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1 Events
2 Albums released (in alphabetical order)
3 Biggest hit singles
4 Top hits on record (in alphabetical order)
5 Published popular music (in alphabetical order)
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Births
11 Deaths
12 Awards
- 12.1 Grammy Awards
- 12.2 Eurovision Song Contest
13 References

Events

1959 (date unknown) Jimi Hendrix buys first electric guitar: a White Single pickup Supro Ozark 1560 S.
January 5 The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.
January 12 - Tamla Records is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan.
January 22 - Buddy Holly records some acoustic demos in his New York City apartment, the last songs he recorded. Songs included "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", "Learning the Game", "What to Do", "That's What They Say", and "That Makes It Tough."
February 3 - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash in Iowa. This date becomes known as "The Day the Music Died". Future country star Waylon Jennings was scheduled to be on the plane, but instead gave his seat up to The Big Bopper.
February 7 - New Orleans blues and R&B guitarist Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones dies of pneumonia in New York City.
March 2 - The first of two recording sessions for the extremely influential Miles Davis album Kind of Blue takes place.
March 11 - The 4th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Cannes, France, and won by the Netherlands with the song "Een beetje" performed by Teddy Scholten.
April 3 - The BBC bans the Coasters song "Charlie Brown" because of the word "spitball", a decision it reversed later in the month.
April 24 - The Your Hit Parade television series airs its last episode
May 12
- Eddie Fisher marries Elizabeth Taylor
- Plácido Domingo makes his stage debut at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara as Pascual in Marina.
May 30 - Helge Rosvaenge gives his farewell concert at Vienna's Great Musikvereinsaal.
September 13 - Bo Diddley's single "Say Man" enters the US R&B charts.
Fall - Bill Haley & His Comets end their groundbreaking association with Decca Records, for whom they had recorded since 1954. Their first recording for the label, "Rock Around the Clock", helped usher in the rock and roll era. Haley signs with Warner Bros. Records.
Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky co-found the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sponsors the first Grammy Award ceremony for music recorded in 1958.
Dalida receives a Music Oscar for Best Song and a first foreign award (a "Golden Lion" in Berlin).
Jacques Loussier forms the Play Bach Trio with bassist Pierre Michelot and percussionist Christian Garros.
Ornette Coleman plays a legendary and controversial concert at New York's Five Spot.
Roy Orbison signs with Monument Records.
The Supremes are founded as a quartet ("The Primettes").

Albums released (in alphabetical order)

All That Jazz - The Hi-Lo's
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
At Large - The Kingston Trio
Ballad of the Blues - Jo Stafford
Barbershop Harmony - The Mills Brothers
Bill Haley's Chicks - Bill Haley & His Comets
Breezin' Along - The Four Lads
Broadway Playbill - The Hi-Lo's
Chuck Berry Is on Top - Chuck Berry
Cliff - Cliff Richard (debut)
Cliff Sings - Cliff Richard
Come Dance With Me! - Frank Sinatra
Como Swings - Perry Como
Connie's Greatest Hits - Connie Francis
Cuttin' Capers - Doris Day
A Date with Elvis - Elvis Presley
Day By Night - Doris Day
Dinah, Yes Indeed - Dinah Shore
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
The Fabulous Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong - Elvis Presley
For LP Fans Only - Elvis Presley
...from the Hungry i - The Kingston Trio (live)
Get Happy! - Ella Fitzgerald
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Gogi Grant - If You Want To Get To Heaven, Shout - Gogi Grant
Gogi Grant - Torch Time - Gogi Grant
Greatest! - Johnny Cash
Guy Mitchell's Greatest Hits - Guy Mitchell
Heavenly Lover - Teresa Brewer
Here We Go Again! - The Kingston Trio
Hooray for Hollywood (Vol. 2) - Doris Day
Hymns by Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
I Hear The Word - Kay Starr
I'll Be Seeing You - Jo Stafford
In a Little Spanish Town - Bing Crosby
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra - Oscar Peterson
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
The Kingston Trio At Large - The Kingston Trio
Le Disque d'Or de Dalida - Dalida
London by Night - Julie London
Look To Your Heart - Frank Sinatra
Love In Portofino (A San Cristina) - Dalida
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Moanin' in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf (debut)
Movin' - Kay Starr
No One Cares - Frank Sinatra
¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May - Mel Tormé
On The Trail - Johnnie Ray
Once Upon a Summertime - Blossom Dearie
Pat Boone Sings - Pat Boone
Persuasive Percussion - Terry Snyder and the All Stars
Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans Trio
Presenting Dion & The Belmonts - Dion DiMucci & The Belmonts
Reunion In Rhythm - Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand
Ricky Sings Again - Ricky Nelson
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
San Antonio Rose - The Mills Brothers
Seasons Greetings From Perry Como - Perry Como
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
Sincerely Yours - Guy Mitchell
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers - Ella Fitzgerald
A Sinner Am I - Johnnie Ray
The Song You Heard When You Fell in Love - Betty Johnson
Songs of Our Soil - Johnny Cash
Stereo Concert - The Kingston Trio (live)
Strictly Instrumental - Bill Haley & His Comets
Swing Along - The Four Lads
Swing Me an Old Song - Julie London
Tenderly - Pat Boone
Teresa Brewer And The Dixieland Band - Teresa Brewer
The Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
The West Side - Patti Page
Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! - Dinah Washington
When Your Love Has Gone - Teresa Brewer
White Christmas - Pat Boone
Words And Music - The Ames Brothers
You Are My Love - Frankie Laine
Your Number Please - Julie London

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1959.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	1959	UK 1 - Sep 1959, US BB 1 - Sep 1959, US BB 1 of 1959, US CashBox 1 of 1959, Canada 1 - Aug 1959, Grammy in 1959, POP 1 of 1959, DDD 3 of 1959, Norway 9 - Nov 1959, South Africa 13 of 1959, RYM 15 of 1959, RIAA 15, Italy 38 of 1960, Europe 88 of the 1950s, Party 226 of 1999, Rolling Stone 251, Acclaimed 407, WXPN 518
2	Johnny Horton	Battle of New Orleans	1959	US BB 1 - May 1959, Canada 1 - May 1959, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Dec 1958, US CashBox 2 of 1959, Australia 9 of 1959, UK 16 - Jun 1959, South Africa 17 of 1959, RYM 19 of 1959, US BB 38 of 1959, POP 38 of 1959, DDD 47 of 1959, RIAA 333, Acclaimed 821
3	Lloyd Price	(You've Got) Personality	1959	Australia 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1958, US BB 2 - May 1959, Canada 2 - May 1959, Australia 5 of 1959, US CashBox 6 of 1959, Norway 6 - Jul 1959, South Africa 12 of 1959, UK 25 - Aug 1959, US BB 33 of 1959, POP 33 of 1959, Europe 36 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1959, RYM 85 of 1959, Acclaimed 2027
4	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	1959	US BB 1 - Jan 1959, Canada 3 - Dec 1958, South Africa 5 of 1959, UK 7 - Feb 1959, Norway 8 - Apr 1959, US CashBox 11 of 1959, DDD 23 of 1958, US BB 28 of 1959, POP 28 of 1959, RYM 31 of 1958, Europe 86 of the 1950s, Rolling Stone 456, Acclaimed 1013
5	Frankie Avalon	Venus	1959	US BB 1 - Feb 1959, Canada 1 - Feb 1959, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1958, US CashBox 3 of 1959, RYM 4 of 1959, Italy 6 of 1959, South Africa 6 of 1959, Australia 15 of 1959, UK 16 - Apr 1959

Top hits on record (in alphabetical order)

"A Big Hunk o' Love" - Elvis Presley
"All For The Love Of A Girl" - Johnny Horton
"(All of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" - Paul Anka
"Among My Souvenirs" - Connie Francis
"Apron Strings" - Cliff Richard
"The Battle Of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton
"Beyond The Sea" - Bobby Darin
"The Big Hurt" - Toni Fisher
"Billy Bayou" - Jim Reeves
"Ciao, Ciao Bambina" - Dalida
"Come Softly To Me" - The Fleetwoods
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" - Buddy Holly
"Don't You Know" - Della Reese
"Dream Lover" - Bobby Darin
"El Paso" - Marty Robbins
"First Name Initial" - Annette
"A Fool Such As I" - Elvis Presley
"Forty Miles Of Bad Road" - Duane Eddy
"Heartaches By The Number" - Guy Mitchell
"He'll Have To Go" - Jim Reeves
"High Hopes" - Frank Sinatra
"I'm Blue Again" - Patsy Cline
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - The Flamingos
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" - Buddy Holly
"It's All In The Game" - Tommy Edwards
"It's Just A Matter Of Time" - Brook Benton
"It's Only The Good Times" - Tommy Edwards
"J'ai rêvé" - Dalida
"Kansas City" - Wilbert Harrison
"Kissin' Time" - Bobby Rydell
"La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens
"Lipstick On Your Collar" - Connie Francis
"Lonely Boy" - Paul Anka
"Lonesome Town" - Ricky Nelson
"Love In Portofino (A San Cristina)" - Dalida
"Love Potion Number Nine" - The Clovers
"M.T.A" - The Kingston Trio
"Mack The Knife" - Bobby Darin
"Mr. Blue" - The Fleetwoods
"Misty" - Johnny Mathis
"Morgen" - Ivo Robic
"My Heart Is An Open Book" - Carl Dobkins, Jr.
"Non Dimenticar" - Nat King Cole
"Peggy Sue Got Married" - Buddy Holly
"Personality" - Lloyd Price
"Pillow Talk" - Doris Day
"Poison Ivy" - The Coasters
"Poor Jenny" - The Everly Brothers
"Put Your Head On My Shoulder" - Paul Anka
"Raining in My Heart" - Buddy Holly
"Roberta" - Frankie Ford
"Rockin' Mother" - Frankie Laine
"Rocks And Gravel" - Frankie Laine
"Rummy Polka" - Matys Brothers
"Running Bear" - Johnny Preston
"Sea Cruise" - Frankie Ford
"Since I Don't Have You" - The Skyliners
"Sleepwalk" - Santo & Johnny
"Small World" - Johnny Mathis
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters
"Stagger Lee" - Lloyd Price
"Sweet Nothin's" - Brenda Lee
"Take A Message To Mary" - The Everly Brothers
"Tall Oak Tree" - Dorsey Burnette
"A Teenager In Love" - Dion & the Belmonts
"There Goes My Baby" - The Drifters
"'Til I Kissed You" - The Everly Brothers
"Till There Was You" - Anita Bryant
"True Love, True Love" / "Dance With Me" - The Drifters
"The Twist" - Hank Ballard
"Venus" - Frankie Avalon
"What a Difference a Day Makes" - Dinah Washington
"What'd I Say" - Ray Charles
"Where the Boys Are" - Connie Francis
"Why" - Frankie Avalon
"A Worried Man" - The Kingston Trio

Published popular music (in alphabetical order)

" 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty" w.m. Fredda Gold & Aaron Schroeder
"77 Sunset Strip" w.m. Mack David & Jerry Livingston
"All I Need Is The Girl" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne from the musical Gypsy
"Along Came Jones" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"All My Tomorrows" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen, from the film A Hole in the Head
"Alvin's Harmonica" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
"Angela Jones" w.m. John D. Loudermilk
"Anyone Would Love You" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Andy Griffith and Dolores Gray in the musical Destry Rides Again
"The Battle Of New Orleans" trad arr. Jimmy Driftwood
"The Best Is Yet to Come" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman
"Best Of Everything" w. Sammy Cahn m. Lionel Newman, from the film The Best of Everything
"A Big Hunk o' Love" w. m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche
"The Big Hurt" w.m. Wayne Shanklin
"Big Iron" w.m. Marty Robbins
"Bobby Socks To Stockings" w.m. Richard di Cicco, Russell Faith & Clarence Kehner
"Boom, Boom Baby" Burgess
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" w.m. Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield
"The Children's Marching Song" trad arr. Malcolm Arnold. Performed by Ingrid Bergman and The Orphans' Chorus in the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness
"China Doll" w.m. Cindy Walker
"Ciao, Ciao, Bambina" w.(Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Eduardo Verde & Domenico Modugno m. Domenico Modugno
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Patricia Neway in the musical Sound of Music
"Come Softly To Me" w.m. Gary Troxel, Barbara Ellis & Gretchen Christopher
"Delaware" w.m. Irving Gordon
"Desafinado" w. Newton Mendonça w. (Eng) Jon Hendricks & Jessie Cavanaugh m. Antonio Carlos Jobim
"Don't You Know" w.m. adapt. Bobby Worth
"Do-Re-Mi" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Mary Martin in the musical Sound of Music. Sung by Julie Andrews in the film version.
"Dream Lover" w.m. Bobby Darin
"Early In The Morning" adapt Bruce Belland & Glen Larson
"Edelweiss" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Mary Martin in the musical Sound of Music. Sung by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the film version.
"El Paso" w.m. Marty Robbins
"Endlessly" w.m. Clyde Otis & Brook Benton
"Everything's Coming Up Roses" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Gypsy. Sung in the film version by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell.
"Frankie" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
"Game Of Poker" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen, from the musical Saratoga
"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" w.m. Jack Vaughn
"Greenfields" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr & Frank Miller
"Handy Man" w.m. Otis Blackwell & Jimmy Jones
"The Hanging Tree" w. Mack David m. Jerry Livingston, Introduced by Marty Robbins in the film The Hanging Tree
"Happy Anniversary" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
"The Happy Organ" w.m. Ken Wood, David Clowney & James Kreigsmann
"Heartaches By The Number" w.m. Harlan Howard
"He'll Have To Go" w.m. Joe Allison & Audrey Allison
"High Hopes" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen. Introduced by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges in the film A Hole in the Head.
"I Ain't Never" w.m. Mel Tillis
"I Feel Sorry For The Girl" w.m. Glenn Paxton, Robert Goldman & George Weiss
"I Know" w.m. Carl Stutz & Edith Lindeman
"I Need Your Love Tonight" w.m. Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner
"I Wanna Be Around" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt
"If I Ever Fall In Love Again" w. Peter Wildeblood m. Peter Greenwell
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" Johnnie Ray
"I'm Gonna Get Married" w.m. Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
"I'm Looking Out The Window" John Jacob Niles, Don Raye
"I'm Never Gonna Tell" Hoffman, Manning, Markwell
"In A Little While" w. Marshall Barer m. Mary Rodgers
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" w.m. Paul Anka
"Kansas City" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Kookie, Kookie" w.m. Irving Taylor
"Let Me Entertain You" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Sandra Church and chorus in the musical Gypsy.
"Like Young" m. Andre Previn
"Lipstick On Your Collar" w. Eddie Lewis m. George Goehring
"Little Donkey" w.m. Eve Boswell
"The Little Drummer Boy" w.m. adapt. Henry Onorati, Katherine Davis & Harry Simeone
"Little Tin Box" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
"The Little White Bull" Lionel Bart, Michael Pratt, Jimmy Bennett
"Living Doll" w.m. Lionel Bart
"Lock Up Your Daughters" w. Lionel Bart m. Laurie Johnson
"Lonely Blue Boy" F & B Wiseman
"Lonely Boy" w.m. Paul Anka
"Lonely Goatherd" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Mary Martin and the children in the musical Sound of Music. Performed by Julie Andrews in the film version.
"Lonely Street" w.m. Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder & W. S. Stevenson
"Love Potion Number Nine" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Love Will Find Out The Way" w.m. Glenn Paxton, Robert Goldman & George Weiss
"Lullaby In Ragtime" w.m. Sylvia Fine. Introduced by Danny Kaye in the film The Five Pennies.
"The M.T.A." w.m. adapt. Jacqueline Steiner & Bess Hawes
"Maria" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Patricia Neway, Muriel O'Malley, Elizabeth Howell and Karen Shepard in the musical Sound of Music.
"Marina" w.(Eng) Ray Maxwell m. Rocco Granata
"The Mating Game" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse. Theme song from the film The Mating Game
"May You Always" w.m. Larry Markes & Dick Charles
"Memphis" w.m. Chuck Berry
"Merely Marvellous" w. Dorothy Fields m. Arthur Hague. Introduced by Gwen Verdon in the musical Redhead.
"Milord" w. (Eng) B. G. Lewis (Fr) Joseph Mustacchi m. Marguerite Monnot
"Morgen" w. (Eng) Noel Sherman (Ger) Peter Mosser m. Peter Mosser
"Mr. Blue" w.m. Dewayne Blackwell
"My Favourite Things" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Patricia Neway and Mary Martin in the musical Sound of Music. Performed in the film version by Julie Andrews.
"My Heart Is An Open Book" w. Hal David m. Lee Pockriss
"My Wish Came True" w.m. Ivory Joe Hunter
"Oh! Carol" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
"Only Love Me" w. (Eng) Mann Curtis (Ital) Pinchi m. V. Panzuti
"Only Sixteen" w.m. Barbara Campbell
"Personality" w.m. Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
"Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" w.m. Harlan Howard
"Pillow Talk" w.m. Buddy Pepper & Inez James. Introduced by Doris Day and Rock Hudson in the film of the same name.
"La Plume De Ma Tante" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"Poison Ivy" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Politics And Poker" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock. Introduced by Howard Da Silva in the musical Fiorello.
"Promise Me A Rose" w.m. Bob Merrill, introduced by Eileen Herlie in the musical Take Me Along
"Put Your Head On My Shoulder" w.m. Paul Anka
"Quiet Village" m. Les Baxter
"Red River Rock" trad arr. Tom King, Ira Mack & Fred Mendelsohn
"Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario" w.m. Gerry Grant, Arthur Kent & Joe Reisman
"Rose's Turn" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Gypsy.
"Roulette" m. Trevor H. Stanford
"Running Bear" w.m. J. P. Richardson
"The Same Old Me" F. Owen
"Sea Of Love" w.m. George Khoury & Phil Baptiste
"See You In September" w. Sid Wayne m. Sherman Edwards
"Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat" w. Bob Hilliard m. Lee Pockriss
"Shout" O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
"Shy" w. Marshall Barer m. Mary Rodgers
"Side Saddle" m. Trevor H. Stanford
"Sixteen Going On Seventeen" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Laurie Peters and Brian Davies in the musical Sound of Music.
"Sleep Walk" m. Ann Farina, Johnny Farina & Santo Farina
"Small World" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman in the musical Gypsy
"Some People" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Intorudced by Ethel Merman in the musical Gypsy.
"Sorry, I Ran All The Way Home" w.m. Harry Giosasi & Artie Zwirn
"The Sound Of Music" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Mary Martin in the musical Sound of Music. Performed in the film version by Julie Andrews (1965).
"Strange Are The Ways Of Love" w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin, from the film western The Young Land
"Summertime Love" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Sweet Nothin's" Ronnie Self
"Take Me Along" w.m. Bob Merrill. Introduced by Jackie Gleason and Walter Pidgeon in the musical Take Me Along.
"Tall Paul" w.m. Bob Roberts, Bob Sherman & Dick Sherman
"Tallahassee Lassie" w.m. Frank C. Slay Jr, Bob Crewe & Frederick A. Picariello
"Teen Angel" w.m. Jean Surrey & Red Surrey
"A Teenager In Love" w.m. Jerome "Doc" Pomus & Mort Shuman
"There Goes My Baby" w.m. Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"This Magic Moment" w.m. Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
"Three Steps to Heaven" Eddie Cochran
"The Tijuana Jail" w.m. Denny Thompson
" 'Til I Kissed You" w.m. Don Everly
"Till Tomorrow" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock. Introduced by Ellen Hanley in th emusical Fiorello.
"Time And The River" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold
"Together Wherever We Go" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Ethel Merman, Sandra Church and Jack Klugman in the musical Gypsy
"Tomboy" w.m. Joe Farrell & Jim Conway
"Too Long At The Fair" w.m. Billy Barnes
"Tucumcari" Olofson, McIntyre
"The Untouchables" m. Nelson Riddle.
"Venus" w.m. Ed Marshall
"Waterloo" w.m. John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin
"We Got Love" w. Kal Mann m. Bernie Lowe
"What Do You Want?" Les Vandyke
"What'd I Say" w.m. Ray Charles
"When Did I Fall In Love?" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock. Introduced by Ellen Hanley in the musical Fiorello.
"Why" w. Bob Marcucci m. Peter De Angelis
"The Wonder Of You" w.m. Baker Knight
"Wonderful You" Stallman, Jacobson
"A Worried Man" w.m. Dave Guard & Tom Glazer
"You'll Never Get Away From Me" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Jack Klugman and Ethel Merman in the musical Gypsy.
"You're Starting To Get To Me" Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen, from the film Say One for Me

Classical music

Elliott Carter - String Quartet No. 2
George Crumb - Variazioni for large orchestra
Mario Davidovsky - Serie sinfonica 1959 for orchestra
Henri Dutilleux - Symphony No. 2 (Le Double)
Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 1 1959
Bernhard Heiden - Viola Sonata
Jānis Ivanovs - Piano Concerto in G minor
Francis Jackson - Diversion for Mixtures
Miloslav Kabeláč - Motifs from Foreign Countries, op. 38
Dmitri Kabalevsky - Preludes and Fugues, op. 61 (begun 1958); The Leninists, cantata after Y. Dolmatovski for three choruses and large symphony orchestra, op. 63 (begun 1958)
György Ligeti - Apparitions for Orchestra (1958-59)
Donald Martino - Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
George Perle - First Quintet^[1]
Allan Pettersson - Symphony No. 4 (written 1958-9)^[2]
Vadim Salmanov - Symphony No. 2 in G
Giacinto Scelsi - Quattro pezzi su una nota sola ["Four pieces each on a single note"]
Bogusław Schaeffer - Concerto breve for cello
Pierre Schaeffer - Etudes aux objets
Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zyklus
Healey Willan - Poem for Strings
Grace Williams - All Seasons Shall Be Sweet
Charles Wuorinen - Symphony No. 3^[3]

Opera

Samuel Barber - A Hand of Bridge
Karl-Birger Blomdahl - Aniara
Ferenc Farkas - Paradies der Schwiegersöhne
Nicolas Flagello - The Judgment of St Francis
Jakov Gotovac - Stanac
Francis Poulenc - La Voix humaine

Musical theater

Aladdin (Cole Porter) London production opened at the Coliseum on December 17.
Destry Rides Again Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on April 23 and ran for 472 performances
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (Lionel Bart) - Stratford production opened at the Theatre Royal on April 17 and ran for 63 performances
Fiorello! Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 23 and ran for 795 performances
Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on May 21 and ran for 702 performances
Hooray for Daisy London production opened at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith on December 20 and ran for 51 performances
Lend An Ear Broadway revival opened at the Renata Theatre on September 24 and ran for 94 performances
Little Mary Sunshine Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on November 18 and ran for 1143 performances.
Lock Up Your Daughters (Lionel Bart) - London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on May 28 and ran for 328 performances
The Love Doctor London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on October 12 and ran for only 16 performances.
On the Town Broadway revival opened at the Carnegie Hall Playhouse on January 15 and ran for 70 performances
Redhead Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on February 5 and ran for 405 performances
The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) - Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16 and ran for 1443 performances.
Take Me Along Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 22 and ran for 448 performances

Musical films

Expresso Bongo
The Five Pennies starring Danny Kaye
Go, Johnny, Go starring Jimmy Clanton and Sandy Stewart, and featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, The Cadillacs, Jo-Ann Campbell, The Flamingos and Eddie Cochran.
Li'l Abner
The Lady is a Square starring Anna Neagle, Frankie Vaughan, Janette Scott, Anthony Newley and Wilfrid Hyde-White
Porgy And Bess
Say One for Me starring Bing Crosby
Tommy the Toreador starring Tommy Steele
Sleeping Beauty from Walt Disney Pictures (animated)

Births

January 3 - Curt Bisquera
January 6 - Kathy Sledge, Sister Sledge
January 7 - Kathy Valentine, The Go-Go's
January 8 - Paul Hester, drummer (Crowded House) (died 2005)
January 10 - Curt Kirkwood, Meat Puppets
January 12
- Per Gessle, Roxette
- Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten
January 14
- Chas Smash (Madness)
- Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche)
January 16 - Sade, singer
January 17 - Susanna Hoffs, singer (The Bangles)
January 28 - Dave Sharp (The Alarm)
January 30 - Jody Watley, singer
February 3 - Lol Tolhurst, The Cure
February 14 - Renée Fleming, operatic soprano
February 15 - Ali Campbell, UB40
February 25 - Mike Peters, The Alarm
March 7 - Andy Diagram, trumpet player
March 16 - Flavor Flav, Public Enemy
March 17 - Mike Lindup, keyboard player and vocalist (Level 42)
March 27 - Andrew Farriss, INXS
March 29 - Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction
April 10
- Babyface, musician and record producer
- Brian Setzer, guitarist and singer (The Stray Cats)
April 21
- Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
- Robert Smith, singer (The Cure)
April 27 - Sheena Easton
May 3 - David Ball, Soft Cell
May 4 - Randy Travis, country singer
May 5 - Ian McCulloch, Echo & the Bunnymen
May 20 - Susan Cowsill, The Cowsills, Continental Drifters
May 22 - Morrissey
June 1 - Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode
June 12 - John Linnell, They Might Be Giants
June 19 - Mark DeBarge, DeBarge
June 22 - Alan Anton, Cowboy Junkies
June 24 - Andy McCluskey, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
July 3 - Stephen Pearcy, Ratt
July 5 - Marc Cohn
July 9
- Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)
- Marc Almond (Soft Cell)
July 11
- Richie Sambora, Bon Jovi
- Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter
July 16 – James MacMillan, composer and conductor
August 1 - Joe Elliott, Def Leppard
August 9 - Kurtis Blow, rapper
August 31 - Tony DeFranco, singer (The DeFranco Family)
September 14 - Morten Harket, singer (a-ha)
October 1 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
October 4 - Chris Lowe, Pet Shop Boys
October 10 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)
October 13 - Marie Osmond
October 16 -
- Gary Kemp, Spandau Ballet
- Erkki-Sven Tüür, composer
October 23 - "Weird Al" Yankovic
November 1 - Eddie MacDonald, The Alarm
November 5 - Bryan Adams, singer/guitarist
November 27 - Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds
November 29 - Steve Hindalong, The Choir, record producer
December 4 - Bob Griffin, The BoDeans
December 31 - Paul Westerberg

Deaths

January 6 - José Enrique Pedreira, composer
February 3, in a plane crash (see Events)
- Buddy Holly
- Ritchie Valens
- The Big Bopper
February 12 - George Antheil, pianist and composer
February 14 - Baby Dodds, jazz musician
February 18 - Erich Zeisl, composer
February 28 - Maxwell Anderson, lyricist
March 1 - Mack Gordon, songwriter
March 15 - Lester Young, jazz musician
March 25 - Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer
May 14 - Sidney Bechet, jazz musician
May 29 - Frank Marshall, pianist and teacher
June 9 - Sonnie Hale, English actor and singer
July 15
- Ernest Bloch, composer
- Billie Holiday, jazz and blues singer.
August 15 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer.
August 16 - Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist
August 28 - Bohuslav Martinů, composer
September 1 - Jack Norworth, singer and songwriter
September 6 - Kay Kendall, musical comedy actress
September 17 - Omer Simeon, jazz musician
September 21 - Agnes Nicholls, operatic soprano
September 22 - Josef Matthias Hauer, composer
September 25
- Helen Broderick, Broadway star
- Gerard Hoffnung, artist, comedian, and musician
October 7 - Mario Lanza, operatic tenor
November 7 - Alberto Guerrero, pianist and composer
November 17 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, composer.
November 22 - Sam M. Lewis, US lyricist
November 26 - Albert Ketèlbey, composer, conductor and pianist
November 29 - Fritz Brun, Swiss composer and conductor
December 20 - Gilda Gray, dancer

Awards

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1959

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1959

References

^ "George Perle's Site:Quintets". http://www.georgeperle.net/cat.html#quintets. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
^ Notes to cpo recordings of Pettersson's symphonies, which contain a chronology.
^ "Archive of Newsmakers Interview with Charles Wuorinen". 2005. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5221/is_2005/ai_n19141311. Retrieved 2009-01-03.

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