Editing 1958 in music (section)

==Events==
* January – [[Maria Callas]], opening the [[Rome Opera House]] season with ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' with Italy's president, [[Giovanni Gronchi]], in the audience, cancels after the first act because of voice problems.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Scott (artistic director)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C86_Ws0bxEC |title=Maria Meneghini Callas|publisher=UPNE|year=1992|isbn=1-55553-146-6}}</ref> [[Anita Cerquetti]] assumes the role in Rome while simultaneously singing Norma in Naples, to great acclaim.
* [[January 24]] – [[Paul McCartney]] makes his first appearance at [[The Cavern Club]] in [[Liverpool]] with [[The Quarrymen]].<ref name=Spitz>{{cite book|last=Spitz|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Spitz|year=2005|title=[[The Beatles: The Biography]]|publisher=Little Brown & Company|location=New York|isbn=978-0-316-80352-6|pages=125, 142–3}}</ref>
* February – 45,000 people in one week watch performances of "[[rockabilly|rokabirī]]" music by Japanese singers at the first Nichigeki Western Carnival.
* [[February 14]] – The [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]]ian government bans [[rock & roll]], claiming that this form of music is against the concepts of [[Islam]] and is a health hazard. Iranian doctors warn of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll dances.
* [[February 19]] – In the United States:
**  Singer-songwriter [[Carl Perkins]] leaves [[Sun Records]] and moves to [[Columbia Records]]. 
** [[Motown]] releases its first record, "Got a Job" by [[Smokey Robinson]] and [[The Miracles]].
* [[March 5]] – Spanish guitarist [[Andrés Segovia]] premieres ''[[Fantasía para un gentilhombre]]'' (Fantasia for a Gentleman) by composer [[Joaquín Rodrigo]] at the [[San Francisco Symphony]] conducted by [[Enrique Jordá]].<ref>DiMartino, D. (2016). ''Music in the 20th Century''. Routledge. Volume 3. "Rodrigo, Joaquin". {{isbn|131746429X}}. </ref>
* [[March 12]]
** <!--March 12-->[[Billie Holiday]] is given a year's probation by a [[Philadelphia]] court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in 1956.
** <!--March 12-->In [[Hilversum]], Netherlands, ''"[[Dors, mon amour]]"'' sung by [[André Claveau]] (music by Pierre Delanoë, lyrics by Hubert Giraud) wins the third annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1958|Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[France in the Eurovision Song Contest|France]]. [[Domenico Modugno]] places third for [[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest|Italy]] with ''"[[Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)|Nel blu, dipinto di blu]]"'' which, retitled ''"[[Volare (song)|Volare]]"'', will reach No. 1 in the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and will win two [[Grammy Awards]] next year for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for 1958.
* [[March 24]] – [[Elvis Presley]] enters the [[U.S. Army]].
* [[April 10]] – English singer [[Cleo Laine]] marries bandleader [[John Dankworth]].
* [[May 30]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 1]] is premiered in [[Basel]], 50 years after it was composed
* c. [[July 12]] – [[The Quarrymen]] ([[Paul McCartney]], [[John Lennon]] (lead vocals), [[George Harrison]], [[Colin Hanton]] (drums) and [[John Lowe (musician)|John Lowe]] (piano)) record a single 78 rpm shellac acetate disc at [[Phillips' Sound Recording Services]] in Liverpool: "[[In Spite of All the Danger]]" (McCartney–Harrison) and a cover of [[Buddy Holly]]'s "[[That'll Be the Day]]".<ref name=Spitz/>
* [[August 4]] – ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine in the United States launches its "Hot 100" singles chart, with [[Ricky Nelson]]'s "[[Poor Little Fool]]" as the #1 record.
* [[September 24]] – Italian singers [[Natalino Otto]] and [[Flo Sandon’s]] scout the young, talented [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]
* [[November 6]] – [[Maria Callas]] is dismissed from the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City by its general manager, [[Rudolf Bing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Callas at the Met|url=https://www.metopera.org/discover/archives/notes-from-the-archives/maria-callas-at-the-met/|publisher=The Metropolitan Opera|accessdate=2024-01-11}}</ref>
* The [[Festival dei Due Mondi]] is founded by [[Gian Carlo Menotti]].
* [[Kenny Rogers]] signs his first recording contract with a major record label and makes his first national TV performance on ''[[American Bandstand]]''.
* [[Marvin Gaye]] begins recording with his first group.
* [[Otis Williams & the Distants]] begin their musical career. They will later join with The Primes and become [[The Temptations]].
* [[Phil Spector]] begins his recording career.
* [[Dalida]] receives the Music Hall "Bravos" along with [[Yves Montand]].
* [[RCA]] introduces its first stereo LPs.
* The major record labels{{Vague|date=November 2017}} begin to cease production of 78 rpm records.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}
* [[Fred Foster]] opens [[Monument Records]] in [[Hendersonville, Tennessee]].
* Singer [[Ernesto Bonino]] leaves the United States and returns to [[Italy]].
* [[Bob Bogle]] and [[Don Wilson (musician)|Don Wilson]] found the surf instrumental group [[The Ventures]].
* Singer [[Júnior (Filipino singer)|Júnior]] joins the pioneering Spanish electric guitar group Jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/20140415/abci-junior-antonio-morales-201404151401.html|title="Junior", una carrera musical marcada por su amor a Rocío Durcal|date=April 15, 2014 |publisher=ABC.es|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>
* The [[Country Music Association]] (CMA) is founded as the first trade association dedicated to a single music genre.