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1958 in music
See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
Albums released
Top hits on record
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1958 (USA)
Published popular music
- "16 Candles" w.m. Luther Dixon & Allyson R. Khent
- "A Toujours (Till Always)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "All I Have To Do Is Dream" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- "All Of These And More" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
- "The All-American Boy" w.m. Orville Lunsford & Bill Parsons (See: Bobby Bare)
- "Almost In Your Arms" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Am I That Easy To Forget?" w.m. Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson & Shelby Singleton
- "Another Time, Another Place" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Any Way The Wind Blows" w.m. William Dunham, Joseph Hooven & Marilyn Hooven
- "Are You Really Mine?" w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
- "Baby I Don't Care" Leiber and Stoller
- "Baby Lover" Wandra Merrell
- "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" w.m. Jack Clement
- "The Ballad Of Paladin" w.m. Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe & Johnny Western
- "Beep Beep" w.m. Donald Clapps & Carl Cicchetti
- "Big Best Shoes" w.m. Sandy Wilson
- "A Big Hunk O' Love" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche
- "Big Man" w.m. Bruce Belland & Glenn Larson
- "Bimbombey" w.m. Mack David, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore
- "Bird Dog" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- "The Blob" w. Mack David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Blue, Blue Day" w.m. Don Gibson
- "Born Too Late" w. Fred Tobias m. Charles Strouse
- "Breathless" w.m. Otis Blackwell
- "Broken Hearted Melody" w. Hal David m. Sherman Edwards
- "Bye, Bye Baby Goodbye" F. McNulty
- "Cannonball" m. Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood
- "A Certain Smile" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
- "Chanson d'Amour" w.m. Wayne Shanklin
- "Chantilly Lace" w.m. Jiles Perry Richardson
- "The Chipmunk Song" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
- "Claudette" w.m. Roy Orbison
- "C'mon Everybody" w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart
- "Come Prima" w. (Eng) Buck Ram (Ital) M. Panzeri m. V. Di Paola & S. Taccani
- "Dance Only With Me" Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
- "Devoted To You" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- "The Diary" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
- "Do You Want To Dance?" w.m. Bobby Freeman
- "Donna" w.m. Richie Valens
- "Don't" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" w.m. Johnny Cash
- "Early In The Morning" w.m. Bobby Darin & Woody Harris
- "El Rancho Rock" w. Ben Raleigh m. Silvano R. Ramos
- "Enchanted Island" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "The End" w. Sid Jacobson m. Jimmy Krondes
- "Endless Sleep" Jody Reynolds, Dolores Nance
- "Everybody Loves A Lover" w. Richard Adler m. Robert Allen
- "Firefly" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman
- "Fly Away Lovers" Frank Stanton & Tommie Connor
- "For Your Precious Love" Jerry Butler
- "French Foreign Legion" w. Aaron Schroeder m. Guy Wood
- "Get A Job" w.m. Earl T. Beal, Raymond W. Edwards, William F. Horton & Richard A. Lewis
- "Gotta Travel On" trad (Brit 19th century) adapt w.m. Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar & Tom Six
- "Green Christmas" Stan Freberg
- "Hard Headed Woman" w.m. Claude Demetrius
- "Hoots Mon" Harry Robertson
- "The Hula Hoop Song" w.m. Carl Maduri Jr & Donna Kohler
- "A Hundred Million Miracles" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I Beg Of You" w.m. Rose Marie McCoy & Kelly Owens
- "I Enjoy Being A Girl" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I Got A Feeling" w.m. Baker Knight
- "I Got Stung" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & David Hill
- "I Met Him On A Sunday" Shirley Owens, Addie Harris, Doris Coley
- "I Remember It Well" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "If Dreams Came True" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "If I Had A Hammer" w.m. Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
- "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" w.m. R. Hayes, D. Bartholomew & Fats Domino
- "It's Late" w.m. Dorsey Burnette
- "It's Only Make Believe" w.m. Conway Twitty & Jack Nance
- "Java" m. Freddy Friday, Allan Toussaint & Alvin Tyler
- "Johnny B. Goode" w.m. Chuck Berry
- "Kewpie Doll" w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
- "Lazy Moon" J. Kerr, W. Kerr, Ford
- "Learning The Game" Buddy Holly
- "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" w. Earl Shuman m. Mort Garson
- "Let The Bells Keep Ringing" w.m. Paul Anka
- "The Little Serenade" w.m. Antonio Amurri, Paolo Esposito, Geoffrey C. Parsons & James J T Phillips
- "Little Star" w.m. Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa
- "Lollipop" w.m. Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon
- "The Long, Hot Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Alex North
- "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" w.m. Ollie Jones
- "Love, Look Away" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "A Lover's Question" w.m. Brook Benton & Jimmy Williams
- "Mad Passionate Love" Dick Sherman & David E. Coleman
- "Make Me A Miracle" 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 and Boudleaux Bryant
- "Promise Me, Love" w.m. Kay Thompson
- "The Purple People Eater" w.m. Sheb Wooley
- "Queen Of The Hop" w.m. Woody Harris & Bobby Darin
- "Raining In My Heart" w.m. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- "Rave On" w.m. Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman & Sunny West
- "Return To Me" w.m. Danny Di Minno & Carmen Lombardo
- "Rockin' Robin" w.m. Jimmie Thomas
- "Saturday Girl" w. Peter Benjamin m. Peter Stannard
- "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Secretly" w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
- "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On" w.m. Hank Locklin
- "Short Shorts" w. Bob Gaudio & Bill Dalton m. Tom Austin & Bill Crandall
- "Since I Don't Have You" w. James Beaumont, Walter Lester, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen & Janet Vogel m. Joseph Rock & Lennie Martin
- "Splish Splash" w.m. Bobby Darin & Jean Murray
- "Stagger Lee" trad arr. Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
- "Stupid Cupid" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
- "Sugartime" w.m. Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols
- "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran, J. Capehart
- "Summertime, Summertime" w.m. Tom Jameson & Sherm Feller
- "Sunday" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Surprise" w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston from the musical Oh Captain!
- "Susie Darlin' " w.m. Robin Luke
- "Sweet Little Sixteen" w.m. Chuck Berry
- "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" w. Rhoda Roberts & Kenny Jacobson m. Moe Koffman
- "Teacher Teacher" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "Teacher's Pet" w.m. Joe Lubin
- "Tears On My Pillow" w.m. Sylvester Bradford & Al Lewis
- "Tequila" w.m. Chuck Rio
- "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "There's Only One Of You" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "Think It Over" Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison
- "This Happy Feeling" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "This Is All I Ask" w.m. Gordon Jenkins
- "Time" w. Julian More, David Heneker & Monty Norman m. David Heneker & Monty Norman
- "To Know Him Is To Love Him" w.m. Phil Spector
- "Tom Dooley" trad arr. Dave Guard
- "True Love Ways" w.m. Norman Petty & Buddy Holly
- "Tulips From Amsterdam" Ralf Arnie & Gene Martyn
- "A Very Precious Love" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
- "Volare" w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci m. Domenico Modugno
- "Waltz At Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking Of Me)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "We Belong Together" S. Weiss, Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell
- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" w.m. Bert Carroll & Russell Moody
- "What To Do" Buddy Holly
- "When" w.m. Jack Reardon & Paul Evans
- "Witch Doctor" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
- "The Wizard" David, Dane, Paul
- "Woman From Liberia" Rodgers, Whiting
- "The World Outside" Carl Sigman, Richard Addinsell
- "Yakety Yak" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "You Are Beautiful" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "You Are My Destiny" w.m. Paul Anka
- "You Cheated" w.m. Don Burch
- "Young And Warm And Wonderful" w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer
- "Zorro" w. Norman Foster m. George Burns
Classical music
(Leó Weiner - Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major
Births
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January 1 - Grandmaster Flash
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January 11 - Vicky Peterson , The Bangles
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February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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March 5 - Andy Gibb (+ 1988)
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March 8 - Gary Numan
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March 9 - Martin Fry
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April 11 - Stuart Adamson , Big Country (+ 2001)
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April 12 - Will Sergeant , Echo & The Bunnymen
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April 18 - Les Pattinson , Echo & The Bunnymen
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May 25 - Paul Weller
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May 27 - Neil Finn, Crowded House
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May 29 - Marie Fredriksson, Roxette
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June 7 - Prince
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June 17 - Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys
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June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
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July 25 - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth
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July 30 - Kate Bush
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July 31 - Bill Berry, R.E.M.
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August 3 - Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs
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August 6 - Randy DeBarge
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August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, musician, Iron Maiden
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August 16 - Madonna
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August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go's
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August 22 - Ian Mitchell , Bay City Rollers
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August 22 - Vernon Reid, Living Colour
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August 29 - Michael Jackson, Child molester
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September 22 - Joan Jett
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September 22 - Andrea Bocelli
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October 10 - Tanya Tucker
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October 13 - Derri Daugherty, The Choir, The Lost Dogs
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October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
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October 20 - Ricky Byrd , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
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October 27 - Simon Le Bon, Duran Duran
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November 10 - Frank Maudsley , A Flock of Seagulls
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November 22 - Jason Ringenberg, Jason & The Scorchers
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December 7 - Timothy Butler , Psychedelic Furs
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December 9 - Nick Seymour, Crowded House
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December 11 - Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe
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December 14 - Mike Scott, The Waterboys
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December 14 - Peter Stacy , The Pogues
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December 17 - Michael Mills , R.E.M.
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December 23 - Dave Murray, Iron Maiden
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December 23 - Victoria Williams
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December 28 - Mike McGuire , Shenandoah
- Chuck Girard , Love Song
Deaths
Awards
Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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