1957 in British music
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This is a summary of 1957 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Events
- 1 January - Benjamin Britten conducts the opening performance of his ballet The Prince of the Pagodas at Covent Garden.[1]
- 11 January - Tommy Steele reaches no 1 in the UK chart with his cover of "Singing the Blues", thus achieving chart-topping success before his American rival Elvis Presley.
- 16 January – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool.
- 25 January - first performance of William Walton's Cello Concerto in Boston.[1]
- 3 March - Patricia Bredin represents the UK at the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest in Frankfurt, finishing in 7th place. It is the first time the UK has entered the competition.
- June - Kay Kendall, star of Les Girls, marries Rex Harrison, star of My Fair Lady.
- 6 July – John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) meet for the first time, at St. Peter's Church garden fete.
Charts
Classical music: new works
- Malcolm Arnold - The River Kwai March
- Benjamin Britten - Songs from the Chinese Op. 58, for soprano or tenor and guitar
- Gordon Jacob - Piano Concerto No. 2
- Michael Tippett - Symphony No. 2
- William Walton - Partita for Orchestra
Opera
- Benjamin Britten - Noye's Fludde (composition draft completed 18 December).[2]
Film and Incidental music
- Richard Addinsell - The Prince and the Showgirl directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, co-starring Marilyn Monroe.
- John Addison -
- The Entertainer - opening 10 April at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
- Lucky Jim directed by John Boulting, starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith.
- Malcolm Arnold -
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's, starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis.
- The Bridge on the River Kwai directed by David Lean, starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa.
- James Bernard -
- Across the Bridge, starring Rod Steiger and Bernard Lee.
- The Curse of Frankenstein directed by Terence Fisher, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
- Stanley Black - The Naked Truth, starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers and Dennis Price.
- Muir Mathieson - Campbell's Kingdom, starring Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker.
- Clifton Parker - Night of the Demon directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis.
- Humphrey Searle -
- The Abominable Snowman directed by Val Guest, starring Peter Cushing.
- The Passionate Stranger, starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson.
Musical theatre
- 11 April - Zuleika, with music by Peter Tranchell and book and lyrics by James Ferman receives its West End première at the Saville Theatre, starring Diane Cilento in the title role.
Musical films
- Let's Be Happy, starring Vera-Ellen
- The Tommy Steele Story
- These Dangerous Years, starring Frankie Vaughan
Births
- 20 January - Andy Sheppard, saxophonist and composer
- 27 January - Janick Gers, guitarist and songwriter
- 3 February - Steven Stapleton, singer-songwriter (Nurse with Wound and Current 93)
- 13 February - Tony Butler English bass player (Big Country and On the Air)
- 28 February - Phil Gould, drummer, singer and songwriter (Level 42)
- 21 March - John Whitfield, conductor
- 26 March - Paul Morley, music journalist
- 20 May - Sid Vicious, punk musician (died 1979)
- 27 May – Siouxsie Sioux, singer
- 29 May - Big George, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster (died 2011)
- 7 June – Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
- 21 June – Mark Brzezicki, drummer (Big Country, The Cult, Ultravox, and Procol Harum)
- 24 June – Astro, rapper (UB40)
- 3 July - Poly Styrene, punk musician (died 2011)
- 11 July - Peter Murphy, singer-songwriter (Bauhaus and Dalis Car)
- 18 July - Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd, The Flowers of Romance, and The Clash)
- 31 August - Glenn Tilbrook, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze)
- 20 December - Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter
Deaths
- January
- Gertie Gitana, music hall entertainer, 69
- Harry Gordon, entertainer, 63
- 13 March - Lena Ashwell, entertainer, 84
- 12 May - Marie Rappold, operatic soprano, 83
- 1 August - Cathal O'Byrne, singer and poet, 90
- 18 August - Louis Levy, film composer, 62
- 1 September – Dennis Brain, horn virtuoso, 36 (car accident)
- 20 October – Jack Buchanan, singer, dancer, actor and director, 66
- 21 December – Eric Coates, composer, 71
- date unknown
- William Henley, violinist, composer and arranger
- Jack Robson, songwriter
References
- 1 2 Kendall, Alan. The Chronicle of Classical Music. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 242
- ↑ Reed, Philip & Cooke, Mervyn (eds). Letters From a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 4 1952-1957. The Boydell Press (2008). p. 494
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