1957 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

9.1 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January 6 - Elvis Presley makes final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
January 8 - Elvis Presley takes the army pre-induction exam in Memphis, Tennessee and passes
January 16 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool, England
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel name themselves Tom and Jerry and begin their recording career, signing with Sid Prosen of Big Records. Their first single, "Hey, Schoolgirl," backed with "Dancin' Wild," hit #49 on the Billboard pop charts. Garfunkel was Tom Graph (so called because he like to write the pop charts out on graph paper) and Simon was Jerry Landis, a pseudonym he used during his early 1960s solo recordings. They toured for eighteen months before retiring to become college students and then reforming in 1963 as Simon and Garfunkel.
March 19 - Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee and calls it Graceland
July 6 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) first meet.
Leonard Bernstein completes work on West Side Story.
17 year old John Lennon meets 15 year old Paul McCartney at St. Peter's Church garden fete in Liverpool, England.
American Bandstand premieres on television.
Jerry Lee Lewis' musical career begins
Jerry Butler's musical career begins

Albums released

Blue Train - John Coltrane
Close To You - Frank Sinatra
A Jolly Christmas - Frank Sinatra
A Swingin' Affair - Frank Sinatra
Where Are You? - Frank Sinatra

Top hits on record

"Diana" - Paul Anka
"Sugartime" - McGuire Sisters
"Hey, Schoolgirl" - Tom and Jerry
"Peggy Sue" - Buddy Holly
"That'll Be The Day" - Buddy Holly
"Everyday" - Buddy Holly
"Oh Boy" - Buddy Holly
"Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
"That'll Be The Day" - The Crickets, Buddy Holly's group
"Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
"Wake Up Little Susie" - The Everly Brothers
"Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
"You Send Me" - Sam Cooke
"Dark Moon" - Gale Storm
"Rock And Roll Music" - Chuck Berry
"Lucille" - Little Richard
"Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" - Brenda Lee
"Young Love" - Tab Hunter
"Searchin' " - The Coasters
"Young Blood" - The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
"Little Darlin' " - Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
"Come Go With Me" - Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups
"Black Slacks" - Joe Bennett

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 B�caud
"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 B�caud
"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

Bells Are Ringing London production

Brigadoon Broadway revival
Damn Yankees London production
New Girl In Town Broadway production
West Side Story Broadway production

Musical films

Funny Face
The Pajama Game
Pal Joey
Silk Stockings

Births

January - Grandmaster Flash
January 4 - Patty Loveless
January 17 - Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles
January 18 - Tom Bailey, Thompson Twins
January 19 - Mickey Virtue, UB40
January 23 - Earl Falconer, bassist
January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen
January 26 - Norman Hassan, UB40
January 27 - Janick Gers, musician, Iron Maiden
February 2 - Tony Butler, Big Country
February 27 - Adrian Smith, musician, Iron Maiden
February 28 - Cindy Wilson, The B52's
March 12 - Steve Harris, musician, Iron Maiden
March 12 - Marlon Jackson, The Jackson 5
May 10 - Sid Vicious
May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie & the Banshees
April 12 - Vince Gill
June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma
June 18 - Tom Bailey, Thompson Twins
June 22 - Gary Beers, INXS
June 26 - Patty Smyth
July 3 - Laura Branigan
July 30 - Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies
August 18 - Ron Strykert, Men at Work
August 31 - Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze
August 31 - Gina Schock, The Go Go's
September 1 - Gloria Estefan, singer
September 10 - Siobhan Fahey, Bananarama
September 22 - Johnette Napolitano , Concrete Blond
September 22 - Nick Cave
October 7 - Michael W. Smith
October 19 - Karl Wallinger, World Party
October 21 - Steve Lukather, Toto
October 21 - Julian Cope
October 28 - Stephen Morris, New Order
November 1 - Lyle Lovett
November 8 - Porl Thompson, The Cure
November 24 - Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis & The News
December 9 - Donny Osmond, singer
December 9 - Steve Taylor, singer, record producer
December 12 - Sheila E
December 20 - Billy Bragg, singer, song-writer
December 20 - Anita Baker
December 23 - Victoria Williams, singer
December 25 - Shane MacGowan, The Pogues