See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama
• February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts of Islam and also a health hazard. Iranian doctors warned of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll dances.
• March 12 - Billie Holiday is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in 1956.
• March 24 - Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.
• May 30 - Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Basel, 50 years after it was composed
• August 4 - Billboard magazine debuts its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.
• September 24 - Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina
• The Bee Gees begin performing
• Marvin Gaye begins performing
• Otis Williams & the Distants begin their musical career. They will later join with The Primes and become The Temptations.
• Phil Spector begins his career
• RCA introduces its first stereo LPs
• Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Ernesto Bonino leaves the USA and returns to Italy
• Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition

Albums released

• Around The World - Bing Crosby
• As Long As There's Music - Eddie Fisher
• Come Dance With Me! - Frank Sinatra
• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
• Destination Moon - The Ames Brothers
• Dream - The Mills Brothers
• For Teenagers In Love - Teresa Brewer
• Foreign Affair - Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand
• The Frank Sinatra Story - Frank Sinatra
• Gogi Grant - Welcome To My Heart - Gogi Grant
• Gondolier - Dalida
• Greatest Hits - Frankie Laine
• A Guy In Love - Guy Mitchell
• Johnny Horton Sings Free And Easy - Johnny Horton
• Kate Smith Sings Folk Songs - Kate Smith
• The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio
• Les Gitans - Dalida
• The Mills Brothers In Hi-Fi - The Mills Brothers
• The Mills Brothers Sing - The Mills Brothers
• Miss Music - Teresa Brewer
• Mmmm, The Mills Brothers - The Mills Brothers
• Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer
• My Happiness - Connie Francis
• Only The Lonely - Frank Sinatra
• Paris Holiday - Bing Crosby
• Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson
• Rockin' With Kay Starr - Kay Starr
• Smoochin' Time - The Ames Brothers
• Songs I Wish I Had Sung - Bing Crosby
• Star Dust - Pat Boone
• Surprise Package - The Crew Cuts
• Swingin' Down Broadway - Jo Stafford
• Teresa - Teresa Brewer
• Teresa Brewer At Christmas Time - Teresa Brewer
• That Travelin' Two-Beat - Bing Crosby
• Them There Eyes - Kay Starr
• This Is Sinatra Vol. 2 - Frank Sinatra
• 'Til Morning - Johnnie Ray
• Time For Teresa - Teresa Brewer
• Torchin' - Frankie Laine
• Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis
• Yes Indeed! - Pat Boone

Top hits on record

• "All American Boy" - Bill Parsons
• "All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
• "Because You're Mine" - Mario Lanza
• "Bird Dog" - Everly Brothers
• "Blast Off" - The Tyrones
• "Blue Boy" - Jim Reeves
• "Breathless" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Broke Down Baby" - The Tyrones
• "Catch A Falling Star" - Perry Como
• "A Certain Smile" - Johnny Mathis
• "Chantilly Lace" - Big Bopper
• "Chipmunk Song" - The Chipmunks with David Seville
• "Come Dance With Me" - Frank Sinatra
• "Come On Let's Go" - Ritchie Valens
• "Come Prima (Tu me donnes)" - Dalida
• "Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" - Dalida
• "The Day The Rains Came" - Jane Morgan
• "El Diablo" - Frankie Laine
• "Gondolier" - Dalida
• "Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Guitare et tambourin" - Dalida
• "Hava Naguila" - Dalida
• "I Have To Cry" - Frankie Laine
• "I Wonder Why" - Dion & the Belmonts
• "I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby" - Mindy Carson
• "I'm Shook" - The Tyrones
• "It's All In The Game" - Tommy Edwards
• "Je Pars" - Dalida
• "Journey's End" - Frankie Laine
• "Heartbeat" - Buddy Holly
• "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Le jour où la pluie viendra" - Dalida
• "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" - Patti Page
• "Les Gitans" - Dalida
• "Maybe Baby" - Buddy Holly
• "Mexican Hat Rock" - Dave Appell/the Applejacks
• "Milord" - Edith Piaf
• "My Happiness" - Connie Francis
• "The Purple People Eater" - Sheb Wooley
• "One Summer Night" - Danleers
• "Partners" - Jim Reeves
• "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson
• "Rave On" - Buddy Holly
• "Rawhide" - Frankie Laine
• "Return To Me (Rittorna A Me)" - Dean Martin
• "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay" - Danny & the Juniors
• "Rocka-Conga" - Dave Appell/the Applejacks
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee
• "Rockin' Robin" - Bobby Day
• "Scarlet Ribbons" - The Kingston Trio
• "Short Shorts" - Royal Teens
• "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters
• "Stupid Cupid" - Connie Francis
• "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran
• "Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
• "Teacher's Pet" - Doris Day
• "Tequila" - The Champs
• "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio
• "Twilight Time" - The Platters
• "Well All Right" - Buddy Holly
• "Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis

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

• Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 2
• György Ligeti - Artikulation
• Edmund Rubbra - Piano Concerto
• Carl Ruggles - Exaltation
• Edgar Varèse - Poème électronique (1957-58)

(Leó Weiner - Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major

Opera

• Carlisle Floyd - Wuthering Heights

Musical theater

• The Body Beautiful      Broadway production
• The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) - off-Broadway revival
• Expresso Bongo      London production
• Flower Drum Song (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) - Broadway production
• Irma La Douce     London production
• Lola Montez, Brisbane production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 1
• Nightcap     off-Broadway production
• Oh Captain! Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on February 4 and ran for 192 performances.
• Salad Days (Julian Slade) - Broadway production
• Valmouth      London production
• West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) - London production
• Where's Charley?     London production

Musical films

• April Love
• Damn Yankees
• Gigi
• South Pacific

Births

• January 1 - Grandmaster Flash
• January 11 - Vicky Peterson , The Bangles
• February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
• March 5 - Andy Gibb (+ 1988)
• March 8 - Gary Numan
• March 9 - Martin Fry
• April 11 - Stuart Adamson , Big Country (+ 2001)
• April 12 - Will Sergeant , Echo & The Bunnymen
• April 18 - Les Pattinson , Echo & The Bunnymen
• May 25 - Paul Weller
• May 27 - Neil Finn, Crowded House
• May 29 - Marie Fredriksson, Roxette
• June 7 - Prince
• June 17 - Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys
• June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
• July 25 - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth
• July 30 - Kate Bush
• July 31 - Bill Berry, R.E.M.
• August 3 - Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs
• August 6 - Randy DeBarge
• August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, musician, Iron Maiden
• August 16 - Madonna
• August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go's
• August 22 - Ian Mitchell , Bay City Rollers
• August 22 - Vernon Reid, Living Colour
• August 29 - Michael Jackson, Child molester
• September 22 - Joan Jett
• September 22 - Andrea Bocelli
• October 10 - Tanya Tucker
• October 13 - Derri Daugherty, The Choir, The Lost Dogs
• October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
• October 20 - Ricky Byrd , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• October 27 - Simon Le Bon, Duran Duran
• November 10 - Frank Maudsley , A Flock of Seagulls
• November 22 - Jason Ringenberg, Jason & The Scorchers
• December 7 - Timothy Butler , Psychedelic Furs
• December 9 - Nick Seymour, Crowded House
• December 11 - Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe
• December 14 - Mike Scott, The Waterboys
• December 14 - Peter Stacy , The Pogues
• December 17 - Michael Mills , R.E.M.
• December 23 - Dave Murray, Iron Maiden
• December 23 - Victoria Williams
• December 28 - Mike McGuire , Shenandoah
• Chuck Girard , Love Song

Deaths

• March 25 - Tom Brown, jazz trombonist
• March 28 - W.C. Handy - Blues composer
• August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
• November 3 - Harry Revel, composer of musicals
• November 27 - Artur Rodzinski, conductor

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1958

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1958