Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1950s ==
{{Main|1950s in music}}

'''[[1959 in music]]''', '''[[1959 in British music]]''', '''[[1959 in Norwegian music]]'''

* Notable events:
** [[1st Grammy Awards]] are awarded
** [[Motown Records]] is founded, with their first hit being [[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)]]".
** The musical ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'' first performed
** The musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' first performed
* Deaths of:
** [[Billie Holiday]]
** [[Ritchie Valens]]
** [[Buddy Holly]]
** [[the Big Bopper]]
** [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
* Notable releases:
** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Kind of Blue]]'', ''[[Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album)|Porgy and Bess]]'' and ''[[Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet]]''
** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[Mingus Ah Um]]''
** [[Dave Brubeck|The Dave Brubeck Quartet]] – ''[[Time Out (album)|Time Out]]''
** [[Ornette Coleman]] – ''[[The Shape of Jazz to Come]]''
** [[Art Blakey]] and [[The Jazz Messengers]] – ''[[Moanin']]''
** [[Marty Robbins]] – ''[[Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs]]''
** [[João Gilberto]] – ''[[Chega de Saudade (album)|Chega de Saudade]]''
** [[Odetta]] – ''[[My Eyes Have Seen]]''
** [[Sun Ra|Sun Ra and his Arkestra]] – ''[[Jazz in Silhouette]]''
** [[Nina Simone]] – ''[[Little Girl Blue (album)|Little Girl Blue]]''
** [[Bill Evans]] – ''[[Everybody Digs Bill Evans]]''
** [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] – ''[[Blind Joe Death]]''
** [[Chuck Berry]] – ''[[Berry Is on Top]]''
** [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Sonny Stitt]] and [[Sonny Rollins]] – ''[[Sonny Side Up]]''
** [[Ray Charles]] – ''[[The Genius of Ray Charles]]''
** [[Chet Baker]] – ''[[Chet (Chet Baker album)|Chet]]''
** [[Enoch Light]] and his Orchestra – ''[[Persuasive Percussion]]''
** [[Frank Sinatra]] – ''[[Come Dance with Me! (album)|Come Dance with Me!]]''
** [[Horace Silver]] – ''[[Blowin' the Blues Away]]''
** [[Bobby Darin]] – "[[Mack the Knife]]"
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'''[[1958 in music]]''', '''[[1958 in British music]]''', '''[[1958 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** There is a [[Bossa Nova]] fever
** [[Little Richard]] enters seminary
* Deaths of:
** [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]
** [[W.C. Handy]]
* Notable releases:
** [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] – "[[The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)]]"
** [[Cannonball Adderley]] – ''[[Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album)|Somethin' Else]]''
** [[Art Blakey]] and the Jazz Messengers – [[Moanin']]
** [[Count Basie]] [[Count Basie Orchestra|and his orchestra]] – ''[[The Atomic Mr. Basie]]''
** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Blue Train (album)|Blue Train]]''
** [[Frank Sinatra]] – ''[[Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely]]''
** [[Billie Holiday]] – ''[[Lady in Satin]]''
** [[Frank Sinatra]] – ''[[Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra album)|Come Fly with Me]]''
** [[Ella Fitzgerald]] – ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book]]''
** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Milestones (Miles Davis album)|Milestones]]'', ''[[Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (soundtrack)|Ascenseur pour l'échafaud]]'' and ''[[Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet]]''
** [[Buddy Holly]] – ''[[Buddy Holly (album)|Buddy Holly]]''
** [[Carl Ruggles]] – ''Exaltation'' in honour of his late wife, Charlotte.
** [[Cliff Richard]] & The Drifters – [[Move It]] (Considered Britain's first rock and roll hit single).

'''[[1957 in music]]''', '''[[1957 in British music]]''', '''[[1957 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** ''[[West Side Story]]'' first performed
* Deaths of:
** [[Jean Sibelius]]
** [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
** [[Arturo Toscanini]]
** [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* Notable releases:
** [[Buddy Holly]] & [[The Crickets]] – "[[That'll Be the Day]]"
** [[Harry Belafonte]] – [[calypso music|calypso]] song "[[Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)|Day-O]]"
** [[folk music|folk singer]] [[Odetta]] – ''[[At the Gate of Horn]]''
** [[Sonny Rollins]] – ''[[Saxophone Colossus]]''
** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Miles Ahead (album)|Miles Ahead]]'', ''[['Round About Midnight]]'' and ''[[Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet]]''
** [[Thelonious Monk]] – ''[[Brilliant Corners]]'' and ''[[Monk's Music]]''
** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[The Clown (album)|The Clown]]''
** [[Little Richard]] – ''[[Here's Little Richard]]''
** [[Johnny Cash]] – ''[[Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!]]''
** [[The Crickets]] – ''[[The "Chirping" Crickets]]''
** [[Chuck Berry]] – ''[[After School Session]]''
** [[Sonny Rollins]] – ''[[Way Out West (Sonny Rollins album)|Way Out West]]''
** [[Elvis Presley]] – ''[[Elvis' Christmas Album]]''
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'''[[1956 in music]]''', '''[[1956 in British music]]''', '''[[1956 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** The first [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is held on 24 May
** The operetta ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]'' first performed
* Deaths of:
** [[Tommy Dorsey]]
* Notable releases:
** [[Odetta]] – ''[[Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues]]'' (Debut
** [[Elvis Presley]] – [[Elvis Presley (album)|self-titled debut album]] (Debut)
** [[John Serry Sr.]] - ''[[Squeeze Play (album)|Squeeze Play]]''
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'''[[1955 in music]]''', '''[[1955 in British music]]''', '''[[1955 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** [[Cole Porter]]'s ''[[Silk Stockings]]'' first performed
* Deaths of:
** [[George Enescu]]
** [[Arthur Honegger]]
** [[Charlie Parker]]
* Notable releases:
** "[[Rock Around the Clock]]" becomes first worldwide No. 1 [[rock and roll]] record;
** [[Little Richard]] – "[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti-Frutti]]"
** [[Harry James]] – ''[[Harry James in Hi-Fi]]''
** [[Lonnie Donegan]] – "[[Rock Island Line (song)|Rock Island Line]]"
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'''[[1954 in music]]''', '''[[1954 in British music]]''', '''[[1954 in Norwegian music]]''' –
* Notable events:
** The musical ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]'' first performed
** First [[Fender Stratocaster]] produced
*Deaths of:
** [[Charles Ives]]
** [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]]
** [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]]
* Notable releases:
**[[Elvis Presley]]'s debut single, "[[That's All Right]]"
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'''[[1953 in music]]''', '''[[1953 in British music]]''', '''[[1953 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** The musical ''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' is performed
*Deaths of:
** [[Hank Williams]]
** [[Sergei Prokofiev]]
** [[Django Reinhardt]]
** [[Florence Price]]
* Notable releases:
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'''[[1952 in music]]''', '''[[1952 in British music]]''', '''[[1952 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** The official UK singles chart is launched
** [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (or RIAA) established
* Deaths of:
** [[Gertrude Lawrence]]
** [[Fletcher Henderson]]
* Notable releases:
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'''[[1951 in music]]''', '''[[1951 in British music]]''', '''[[1951 in Norwegian music]]'''
* Notable events:
** The musical ''[[The King and I]]'' first performed
* Deaths of:
** [[Arnold Schoenberg]]
** [[Mildred Bailey]]
* Notable releases:
**[[Ike Turner]] – ''[[Rocket 88]]'' (hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song)

'''[[1950 in music]]''', '''[[1950 in British music]]''', '''[[1950 in Norwegian music]]''' 
* Notable events:
* Deaths of:
** [[Kurt Weill]]
** [[Al Jolson]]
** [[Vaslav Nijinsky]]
* Notable releases:
** Cartoon voice actor [[Mel Blanc]] releases the song "[[I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (song)|I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat]]" as ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' characters [[Tweety Pie|Tweety]] and [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]]