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Overview of the events of 1958 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958.
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The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts for the longest time in 1958, in their respective countries.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | Domenico Modugno | Volare | 1958 | US BB 1 – Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Italy 1 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1958, Grammy in 1958, Canada 2 – Jul 1958, Norway 2 – Oct 1958, South Africa 5 of 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, UK 10 – Sep 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, Europe 34 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1958 | |
2 | The Kingston Trio | Tom Dooley | 1958 | US BB 1 – Oct 1958, Canada 1 – Oct 1958, Norway 1 – Jan 1959, Australia 1 for 10 weeks May 1958, UK 5 – Nov 1958, Australia 5 of 1958, Italy 5 of 1959, South Africa 8 of 1958, Europe 18 of the 1950s, US CashBox 20 of 1958, US BB 37 of 1958, POP 37 of 1958, RYM 89 of 1958, DDD 94 of 1958, RIAA 197, Acclaimed 1001 | |
3 | The Everly Brothers | All I Have to Do is Dream | 1958 | UK 1 – May 1958 (7 weeks at No.1), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1958 (17 weeks), Canada 1 – Apr 1958 (15 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 9 weeks – Jun 1958, South Africa 1 of 1958, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1958), US BB 2 of 1958, US CashBox 4 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 4 of 1958, DDD 14 of 1958, US invalid BB 26 of 1958, POP 26 of 1958, Europe 28 of the 1950s (1958), UKMIX 45, nuTsie 89 of 1950s, DMDB 98 (1958), Rolling Stone 141, Acclaimed 160 (1958), RYM 5 of 1958, NY Daily Love list 13, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 | |
4 | The Everly Brothers | Bird Dog | 1958 | Canada 1 – Aug 1958 (13 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 3 weeks – Nov 1958, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 1958, UK 2 – Sep 1958 (16 weeks), US Billboard 2 – Aug 1958 (18 weeks), Australia 2 of 1958, US CashBox 5 of 1958, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1958, Norway 5 – Oct 1965 (3 weeks), Flanders 12 – Dec 1958 (3 months), US BB 13 of 1958, US invalid BB 25 of 1958, POP 25 of 1958, Europe 33 of the 1950s (1958), DDD 35 of 1958, D.Marsh 40 of 1958, Italy 88 of 1959, UKMIX 341, Acclaimed 1925 (1958), RYM 30 of 1958 |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Archer, Violet | Piano Trio No. 2 | 1958-04-20 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Balsam, Gottlieb, Klein[7] |
Ardévol, José | Music for Little Orchestra | 1958-04-19 | Washington FC (IAFCM) | Mexico National Symphony – Herrera de la Fuente[7] |
Brian, Havergal | Symphony No. 10 | 1958-11-03 | London | London Philharmonia – Pope[8] |
Caamaño, Roberto | Piano Concerto | 1958-04-18 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Caamaño / USA National Symphony – Mitchell[7] |
Eisler, Hanns | Lenin Requiem | 1958-11-22 | East Berlin [9] | [Unknown performers] |
Ginastera, Alberto | String Quartet No. 2 | 1958-04-19 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Juilliard Quartet[7] |
Guarnieri, Camargo | Chôro for Clarinet and Orchestra | 1958-04-20 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Wright / USA National Symphony – Mitchell[7] |
Imbrie, Andrew | Violin Concerto | 1958-04-22 | Berkeley, CA | Robert Gross / San Francisco Symphony – Jordá[10] |
Lajtha, Lászlo | Revolution Symphony (Symphony No. 7) | 1958-04-26 | Paris | Hungarian Radio Orchestra – Lehel[11] |
Larsson, Lars-Erik | Concertini: No. 5, for Horn | 1958-01-24 | Malmö | Lanzky-Otto / Malmö Symphony – Axelsson[12] |
Larsson, Lars-Erik | Concertini: No. 8, for Violin | 1958-03-13 | Gothenburg | Berlin / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg[13] |
Ligeti, György | Métamorphoses nocturnes (String Quartet No. 1) | 1958-05-08 | Vienna | Ramor Quartet[14] |
Martinu, Bohuslav | The Epic of Gilgamesh, oratorio | 1958-01-24 | Basel | Basel Chamber Orchestra and Choir – Sacher[15] |
Orrego-Salas, Juan | String Quartet No. 1 | 1958-04-19 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Juilliard Quartet[7] |
Pettersson, Allan | Concerto for Strings No. 3 | 1958-03-14 | Stockholm | Swedish Radio Symphony – Mann[16] |
Porter, Quincy | New England Episodes | 1958-04-18 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | USA National Symphony – Mitchell[7] |
Shchedrin, Rodion | Symphony No. 1 | 1958-12-06 | Moscow | Moscow Philharmonic – Rakhlin[17] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Gruppen for three orchestras | 1958-03-24 | Cologne-Deutz (Koelnmesse, Musik der Zeit) | Cologne Radio Symphony – Stockhausen, Maderna, Boulez[18] |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Symphony No. 9 | 1958-04-02 | London | RPO – Sargent[19] |
Vega, Aurelio de la | String Quartet | 1958-04-20 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Claremont Quartet[7] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | String Quartet No. 15 | 1958-04-19 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | Juilliard Quartet[7] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Symphony No. 12 | 1958-04-20 | Washington DC (IAFCM) | USA National Symphony – Mitchell |
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