garde musician. ... Poly Styrene (born Marianne Elliot) is an English musician. ... Tsai Chin (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Minnan: Chhoà Khîm) is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan (her ancestral home is in Hubei). ...

Deaths

• January - Gertie Gitana, music hall entertainer
• January 16 - Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• January 18 - George Girard, jazz trumpeter
• February 7 - Rudolph Réti, pianist, composer and musicologist
• February 16 - Józef Hofmann, pianist and composer
• March 8 - Othmar Schoeck, composer
• March 13 - Lena Ashwell, Forces entertainer
• March 24 - Carson Robison, country music singer and songwriter
• April 15 - Pedro Infante, actor and singer
• May 9 - Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor
• June 6 - Kulyash Baiseitova, opera singer
• June 12 - Jimmy Dorsey, big band leader
• July 7 - Hiski Salomaa, folk singer and songwriter
• July 9 - Alexander Goedicke, pianist and composer
• July 16 - Serge Chaloff, saxophonist
• August 28 - Erik Tuxen, conductor, composer and arranger
• September 1 - Dennis Brain, horn virtuoso (in unexplained car accident)
• September 11 - Petar Stojanović, violinist and composer
• September 20 - Jean Sibelius, composer
• October 20 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, dancer, actor and director
• October 23 - Abe Lyman, US bandleader, composer and drummer
• November 4 - Joseph Canteloube, composer
• November 20 - Beniamino Gigli, operatic tenor
• December 19 - Abolhasan Saba, instrumentalist
• December 20 - Walter Page, jazz musician
• December 21 - Eric Coates, composer
• date unknown
  • Frances Densmore, ethnomusicologist
  • Tadeusz Kassern, composer (suicide)
  • "Klondike Kate" Rockwell, vaudeville performer
  • Ivan Zorman, poet and composer

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Lena Ashwell (28 September 1872 - 13 March 1957) was a British actress and manager, known as the first to organize large-scale entertainment for troops at the front, which she did during World War I. Born Lena Margaret Pocock on the Wellesley while anchored in the River Tyne, she was... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Carson Jay Robison (August 4, 1890 - March 24, 1957) was an American country music singer and songwriter. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pedro Infante (left) and Jorge Negrete José Pedro Infante Cruz (November 18, 1917 - April 18, 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and idol of the Mexican people, together with Jorge Negrete or Javier Solís. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ezio Pinza The Italian bass Ezio Pinza (18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957) was one of the outstanding opera singers of the first half of the 20th century. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kulyash Baiseitova (Russian: ; 2 May 1905 [O.S. 20 April] in Verny, current Almaty – 6 June 1957 in Moscow) was a Soviet Kazakh opera singer, Peoples Artist of the USSR (1936). ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... James Jimmy Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hiski Salomaa, born Hiskias Möttö (born May 17, 1891 in Kangasniemi, Finland; died July 7, 1957 in New York City, USA) was a Finnish-American folk singer and song writer. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Goedicke (b. ... is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Serge Chaloff (1923–1957) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Erik Tuxen (July 4, 1902 - August 28, 1957) was a German-born orchestra conductor, composer and arranger, who worked for most of his life in Denmark. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dennis Brain (1921 – 1957) was a British virtuoso horn player and was largely responsible for popularizing the horn as a solo classical instrument with the post-war British public. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Petar Stojanović (September 7, 1877 – September 11, 1957) was a Serbian violinist and composer of operettas, ballets and orchestral music. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johan Julius Christian Jean / Janne Sibelius ( ; December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of classical music and one of the most notable composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Buchanan (April 2, 1891 - October 20, 1957) was a British actor and singer. ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 - October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - November 4, 1957), was a French composer. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Beniamino Gigli (March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was an Italian singer, widely regarded as one of the greatest operatic tenors of his time. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The tomb of Saba is prohibited from visitor access. ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Walter Page (February 9, 1900 -- December 20, 1957) was an African American jazz musician and leader of the Kansas band the Blue Devils. ... is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Eric Coates (August 27, 1886 – December 21, 1957) was an English composer of light music and a viola player. ... Frances Densmore (1867–1957) was an important American ethnographer and ethnomusicologist. ... Tadeusz Kassern (b. ... Studio portrait of Klondike Kate Rockwell Klondike Kate Rockwell (1873-1957) gained her fame as a dancer and vaudeville star during the Alaska Gold Rush, where she met Alexander Pantages who later became a very successful vaudeville/motion picture mogul. ... Ivan Zorman (1885-1957) was a Slovenian poet and composer. ...

Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1957