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1955 in music

January 30, 2023

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955.

Pete Seeger in 1955

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

In 1955, 1,615 albums and 4,542 pop singles were released in the US.[4]

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the set of charts available for 1955.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around the Clock 1955 US UK 1 – Jan 1955 (36 weeks), US Billboard 1 – May 1955 (24 weeks), US BB 1 of 1955, US CashBox 1 – Jul 1954 (31 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1955, Record Mirror 1 for 8 weeks – Nov 1955, Australia 1 for 6 weeks – Aug 1955, Germany 1 for 4 weeks – Jun 1956, UK sales 1 of the 1950s (1,390 k in 1955), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982 (1954), DDD 1 of 1954, POP 1 of 1955, DZE 1 of 1955, Flanders 2 – Nov 1955 (14 months), RYM 2 of 1954, DMDB 2 (1954), Italy 3 of 1957, UKMIX 3, nuTsie 3 of 1950s, Brazil 4 of 1956, Europe 5 of the 1950s (1955), D.Marsh 7 of 1955, Scrobulate 8 of rock & roll, RIAA 12, Germany 17 – Jun 1968 (2 months), Holland 27 – Jun 1968 (5 weeks), Belgium 30 – Jun 1974 (1 week), 41 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 49 (1954), AFI 50, Rolling Stone 158, Global 4 (20 M sold) – 1954, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500, Party 180 of 1999
2 Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 1955 US UK 1 – Jan 1956 (11 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Nov 1955 (22 weeks), US CashBox 1 – Nov 1955 (21 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 5 weeks – Jan 1956, Australia 1 for 6 weeks – Feb 1956, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1955), DZE 2 of 1955, Flanders 3 – Jan 1956 (7 months), Brazil 7 of 1956, D.Marsh 12 of 1955, RYM 13 of 1955, US BB 20 of 1955, POP 20 of 1955, DDD 49 of 1955, RIAA 83, DMDB 88 (1955), Acclaimed 276 (1955), UKMIX 933
3 The Platters Only You (And You Alone) 1955 US Italy 1 of 1957, France 1 for 13 weeks – Nov 1957, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1955), US CashBox 3 – Aug 1955 (26 weeks), US BB 4 of 1955, Brazil 4 of 1957, POP 4 of 1955, UK 5 – Sep 1956 (16 weeks), US Billboard 5 – Sep 1955 (22 weeks), D.Marsh 10 of 1955, DDD 12 of 1955, RYM 15 of 1955, Europe 22 of the 1950s (1955), nuTsie 88 of 1950s, Acclaimed 643 (1955), Party 271 of 1999
4 Pérez Prado Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) 1955 US UK 1 – Mar 1955 (17 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Mar 1955 (26 weeks), Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Jul 1955, Germany 1 for 7 weeks – Oct 1955, US CashBox 2 – Mar 1955 (29 weeks), Flanders 2 – Apr 1955 (5 months), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1955, Brazil 4 of 1955, US BB 7 of 1955, POP 7 of 1955, RYM 27 of 1955, DDD 68 of 1955, UKMIX 188
5 Four Aces Love is a Many Splendoured Thing 1955 US US Billboard 1 – Aug 1955 (21 weeks), US CashBox 1 – Aug 1955 (29 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 1 week – Jan 1956, Oscar in 1955 (film 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing'), UK 2 – Nov 1955 (13 weeks), Peel list 2 of 1955, Italy 3 of 1956, DZE 3 of 1955, US BB 9 of 1955, POP 9 of 1955, Flanders 13 – Dec 1955 (3 months), RYM 29 of 1955, UKMIX 550

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1955.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
January 22, 1955 2 "Let Me Go, Lover!" Joan Weber
February 5, 1955 1 "Hearts of Stone" The Fontane Sisters
February 12, 1955 6 "Sincerely" The McGuire Sisters
March 26, 1955 5 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Bill Hayes
April 30, 1955 10 "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" Pérez Prado
July 9, 1955 8 "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
September 3, 1955 5 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mitch Miller
October 8, 1955 1 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces
October 15, 1955 1 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mitch Miller
October 22, 1955 1 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces
October 29, 1955 4 "Autumn Leaves" Roger Williams
November 26, 1955 7 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford

Top hits on record

Top R&B and country hits on record

Published popular music

Other notable songs

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Berio, Luciano Mimusique No. 2 1955-10-25 Bergamo, Italy Albertini, Cacciari, Carpi, Chazalettes, Consonni, Nogara, Pistone, Ridoni, Tortorella, Zovianoff – Maderna[5]
Blacher, Boris Viola Concerto 1955-03-14 Cologne, Germany Wolf / ? – Sawallisch[6]
Bliss, Sir Arthur Meditation on a Theme by John Blow (orchestral) 1955-12-13 Birmingham, UK (Town Hall) City of Birmingham Symphony – Rudolf Schwarz[7][8]
Bliss, Sir Arthur Violin Concerto 1955-05-11 London, UK London Symphony – Sargent[9][10][11]
Boulez, Pierre Le Marteau sans maître 1955-08-16 Baden-Baden, Germany Plate / members of SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[12]
Boulez, Pierre Sonatine for flute and piano 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Redel, Loriod[13]
Enescu, George Chamber Symphony, Op. 33 1955-01-23 Paris Association of Chamber Music Concerts of Paris – Obradous[14]
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich Atlantische Ballade for soprano, baritone, and string quartet 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Stix, Rehfuss, Drolc Quartet[15]
Finzi, Gerald Cello Concerto 1955-07-19 Cheltenham, UK (Festival) Bunting / Hallé Orchestra – Barbirolli[16]
Fricker, Peter Racine Three Movements for viola solo 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Zug[15]
Gerhard, Roberto Symphony No. 1 1955-06-21 Baden-Baden, Germany (ISCM Festival) SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[17][18]
Hanson, Howard Sinfonia sacra (Symphony No. 5) 1955-02-18 Philadelphia, US Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[19]
Heiss, Hermann Sinfonia giocosa 1955-06-04 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Landestheater-Orchester Darmstadt – Sanzogno[20]
Helm, Everett B. Eight minutes for two pianos 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Seemann, Schröter[15]
Hovhaness, Alan Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain 1955-10-31 Houston, US Houston Symphony – Stokowski[21]
Klebe, Giselher Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, Op. 20 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Kolisch[13]
Leibowitz, René Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra 1955-06-04 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Mann / Landestheater-Orchester Darmstadt – Sanzogno[20]
Lutoslawski, Witold Dance Preludes for clarinet and piano[a] 1955-02-15 Warsaw, Poland Kurkiewicz, Nadgryzowski[23]
Maderna, Bruno String Quartet 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Drolc Quartet[13]
Martinů, Bohuslav Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) 1955-01-05 Boston, US Boston Symphony – Munch[24]
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 6 1955-10-07 Boston, US Boston Symphony – Munch[25]
Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 7 1955-09-13 Venice, Italy (Biennale) INR Orchestra – André[26]
Montsalvatge, Xavier Calidoscopi simfònic 1955-05-06 Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Municipal Orchestra – Toldrà[27]
Nono, Luigi Canti per tredici 1955-03-26 Paris Domaine Musical – Boulez[28]
Nono, Luigi Incontri 1955-05-30 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[29]
Piston, Walter Symphony No. 6 1955-11-25 Boston, US Boston Symphony – Munch[25]
Rodrigo, Joaquín Pavana real, ballet 1955-12-19 Barcelona, Spain Liceu Symphony – Sardó[30]
Sauguet, Henri Symphony No. 3, I.N.R. 1955-09-13 Venice, Italy (Biennale) Belgian Radio Orchestra – André[26]
Schuman, William Credendum 1955-11-04 Cincinnati, US Cincinnati Symphony – Johnson[31]
Shostakovich, Dmitri From Jewish Folk Poetry (1948) 1955-01-15 Leningrad, Russia Dorliak, Dolukhanova, Maslennikov, Shostakovich [32]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Violin Concerto No. 1 1955-10-29 Leningrad, Russia Oistrakh / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[33]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Klavierstücke VI–VIII[b] 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Mercenier[36]
Tansman, Alexandre Concerto for Orchestra 1955-09-13 Venice, Italy (Biennale) Belgian Radio Orchestra – André[26]
Tippett, Michael Sonata for Four Horns 1955-12-20 London, UK Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble[37]
Toch, Ernst Symphony No. 3 – [1956 Pulitzer] 1955-12-02 Pittsburgh, US Pittsburgh Symphony – Steinberg[38]
Togni, Camillo Helian for soprano and piano 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Stix, Togni[13]
Tubin, Eduard Symphony No. 6 1955-09-30 Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Radio Symphony – Mann[39]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Cello Concerto No. 2 1955-02-05 New York City Parisot / New York Philharmonic – Hendl[40]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Harp Concerto 1955-01-14 Philadelphia, US Zabaleta / Philadelphia Orchestra – Villa-Lobos[41]
Waxman, Franz Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani 1955-10-30 Zürich, Switzerland Zurich Radio Symphony – Liebermann[42]
Xenakis, Iannis Metastaseis 1955-10-16 Donaueschingen, Germany (Musiktage) SWF Symphony – Rosbaud[43]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Perspektiven for two pianos 1955-06-01 Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) Rossmann, Maderna[15]
  1. ^ A second version for clarinet and chamber orchestra is recorded this year by Alojcy Szulc and the Polish National Radio Symphony conducted by Jan Krenz, though it does not receive a concert premiere until the 1963 Aldeburgh Festival.[22]
  2. ^ Official premieres. In fact, Klavierstücke VII and VIII had been performed already by David Tudor in New York on 15 December 1954.[34] Mercenier claimed not to have performed VI at all, though a recording of the performance in the Darmstadt archives includes a truncated version of it, as well as a failed attempt at VII disrupted by a sustained audience disturbance after three pages. After an intervention by Luigi Nono. Mercenier made a second attempt to perform the piece, but was once again obliged to stop when she could not hear what she was playing because of the audience uproar.[35]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1955 in jazz

Musical theater

 
Composer Leonard Bernstein in 1955.

Musical films

Musical television

  • Heidi – television production
  • Our Town – television production
  • Together With Music – CBS television production by Noël Coward

Births

Deaths

 
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955 List of years in music table 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 In radio 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 In television 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 In film 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Pete Seeger in 1955 Contents 1 Specific locations 2 Specific genres 3 Events 4 Albums released 5 Biggest hit singles 6 US No 1 hit singles 7 Top hits on record 8 Top R amp B and country hits on record 9 Published popular music 10 Other notable songs 11 Classical music 11 1 Premieres 11 2 Compositions 12 Opera 13 Jazz 14 Musical theater 15 Musical films 16 Musical television 17 Births 18 Deaths 19 ReferencesSpecific locations Edit1955 in British music 1955 in Norwegian musicSpecific genres Edit1955 in country music 1955 in jazzEvents EditJanuary 1 RCA Victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT The label drops the list price on LPs from 5 95 to 3 98 EPs from 4 95 to 2 98 45 EPs from 1 58 to 1 49 and 45 s from 1 16 to 89 Other record labels follow RCA s lead and begin to drop prices as well January 7 Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley amp His Comets first appears on the British charts January 14 In New York City Alan Freed produces the first rock and roll concert January 27 Michael Tippett s opera The Midsummer Marriage is premiered at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London conducted by John Pritchard with designs by Barbara Hepworth and choreography by John Cranko it arouses controversy 1 February 19 Dot Records introduces a new singer Pat Boone with an advertisement in Billboard magazine calling him a great new voice His first record for Dot Records is Two Hearts Two Kisses One Love February 24 Carlisle Floyd s opera Susannah is premiered in the Ruby Diamond Auditorium of Florida State University Tallahassee with Phyllis Curtin in the title role February 26 For the first time since their introduction in 1949 45 rpm discs begin to outsell standard 78s February Kay Starr leaves Capitol to sign with RCA March 3 Italian soprano Mirella Freni makes her operatic debut as Micaela in Carmen at the Teatro Municipale in her native Modena March 7 The Broadway production of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin is presented on American television for the first time by NBC TV with its original cast as an installment of Producers Showcase It is also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV almost exactly as it was performed on stage This program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to this time and becomes one of the first great TV family musical classics March 15 Colonel Tom Parker becomes Elvis Presley s de facto manager March 19 The film Blackboard Jungle is premiered in New York City featuring Bill Haley amp His Comets Rock Around the Clock over the opening credits the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film March 22 Decca Records signs DJ Alan Freed as an A amp R man March 26 Bill Hayes tops the US charts for five weeks with The Ballad of Davy Crockett and starts a fake coonskin cap craze April 14 Imperial Records in the United States release Ain t That a Shame by Fats Domino co written with Dave Bartholomew It reaches 1 in the R amp B chart and becomes over time a million seller bringing Domino to prominence and giving his work covers by white artists Pat Boone makes this song a Billboard number one single of 1955 for jukebox play May 13 First riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville Florida May 21 Chuck Berry records his first single Maybellene for Chess Records in Chicago May 22 Bridgeport Connecticut authorities cancel a rock concert to be headlined by Fats Domino for fear of a riot breaking out June The 29th International Society for Contemporary Music Festival takes place in Baden Baden The newly formed Netherlands Chamber Orchestra gives its first performance at the Holland Festival June 2 Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon s marry June 16 Glenn Gould completes his recording of Bach s Goldberg Variations 2 June 18 Pearl Carr amp Teddy Johnson marry in the U K Pierre Boulez s influential composition Le marteau sans maitre The hammer without a master for contralto and six instrumentalists is premiered in its first revised version at the International Society for Contemporary Music Festival in Baden Baden at the insistence of Heinrich Strobel 3 July 9 Rock Around the Clock becomes the first Rock and roll single to reach Number One on the American charts July 13 The Beaux Arts Trio make their debut at the Berkshire Music Festival August 8 Luigi Nono marries Arnold Schoenberg s daughter Nuria in Venice 3 August 19 WINS radio station in New York City adopts a policy of not playing white cover versions of black R amp B songs August 31 A Londoner is fined for creating an abominable noise for playing Shake Rattle and Roll at top volume September 3 Little Richard records Tutti Frutti in New Orleans with significantly cleaned up lyrics originally Tutti Frutti good booty among other things it is released in October September 26 America s Sweethearts singers Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds marry October 15 Elvis Presley plays a concert in Lubbock Texas Opening act is local duo Buddy and Bob Buddy being future rock star Buddy Holly October 20 Disc jockey Bill Randle of WERE Cleveland is the key presenter of a concert at Brooklyn High School Ohio featuring Pat Boone and Bill Haley amp His Comets and opening with Elvis Presley not only Elvis s first performance north of the Mason Dixon line but also his first filmed performance for a documentary on Randle titled The Pied Piper of Cleveland October 29 Dmitri Shostakovich s Violin Concerto No 1 originally completed in 1948 is premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with its dedicatee David Oistrakh as soloist November 4 William Schuman s orchestral piece Credendum Article of Faith commissioned by UNESCO is premiered in Cincinnati November 12 Billboard magazine DJ poll names Elvis Presley as the most promising new country and western singer November 20 Bo Diddley makes his debut TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS television November 22 Colonel Tom Parker signs Elvis Presley to RCA Records November 29 Juan Jose Castro conducts the UK premiere of Carlos Chavez s Symphony No 3 at the Maida Vale Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra December 15 Sun Records releases Folsom Prison Blues recorded by Johnny Cash on July 30 Christmas The Temperance Seven is founded as a jazz band initially comprising three members from the Chelsea School of Art in London Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel write their first song The Girl For Me copyrighted with the Library of Congress in 1956 and begin singing together as a duo while still in high school in New York City Nine year old Al Green forms a gospel quartet the Green Brothers Clyde McPhatter launches a solo career Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno meet and start their songwriting partnership Astor Piazzolla returning to Argentina from his studies with Nadia Boulanger forms his string orchestra Orquesta de Cuerdas and octet Octeto Buenos Aires and introduces the nuevo tango style 3 Indian santoor player Shivkumar Sharma gives his first public performance in Bombay Etta James makes her debut with The Wallflower Dance with Me Henry which tops the R amp B Chart but is considered too risque for pop radio The song is subsequently covered by Georgia Gibbs in a sanitized version where the line Roll with me Henry is changed to Dance with me Henry Publication of Neue Mozart Ausgabe begins Albums released EditIn 1955 1 615 albums and 4 542 pop singles were released in the US 4 And I Thought About You Patti Page At the Cafe Bohemia Vol 1 The Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia Vol 2 The Jazz Messengers Day Dreams Doris Day Blue Moods Miles Davis Brute Force Steel Bands of Antigua B W I Christmas with Patti Page Patti Page Clifford Brown with Strings Clifford Brown Cloud 7 Tony Bennett Concert by the Sea Erroll Garner Dinner in Caracas Aldemaro Romero Doris Day in Hollywood Doris Day Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs Eddie Fisher Especially for You Teresa Brewer Four Brothers Ames Brothers Happy Holiday Jo Stafford The Hi Lo s I Presume The Hi Lo s I Cry for You Johnnie Ray I Love You Eddie Fisher In a Blue Mood Kay Starr In a Romantic Mood Oscar Peterson In the Land of Hi Fi Sarah Vaughan In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra Jazz Spectacular Frankie Laine amp Buck Clayton Julie Is Her Name Julie London Love Me or Leave Me Doris Day Lovers Laine Frankie Laine Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant Betty Carter and Ray Bryant Memory Songs Jo Stafford Moments to Remember The Four Lads Music Ala Carte The Crew Cuts The Musings of Miles Miles Davis Noel Coward at Las Vegas Noel Coward Oklahoma Original Broadway Cast Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie Oscar Peterson The One the Only Kay Starr Kay Starr Quintet Sextet Miles Davis Rain or Shine Dick Haymes Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley amp His Comets Romance on the Range Patti Page Satch Plays Fats Louis Armstrong Shake Rattle and Roll Bill Haley amp His Comets So Smooth Perry Como Soft and Sentimental Jo Stafford Songs of Scotland Jo Stafford Songs from Pete Kelly s Blues Peggy Lee Ella Fitzgerald Starring Sammy Davis Jr Sammy Davis Jr Study in Brown Clifford Brown and Max Roach Swingin Down Yonder Dean Martin Symphony No 10 Shostakovich Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York Dimitri Mitropoulos conductor 12 inch LP Columbia Masterworks ML 4959 Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Voice of our Choice Guy Mitchell The Waltz Queen Patti PageBiggest hit singles EditThe following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the set of charts available for 1955 Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries1 Bill Haley amp His Comets Rock Around the Clock 1955 US UK 1 Jan 1955 36 weeks US Billboard 1 May 1955 24 weeks US BB 1 of 1955 US CashBox 1 Jul 1954 31 weeks Your Hit Parade 1 of 1955 Record Mirror 1 for 8 weeks Nov 1955 Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1955 Germany 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1956 UK sales 1 of the 1950s 1 390 k in 1955 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982 1954 DDD 1 of 1954 POP 1 of 1955 DZE 1 of 1955 Flanders 2 Nov 1955 14 months RYM 2 of 1954 DMDB 2 1954 Italy 3 of 1957 UKMIX 3 nuTsie 3 of 1950s Brazil 4 of 1956 Europe 5 of the 1950s 1955 D Marsh 7 of 1955 Scrobulate 8 of rock amp roll RIAA 12 Germany 17 Jun 1968 2 months Holland 27 Jun 1968 5 weeks Belgium 30 Jun 1974 1 week 41 in 2FM list Acclaimed 49 1954 AFI 50 Rolling Stone 158 Global 4 20 M sold 1954 one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Party 180 of 19992 Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 1955 US UK 1 Jan 1956 11 weeks US Billboard 1 Nov 1955 22 weeks US CashBox 1 Nov 1955 21 weeks Record Mirror 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1956 Australia 1 for 6 weeks Feb 1956 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 1955 DZE 2 of 1955 Flanders 3 Jan 1956 7 months Brazil 7 of 1956 D Marsh 12 of 1955 RYM 13 of 1955 US BB 20 of 1955 POP 20 of 1955 DDD 49 of 1955 RIAA 83 DMDB 88 1955 Acclaimed 276 1955 UKMIX 9333 The Platters Only You And You Alone 1955 US Italy 1 of 1957 France 1 for 13 weeks Nov 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 1955 US CashBox 3 Aug 1955 26 weeks US BB 4 of 1955 Brazil 4 of 1957 POP 4 of 1955 UK 5 Sep 1956 16 weeks US Billboard 5 Sep 1955 22 weeks D Marsh 10 of 1955 DDD 12 of 1955 RYM 15 of 1955 Europe 22 of the 1950s 1955 nuTsie 88 of 1950s Acclaimed 643 1955 Party 271 of 19994 Perez Prado Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White 1955 US UK 1 Mar 1955 17 weeks US Billboard 1 Mar 1955 26 weeks Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1955 Germany 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1955 US CashBox 2 Mar 1955 29 weeks Flanders 2 Apr 1955 5 months Your Hit Parade 3 of 1955 Brazil 4 of 1955 US BB 7 of 1955 POP 7 of 1955 RYM 27 of 1955 DDD 68 of 1955 UKMIX 1885 Four Aces Love is a Many Splendoured Thing 1955 US US Billboard 1 Aug 1955 21 weeks US CashBox 1 Aug 1955 29 weeks Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 1 week Jan 1956 Oscar in 1955 film Love is a Many Splendored Thing UK 2 Nov 1955 13 weeks Peel list 2 of 1955 Italy 3 of 1956 DZE 3 of 1955 US BB 9 of 1955 POP 9 of 1955 Flanders 13 Dec 1955 3 months RYM 29 of 1955 UKMIX 550US No 1 hit singles EditThese singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine s charts in 1955 First week Number of weeks Title ArtistJanuary 22 1955 2 Let Me Go Lover Joan WeberFebruary 5 1955 1 Hearts of Stone The Fontane SistersFebruary 12 1955 6 Sincerely The McGuire SistersMarch 26 1955 5 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Bill HayesApril 30 1955 10 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Perez PradoJuly 9 1955 8 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley amp His CometsSeptember 3 1955 5 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch MillerOctober 8 1955 1 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing The Four AcesOctober 15 1955 1 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch MillerOctober 22 1955 1 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing The Four AcesOctober 29 1955 4 Autumn Leaves Roger WilliamsNovember 26 1955 7 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie FordTop hits on record Edit Ain t That A Shame Pat Boone Arrivederci Roma Georgia Gibbs Baby Let s Play House Elvis Presley Band Of Gold Don Cherry A Blossom Fell If I May Nat King Cole The Crazy Otto Medley Johnny Maddox Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez Prado Cool Water Frankie Laine Croce Di Oro Patti Page Cry Me a River Julie London Danger Heartbreak Ahead Jaye P Morgan Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup Nat King Cole Der Mond halt seine Wacht Peter Alexander Earth Angel The Crew Cuts Gum Drop The Crew Cuts The Great Pretender The Platters Hawkeye Frankie Laine He recorded by Al Hibbler McGuire Sisters Heart Eddie Fisher Honey Babe Art Mooney and His Orchestra How Important Can It Be Joni James Hummingbird recorded by Frankie Laine Les Paul and Mary Ford I Hear You Knocking Gale Storm I Need You Now Eddie Fisher I Want You to Be My Baby Georgia Gibbs If I Give My Heart to You recorded by Doris Day Denise Lor In The Beginning Frankie Laine It s A Sin To Tell A Lie Somethin Smith and the Redheads Learnin the Blues Frank Sinatra Let Me Go Lover Joan Weber Let s Go Fishin Frankie Laine amp Jimmy Boyd Love Is A Many Splendored Thing The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts Love Me or Leave Me Doris Day Maybellene Chuck Berry Melody of Love Billy Vaughn Mera Joota Hai Japani Mukesh Memories Are Made Of This Dean Martin Moments to Remember The Four Lads My Friend Frankie Laine Never Look Back Doris Day Only You And You Alone The Platters Playmates The Fontane Sisters Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley amp His Comets Rock And Roll Waltz Kay Starr Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan Same Old Saturday Night Frank Sinatra Seventeen recorded by Boyd Bennett and His Rockets The Fontane Sisters Sincerely McGuire Sisters also in 1954 Sixteen Tons recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford Frankie Laine Smack Dab In The Middle The Mills Brothers Sur ma vie Charles Aznavour Speedoo The Cadillacs Stars Fell On Alabama Frankie Laine amp Buck Clayton Suddenly There s A Valley Gogi Grant Teen Age Prayer recorded by Gale Storm Gloria Mann That Old Feeling recorded by Frankie Laine amp Buck Clayton Patti Page That s All I Want from You Jaye P Morgan Unchained Melody recorded by Les Baxter Roy Hamilton Al Hibbler Jimmy Young Vecchio Frac Domenico Modugno The Wallflower Etta James A Woman in Love Frankie Laine The Yellow Rose Of Texas Mitch Miller amp The Gang You Are My Love Joni JamesTop R amp B and country hits on record Edit Ain t That a Shame Fats Domino Close Your Eyes The Five Keys Earth Angel The Penguins Flip Flop and Fly Big Joe Turner Lonely Nights The Hearts Love Love Love Webb Pierce Silver Threads and Golden Needles Wanda Jackson Tutti Frutti Little Richard Tweedle Dee LaVern Baker The Wallflower Etta James At My Front Door The El DoradosPublished popular music Edit Adelaide w m Frank Loesser Ain t That a Shame w m Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew Ain t That Lovin You Baby w m Jimmy Reed All At Once You Love Her w Oscar Hammerstein II m Richard Rodgers Arrivederci Roma w Eng Carl Sigman m Renato Ranucci Ballad Of Davy Crockett w Tom Blackburn m George Bruns Band of Gold w Bob Musel m Jack Taylor The Bible Tells Me So w m Dale Evans Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots w m Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Blue Monday w m Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew Blue Star w Edward Heyman m Victor Young Blue Suede Shoes w m Carl Perkins Bo Diddley w m Ellas McDaniel Charlie Brown w m Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Christmas Alphabet Buddy Kaye Jules Loman Dance with Me Henry w m Johnny Otis Hank Ballard and Etta James aka Wallflower Day O The Banana Boat Song trad West Indies arr William Attaway and Irving Burgie aka Lord Burgess Domani w Tony Velona m Ulpio Minucci Don t Be Angry w m Nappy Brown Rose Marie McCoy and Fred Mendelsohn Dreamboat w m Jack Hoffman Dungaree Doll w Ben Raleigh m Sherman Edwards En Tu Reja m Aldemaro Romero arranged for accordion quartet by John Serry Sr Folsom Prison Blues w m Johnny Cash Forever Darling w Sammy Cahn m Bronislau Kaper Introduced by Desi Arnaz in the 1956 film Forever Darling The Great Pretender w m Buck Ram Hallelujah I Love Her So w m Ray Charles He w Richard Mullan m Jack Richards He s a Tramp w m Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film Lady and the Tramp Heart w m Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Hey Mister Banjo w m Freddy Morgan and Norman Malkin I Hear You Knocking w m Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King Holiday in Rio m Terig Tucci arranged for accordion quartet by John Serry Sr I Never Has Seen Snow w Truman Capote and Harold Arlen m Harold Arlen I ll Never Stop Loving You w Sammy Cahn m Nicholas Brodszky Introduced by Doris Day in the film Love Me or Leave Me I m in Love Again w m Fats Dominio and Dave Bartholomew In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning w Bob Hilliard m Dave Mann Innamorata w Jack Brooks m Harry Warren Introduced by Dean Martin in the film Artists and Models It s Almost Tomorrow w Wade Buff m Gene Adkinson Jamaica Farewell w m Lord Burgess Jim Dandy w m Lincoln Chase Ko Ko Mo I Love You So w m Forest Wilson Jake Porter and Eunice Levy Learnin The Blues w m Dolores Vicki Silvers Life Could Not Better Be w m Sylvia Fine and Sammy Cahn Introduced by Danny Kaye in the film The Court Jester Little One 1956 song w m Cole Porter Love and Marriage w Sammy Cahn m Jimmy Van Heusen Love Is a Many Splendored Thing w Paul Francis Webster m Sammy Fain Monolas m Manolo Escobar arranged for accordion quartet by John Serry Sr Maybellene w m Chuck Berry Russ Frato and Alan Freed Memories Are Made of This w m Terry Gilkyson Rich Dehr and Frank Miller Mind if I Make Love to You w m Cole Porter Moments To Remember w Al Stillman m Robert Allen Mr Wonderful w m Jerry Bock George David Weiss and Larry Holofcener My Boy Flat Top w m Boyd Bennett and John Young Jr No Not Much w Al Stillman m Robert Allen Once a Year Day w m Richard Adler and Jerry Ross from the musical The Pajama Game An Occasional Man w m Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin Introduced by Gloria DeHaven in the film The Girl Rush Paper Roses w Janice Torre m Fred Spielman Pet Me Poppa w m Frank Loesser Pete Kelly s Blues w Sammy Cahn m Ray Heindorf Relax Ay Voo Sammy Cahn and Arthur Schwartz Robin Hood w m Carl Sigman Theme song of the Television series starring Richard Greene The Rock and Roll Waltz w Dick Ware m Shorty Allen Rock A Beatin Boogie w m Bill Haley Same Old Saturday Night w Sammy Cahn m Frank Reardon See You Later Alligator w m Robert Guidry Seven and a Half Cents w m Richard Adler and Jerry Ross The Siamese Cat Song w m Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film Lady and the Tramp A Sleepin Bee w Truman Capote and Harold Arlen m Harold Arlen Introduced in the musical House of Flowers by Diahann Carroll Ada Moore Dolores Harper and Enid Mosier Smokey Joe s Cafe w m Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Softly Softly Pierre Dudan Paddy Roberts and Mark Paul Something s Gotta Give w m Johnny Mercer Introduced by Fred Astaire in the musical film Daddy Long Legs Speedoo w m Esther Navarro Stereophonic Sound w m Cole Porter from the musical Silk Stockings A Story Untold Leroy Griffin Suddenly There s a Valley w m Chuck Meyer and Biff Jones Tango Verde m Aldemaro Romero arranger John Serry Sr for accordion quartet Love Is The Tender Trap w Sammy Cahn m Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film The Tender Trap Theme from East Of Eden m Leonard Rosenman Tina Marie w m Bob Merrill Tutti Frutti w m Richard Penniman D La Bostrie and Joe Lubin Two Lost Souls w m Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Introduced by Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass in the musical Damn Yankees Unchained Melody w Hy Zaret m Alex North Wake the Town and Tell the People w Sammy Gallop m Jerry Livingston The Wallflower aka Dance With Me Henry w m Johnny Otis Hank Ballard and Etta James Whatever Lola Wants w m Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Introduced by Gwen Verdon in the musical Damn Yankees Gwen also performed the song in the 1958 film version Why Do Fools Fall in Love w m Frankie Lymon and George Goldner A Woman in Love w m Frank Loesser You Are My Love w m Jimmie Nabbie You Don t Know Me w m Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold You re Sensational w m Cole Porter Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the musical film High SocietyOther notable songs Edit Mera Joota Hai Japani by Shankar Jaikishan Moscow Nights by Vasily Solovyov Sedoy and Mikhail Matusovsky Satumaa by Unto MononenClassical music EditPremieres Edit Sortable table Composer Composition Date Location PerformersBerio Luciano Mimusique No 2 1955 10 25 Bergamo Italy Albertini Cacciari Carpi Chazalettes Consonni Nogara Pistone Ridoni Tortorella Zovianoff Maderna 5 Blacher Boris Viola Concerto 1955 03 14 Cologne Germany Wolf Sawallisch 6 Bliss Sir Arthur Meditation on a Theme by John Blow orchestral 1955 12 13 Birmingham UK Town Hall City of Birmingham Symphony Rudolf Schwarz 7 8 Bliss Sir Arthur Violin Concerto 1955 05 11 London UK London Symphony Sargent 9 10 11 Boulez Pierre Le Marteau sans maitre 1955 08 16 Baden Baden Germany Plate members of SWF Symphony Rosbaud 12 Boulez Pierre Sonatine for flute and piano 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Redel Loriod 13 Enescu George Chamber Symphony Op 33 1955 01 23 Paris Association of Chamber Music Concerts of Paris Obradous 14 Engelmann Hans Ulrich Atlantische Ballade for soprano baritone and string quartet 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Stix Rehfuss Drolc Quartet 15 Finzi Gerald Cello Concerto 1955 07 19 Cheltenham UK Festival Bunting Halle Orchestra Barbirolli 16 Fricker Peter Racine Three Movements for viola solo 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Zug 15 Gerhard Roberto Symphony No 1 1955 06 21 Baden Baden Germany ISCM Festival SWF Symphony Rosbaud 17 18 Hanson Howard Sinfonia sacra Symphony No 5 1955 02 18 Philadelphia US Philadelphia Orchestra Ormandy 19 Heiss Hermann Sinfonia giocosa 1955 06 04 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Landestheater Orchester Darmstadt Sanzogno 20 Helm Everett B Eight minutes for two pianos 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Seemann Schroter 15 Hovhaness Alan Symphony No 2 Mysterious Mountain 1955 10 31 Houston US Houston Symphony Stokowski 21 Klebe Giselher Sonata No 2 for solo violin Op 20 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Kolisch 13 Leibowitz Rene Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra 1955 06 04 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Mann Landestheater Orchester Darmstadt Sanzogno 20 Lutoslawski Witold Dance Preludes for clarinet and piano a 1955 02 15 Warsaw Poland Kurkiewicz Nadgryzowski 23 Maderna Bruno String Quartet 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Drolc Quartet 13 Martinu Bohuslav Fantaisies symphoniques Symphony No 6 1955 01 05 Boston US Boston Symphony Munch 24 Milhaud Darius Symphony No 6 1955 10 07 Boston US Boston Symphony Munch 25 Milhaud Darius Symphony No 7 1955 09 13 Venice Italy Biennale INR Orchestra Andre 26 Montsalvatge Xavier Calidoscopi simfonic 1955 05 06 Barcelona Spain Barcelona Municipal Orchestra Toldra 27 Nono Luigi Canti per tredici 1955 03 26 Paris Domaine Musical Boulez 28 Nono Luigi Incontri 1955 05 30 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse SWF Symphony Rosbaud 29 Piston Walter Symphony No 6 1955 11 25 Boston US Boston Symphony Munch 25 Rodrigo Joaquin Pavana real ballet 1955 12 19 Barcelona Spain Liceu Symphony Sardo 30 Sauguet Henri Symphony No 3 I N R 1955 09 13 Venice Italy Biennale Belgian Radio Orchestra Andre 26 Schuman William Credendum 1955 11 04 Cincinnati US Cincinnati Symphony Johnson 31 Shostakovich Dmitri From Jewish Folk Poetry 1948 1955 01 15 Leningrad Russia Dorliak Dolukhanova Maslennikov Shostakovich 32 Shostakovich Dmitri Violin Concerto No 1 1955 10 29 Leningrad Russia Oistrakh Leningrad Philharmonic Mravinsky 33 Stockhausen Karlheinz Klavierstucke VI VIII b 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Mercenier 36 Tansman Alexandre Concerto for Orchestra 1955 09 13 Venice Italy Biennale Belgian Radio Orchestra Andre 26 Tippett Michael Sonata for Four Horns 1955 12 20 London UK Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 37 Toch Ernst Symphony No 3 1956 Pulitzer 1955 12 02 Pittsburgh US Pittsburgh Symphony Steinberg 38 Togni Camillo Helian for soprano and piano 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Stix Togni 13 Tubin Eduard Symphony No 6 1955 09 30 Stockholm Sweden Swedish Radio Symphony Mann 39 Villa Lobos Heitor Cello Concerto No 2 1955 02 05 New York City Parisot New York Philharmonic Hendl 40 Villa Lobos Heitor Harp Concerto 1955 01 14 Philadelphia US Zabaleta Philadelphia Orchestra Villa Lobos 41 Waxman Franz Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani 1955 10 30 Zurich Switzerland Zurich Radio Symphony Liebermann 42 Xenakis Iannis Metastaseis 1955 10 16 Donaueschingen Germany Musiktage SWF Symphony Rosbaud 43 Zimmermann Bernd Alois Perspektiven for two pianos 1955 06 01 Darmstadt Germany Ferienkurse Rossmann Maderna 15 A second version for clarinet and chamber orchestra is recorded this year by Alojcy Szulc and the Polish National Radio Symphony conducted by Jan Krenz though it does not receive a concert premiere until the 1963 Aldeburgh Festival 22 Official premieres In fact Klavierstucke VII and VIII had been performed already by David Tudor in New York on 15 December 1954 34 Mercenier claimed not to have performed VI at all though a recording of the performance in the Darmstadt archives includes a truncated version of it as well as a failed attempt at VII disrupted by a sustained audience disturbance after three pages After an intervention by Luigi Nono Mercenier made a second attempt to perform the piece but was once again obliged to stop when she could not hear what she was playing because of the audience uproar 35 Compositions Edit Milton Babbitt Sonnets 2 for baritone voice clarinet viola and cello Jean Barraque Sequence Luciano Berio Mimusique No 2 for orchestra Mutazione for tape Quartetto Variazione for chamber orchestra Arthur Bliss Meditations on a Theme by John Blow Op 118 Violin Concerto Op 111 Ernest Bloch Proclamation B 91 Pierre Boulez Le Marteau sans maitre York Bowen Rhapsody for Viola and Piano in G Major Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Tre Preludi mediterranei Op 176 Escarraman Op 177 Eric Coates The Dam Busters March Henry Cowell Symphony No 12 George Crumb Diptych for orchestra Sonata for solo cello Mario Davidovsky Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Suite Sinfonica Para El Payaso for orchestra Einar Englund Piano Concerto No 1 Ferenc Farkas Bukki Varlatok Gerald Finzi Cello Concerto Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Four Preludes Op 1 Toccata Op 2 for two pianos Camargo Guarnieri Poemas afro brasileiros 3 for voice and orchestra Ponteios vol 3 for piano Sonata No 2 for cello and piano Songs 2 for voice and piano Howard Hanson Symphony No 5 Op 43 Sinfonia Sacra premiered February 18 in Philadelphia Hans Werner Henze Symphony No 4 Vagn Holmboe String Quartet No 5 Op 66 Cantata No 9 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No 2 Mysterious Mountain Wojciech Kilar Small Overture Little Overture for symphony orchestra Symphony for Strings Zoltan Kodaly Nemzeti dal Osvaldo Lacerda Miniaturas de Adelmar Tavares 4 for voice and piano Witold Lutoslawski Dance Preludes 2nd version for clarinet and chamber group Bohuslav Martinu Gilgames choral work based on the Epic of Gilgamesh The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca Les fresques de Piero della Francesca orchestral composed Oboe Concerto Darius Milhaud Symphony No 6 Luigi Nono Canti per tredeci for 13 instruments Incontri for 24 instruments Per Norgard Symphony No 1 Sinfonia austera Trio No 1 Op 15 Walter Piston Symphony No 6 Edmund Rubbra Piano Concerto William Schuman Credendum John Serry Sr American Rhapsody for Stradella Accordion Petite Tango for Stradella Accordion Tarantella for Stradella Accordion revised Fela Sowande African Suite for string orchestra 44 Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstucke V VIII Igor Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum Alexandre Tansman Concerto for Orchestra Capriccio for Orchestra Michael Tippett Piano Concerto composition completed Sonata for Four Horns Ernst Toch Symphony No 3 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 8 in D minor Heitor Villa Lobos String Quartet No 16 Symphony No 11 William Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture Score for Richard III film Franz Waxman Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani Iannis Xenakis Pithoprakta for orchestraOpera EditCarlisle Floyd Susannah premiered February 24 at Florida State University Tallahassee Lukas Foss Griffelkin opera in three acts libretto by A Reed after H Foss premiered November 6 on NBC television in the United States Dmitry Kabalevsky Nikita Vershinin premiered November 26 at Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Darius Milhaud Agamemnon and Les choephores from the Oresteia trilogy premiered May 29 at Landestheater Darmstadt Germany Alexis Roland Manuel Jeanne d Arc Michael Tippett The Midsummer Marriage premiered January 27 at Royal Opera House Covent Garden London Jazz EditMain article 1955 in jazzMusical theater Edit Composer Leonard Bernstein in 1955 The Amazing Adele Philadelphia production Ankles Aweigh Broadway production Catch A Star Broadway production Damn Yankees Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Broadway production Kismet London production opens at the Stoll Theatre on April 20 and runs for 648 performances The Pajama Game Richard Adler and Jerry Ross London production opens at the Coliseum on October 13 and runs for 501 performances Phoenix 55 Broadway production Pipe Dream Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway production Plain and Fancy Broadway production Romance in Candlelight London production opens at the Piccadilly Theatre on September 15 and runs for 53 performances Seventh Heaven Broadway production opens at the ANTA Playhouse on May 26 and runs for 44 performances Shoestring Revue Broadway production Silk Stockings Broadway production Wonderful Town Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green London production opens at the Princes Theatre on February 24 and runs for 207 performancesMusical films EditArtists and Models released November 7 starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis As Long as They re Happy starring Jack Buchanan Janette Scott Jeannie Carson Jerry Wayne Diana Dors and Joan Sims The Benny Goodman Story Daddy Long Legs Gentlemen Marry Brunettes The Girl Rush starring Rosalind Russell Fernando Lamas Eddie Albert and Gloria DeHaven Guys and Dolls released November 3 starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando It s Always Fair Weather Jupiter s Darling starring Howard Keel Esther Williams Marge Champion and Gower Champion King s Rhapsody starring Anna Neagle and Errol Flynn Kismet Lady and the Tramp animated feature released June 22 featuring the songs and voice of Peggy Lee Love Me or Leave Me Oklahoma Rodgers and Hammerstein released October 11 Pete Kelly s Blues The Seven Little FoysMusical television EditHeidi television production Our Town television production Together With Music CBS television production by Noel CowardBirths EditJanuary 3 Helen O Hara British rock violinist Dexys Midnight Runners January 4 Mark Hollis English rock singer songwriter Talk Talk died 2019 January 8 Mike Reno Canadian rock drummer and lead singer Loverboy and Moxy January 10 Michael Schenker German guitarist songwriter and producer January 13 Paul Kelly rock musician Trevor Rabin rock guitarist and vocalist Yes and film composer Fred White drummer Earth Wind amp Fire died 2022 January 17 Steve Earle folk singer Del McCoury Band January 19 Sir Simon Rattle orchestral conductor January 26 Eddie Van Halen rock guitarist and songwriter died 2020 January 27 Richard Young Kentucky Headhunters February 12 Bill Laswell American bass guitarist and producer Massacre Material Tabla Beat Science Painkiller and Praxis February 18 Riff Regan lead singer of rock band London February 23 Howard Jones pop keyboardist and singer songwriter March 2 Jay Osmond singer songwriter The Osmonds March 4 Boon Gould guitarist Level 42 March 10 Bunny DeBarge soul singer songwriter DeBarge March 15 Dee Snider rock singer songwriter Twisted Sister and Bent Brother March 28 Reba McEntire country singer March 31 Angus Young rock guitarist and songwriter AC DC April 10 Lesley Garrett soprano April 13 Louis Johnson bass guitarist The Brothers Johnson April 17 Pete Shelley rock singer songwriter and guitarist Buzzcocks died 2018 May 4 Lynne Spears American mother of musician and singer songwriters Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears May 9 Anne Sofie von Otter operatic mezzo soprano May 12 Kix Brooks country singer Brooks amp Dunn May 13 Garry Bushell newspaper columnist rock music journalist and singer television presenter writer and political activist May 16 Hazel O Connor new wave singer songwriter May 20 Steve George keyboardist Mr Mister Zbigniew Preisner composer May 21 Stan Lynch songwriter and drummer Tom Petty amp the Heartbreakers May 23 Mary Black folk singer May 29 Pascal Dusapin French composer May 30 Topper Headon rock drummer The Clash June 7 Jon Balke Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader Joey Scarbury singer June 23 Glenn Danzig lead singer of Danzig June 26 Mick Jones rock guitarist and singer songwriter The Clash June 28 Thomas Hampson operatic baritone July 1 Nikolai Demidenko classical pianist Keith Whitley country music singer died 1989 July 4 John Waite rock singer bass guitarist and songwriter July 10 Stan Munsey songwriter and keyboardist Shenandoah July 18 Terry Chambers rock drummer XTC July 21 Howie Epstein American bass guitarist songwriter and producer Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers died 2003 Henry Priestman English singer songwriter keyboardist and producer The Christians It s Immaterial and Yachts July 25 Jem Finer folk rock banjoist composer The Pogues and multimedia artist July 29 Eusebe Jaojoby salegy composer and singer August 6 Eric Paulin drummer The Meetles August 17 Colin Moulding English bass guitarist songwriter and vocalist XTC Kevin Welch American singer songwriter and guitarist August 25 John McGeoch guitarist Magazine PiL and Siouxsie and the Banshees died 2004 August 28 Beres Hammond reggae singer August 29 Diamanda Galas singer composer pianist and performance artist September 3 Steve Jones rock guitarist and singer The Sex Pistols September 9 Ivan Nikolayevich Smirnov guitarist September 13 Andreas Staier harpsichordist and fortepianist September 18 Sid Griffin bluegrass singer songwriter and popular music historian September 25 Zucchero Fornaciari singer songwriter and blues musician September 26 Carlene Carter American singer songwriter and guitarist October 2 Philip Oakey singer The Human League October 7 Yo Yo Ma cellist October 16 Leonid Desyatnikov composer October 18 Hiromi Go singer October 21 Fred Hersch American jazz pianist Rich Mullins American Christian singer songwriter died 1997 October 25 Matthias Jabs German rock guitarist Scorpions October 29 Kevin Dubrow American rock singer Quiet Riot died 2007 Roger O Donnell English rock keyboardist November 12 Les McKeown pop rock singer Bay City Rollers died 2021 November 21 Kyle Gann American composer teacher and critic November 23 Ludovico Einaudi Italian composer and pianist November 30 Billy Idol rock singer December 6 Bright Sheng composer December 8 Kasim Sulton American singer songwriter bass player and producer December 15 Paul Simonon bass guitarist The Clash date unknown Susan Addison sackbut playerDeaths EditJanuary 10 Annette Mills partner of Muffin the Mule 60 January 27 Maurice Frigara French conductor 80 February 14 Charles Cuvillier composer of operettas 77 March 12 Charlie Parker jazz saxophonist 34 lobar pneumonia bleeding ulcer and cirrhosis of liver April 10 Oskar Lindberg composer 67 April 12 W H Anderson composer 72 May 4 George Enescu composer 73 May 15 Oskar Adler violinist and music critic 79 May 17 Francesco Balilla Pratella composer and musicologist 75 May 22 Albert Valsien composer and conductor 73 June 11 Marcel Samuel Rousseau organist composer and opera producer 72 June 19 Willy Burkhard composer 55 June 28 Gota Ljungberg Wagnerian soprano 56 July 4 Ruth Vincent operatic soprano 78 July 7 Franco Casavola Futurist composer 63 July 25 Isaak Dunayevsky conductor and composer 55 Ilmari Hannikainen composer 62 drowned August 5 Carmen Miranda singer and dancer 46 heart attack August 13 Florence Easton soprano 72 August 22 Olin Downes music critic 69 August 24 Edgar Henrichsen organist and composer 76 October 7 Frieda Hempel operatic soprano 70 October 14 Harry Parr Davies composer and songwriter 41 perforated ulcer October 20 Adolf Misek double bassist and composer 80 October 27 Bernardo de Muro operatic tenor 73 November 11 Jerry Ross songwriter 29 bronchiectasis November 22 Guy Ropartz composer and conductor 91 November 27 Arthur Honegger composer 63 November 30 Josip Stolcer Slavenski composer 58 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