This is a summary of 1958 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year.
List of years in British music
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24 January – Paul McCartney makes his first appearance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool with The Quarrymen .[ 1] 5 February – Michael Tippett 's Symphony No. 2 is first performed in London .[ 2] 12 March – The UK has not entered the third annual Eurovision Song Contest , after coming 7th previous year. It is the second of the only two occasions in the contest's history that the UK fails to enter.1 April – BBC Radiophonic Workshop created.2 April – Ralph Vaughan Williams 's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent .10 April – Singer Cleo Laine and bandleader John Dankworth marry.19 April – The Marquee Club first opens in London, as a jazz venue.July – Pete Seeger begins performing his new song "The Bells of Rhymney ", based on a lyric by Welsh poet Idris Davies .
c. 12 July – The Quarrymen (Paul McCartney , John Lennon (lead vocals), George Harrison , Colin Hanton (drums) and John Lowe (piano)) record a single 78 rpm shellac acetate disc at Phillips' Sound Recording Services in Liverpool: "In Spite of All the Danger " (McCartney–Harrison) and a cover of Buddy Holly 's "That'll Be the Day ".[ 1]
28 August – Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No 4 is performed at the Proms , the first complete Bruckner symphony to be played at the festival since 1903.29 August – "Move It ", the debut record by Cliff Richard and the Drifters , is released on the Columbia label, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart . It is credited with being one of the first authentic rock and roll songs produced outside the United States.[ 3] 2 –9 December – Decca makes the first complete recording of Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten .[ 4] Classical music: new works
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8 January – Steve Garvey , bass guitarist (Buzzcocks )17 January – Andrew Lowe Watson , composer of musical theatre and concert music (d.2021)24 January – Jools Holland , pianist, bandleader and television presenter21 February
23 February – David Sylvian , vocalist (Japan)24 February - Mike Pickering , keyboardist (M People )1 March – Nik Kershaw , singer-songwriter5 March – Andy Gibb , English-born singer (died 1988 )8 March – Gary Numan , British singer9 March – Martin Fry , vocalist of ABC 18 March – Neil Brand , British writer, pianist and composer11 April – Stuart Adamson (Big Country ) (d. 2001)12 April – Will Sergeant , guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen )15 April – Benjamin Zephaniah , writer and musician18 April – Les Pattinson , bassist (Echo & the Bunnymen )25 April – Fish , Scottish singer17 May – Alan Rankine , musician and producer18 May – Toyah Willcox , actress and singer25 May – Paul Weller , singer-songwriter25 May – Howard Goodall , composer of musicals, choral music and music for television11 June – Barry Adamson , singer and bass player14 June - Nick Van Eede , Singer/Songwriter, vocalist (Cutting Crew )29 June – Mark Radcliffe , singer and radio host5 July – Paul Daniel , conductor20 July – Mick MacNeil , Scottish keyboard player and songwriter (Simple Minds )30 July – Kate Bush , singer and songwriter4 August – Ian Broudie , singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Lightning Seeds )7 August – Bruce Dickinson , musician13 August – Feargal Sharkey , singer (The Undertones )6 September – Buster Bloodvessel , vocalist (Bad Manners )10 September – Siobhan Fahey , singer21 September – Simon Mayo , radio presenter14 October – Thomas Dolby , musician20 October – Mark King , guitarist and singer27 October – Simon Le Bon , singer (Duran Duran )10 December – Helen DeMacque , singer (Pepsi & Shirlie )19 December – Limahl , singerdate unknown Patrick Hawes , composer, conductor, organist and pianist.
11 January – Alec Rowley , English organist and composer (born 1892 )2 April – Tudor Davies , operatic tenor (born 1892 )14 April – Katharine Goodson , pianist (born 1872 )3 May – Roland Cunningham , Australian-born British singer and actor (born 1872 )5 August – Joseph Holbrooke , composer (born 1878 )26 August – Ralph Vaughan Williams , British composer (born 1872 )2 September – Betty Humby Beecham , pianist (born 1908 )24 October – Martin Shaw , composer (born 1875 )27 October – John Wooldridge , film composer (born 1919 ) (car accident)2 November – Adam Carse , composer (born 1878 )[ 8] [failed verification 3 November – Harry Revel , musical theatre composer (b. 1905 )6 November – Francis George Scott , composer (born 1880 )28 December – Reginald Foresythe , jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1907 )date unknown – John Strachan , ballad singer (born 1875 )
^ a b Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography ISBN 978-0-316-80352-6 ^ Kendall, Alan (2000). The Chronicle of Classical Music . London: Thames & Hudson. p. 243. ^ "Sold on Song Top 100" . BBC. Retrieved 2007-11-18 .^ Reed, Philip & Cooke, Mervyn (eds). Letters From a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958–1965 . The Boydell Press (2010). p. 67
^ Hyperion Records . Accessed 23 April 2014^ Searle, Humphrey (1958). The Diary of a Madman. London and Mainz: Schott and Co.
^ [1] Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Renown Pictures Ltd, PO Box 592,Kings Langley, Herts WD4 4DB^ "Mr. A. von Ahn Carse's Second Symphony" . The Musical Times . London: Novello: 798. 1 December 1908. Retrieved June 28, 2012 .
