1955 in music 161119 222250216 2008-06-28T09:45:58Z Pietaster 533049 /* Births */ [[Image:Bo Diddley Prag 2005 02.jpg|thumb|Bo Diddley's chart debut was in 1955]] ==Events== {{Year nav topic|1955|music}} *[[January 1]] - [[RCA]] victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT." The label drops the list price on LPs from $5.95 to $3.98, EPs from $4.95 to $2.98, 45 EPs from $1.58 to $1.49 and 45's from $1.16 to $.89. Other record labels follow RCA's lead and begin to drop prices as well. *[[January 7]] - "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets first appears on the British charts. *[[January 8]] - [[Elvis Presley]]'s third Sun Records single, "Milk Cow Blue Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker" released. *[[January 14]] - In [[New York City]], [[Alan Freed]] produces the first [[rock and roll]] concert. *[[February 19]] - Dot Records introduces a new singer, [[Pat Boone]], with an advertisement in Billboard magazine calling him "a great new voice" *[[February 26]] - For the first time since they were introduced in [[1949]], 45 rpm discs begin to outsell the old standard 78s *[[Kay Starr]] leaves Capitol to sign with RCA *''[[The Patti Page Show]]'' premieres on NBC *''[[The Frankie Laine Show]]'' premieres on CBS *[[March 15]] - [[Colonel Tom Parker]] becomes [[Elvis Presley]]'s manager *[[March 19]] - The film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'' premieres in [[New York City]]. The film features [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]' "[[Rock Around the Clock]]" over the opening credits -- the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. This event causes a groundswell of sales for the recording and is credited with helping to launch in earnest the Rock and Roll Era. *[[March 22]] - Decca Records signs DJ Alan Freed as an A&R man. *[[March 26]] - [[Bill Hayes]] tops the US charts for five weeks with [[The_Ballad_of_Davy_Crockett]] and starts a (fake) [[coonskin cap]] craze. *[[April 1]] - [[Elvis Presley]]'s fourth Sun Records single: "Baby Let's Play House" / "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Goen" released. *[[April 17]] - Imperial Records releases "Ain't That a Shame" by [[Fats Domino]] *[[May 13]] - First riot at an [[Elvis Presley]] concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL *[[May 14]] - [[Bo Diddley]] makes his US R&B chart debut with his single "[[Bo Diddley (song)|Bo Diddley]]". *[[May 21]] - [[Chuck Berry]] records his first single, "Maybelline" for [[Chess Records]] in Chicago. *[[May 22]] - Bridgeport, CT authorities cancel a rock concert to be headlined by [[Fats Domino]] for fear of a riot breaking out. *[[June 4]] - "Ain't That a Shame" by [[Fats Domino]] beings an 11 week stretch on top of the US R&B charts. *[[July 6]] - Bo Diddley's second single "Diddley Daddy" makes its US R&B chart debut. *[[July 9]] - "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first [[Rock and roll]] single to reach Number One on the American charts *[[July 23]] - [[Chess Records]] release debut single by [[Chuck Berry]], "[[Maybelline]]". Also that same day Chess releases [[Muddy Waters]]'s "Mannish Boy" *[[August 17]] - [[Elvis Presley]]'s last Sun Records single - "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "[[Mystery Train]]" - released. *[[August 19]] - WINS radio station in New York City adopts policy of not playing white cover versions of black R&B songs. *[[August 20]] - [[Chuck Berry]]'s "Maybelline" reaches #1 on R&B charts, ending 11 week reign of "Ain't That a Shame" by [[Fats Domino]]. *[[August 31]] - Sidney Turner of London fined for "creating an abominable noise" for blasting "[[Shake, Rattle, and Roll]]" at top volume. *[[September 3]] - [[Little Richard]] records "[[Tutti Frutti]]" with significantly cleaned up lyrics (originally "Tutti Frutti, good booty" among other things. *[[September 26]] - "America's Sweethearts," [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]] marry. *[[October 15]] - [[Elvis Presley]] plays concert in Lubbock, Texas. Opening act is local duo Buddy and Bob. Buddy was future rock star [[Buddy Holly]]. *[[November 12]] - Billboard magazine DJ poll names [[Elvis Presley]] as the most promising new country/western singer. *[[November 20]] - Bo Diddley makes his debut TV appearance on [[Ed Sullivan]]'s "Toast Of The Town" show on [[CBS]]. *[[November 22]] - Colonel Tom Parker signs [[Elvis Presley]] to [[RCA Records]]. *[[November 26]] - "Sixteen Tons" by [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] tops the Billboard pop charts. *[[December 15]] - Sun Records releases "Folsom Prison Blues" by [[Johnny Cash]]. *[[Paul Simon]] and [[Art Garfunkel]]'s musical careers begin as they copyright a song, "The Girl For Me," with the [[Library of Congress]] and begin singing together as a duo while still in high school in [[New York, New York]]. *[[Mirella Freni]] makes her debut as Micaela in ''Carmen'' at Modena. *[[Eddie Cochran]]'s musical career begins. *[[Al Green]]'s musical career begins at the age of nine. *[[Clyde McPhatter]] launches a solo career *[[Renato Carosone]] and [[Nicola Salerno]] meet and start their [[songwriting]] partnership *Italian singers [[Natalino Otto]] and [[Flo Sandon's]] wed. *[[The Coasters]] are formed. ==Albums released== * ''[[At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1]]'' - [[Art Blakey|The Jazz Messengers]] * ''[[At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2]]'' - The Jazz Messengers * ''[[Day Dreams]]'' - [[Doris Day]] * ''[[Blue Moods]]'' - [[Miles Davis]] * ''[[Cloud 7 (album)|Cloud 7]]'' - [[Tony Bennett]] * ''[[Concert by the Sea]]'' - [[Erroll Garner]] * ''[[Dinner in Caracas]]'' - [[Aldemaro Romero]] * ''Doris Day in Hollywood'' - [[Doris Day]] * ''Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs'' - [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] * ''Especially for You...'' - [[Teresa Brewer]] * ''Four Brothers'' - [[The Ames Brothers]] * ''Happy Holidays'' - [[Jo Stafford]] * ''The Hi-Lo's, I Presume'' - [[The Hi-Lo’s]] * ''I Cry for You'' - [[Johnnie Ray]] * ''I Love You'' - [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] * ''[[I'm in the Mood for Love (Eddie Fisher album)|I'm in the Mood for Love]]'' - [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] * ''In a Blue Mood'' - [[Kay Starr]] * ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]]'' - [[Sarah Vaughan]] * ''[[In the Wee Small Hours]]'' - [[Frank Sinatra]] * ''[[Jazz Spectacular]]'' - [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Buck Clayton]] * ''[[Julie Is Her Name]]'' - [[Julie London]] * ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (Doris Day album)|Love Me or Leave Me]]'' - [[Doris Day]] * ''Lovers' Laine'' - [[Frankie Laine]] * ''[[Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant]]'' - [[Betty Carter]] and [[Ray Bryant]] * ''Memory Songs'' - [[Jo Stafford]] * ''[[Miles Davis Volume 1]]'' - Miles Davis * ''[[Miles Davis Volume 2]]'' - Miles Davis * ''[[Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet]]'' - Miles Davis * ''Moments to Remember'' - [[The Four Lads]] * ''Music Ala Carte'' - [[The Crew Cuts]] * ''[[Musings of Miles]]'' - Miles Davis * ''[[Oklahoma! (soundtrack)|Oklahoma!]]'' - Original Broadway Cast * ''The One, the Only Kay Starr'' - [[Kay Starr]] * ''[[Quintet / Sextet]]'' - Miles Davis * ''[[Rain or Shine (Dick Haymes album)|Rain or Shine]]'' - [[Dick Haymes]] * ''[[Rock Around the Clock (album)|Rock Around the Clock]]'' - [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] * ''[[Romance on the Range (album)|Romance on the Range]]'' - [[Patti Page]] * ''Satch Plays Fats'' - [[Louis Armstrong]] * ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' - [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] * ''[[So Smooth]]'' - [[Perry Como]] * ''Soft and Sentimental'' - [[Jo Stafford]] * ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' - [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Peggy Lee]] * ''[[Study in Brown]]'' - [[Clifford Brown]] and [[Max Roach]] * ''[[Swingin' Down Yonder]]'' - [[Dean Martin]] * ''[[Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington]]'' - [[Thelonious Monk]] * ''Voice of our Choice'' - [[Guy Mitchell]] ==Biggest hit singles== The following singles achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1955.htm chart positions] in the set of charts available for 1955. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! <big>#</big> ! <big>Artist</big> ! <big>Title</big> ! 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Chart Entries |- | 1 || [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] || [[Rock Around the Clock]] || 1955 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Oct 1955, US BB 1 - May 1955, US BB 1 of 1955, DDD 1 of 1954, POP 1 of 1955, Italy 3 of 1957, Global 4 (20 M sold) - 1954, Europe 5 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 8 of rock & roll, RIAA 12, Germany 17 - Jun 1968, Holland 27 - Jun 1968, 41 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 49, AFI 50, Rolling Stone 158, Party 180 of 1999 |- | 2 || [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] || [[Sixteen Tons]] || 1955 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Jan 1956, US BB 1 - Nov 1955, Australia 1 for 6 weeks May 1955, RYM 13 of 1955, US BB 20 of 1955, POP 20 of 1955, DDD 49 of 1955, RIAA 83, Acclaimed 276 |- | 3 || [[The Four Aces|Four Aces]] || [[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many Splendoured Thing]] || 1955 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 - Aug 1955, Oscar in 1955, UK 2 - Nov 1955, Peel list 2 of 1955, Italy 3 of 1956, US BB 9 of 1955, POP 9 of 1955, RYM 29 of 1955 |- | 4 || [[Chuck Berry]] || [[Maybellene]] || 1955 || {{flagicon|US}} || RYM 1 of 1955, DDD 2 of 1955, US BB 5 - Aug 1955, US BB 6 of 1955, POP 6 of 1955, Scrobulate 17 of rock & roll, Rolling Stone 18, Acclaimed 99 |- | 5 || [[Frank Sinatra]] || [[Love & Marriage]] || 1955 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 2 of 1955, POP 2 of 1955, UK 3 - Jan 1956, US BB 5 - Nov 1955, Holland 9 - Apr 1991, RYM 16 of 1955, Scrobulate 47 of relaxing, Europe 83 of the 1950s |} ==US No. 1 hit singles== These singles reached the top of US [[Billboard magazine]]'s charts in 1955. {| border="1" cellpadding="2" !First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist |- |[[January 22]], [[1955]]||align="center"|2||"[[Let Me Go, Lover]]"||[[Joan Weber]] |- |[[February 5]], [[1955]]||align="center"|1||"[[Hearts of Stone]]"||[[Fontane Sisters]] |- |[[February 12]], [[1955]]||align="center"|6||"[[Sincerely (song)|Sincerely]]"||[[McGuire Sisters]] |- |[[March 26]], [[1955]]||align="center"|5||"[[The Ballad Of Davy Crockett]]"||[[Bill Hayes]] |- |[[April 30]], [[1955]]||align="center"|8||"[[Unchained Melody]]"||[[Les Baxter]] |- |[[July 9]], [[1955]]||align="center"|10||"[[Rock Around The Clock]]"||[[Bill Haley]] & his Comets |- |[[September 3]], [[1955]]||align="center"|5||"[[Yellow Rose Of Texas]]"||[[Mitch Miller]] |- |[[October 8]], [[1955]]||align="center"|1||"[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]"||[[The Four Aces]] |- |[[October 15]], [[1955]]||align="center"|1||"[[Yellow Rose Of Texas]]"||[[Mitch Miller]] |- |[[October 22]], [[1955]]||align="center"|1||"[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]"||[[The Four Aces]] |- |[[October 29]], [[1955]]||align="center"|1||"[[Autumn Leaves (song)|Autumn Leaves]]"||[[Roger Williams]] |- |[[November 5]], [[1955]]||align="center"|4||"[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]"||[[The Four Aces]] |- |[[November 26]], [[1955]]||align="center"|7||"[[Sixteen Tons]]"||[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] |} ==Top hits on record== *"[[Ain't That A Shame]]" - [[Pat Boone]] *"[[Arrivederci Roma]]" - [[Georgia Gibbs]] *"[[Band Of Gold (1955 song)|Band Of Gold]]" - [[Don Cherry (singer/golfer)|Don Cherry]] *"[[A Blossom Fell]]" - [[Nat King Cole]] *"[[The Crazy Otto Medley]]" - [[Johnny Maddox]] *"[[Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White]]" – [[Perez Prado]] *"[[Cool Water]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] *"[[Croce Di Oro]]" - [[Patti Page]] *"[[Cry Me a River]]" - [[Julie London]] *"[[Dance With Me, Henry]]" - [[Georgia Gibbs]] *"[[Danger! Heartbreak Ahead]]" - [[Jaye P. Morgan]] *"[[Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup]]" - [[Nat King Cole]] *"[[Earth Angel]]" - [[The Crew Cuts]] *"[[Gum Drop]]" - [[The Crew Cuts]] *"[[The Great Pretender]]" - [[The Platters]] *"[[Hawk-Eye (song)|Hawk-Eye]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] *"[[He (song)|He]]", recorded by **[[Al Hibbler]] **[[McGuire Sisters]] *"[[Heart (song)|Heart]]" - [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] *"[[How Important Can It Be?]]" - [[Joni James]] *"[[Hummingbird (song)|Hummingbird]]", recorded by **[[Frankie Laine]] **[[Les Paul and Mary Ford]] *"[[I Hear You Knocking]]" – [[Gale Storm]] *"[[I Need You Now]]" - [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] *"[[I Want You To Be My Baby]]" - [[Georgia Gibbs]] *"[[If I Give My Heart to You]]", recorded by **[[Doris Day]] **[[Denise Lor]] *"[[In The Beginning (1954 song)|In The Beginning]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] *"[[It's A Sin To Tell A Lie]]" - [[Somethin' Smith & The Redheads]] *"[[Let Me Go, Lover]]" - [[Joan Weber]] *"[[Let's Go Fishin']]" - [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Jimmy Boyd]] *"[[Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing]]" - [[The Four Aces]] featuring [[Al Alberts]] *"[[Love Me Or Leave Me (song)|Love Me Or Leave Me]]" - [[Doris Day]] *"[[Maybelline (song)|Maybelline]]" - [[Chuck Berry]] *"[[Melody of Love]]" - [[Billy Vaughn]] *"[[Memories Are Made Of This]]" - [[Dean Martin]] *"[[Moments to Remember]]" - [[The Four Lads]] *"[[My Friend]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] *"[[Never Look Back]]" - [[Doris Day]] *"[[Only You (And You Alone)]]" - [[The Platters]] *"[[Playmates (song)|Playmates]]" - [[The Fontane Sisters]] *"[[Rock Around The Clock]]" - [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] *"[[Rock And Roll Waltz]]" - [[Kay Starr]] *"[[Same Old Saturday Night]]" - [[Frank Sinatra]] *"[[Seventeen (song)|Seventeen]]" - [[The Fontane Sisters]] *"[[Sincerely (song)|Sincerely]]" – [[McGuire Sisters]] *"[[Sixteen Tons]]", recorded by **[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] **[[Frankie Laine]] *"[[Smack Dab In The Middle]]" - [[The Mills Brothers]] *"[[Song Of Seventeen]]" - [[Petty King]] *"[[Speedo]]" - [[The Cadillacs]] *"[[Stars Fell On Alabama]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Buck Clayton]] *"[[Suddenly There's A Valley]]" - [[Gogi Grant]] *"[[Teenage Prayer]]" – [[Gale Storm]] *"[[That Old Feeling (song)|That Old Feeling]]", recorded by **[[Frankie Laine]] & [[Buck Clayton]] **[[Patti Page]] *"[[That's All I Want from You]]" - [[Jaye P. Morgan]] *"[[Tweedle Dee]]" - [[Georgia Gibbs]] *"[[Unchained Melody]]", recorded by **[[Les Baxter]] **[[Roy Hamilton]] **[[Al Hibbler]] *"[[A Woman in Love]]" - [[Frankie Laine]] *"[[The Yellow Rose Of Texas]]" - [[Mitch Miller]] & The Gang *"[[You Are My Love (1955 song)|You Are My Love]]" - [[Joni James]] ==Top R&B and Country Hits on record== *"Ain't That A Shame" - [[Fats Domino]] *"[[Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)|Earth Angel]]" - [[Penguins]] *"Flip, Flop & Fly" - [[Joe Turner]] *"[[Tweedle Dee]]" - [[LaVern Baker]] *"Folsom Prison Blues" - [[Johnny Cash]] ==Published popular music== * "[[Adelaide (1955 song)|Adelaide]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]] * "[[Ain't That A Shame]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Fats Domino|Antoine Domino]] & [[Dave Bartholomew]] * "[[Ain't That Lovin' You Baby]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Jimmy Reed * "[[All At Once You Love Her]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] * "[[Arrivederci Roma]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. (Eng) [[Carl Sigman]] m. Renato Ranucci * "[[Ballad Of Davy Crockett]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Tom Blackburn m. [[George Bruns]] * "[[Banana Boat (Day O)]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;trad West Indies arr. William Attaway and Irving Burgie (aka Lord Burgess) * "[[Band Of Gold (1955 song)|Band Of Gold]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Bob Musel m. Jack Taylor * "[[The Bible Tells Me So]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Dale Evans]] * "[[Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Mike Stoller]] * "[[Blue Monday (1955 song)|Blue Monday]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Fats Domino|Antoine "Fats" Domino]] & [[Dave Bartholomew]] * "[[Blue Star (song)|Blue Star]]" w. [[Edward Heyman]] m. [[Victor Young]] * "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Carl Perkins]] * "[[Bo Diddley]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bo Diddley|Ellas McDaniel]] * "[[Charlie Brown (song)|Charlie Brown]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Mike Stoller]] * "[[Christmas Alphabet]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Buddy Kaye]], [[Jules Loman]] * "[[Dance With Me, Henry]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Johnny Otis]], [[Hank Ballard]] & [[Etta James]] aka "Wallflower" * "[[Domani]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Tony Velona m. [[Ulpio Minucci]] * "[[Don't Be Angry]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy & Fred Mendelsohn * "[[Dreamboat]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Jack Hoffman * "[[Dungaree Doll]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Ben Raleigh m. [[Sherman Edwards]] * "[[Folsom Prison Blues]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Johnny Cash]] * "[[The Great Pretender]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Buck Ram]] * "[[Hallelujah I Love Her So]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Ray Charles]] * "[[He (song)|He]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Jack Mullan m. Jack Richards * "He's a Tramp" w.m. [[Peggy Lee]] and [[Sonny Burke]]. Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' * "[[Heart (song)|Heart]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]] * "[[Hey, Mister Banjo]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Freddy Morgan]] & Norman Malkin * "[[I Hear You Knocking]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Dave Bartholomew]] & Pearl King * "[[I Never Has Seen Snow]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Truman Capote]] & [[Harold Arlen]] m. [[Harold Arlen]] * "[[I'm In Love Again]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Fats Dominio|Antoine Domino]] & [[Dave Bartholomew]] * "[[In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning]]" w. Bob Hilliard m. Dave Mann * "[[Innamorata]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Jack Brooks m. [[Harry Warren]] Introduced by [[Dean Martin]] in the film ''[[Artists And Models]]'' * "[[It's Almost Tomorrow]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Wade Buff]] m. [[Gene Adkinson]] * "[[Jamaica Farewell]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Lord Burgess]] * "[[Jim Dandy]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Lincoln Chase * "[[Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Forest Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy * "[[Learnin' The Blues]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Dolores Vicki Silvers * "[[Life Could Not Better Be]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Sylvia Fine]] & [[Sammy Cahn]]. Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the film ''[[The Court Jester]]''. * "[[Little One]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[Love and Marriage]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[James Van Heusen]] * "[[Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Sammy Fain]] * "[[Maybelline (song)|Maybelline]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Chuck Berry]], Russ Frato & [[Alan Freed]] * "[[Memories Are Made Of This]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Terry Gilkyson]], Rich Dehr & [[Frank Miller (singer)|Frank Miller]] * "[[Mind If I Make Love To You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[Moments To Remember]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Al Stillman]] m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]] * "[[Mr. Wonderful (song)|Mr. Wonderful]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jerry Bock]], [[George David Weiss]] & [[Larry Holofcener]] * "[[My Boy - Flat Top]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Boyd Bennett & John Young Jr * "[[No, Not Much]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Al Stillman]] m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]] * "[[Once-A-Year Day]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]] from the musical ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' * "An Occasional Man" w.m. Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin. Introduced by [[Gloria DeHaven]] in the film ''[[The Girl Rush]]'' * "[[Paper Roses]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Janice Torre m. Fred Spielman * "[[Pet Me Poppa]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]] * "[[Pete Kelly's Blues (song)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Ray Heindorf]] * "[[Relax-Ay-Voo]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Sammy Cahn]] & [[Arthur Schwartz]] * "Robin Hood" w.m. [[Carl Sigman]]. Theme song of the Television series starring [[Richard Greene]]. * "[[The Rock And Roll Waltz]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Dick Ware m. Shorty Allen * "[[Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bill Haley]] * "[[Same Old Saturday Night]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. Frank Reardon * "[[See You Later Alligator]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Robert Guidry * "[[Seven-And-A-Half Cents]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]] * "[[The Siamese Cat Song]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Peggy Lee]] & [[Sonny Burke]]. Introduced by [[Peggy Lee]] in the animated film ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''. * "[[A Sleepin' Bee]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Truman Capote]] & Harold Arlen m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]'' by [[Diahann Carroll]], [[Ada Moore]], [[Dolores Harper]] and [[Enid Mosier]] * "[[Smokey Joe's Cafe]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Mike Stoller]] * "[[Softly, Softly (song)|Softly, Softly]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pierre Dudan, Paddy Roberts & Mark Paul * "[[Something's Gotta Give (song)|Something's Gotta Give]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the [[musical film]] ''[[Daddy Long Legs (film)|Daddy Long Legs]]''. * "[[Speedoo]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Esther Navarro * "[[Stereophonic Sound]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cole Porter]] from the [[Musical theater|musical]] ''[[Silk Stockings]]'' * "[[A Story Untold]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Leroy Griffin * "[[Suddenly There's A Valley]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones * "[[(Love Is) The Tender Trap]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[James Van Heusen]]. Introduced by [[Frank Sinatra]] in the film ''[[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]]''. * "[[Theme From "East Of Eden"]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. Leonard Rosenman * "[[Tina Marie]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Merrill]] * "[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Penniman]], D. La Bostrie & Joe Lubin * "[[Two Lost Souls]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]. Introduced by [[Gwen Verdon]] and [[Stephen Douglass]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' * "[[Unchained Melody]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Hy Zaret]] m. [[Alex North]] * "[[Wake The Town And Tell The People]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Jerry Livingston]] * [[The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)|"The Wallflower" (aka "Dance With Me Henry"]])&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Johnny Otis]], [[Hank Ballard]] & [[Etta James]] * "[[Whatever Lola Wants]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Richard Adler]] & [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]. Introduced by [[Gwen Verdon]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Damn Yankees]]''. Gwen also performed the song in the [[1958 in music|1958]] film version. * "[[Why Do Fools Fall In Love?]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frankie Lymon]] & George Goldner * "[[A Woman in Love]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Frank Loesser]] * "[[You Are My Love (1955 song)|You Are My Love]]" w.m. Jimmie Nabbie * "[[You Don't Know Me]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cindy Walker]] & [[Eddy Arnold]] * "[[You're Sensational]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Frank Sinatra]] in the [[musical film]] ''[[High Society]]'' ==[[European classical music|Classical music]]== *[[Arthur Bliss]] - Violin Concerto *[[Henry Cowell]] - Symphony No. 12 *[[George Crumb]] - Diptych for orchestra *[[George Crumb]] - Sonata for solo cello *[[Mario Davidovsky]] - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings *[[Mario Davidovsky]] - ''Suite Sinfonica Para "El Payaso"'' for orchestra *[[Einar Englund]] - Piano Concerto No. 1 *[[Ferenc Farkas]] - ''Bukki Varlatok'' *[[Hans Werner Henze]] - Symphony No. 4 *[[Alan Hovhaness]] - Symphony No. 2 ''Mysterious Mountain'' *[[Witold Lutosławski]] - ''Dance Preludes'' (2nd version for clarinet and chamber group) *[[Bohuslav Martinů]] - ''The Epic of Gilgamesh'' *[[Bohuslav Martinů]] - Oboe Concerto *[[Darius Milhaud]] - Symphony No. 5 *[[Darius Milhaud]] - Symphony No. 6 *[[Luigi Nono]] - ''Il Canto Sospeso'', for soli, chorus, and orchestra *[[Luigi Nono]] - ''Incontri'', for 24 instruments *[[Walter Piston]] - Symphony No. 6 *[[Edmund Rubbra]] - Piano Concerto *[[John Serry, Sr.]] - ''American Rhapsody'' *[[Alexandre Tansman]] - Concerto for Orchestra *[[Alexandre Tansman]] - Capriccio for Orchestra *[[Michael Tippett]] - Sonata for Four Horns *[[Ernst Toch]] - Symphony No. 3 *[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] - Symphony No. 8 *[[William Walton]] - ''Johannesburg Festival Overture'' *[[Franz Waxman]] - Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani *[[Iannis Xenakis]] - ''Pithoprakta'' for orchestra ==[[Opera]]== *[[Carlisle Floyd]] - ''Susannah'' *[[Dmitri Kabalevsky]] - ''Nikita Vershinin'' ==[[Musical theater]]== * ''[[The Amazing Adele]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philadelphia production * ''[[Ankles Aweigh]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Catch A Star]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' ([[Richard Adler]] and [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]) - Broadway production * ''[[Kismet (musical)|Kismet]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;London production opened at the [[Stoll Theatre]] on [[April 20]] and ran for 648 performances * ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - London production opened at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum]] on [[October 13]] and ran for 501 performances * ''[[Phoenix '55]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Pipe Dream (musical)|Pipe Dream]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]]) - Broadway production * ''[[Plain And Fancy]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Romance in Candlelight]]'' London production opened at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on [[September 15]] and ran for 53 performances * ''[[Seventh Heaven (1955 musical)|Seventh Heaven]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production opened at the [[ANTA Playhouse]] on [[May 26]] and ran for 44 performances * ''[[Shoestring Revue]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Silk Stockings]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production * ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' ([[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Betty Comden]] and [[Adolph Green]]) - London production opened at the [[Princes Theatre]] on [[February 24]] and ran for 207 performances ==[[Musical film]]s== *''[[Artists And Models]]'' released [[November 7]] starring [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] * ''[[As Long as They're Happy]]'' starring [[Jack Buchanan]], [[Janette Scott]], [[Jeannie Carson]], [[Jerry Wayne]], [[Diana Dors]] and [[Joan Sims]] * ''[[The Benny Goodman Story]]'' * ''[[Daddy Long Legs (film)|Daddy Long Legs]]'' * ''[[Gentlemen Marry Brunettes]]'' * ''[[The Girl Rush]]'' starring [[Rosalind Russell]], [[Fernando Lamas]], [[Eddie Albert]] and [[Gloria DeHaven]]. * ''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]'' * ''[[Jupiter's Darling]]'' starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Esther Williams]], [[Marge Champion]] and [[Gower Champion]] * ''[[King's Rhapsody]]'' starring [[Anna Neagle]] and [[Errol Flynn]] * ''[[Kismet (1955 film)|Kismet]]'' * ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Animated feature * ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]]'' * ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' * ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' * ''[[The Seven Little Foys]]'' * ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' ==[[Musical television]]== * '' [[Heidi]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;television production * '' [[Our Town]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;television production * '' [[Together With Music]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;television production ==Births== *[[January 3]] - [[Helen O'Hara]], British musician *[[January 8]] - [[Mike Reno]], [[Loverboy]] *[[January 13]] - [[Fred White (musician)|Fred White]], [[Earth Wind and Fire]] *[[January 13]] - [[Trevor Rabin]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]] *[[January 17]] - [[Steve Earle]] *[[January 19]] - [[Simon Rattle]], conductor *[[January 26]] - [[Eddie Van Halen]], musician *[[January 27]] - [[Richard Young (musician)|Richard Young]], [[Kentucky Headhunters]] *[[February 18]] - [[Riff Regan]], real name [[Miles Tredinnick]], lead singer in [[London (band)|London]]. *[[February 23]] - [[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]] *[[March 2]] - [[Jay Osmond]], [[The Osmonds]] *[[March 4]] - [[Boon Gould]], real name [[Rowland Charles Gould]], guitarist ([[Level 42]]) *[[March 10]] - [[Bunny DeBarge]], [[DeBarge]] *[[March 15]] - [[Dee Snider]], [[Twisted Sister]] *[[March 31]] - [[Angus Young]], [[AC/DC]] *[[April 13]] - [[Louis Johnson]], [[The Brothers Johnson]] *[[April 17]] - [[Pete Shelley]], [[Buzzcocks]] *[[May 9]] - [[Anne Sofie von Otter]] *[[May 12]] - [[Kix Brooks]], Country singer [[Brooks & Dunn]] *[[May 20]] - [[Steve George (keyboardist)|Steve George]], [[Mr. Mister]] *[[May 20]] - [[Zbigniew Preisner]], composer *[[May 21]] - [[Stan Lynch]], [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]] *[[May 28]] - [[John McGeoch]], [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]], [[PiL]], and [[Siouxsie & the Banshees]], (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 29]] - [[Pascal Dusapin]], [[France|French]] composer *[[May 30]] - [[Topper Headon]], [[The Clash]] *[[June 7]] - [[Joey Scarbury]] *[[June 23]] - [[Glenn Danzig]], lead singer for [[Danzig]] *[[June 26]] - [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], [[The Clash]] *[[June 28]] - [[Thomas Hampson (baritone)|Thomas Hampson]], opera singer *[[July 4]] - [[John Waite]] *[[July 18]] - [[Terry Chambers]], [[XTC]] *[[July 21]] - [[Howie Epstein]], [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]] *[[August 9]] - [[Benjamin Orr]], [[The Cars]] *[[August 17]] - [[Colin Moulding]], [[XTC]] *[[August 28]] - [[Beres Hammond]], reggae singer *[[August 29]] - [[Diamanda Galás]] *[[September 3]] - [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], [[The Sex Pistols]] *[[September 9]] - [[Ivan Smirnov (guitarist)|Ivan Smirnov]] *[[September 13]] - [[Andreas Staier]], classical harpsichordist and fortepianist *[[October 2]] - [[Philip Oakey]], [[Human League]] *[[October 7]] - [[Yo-Yo Ma]], cellist *[[October 16]] - [[Leonid Desyatnikov]], composer *[[October 21]]: ** [[Fred Hersch]], American jazz pianist ** [[Rich Mullins]] (+ [[1997]]) *[[October 25]] - [[Matthias Jabs]], [[The Scorpions]] *[[October 29]] - [[Kevin Dubrow]], [[Quiet Riot]] *[[November 21]] - [[Kyle Gann]], composer, teacher and critic *[[November 23]] - [[Ludovico Einaudi]], Italian composer and pianist *[[November 30]] - [[Billy Idol]] *[[December 6]] - [[Bright Sheng]], composer *[[December 15]] - [[Paul Simonon]], [[The Clash]] ==Deaths== *[[February 14]] - [[Charles Cuvillier]], composer of operettas *[[March 12]] - [[Charlie Parker]], Jazz saxophonist, heart failure *[[May 4]] - [[George Enescu]], composer *[[July 25]] - [[Isaak Dunayevsky]], conductor and composer *[[August 5]] - [[Carmen Miranda]], singer *[[November 11]] - [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]], songwriter *[[November 22]] - [[Joseph Guy Ropartz]], composer and conductor *[[November 27]] - [[Arthur Honegger]], composer *[[November 30]] - [[Josip Štolcer-Slavenski]], composer *''date unknown'' **[[Oskar Adler]], violinist and music critic **[[Bessie Brown]], blues singer **[[Willy Burkhard]], composer **[[Harry Parr Davies]], composer and songwriter **[[Vernon Isley]], original [[Isley Brothers|Isley brother]], killed in an accident aged 13 **[[Annette Mills]], partner of "Muffin the Mule" [[Category:1955 in music|*]] [[cs:1955 v hudbě]] [[fr:1955 en musique]] [[pl:1955 w muzyce]] [[pt:1955 na música]] [[ru:1955 год в музыке]] [[sv:Musikåret 1955]]