See also: 1956 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular songs
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 Awards

Events

Albums released

Top hits on record

Published popular songs

  • "According To My Heart"     w.m. Gary Walker
  • "An Affair To Remember"     w. Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey m. Harry Warren
  • "After School"     w.m. Dick Wolf & Warren Nadel
  • "All Shook Up"     w.m. Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
  • "All The Way"     w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen
  • "Almost Paradise"     m. Norman Petty
  • "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)"     w. Selma Craft m. Morton Craft
  • "America"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "April Love"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
  • "Are You Sincere?"     w.m. Wayne Walker
  • "At The Hop"     w.m. Artie Singer, Johnny Medora & Dave White
  • "Be-Bop Baby"     w.m. Pearl Lenghurst
  • "Bernadine"     w.m. Johnny Mercer
  • "Black Slacks"     w.m. Joe Bennett & Jimmy Denton
  • "Bony Moronie"     w.m. Larry Williams
  • "The Book Of Love"     w.m. Warren Davies, George Malone & Charles Patrick
  • "Boy On A Dolphin"     w.(Eng) Paul Francis Webster (Greek) Jean Fermanoglou m. Takis Morakis
  • "Build Your Love (On A Strong Foundation)"     O. Jones
  • "Butterfly"     w.m. Anthony September
  • "Bye Bye Love"     w.m. Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Ca C'est L'Amour"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Catch A Falling Star"     w.m. Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
  • "Chances Are"     w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
  • "Chantez Chantez"     w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields
  • "Cocoanut Sweet"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
  • "Come Fly With Me"     Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
  • "Come Go With Me"     w.m. Clarence E. Quick
  • "Cool"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Could This Be Magic"     w.m. Hiram Johnson & Richard Blandon
  • "Dark Moon"     w.m. Ned Miller
  • "The Day The Rains Came"     w.(Eng) Carl Sigman (Fr) Pierre Delanoe m. Gilbert Bécaud
  • "Diana"     w.m. Paul Anka
  • "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Everyday"     Hardin, Petty
  • "Four Walls"     w.m. George Campbell & Marvin Moore
  • "Gee, Officer Krupke"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Gigi"     w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
  • "Goodnight My Someone"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Got-Ta Have Something In The Bank, Frank"     Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson
  • "Great Balls Of Fire"     w.m. Jack Hammer & Otis Blackwell
  • "A Handful Of Songs"     Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart & Michael Pratt
  • "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"     w.m. Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez
  • "Hey Schoolgirl"     w. Arthur Garfunkel m. Paul Simon
  • "Hula Love"     adapt. Buddy Knox
  • "I Can't Stop Loving You"     w.m. Don Gibson
  • "I Feel Pretty"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "I Just Don't Know"     w. Joe Stone m. Robert Allen
  • "I Like Your Kind Of Love"     Melvin Endsley
  • "I'm Sorry"     w.m. Buck Ram
  • "In My Own Little Corner"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
  • "In The Middle Of An Island"     w.m. Ted Varnick & Nick Aquaviva
  • "Island In The Sun"     w.m. Harry Belafonte & Irving L. Burgie
  • "It's Good To Be Alive"     w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Ivy Rose"     w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
  • "Jailhouse Rock"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "Jingle Bell Rock"     w.m. Joseph Beal & James Boothe
  • "Joey's Song"     m. Joe Reisman
  • "Just Between You And Me"     w.m. Lee Cathy & Jack Keller
  • "Just Born"     w.m. Luther Dixon & Billy Dawn Smith
  • "Let It Be Me"     w.(Eng) Mann Curtis (Fr) Pierre Delanoe m. Gilbert Bécaud
  • "Lida Rose"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Liechtensteiner Polka"     w.(Eng) Joseph Seener w.m. Edmund Koetscher & Rudi Lindt
  • "Lips Of Wine"     w. Shirley Wolfe m. Sy Soloway
  • "Little Biscuit"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
  • "The Little Blue Man"     w.m. Fred Ebb & Paul Klein
  • "Little Darlin' "     w.m. Maurice Williams
  • "Loving You"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "Lucille"     w.m. Richard Penniman & Albert Collins
  • "Magic Moments"     w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
  • "Mama Look A Booboo"     w.m. Lord Melody
  • "Marching Along To The Blues"     w.m. Mel Green
  • "Maria"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Marian The Librarian"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Mi Casa, Su Casa"     w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
  • "Moonlight Swim"     w. Sylvia Dee m. Ben Weisman
  • "Mr Lee"     w.m. Heather Dixon, Helen Gathers, Emma Ruth Pought, Laura Webb & Jannie Pought
  • "My Heart Reminds Me" (aka "And That Reminds Me")     w. (Eng) Al Stillman m. Camillo Bargoni
  • "My Little Baby"     w.m. Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman
  • "My Special Angel"     w.m. Jimmy Duncan
  • "My White Knight"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Napoleon"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
  • "A New-Fangled Tango"     w. Matt Dubey m. Harold Carr
  • "Ninety-Nine Ways"     w.m. Anthony September
  • "Oh Boy!"     w.m. Sunny West, Norman Petty & Bill Tilghman
  • "Oh, Lonesome Me"     w.m. Don Gibson
  • "Old Cape Cod"     w.m. Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus & Allan Jeffrey
  • "One Hand, One Heart"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Party Doll"     w.m. Jimmy Bowen & Buddy Knox
  • "Passing Strangers"     Mel Mitchell, Stanley Applebaum
  • "Peggy Sue"     w.m. Jerry Allison, Norman Petty & Buddy Holly
  • "Pretend You Don't See Her"     w.m. Steve Allen
  • "Proceed With Caution"     Wilson Stone
  • "Promise Her Anything"     w.m. Roy Alfred
  • "A Pub With No Beer"     w.m. Gordon Parsons
  • "Put A Light In The Window"     w. Rhoda Roberts m. Kenny Jacobson
  • "Rainbow"     w.m. Russ Hamilton
  • "Raunchy"     m. William E. Justis Jr & Sidney Manker
  • "Reet Petite"     T. Carlo, B. Gordy
  • "Remember You're Mine"     Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann
  • "Rock-A-Billy"     w.m. Woody Harris & Eddie V. Deane
  • "Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Sayonara"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "School Day"     w.m. Chuck Berry
  • "Searchin' "     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "Send For Me"     w.m. Ollie Jones
  • "Seventy-Six Trombones"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "She Was Only Seventeen"     w.m. Marty Robbins
  • "Shiralee"     w.m. Tommy Steele
  • "Short Fat Fanny"     Larry Williams
  • "Silhouettes"     w.m. Frank Slay & Bob Crewe
  • "Something's Coming"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Somewhere"     w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "The Song Of Raintree County"     w. Paul Francis Webster & Raymond Egan m. Richard Whiting
  • "The Story Of My Life"     w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
  • "The Stroll"     w.m. Nancy Lee & Clyde Otis
  • "Tammy"     w.m. Jerry Livingston & Ray Evans
  • "Teddy Bear"     w.m. Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe
  • "Tele Vee Shun"     Stan Freberg
  • "Ten Minutes Ago"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
  • "That'll Be The Day"     w.m. Buddy Holly, Norman Petty & Jerry Allison
  • "Till"     w.m. Carl Sigman, Charles Sananes & Pierre Buisson
  • "Till There Was You"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Tonight"     w. Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein m. Leonard Bernstein
  • "Tonite, Tonite"     W. Nobles
  • "Treat Me Nice"     w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "Trouble (In River City)"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "The Twelfth Of Never"     adapt. (folk song) w. Paul Francis Webster m. Jerry Livingston
  • "Twenty-Six Miles"     w.m. Bruce Bell & Glen Larson
  • "A Very Special Love"     w.m. Robert Allen
  • "Wake Up Little Susie"     w.m. Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant
  • "Walking Along"     Sam Weiss, Winston Willis
  • "White Silver Sands"     w.m. Charles G. Matthews & Gladys Reinhardt
  • "A White Sports Coat"     w.m. Marty Robbins
  • "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"     w.m. Dave Williams & Sunny David
  • "Whole Lotta Woman"     w.m. Marvin Rainwater
  • "Why Baby Why"     w.m. Luther Dixon & Larry Harrison
  • "Why Don't They Understand?"     Jack Fishman, Joe Henderson
  • "Wild Is The Wind"     w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin
  • "Wind In The Willows"     Wecht, Singer, Singer
  • "Witchcraft"     w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman
  • "Wonderful! Wonderful!"     w. Ben Raleigh m. Sherman Edwards
  • "Yellow Bird"     w.m. Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff
  • "Yes Tonight, Josephine"     w.m. Winfield Scott & Dorothy Goodman
  • "You Need Hands"     w.m. Roy Irwin
  • "You Send Me"     w.m. L. C. Cooke

Musical theater

Musical films

  • Funny Face
  • The Pajama Game
  • Pal Joey
  • Silk Stockings

Births

Deaths

Awards

Eurovision Song Contest