1958 in music
Events
Musics & spectacles
- February 14th: the , Compass card Darius Milhaud.
- April 12th: The American pianist Harvey Lavan Van Cliburn gains with Moscow the first price of the contest Tchaïkovski.
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: Musical film “ Creole King ” putting in the high-speed motorboat Elvis Presley.
- August 17th: Summerspace , of Merce Cunningham.
- August 29th: George Harrison joined John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Quarrymen .
- September 19th: Concerto for piano, of John Cage.
- December 11th: Diffusion of the Requiem, Berlioz, first stereophonic musical program in France.
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the career of Jerry Lee Lewis is put in danger by its marriage with his/her thirteen year old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, girl of her bass player. At the beginning of year, its song Great balls off fire was assembled in second position in the American hit parade.
Principal albums of the year
- July 22nd: Porgy and Bess , recording of Miles Davis.
- Chuck Berry enregitre the song Johnny B. Goode , become since traditional of the Rock'n'roll and taken again by tens of artists.
Success of the year in France
Births
- August 29th: Michael Jackson, American singer-type-setter-dancer
- June 7th: Prince, producer, type-setter, singer and musician of Funk and pop American
Principal deaths
- August 14th: Big Bill Broonzy, guitarist and singer of Jazz.
- August 17th: Florent Schmitt, French type-setter.
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