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1956 in music,
other events of 1957,
1958 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
- 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, Tennesse[?] 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
- 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
- February 2 - Tony Butler[?], Big Country
- February 27 - Adrain Smith[?], 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
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