Editing 1957 in music

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[[File:Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock 1957.jpg|right|thumb|[[Elvis Presley]] in 1957 film "Jailhouse Rock".]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1957.

==Specific locations==
*[[1957 in British music]]
*[[1957 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1957 in country music]]
*[[1957 in jazz]]

==Events==
* [[January 5]] – [[Renato Carosone]] and his band start their American tour in [[Cuba]].
* [[January 6]] – [[Elvis Presley]] makes his final appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
* [[January 16]] – [[The Cavern Club]] opens in [[Liverpool]], [[England]], as a [[jazz club]].
* [[February 8]] – [[Bo Diddley]] records his songs "[[Hey! Bo Diddley]]" and "[[Mona (I Need You Baby)]]".
* March – Chicago's [[Cardinal Stritch]] bans all rock and roll and rhythm and blues music from Catholic-run schools, saying that "its rhythms encourage young people to behave in a hedonistic manner."
* [[March 1]] – [[The Everly Brothers]] record in Nashville their first single "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" for [[Cadence Records]].
* [[March 3]] – The second annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1957|Eurovision Song Contest]] is staged in [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[West Germany]]. The contest is won by Dutch singer [[Corry Brokken]] with the song ''[[Net als toen]]''.
* [[March 19]] – [[Elvis Presley]] purchases a mansion in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], and calls it [[Graceland]].
* [[March 26]] – [[Ricky Nelson]] records his first three songs.
* [[March 27]] – "[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)]]" from 1956's [[Alfred Hitchcock]] suspense film ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' wins the Academy Award for Best Song. Sung by [[Doris Day]] in the film, it proves to be one of her biggest hit records as well.
* [[May 14]] – In Paris, [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] records his ''Bachiana Brasileira No. 4'', with the Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française, for [[EMI]]. Through [[May 21]] the recording sessions continue with ''Bachiana Brasileira No. 7'' and ''Bachiana Brasileira No. 3'' with Manoel Braune, piano.
* [[May 26]] – [[Paul Robeson]], blacklisted at this time from travelling outside the United States, performs a concert from New York City via the new transatlantic telephone line to an audience in [[St Pancras Town Hall]] in London; on October 5 he uses the same means to address the Miners' Eisteddfod at the [[Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl]] in Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Let Robeson Sing|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/images/robeson/|publisher=Modern Records Centre|location=University of Warwick|date=2009-01-29|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – [[Tōru Takemitsu]]'s ''Requiem for Strings'' is first performed, by the [[Tokyo Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Toru Takemitsu – Chronology|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/|publisher=[[Schott Music]]|access-date=2013-02-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216182859/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/|archive-date=February 16, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] – [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] of [[The Beatles]] first meet at a garden fete at [[St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool]], England, at which Lennon's [[skiffle]] group, [[The Quarrymen]], is playing (and in the graveyard of which an [[Eleanor Rigby]] is buried).
* [[August 5]] – ''[[American Bandstand]]'' begins its 30-year syndicated run on US network television.
* [[August 7]] – The Quarrymen first play at [[The Cavern Club]] in Liverpool in an interlude spot between jazz bands; when John Lennon starts the group playing Elvis Presley's "[[Don't Be Cruel]]", the club's owner at this time hands him a note reading "Cut out the bloody [[rock 'n roll]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Spitz|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Spitz|year=2005|title=[[The Beatles: The Biography]]|publisher=Little Brown & Company|isbn=978-0-316-80352-6|page=65}}</ref> [[Paul McCartney]] is away from Liverpool at this time at a Boy Scout camp and a family holiday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul McCartney goes to Scout camp|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/29/paul-mccartney-goes-to-scout-camp/|work=The Beatles Bible|date=July 29, 1957 |access-date=2022-04-25}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Dalida]] is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300,000 sales of "[[Bambino (song)|Bambino]]". This year, she is also the first female recording artist to have her own fan club.
* [[September 20]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] dies aged 91 at [[Ainola]], his home in Finland, having completed no significant compositions for thirty years; at the time of his death, a performance of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5]] is being given in [[Helsinki]] under the baton of Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]].
* [[September 26]] – [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] première of the musical ''[[West Side Story]]'' at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] (following tryouts in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia beginning in August) with music by [[Leonard Bernstein]] (who a week later is appointed music director of the [[New York Philharmonic]] orchestra) and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]], his Broadway debut. This year also Bernstein conducts the inaugural concert of the [[Mann Auditorium]] in [[Tel Aviv]].
* [[November 25]]–27 – The first two Hollywood motion pictures starring [[Pat Boone]], ''[[Bernardine (film)|Bernadine]]'' and ''[[April Love (film)|April Love]]'', are released.
* [[Paul Simon]] and [[Art Garfunkel]] name themselves [[Tom and Jerry (band)|Tom and Jerry]] and begin their recording career, signing with Sid Prosen of [[Big Records]]. Their first single, "Hey, Schoolgirl", backed with "Dancin' Wild", hits #49 on the Billboard pop charts. Garfunkel is Tom Graph (so called because he like to write the pop charts out on graph paper) and Simon is Jerry Landis, a pseudonym he used during his early 1960s solo recordings. They tour for eighteen months before retiring to become college students and then reforming in 1963 as [[Simon & Garfunkel]].
* The [[Casals Festival]] is founded in [[Puerto Rico]].
* When [[Nat King Cole]]'s television show is unable to get a sponsor, [[Frankie Laine]] becomes the first artist to cross TV's color line, becoming the first white artist to appear as a guest, foregoing his usual salary of $10,000. Other top performers follow suit, including [[Mel Tormé]] and [[Tony Bennett]], but, despite an increase in ratings, the show still fails to pick up a national sponsor.
* [[Gorni Kramer]] makes his first appearance on Italian television, in ''Il Musichiere''.
* [[Maria Callas]] is introduced to Greek shipping magnate [[Aristotle Onassis]].
* "[[Suíte do Pescador]]" is composed by [[Dorival Caymmi]].
* Actress [[Debbie Reynolds]] earns a gold record for her song [[Tammy (song)|Tammy]], which is the best-selling single by a female vocalist in 1957 in the United States. This song from the motion picture ''[[Tammy and the Bachelor]]'' is also nominated for an Academy Award.

==Bands formed==
* [[United States Navy Steel Band]]

==Albums released==
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* ''[[About the Blues]]'' – [[Julie London]]
* ''[[After Glow (Carmen McRae album)|After Glow]]'' – [[Carmen McRae]]
* ''[[After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)|After Midnight]]'' – [[Nat King Cole]]
* ''[[After School Session]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]]
* ''[[Almendra (Aldemaro Romero album)|Almendra]]'' – [[Aldemaro Romero]]
* ''[[Anita Sings the Most]]'' – [[Anita O'Day]]
* ''[[April in Paris (album)|April in Paris]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
* ''[[Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section]]'' – [[Art Pepper]]
* ''[[At Mister Kelly's]]'' – [[Sarah Vaughan]]
* ''[[At the Gate of Horn]]'' – [[Odetta]]
* ''[[Award Winner: Stan Getz]]'' – [[Stan Getz]]
* ''[[Bags' Groove]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[The Beat of My Heart]]'' – [[Tony Bennett]]
* ''[[Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean]]'' – [[Harry Belafonte]]
* ''[[Bing with a Beat]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''The Big Beat'' – [[Johnnie Ray]]
* ''[[Birth of the Cool]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[Blossom Dearie (album)|Blossom Dearie]]'' – [[Blossom Dearie]]
* ''[[A Blowin' Session]]'' – [[Johnny Griffin]]
* ''Blue Starr'' – [[Kay Starr]]
* ''[[Blue Train (album)|Blue Train]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
* ''[[Blue Trombone]]'' – [[J. J. Johnson]]
* ''[[Boy Meets Girl (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album)|Boy Meets Girl]]'' – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] and [[Carmen McRae]]
* ''[[Brilliant Corners]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
* ''[[Chet Atkins at Home]]'' – [[Chet Atkins]]
* ''[[The "Chirping" Crickets]]'' – [[Buddy Holly]] & [[The Crickets]] (debut)
* ''A Christmas Story'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)|Close to You]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''A Closer Walk with Thee'' – [[Pat Boone]]
* ''[[The Clown (album)|The Clown]]'' – [[Charles Mingus]]
* ''[[Coltrane (1957 album)|Coltrane]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
* ''[[Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves album)|Cookin']]'' – [[Paul Gonsalves]]
* ''[[Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[Count Basie at Newport]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
* ''[[Criollísima]]'' – [[Aldemaro Romero]]
* ''[[Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature]]'' – [[Cachao]]
* ''[[Day by Night]]'' – [[Doris Day]]
* ''[[Dedicated to You (The "5" Royales album)|Dedicated to You]]'' – [[The "5" Royales]]
* ''[[Double Play!]]'' – [[Russ Freeman (pianist)|Russ Freeman]] & [[André Previn]]
* ''[[Dream Street (Peggy Lee album)|Dream Street]]'' – [[Peggy Lee]]
* ''[[Drum Suite]]'' – [[Art Blakey]]
* ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]] & [[Louis Armstrong]]
* ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald & [[Duke Ellington]]
* ''[[Elvis' Christmas Album]]'' – [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[An Evening with Belafonte]]'' – [[Harry Belafonte]]
* ''[[Exotica (Martin Denny album)|Exotica]]'' – [[Martin Denny]]
* ''[[Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps]]'' – [[Gene Vincent]]
* ''[[Grand Ole Opry's New Star]]'' – [[George Jones]]
* ''[[The Great Ray Charles]]'' – [[Ray Charles]]
* ''[[Hard Bop (album)|Hard Bop]]'' – [[Art Blakey|Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers]]
* ''The Helen Morgan Story'' – [[Gogi Grant]]
* ''Her Nibs'' – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* ''[[Here's Little Richard]]'' – [[Little Richard]]
* ''[[Hi-Fi in Focus]]'' – [[Chet Atkins]]
* ''Hymns We Love'' – [[Pat Boone]]
* ''[[I Love John Frigo...He Swings]]'' – [[Johnny Frigo]] (debut)
* ''In Las Vegas'' – [[Johnnie Ray]]
* ''[[Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
* ''[[It's All Over but the Swingin']]'' – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
* ''[[Jackie's Pal]]'' – [[Jackie McLean]]
* ''[[Jazz by Sun Ra]]'' – [[Sun Ra]]
* ''[[Jim Edward, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown]]'' – [[The Browns]] (debut)
* ''[[A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''[[The Jones Boys]]'' – [[Thad Jones]]
* ''[[Julie (album)|Julie]]'' – [[Julie London]]
* ''[[Just One of Those Things (album)|Just One of Those Things]]'' – [[Nat King Cole]]
* ''[[Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims|Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims]]'' – [[Jutta Hipp]]
* ''[[Like Someone in Love (Ella Fitzgerald album)|Like Someone in Love]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald
* ''Losers, Weepers'' – [[Kay Starr]]
* ''[[Louis and the Angels]]'' – [[Louis Armstrong]]
* ''[[Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson]]'' – [[Louis Armstrong]] & [[Oscar Peterson]]
* ''[[Love Is the Thing]]'' – [[Nat King Cole]]
* ''Love Serenade'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
* ''[[Loving You (soundtrack)|Loving You]]'' ({{abbr|OST|Original sound track}}) – [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[Mad Thad]]'' – [[Thad Jones]]
* ''[[Make Love to Me (album)|Make Love to Me]]'' – [[Julie London]]
* ''[[Mal/2]]'' – [[Mal Waldron]]
* ''[[The Man I Love (album)|The Man I Love]]'' – [[Peggy Lee]]
* ''[[The Many Sides of Toshiko]]'' – [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]
* ''[[Mating Call]]'' – [[Tadd Dameron]]
* ''[[Mel Tormé's California Suite]]'' – [[Mel Tormé]]
* ''[[Mel Tormé at the Crescendo]]'' – Mel Tormé
* ''[[Miguel (album)|Miguel]]'' – [[Dalida]]
* ''[[Miles Ahead (album)|Miles Ahead]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers]]'' – [[Art Blakey]]
* ''Moanin' the Blues'' – [[Hank Williams]]
* ''[[Monk's Music]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
* ''[[Moondreams (Dick Haymes album)|Moondreams]]'' – [[Dick Haymes]]
* ''[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]: [[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto]], [[Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)|Quintet for Clarinet and Strings]]'' – [[Benny Goodman]], clarinet, [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]]; Boston Symphony String Quartet. 12-inch LP. [[RCA Victor]] LM 2073.
* ''[[New Tricks (album)|New Tricks]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Now Hear This (The Hi-Lo's album)|Now Hear This]]'' – [[The Hi-Lo's]]
* ''[[Once Over Lightly]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
* ''One Dozen Roses'' – [[The Mills Brothers]]
* ''[[One O'Clock Jump (album)|One O'Clock Jump]]'' – [[Count Basie Orchestra]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]] & [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]]
* ''[[Orgy in Rhythm]]'' – [[Art Blakey]]
* ''[[The Pajama Game (album)|The Pajama Game]]'' – [[Doris Day]]
* ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' – [[Morris Stoloff]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Kim Novak]], [[Rita Hayworth]], [[Trudy Erwin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/pal-joey-original-film-soundtrack/329385981 | title=Pal Joey (Original Film Soundtrack) by Various Artists on Apple Music }}</ref> 
* ''Pat'' – [[Pat Boone]]
* ''Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin'' – Pat Boone
* ''[[Patsy Cline (album)|Patsy Cline]]'' – [[Patsy Cline]]
* ''Please, Please, Please'' – [[James Brown]]
* ''[[The Poll Winners]]'' – [[Barney Kessel]]
* ''[[Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)|Porgy and Bess]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
* ''[[The Prestige Jazz Quartet]]'' – [[Teddy Charles]]
* ''[[Pretty Baby (album)|Pretty Baby]]'' – [[Dean Martin]]
* ''[[Quand on n'a que l'amour]]'' – [[Jacques Brel]]
* ''[[Ray Charles (album)|Ray Charles]]'' – [[Ray Charles]]
* ''[[Ricky (album)|Ricky]]'' – [[Ricky Nelson]] (debut)
* ''Ring around Rosie'' – [[The Hi-Lo's]]
* ''[[Rockin' (Frankie Laine album)|Rockin']] '' – [[Frankie Laine]]
* ''[[Rockin' the Oldies]]'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
* ''[['Round About Midnight]]'' – Miles Davis
* ''Sammy Swings'' – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
* ''[[Saxophone Colossus]]'' – [[Sonny Rollins]]
* ''[[Sea Shells]]'' – [[Peggy Lee]]
* ''[[Sing a Song of Basie]]'' – [[Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]]
* ''[[Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue (Jill Corey album)|Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue]]'' – [[Jill Corey]]
* ''[[Son nom est Dalida]]'' – [[Dalida]]
* ''[[Songs for Any Taste]]'' – Mel Tormé
* ''Songs for Inspiration & Meditation'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
* ''Songs of Scotland'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
* ''[[Sophisticated Swing]]'' – [[Cannonball Adderley]]
* ''[[Soulville (Ben Webster album)|Soulville]]'' – [[Ben Webster]]
* ''The Sounds of Christmas Harmony'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
* ''[[Strange Blues]]'' – [[Jackie McLean]] (recorded, released 1967)
* ''[[Strictly Powell]]'' – [[Bud Powell]]
* ''[[Such Sweet Thunder]]'' – [[Duke Ellington]]
* ''Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's'' – [[The Hi-Lo's]]
* ''Suddenly There's Gogi Grant'' – [[Gogi Grant]]
* ''Sweet Seventeen'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
* ''[[A Swingin' Affair!]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''[[Swingin' Easy]]'' – [[Sarah Vaughan]]
* ''[[Tenor Conclave]]'' – [[John Coltrane|Prestige All Stars]]
* ''[[Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]] & [[John Coltrane]]
* ''There'll Always Be A Christmas'' – [[Ames Brothers]]
* ''[[Tony (album)|Tony]]'' – [[Tony Bennett]]
* ''[[Tormé Meets the British]]'' – Mel Tormé
* ''[[Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport]]'' – [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]] & Leon Sash
* ''[[Trane's Blues]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
* ''[[Walkin']]'' – Miles Davis
* ''[[Way Out West (Sonny Rollins album)|Way Out West]]'' – [[Sonny Rollins]]
* ''[[We Get Letters]]'' – [[Perry Como]]
* ''[[The Weavers at Carnegie Hall]]'' – [[The Weavers]]
* ''[[West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)|West Side Story]]'' – Original Broadway Cast
* ''[[Where Are You? (Frank Sinatra album)|Where Are You?]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''[[Winner's Circle]]'' – [[Oscar Pettiford]]
* ''[[With His Hot and Blue Guitar]]'' – [[Johnny Cash]] (debut)
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==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1957.htm |title=Songs from the Year 1957 |website=Tsort.info |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1 || [[Elvis Presley]] || [[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]] || 1957 || US || UK 1 – Jan 1958, US BB 1 – Oct 1957, US BB 1 of 1957, Canada 1 – Oct 1957, DDD 1 of 1957, POP 1 of 1957, Europe 2 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 2 of rockabilly, RYM 3 of 1957, Netherlands 5 – Jan 1974, France 10 – Dec 1971, US CashBox 11 of 1957, South Africa 11 of 1958, AFI 21, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, Party 54 of 1999, Italy 60 of 1958, Rolling Stone 67, Acclaimed 192, Belgium 214 of all time
|-
| 2 || [[Paul Anka]] || [[Diana (Paul Anka song)|Diana]] || 1957 || Canada || UK 1 – Aug 1957, US BB 1 – Jul 1957, Canada 1 – Jul 1957, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1957, Italy 2 of 1958, Poland 9 – Apr 1989, US CashBox 13 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1956, POP 14 of 1956, Europe 17 of the 1950s, RYM 17 of 1957, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, DDD 36 of 1957
|-
| 3 || [[Elvis Presley]] || [[All Shook Up]] || 1957 || US || UK 1 – Jun 1957, US BB 1 – Apr 1957, Canada 1 – May 1957, RYM 5 of 1957, US CashBox 8 of 1957, DDD 11 of 1957, Scrobulate 12 of rock & roll, US BB 13 of 1957, POP 13 of 1957, Netherlands 33 – Jan 2005, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1957, Europe 78 of the 1950s, Party 179 of 2007, Rolling Stone 352, Acclaimed 835
|-
| 4 || [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] || [[Great Balls of Fire]] || 1957 || US || UK 1 – Dec 1957, RYM 1 of 1957, US BB 2 – Dec 1957, Canada 2 – Dec 1957, DDD 5 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1958, POP 14 of 1958, South Africa 15 of 1958, Netherlands 27 – Sep 1989, Scrobulate 63 of oldies, RIAA 64, Europe 76 of the 1950s, Acclaimed 86, Rolling Stone 96, Party 242 of 1999
|-
| 5 || [[Danny & the Juniors]] || [[At the Hop]] || 1957 || US || US BB 1 – Dec 1957, Canada 1 – Dec 1957, UK 3 – Jan 1958, US BB 3 of 1958, POP 3 of 1958, South Africa 6 of 1958, US CashBox 10 of 1958, RYM 11 of 1957, DDD 21 of 1957, Europe 73 of the 1950s, RIAA 250, Acclaimed 728
|}

==US No. 1 hit singles==
These singles reached the top of US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s charts in 1957.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!First week!!Number of weeks!!Title!!Artist
|-
|February 9, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|3||"[[Too Much (Elvis Presley song)|Too Much]]"||[[Elvis Presley]]
|-
|March 2, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|4||"[[Young Love (1956 song)|Young Love]]"||[[Tab Hunter]]
|-
|March 30, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Party Doll]]"||[[Buddy Knox]]
|-
|April 6, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Round and Round (Shapiro/Stallman song)|Round and Round]]"||[[Perry Como]]
|-
|April 13, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|8||"[[All Shook Up]]"||[[Elvis Presley]]
|-
|June 3, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|5||"[[Love Letters in the Sand]]"||[[Pat Boone]]
|-
|June 10, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Bernardine (song)|Bernardine]]"||[[Pat Boone]]
|-
|July 8, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|7||"[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear|Teddy Bear]]"||[[Elvis Presley]]
|-
|August 26, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]"||[[Debbie Reynolds]]
|-
|September 9, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Diana (Paul Anka song)|Diana]]"||[[Paul Anka]]
|-
|September 16, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]"||[[Debbie Reynolds]]
|-
|September 23, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[That'll Be the Day]]"||[[The Crickets]]
|-
|September 30, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[Honeycomb (song)|Honeycomb]]"||[[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
|-
|October 14, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|1||"[[Wake Up Little Susie]]"||[[The Everly Brothers]]
|-
|October 21, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|7||"[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]"||[[Elvis Presley]]
|-
|December 9, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[You Send Me]]"||[[Sam Cooke]]
|-
|December 23, 1957|| style="text-align:center;"|2||"[[April Love (song)|April Love]]"||[[Pat Boone]]
|}

==Top hits on record==
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* "[[All Shook Up]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
* "An Affair To Remember" – [[Nat King Cole]]
* "[[And That Reminds Me]]" – [[Della Reese]]
* "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From ''[[Houseboat]]'') – [[Sophia Loren]]
* "[[April Love (song)|April Love]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Around the World (1956 song)|Around the World]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
* "[[A Teenager's Romance]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
* "[[At the Hop]]" — [[Danny & the Juniors]]
* "Bad Motorcycle"- The Storey Sisters
* "[[Be-Bop Baby]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
* "[[Bernardine (song)|Bernardine]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Black Slacks]]" – [[The Sparkletones|Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones]]
* "Blue Starr" – [[Kay Starr]]
* "[[Blueberry Hill]]" – [[Fats Domino]]
* "[[Butterfly (1957 song)|Butterfly]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
* "[[Buzz-Buzz-Buzz]]" – [[The Hollywood Flames]]
* "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" – [[Everly Brothers]]
* "[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* "[[Come Go With Me]]" – [[The Dell-Vikings]], one of the first integrated groups
* "Crazy Street" – [[Matys Brothers]] (some sources say 1958)
* "[[Dark Moon (song)|Dark Moon]]" – [[Gale Storm]] originally recorded by [[Bonnie Guitar]]
* "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" – [[Billy Ward (singer)|Billy Ward]] & [[The Dominoes]]
* "[[Diana (Paul Anka song)|Diana]]" – [[Paul Anka]]
* "Drive-In Show"- [[Eddie Cochran]]
* "[[Everyday (Buddy Holly song)|Everyday]]" – [[Buddy Holly]]
* "[[Fascination (1932 song)|Fascination]]", recorded by
** [[Nat King Cole]]
** [[Jane Morgan]] & [[The Troubadors (1950's band)|The Troubadors]]
* "Forbidden Fruit" – [[Anita Kert Ellis|Anita Ellis]]
* "Four Walls" – [[Jim Reeves]]
* "[[Gonna Find Me a Bluebird]]", recorded by
** [[Marvin Rainwater]]
** [[Eddy Arnold]]
* "[[Great Balls Of Fire]]" – [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
* "The Greater Sin" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "Gunfight At the OK Corral" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" – [[The Tune Weavers]]
* "Hey, Schoolgirl" – [[Tom and Jerry (band)|Tom and Jerry]]
* "Histoire d'un amour" – [[Dalida]]
* "[[Honeycomb (song)|Honeycomb]]" – [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
* "Hoot Owl" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
* "[[How High The Moon]]" – [[Pat Suzuki]]
* "[[I Like Your Kind of Love]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
* "[[I'm Available]]" – [[Margie Rayburn]]
* "[[I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent]]" – [[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers]]
* "I'm Sorry" – [[The Platters]]
* "[[I'm Stickin' with You]]" – [[Jimmy Bowen|Jimmy Bowen with The Rhythm Orchids]]
* "[[I'm Walkin']]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
* "[[Walking the Floor Over You|I'm Walking The Floor Over You]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* "[[It's Not For Me To Say]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
* "[[Jim Dandy (song)|Jim Dandy]]"- [[LaVern Baker]]
* "[[Kisses Sweeter than Wine (song)|Kisses Sweeter Than Wine]]" – [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
* "Last Train to San Fernando" – [[Johnny Duncan (bluegrass musician)|Johnny Duncan]] (huge hit in the UK)
*"[[Lips of Wine]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
* "[[Little Darlin']] " – [[The Diamonds]], a [[Cover version|cover]] of [[The Gladiolas]]' [[rhythm and blues]] hit
* "The Lonesome Road" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "Starlight" [[Jack Huddle]]
* "[[Long Lonely Nights]]"- [[Lee Andrews & the Hearts]]
* "Look Homeward, Angel" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
* "[[Love Letters in the Sand]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Loving You (Elvis Presley song)|Loving You]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
* "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]" – [[Little Richard]]
* "[[Moonlight Gambler]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "[[Mr. Lee (song)|Mr. Lee]]" – [[The Bobbettes]]
* "My Juanita"- [[The Crests]]
* "[[My Special Angel]]" – [[Bobby Helms]]
* "[[Not Fade Away (song)|Not Fade Away]]" – [[Buddy Holly]]
* "[[Oh, Boy! (The Crickets song)|Oh Boy]]" – [[Buddy Holly]]
* "[[Old Cape Cod]]" – [[Patti Page]]
* "[[Out in the Cold Again]]" – [[The Teenagers|The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon]]
* "[[Party Doll]]" – [[Buddy Knox]]
* "[[Peggy Sue (song)|Peggy Sue]]" – [[Buddy Holly]]
* "Pink Champagne" – [[The Tyrones]]
* "Queen Of The Senior Prom" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
* "[[Raunchy (instrumental)|Raunchy]]" – [[Bill Justis]]
* "[[Reet Petite]]" – [[Jackie Wilson]]
* "[[Remember You're Mine]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Rock-A-Billy (song)|Rock-A-Billy]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
* "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" – [[Brenda Lee]]
* "[[Rock and Roll Music (song)|Rock and Roll Music]]" – [[Chuck Berry]]
* "[[Round and Round (Shapiro/Stallman song)|Round and Round]]" – [[Perry Como]]
* "[[Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon]]" – [[Billy Vaughn]]
* "[[Searchin']] " – [[The Coasters]]
* "[[Send for Me (song)|Send for Me]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
* "[[Shangri-La (1946 song)|Shangri-La]]" – [[The Four Coins]]
* "Silent Lips" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* "[[So Rare]]" – [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Stardust]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
* "[[Start Movin' (In My Direction)]]" – [[Sal Mineo]]
* "[[The Stroll (song)|The Stroll]]" – [[The Diamonds]]
* "[[Stood Up (song)|Stood Up]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
* "Sugar Moon" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Sugartime]]" – [[McGuire Sisters]]
* "[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]", recorded by
** [[Ames Brothers]]
** [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* "[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear|Teddy Bear]]" – Elvis Presley
* "[[Teen-Age Crush]]" – [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]]
* "[[That'll Be the Day]]" – [[The Crickets]], Buddy Holly's group
* "3:10 To Yuma" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "[[Too Much (Elvis Presley song)|Too Much]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
* "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" – [[Gayla Peevey]]
* "Treat Me Nice" – [[Elvis Presley]]
* "[[The Twelfth Of Never]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* "Tu n'as pas très bon caractère" – [[Dalida]]
* "[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]" – [[Little Richard]]
* "[[Up Above My Head]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]] and [[Frankie Laine]]
* "[[Valley of Tears (song)|Valley of Tears]]" – [[Fats Domino]]
* "Wait A Minute"- [[Jo Ann Campbell]]
* "[[Waitin' in School]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
* "[[Wake Up Little Susie]]" – [[The Everly Brothers]]
* "[[Walkin' After Midnight]]" – [[Patsy Cline]]
* "[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
* "[[Whispering Bells (song)|Whispering Bells]]" – [[The Del-Vikings]]
* "[[White Silver Sands]] – [[Don Rondo]]
* "[[Who Needs You]]" – [[The Four Lads]]
* "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]" – [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
* "[[Why Baby Why (Pat Boone song)|Why Baby Why]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
* "[[Willie and the Hand Jive]]" – [[Johnny Otis]]
* "[[Witchcraft (1957 song)|Witchcraft]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* "[[Wonderful! Wonderful!]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* "[[Words of Love]]", recorded by
** [[Buddy Holly]]
** [[The Diamonds]]
* "You Know How It Is" – [[Frankie Laine]]
* "[[You Send Me]]" – [[Sam Cooke]]
* "Young Blood" – The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
* "[[Young Love (1956 song)|Young Love]]", recorded by
** [[Crew-Cuts]]
** [[Tab Hunter]]
** [[Sonny James]]
* "[[You're My One and Only Love]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
}}

==Published popular music==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* "[[An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)]]" {{abbr|w.|Words}} Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey {{abbr|m.|Music}} [[Harry Warren]]
* "After School" {{abbr|w.m.|Words and music}} Dick Wolf & [[Randy Starr|Warren Nadel]]
* "[[All Shook Up]]" w.m. [[Otis Blackwell]] & [[Elvis Presley]]
* "[[All the Way (Frank Sinatra song)|All the Way]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Almost Paradise" m. [[Norman Petty]]
* "[[Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)]]" w. Selma Craft m. Morton Craft
* "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "[[April Love (song)|April Love]]" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "Are You Sincere?" w.m. Wayne Walker
* "[[At the Hop]]" w.m. Artie Singer, Johnny Medora & Dave White
* "[[Bernardine (song)|Bernardine]]" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]]
* "[[Bony Moronie]]" w.m. [[Larry Williams]]
* "[[The Book of Love (The Monotones song)|The Book of Love]]" w.m. Warren Davies, George Malone & Charles Patrick
* "Boy on a Dolphin" w.(Eng) [[Paul Francis Webster]] (Greek) Jean Fermanoglou m. Takis Morakis
* "Build Your Love (On A Strong Foundation)" O. Jones
* "[[Butterfly (1957 song)|Butterfly]]" w.m. Anthony September
* "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" w.m. [[Felice & Boudleaux Bryant]]
* "[[Ca, C'est L'Amour]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Taina Elg]] in the film ''[[Les Girls]]''.
* "[[Catch a Falling Star]]" w.m. [[Lee Pockriss]] & [[Paul Vance]]
* "[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]" w. [[Al Stillman]] m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]]
* "[[Chantez, Chantez]]" w. [[Albert Gamse]] m. [[Irving Fields]]
* "Cocoanut Sweet" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Come Fly with Me (1957 song)|Come Fly with Me]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Come Go with Me]]" w.m. Clarence E. Quick
* "Cool" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "Could This Be Magic" w.m. Hiram Johnson & Richard Blandon
* "[[Dark Moon (song)|Dark Moon]]" w.m. [[Ned Miller]]
* "[[The Day the Rains Came (song)|The Day the Rains Came]]" w.(Eng) [[Carl Sigman]] (Fr) [[Pierre Delanoë]] m. [[Gilbert Bécaud]]
* "[[Diana (Paul Anka song)|Diana]]" w.m. [[Paul Anka]]
* "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Everyday" [[Buddy Holly|Charles Hardin]], [[Norman Petty]]
* "[[The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face]]" w.m. [[Ewan MacColl]]
* "[[Four Walls (Jim Reeves song)|Four Walls]]" w.m. George Campbell & Marvin Moore
* "[[From a Jack to a King]]" w.m. [[Ned Miller]]
* "[[Gee, Officer Krupke]]" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]] from the musical ''[[West Side Story]]''
* "[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "[[The Girl with the Golden Braids]]" m. [[Eddie Snyder]] w. [[Stanley J. Kahan]]
* "Goodnight My Someone" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "Got-Ta Have Something in the Bank, Frank" [[Bob Hilliard]], [[Mort Garson]]
* "[[Great Balls of Fire]]" w.m. Jack Hammer & [[Otis Blackwell]]
* "A Handful of Songs" [[Tommy Steele]], [[Lionel Bart]] & Michael Pratt
* "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" w.m. Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez
* "Hey Schoolgirl" w. [[Art Garfunkel]] m. [[Paul Simon]]
* "[[Hula Love]]" adapted by [[Buddy Knox]] from the 1911 song "My Hula Hula Love"
* "[[I Can't Stop Loving You]]" w.m. [[Don Gibson]]
* "I Feel Pretty" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "I Just Don't Know" w. Joe Stone m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]]
* "[[I Like Your Kind of Love]]" Melvin Endsley
* "I'm Sorry" w.m. [[Buck Ram]]
* "In My Own Little Corner" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[In the Middle of an Island]]" w.m. Ted Varnick & [[Nick Acquaviva]]
* "[[Island in the Sun (film)|Island in the Sun]]" w.m. [[Harry Belafonte]] & [[Irving Burgie|Irving L. Burgie]]
* "It's Good to Be Alive" w.m. [[Bob Merrill]]
* "Ivy Rose" w.m. [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Dick Manning]]
* "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]" w.m. [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* "Jingle Bell Rock" w.m. Joseph Beal & James Boothe
* "Joey's Song" m. Joe Reisman
* "[[Just Between You and Me (The Chordettes song)|Just Between You and Me]]" w.m. Lee Cathy & Jack Keller
* "Just Born" w.m. [[Luther Dixon]] & Billy Dawn Smith
* "[[Let It Be Me (The Everly Brothers song)|Let It Be Me]]" w.(Eng) Mann Curtis (Fr) [[Pierre Delanoë]] m. [[Gilbert Bécaud]]
* "Lida Rose" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "[[Liechtensteiner Polka]]" w.(Eng) Joseph Seener w.m. Edmund Koetscher & Rudi Lindt
* "[[Lips of Wine]]" w. Shirley Wolfe m. Sy Soloway
* "Little Biscuit" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "The Little Blue Man" w.m. [[Fred Ebb]] & Paul Klein
* "Little Darlin' " w.m. [[Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs|Maurice Williams]]
* "[[Loving You (Elvis Presley song)|Loving You]]" w.m. [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* "Lucille" w.m. [[Richard Penniman]] & Albert Collins
* "[[Magic Moments]]" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[Mama Look at Bubu]]" w.m. [[Lord Melody]]
* "[[Mean Woman Blues]]" w.m. [[Claude Demetrius]]
* "Mi Casa, Su Casa" w.m. [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Dick Manning]]
* "Moonlight Swim" w. [[Sylvia Dee]] m. Ben Weisman
* "[[My Heart Reminds Me]]" (aka "[[And That Reminds Me]]") w. (Eng) [[Al Stillman]] m. Camillo Bargoni
* "My Little Baby" w.m. Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman
* "[[My Special Angel]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Duncan (songwriter)|Jimmy Duncan]]
* "Napoleon" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Oh, Boy! (The Crickets song)|Oh Boy!]]" w.m. Sunny West, [[Norman Petty]] & [[Bill Tilghman (songwriter)|Bill Tilghman]]
* "[[Oh Lonesome Me]]" w.m. [[Don Gibson]]
* "[[Old Cape Cod]]" w.m. Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus & Allan Jeffrey
* "One Hand, One Heart" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "[[Party Doll]]" w.m. Jimmy Bowen & [[Buddy Knox]]
* "[[Passing Strangers (1957 song)|Passing Strangers]]" Mel Mitchell, Stanley Applebaum
* "[[Peggy Sue (song)|Peggy Sue]]" w.m. Jerry Allison, [[Norman Petty]] & [[Buddy Holly]]
* "Pretend You Don't See Her" w.m. [[Steve Allen]]
* "Proceed with Caution" Wilson Stone
* "Promise Her Anything" w.m. Roy Alfred
* "[[A Pub with No Beer]]" w.m. Gordon Parsons
* "Put a Light in the Window" w. Rhoda Roberts m. Kenny Jacobson
* "[[Rainbow (Russ Hamilton song)|Rainbow]]" w.m. [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]]
* "Raunchy" m. [[Bill Justis|William E. Justis Jr]] & Sidney Manker
* "[[Reet Petite]]" T. Carlo, [[Berry Gordy]]
* "[[Remember You're Mine]]" Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann
* "[[Rock and Roll Music (song)|Rock and Roll Music]]" w.m. [[Chuck Berry]]
* "[[Rock-A-Billy (song)|Rock-A-Billy]]" w.m. [[Woody Harris]] & Eddie V. Deane
* "Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" w.m. [[Claude Demetrius]] & [[Aaron Schroeder]]
* "Sayonara" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "School Day" w.m. [[Chuck Berry]]
* "Searchin' " w.m. [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* "[[Send for Me (song)|Send for Me]]" w.m. Ollie Jones
* "[[Seventy-Six Trombones]]" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "She Was Only Seventeen" w.m. [[Marty Robbins]]
* "Shiralee" w.m. [[Tommy Steele]]
* "Short Fat Fanny" [[Larry Williams]]
* "Silhouettes" w.m. Frank Slay & Bob Crewe
* "[[Something's Coming (song)|Something's Coming]]" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]. Introduced by [[Reri Grist]] in the musical ''[[West Side Story]]''
* "The Song of Raintree County" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] & Raymond Egan m. [[Richard A. Whiting|Richard Whiting]]
* "[[Song of the Clyde]]" w. R. Y Bell m. Ian Gourlay
* "Spooky Polka" – m. [[John Serry Sr.]]
* "The Story of My Life" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[The Stroll (song)|The Stroll]]" w.m. Nancy Lee & [[Clyde Otis]]
* "[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]" w. [[Jay Livingston]] m. [[Ray Evans]]. Introduced by [[Debbie Reynolds]] in the film ''[[Tammy and the Bachelor]]''
* "[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear|Teddy Bear]]" w.m. [[Kal Mann]] & [[Bernie Lowe]]. Introduced by [[Elvis Presley]] in the film ''[[Loving You (1957 film)|Loving You]]''
* "Tele Vee Shun" [[Stan Freberg]]
* "Ten Minutes Ago" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[That'll Be the Day]]" w.m. [[Buddy Holly]], [[Norman Petty]] & Jerry Allison
* "[[Till (song)|Till]]" w.m. [[Carl Sigman]], [[Charles Sananes]] & Pierre Buisson
* "[[Till There Was You]]" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]. Introduced by [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]] and [[Barbara Cook]] in the musical ''[[The Music Man]]''
* "Tonight" w. [[Stephen Sondheim]] & [[Leonard Bernstein]] m. [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* "Treat Me Nice" w.m. [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* "Trouble (In River City)" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]. Introduced by [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]] in the musical ''[[The Music Man]]''.
* "The Twelfth of Never" adapt. (folk song) w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. Jerry Livingston
* "[[Twenty-six Miles]]" w.m. Bruce Bell & Glen Larson
* "A Very Special Love" w.m. [[Robert Allen (songwriter)|Robert Allen]]
* "[[Wake Up Little Susie]]" w.m. [[Felice & Boudleaux Bryant]]
* "[[Walking Along]]" Sam Weiss, Winston Willis
* "[[White Silver Sands]]" w.m. Charles G. Matthews & Gladys Reinhardt
* "[[A White Sport Coat]]" w.m. [[Marty Robbins]]
* "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" w.m. Dave Williams & Sunny David
* "[[Whole Lotta Woman (Marvin Rainwater song)|Whole Lotta Woman]]" w.m. [[Marvin Rainwater]]
* "[[Why Baby Why (Pat Boone song)|Why Baby Why]]" w.m. [[Luther Dixon]] & Larry Harrison
* "[[Why Don't They Understand]]" Jack Fishman, [[Joe Henderson]]
* "Wild Is the Wind" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
* "Wind in the Willows" Wecht, Singer, Singer
* "[[Witchcraft (1957 song)|Witchcraft]]" w. [[Carolyn Leigh]] m. [[Cy Coleman]]
* "[[Wonderful! Wonderful!]]" w. Ben Raleigh m. Sherman Edwards
* "Yellow Bird" w.m. Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & [[Norman Luboff]]
* "Yes Tonight, Josephine" w.m. Winfield Scott & Dorothy Goodman
* "You Need Hands" w.m. [[Max Bygraves|Roy Irwin]]
{{div col end}}

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold, Malcolm]] || [[Horn Concerto No. 2 (Arnold)|Horn Concerto No. 2]]|| 1957-07-17 || [[Cheltenham Music Festival]], UK || [[Dennis Brain|Brain]] / [[Hallé Orchestra]] – Arnold<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQxUHXq9-GcC&q=malcolm+arnold+horn+concerto+2+dennis+brain+hall%C3%A9&pg=PT114 |title=Dennis Brain: A Biography |author=Stephen Pettitt |date=2012-11-15 |publisher=Faber & Faber |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9780571287475 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Edgar Bainton|Bainton, Edgar]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Bainton)|Symphony No. 3]]|| 1957-03-25{{efn|1=Posthumous premiere}} || Sydney, Australia || [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra|Sydney Symphony]] – [[Bernard Heinze|Heinze]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnp6BAAAQBAJ&q=edgar+bainton+symphony+3+sydney+1957&pg=PA112 |title=The Australian Symphony from Federation to 1960 |author=Dr Rhoderick McNeill |page=112 |date= January 17, 2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781409441243 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Symphony no. 3 in C minor (Musical LP, 1958) |date=1957-03-25 |oclc = 221541885}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jean Barraqué|Barraqué, Jean]] || [[Piano Sonata (Barraqué)|Piano Sonata]] || 1957-10-28 || Paris{{efn|1= Recording. The Sonata was performed publicly for the first time in concert in April 1967 by [[Elisabeth Klein]] in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music21c.buffalo.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/SleeProgram_2006-10-17.pdf |title=Slee Sinfonietta |website=Music21c.buffalo.edu |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>}} || [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=6630|title=Sonate pour piano, Jean Barraqué}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luciano Berio|Berio, Luciano]] || ''[[Mutazioni]]'' || 1957-04-24 || Milan, Italy || Electronic music on tape<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/130 |title=Mutazioni &#124; Centro Studi Luciano Berio – Luciano Berio's Official Website |language=it |website=Lucianoberio.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Crumb|Crumb, George]] || [[Sonata for Solo Cello (Crumb)|Sonata for Solo Cello]] || 1957-03-15 || Ann Arbor, Michigan || [[Camilla Doppmann|Doppmann]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/gueorguiev_martin_g_200905_dma.pdf |title=Traditional Formal Structures and 20th Century Sonorities: A Successful Pairing in the Solo Cello Sonatas of Ligeti, Crumb, and Stevens by Martin Gueorguiev |website=Getd.libs.uga.edu |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies, Peter Maxwell]] || [[Clarinet Sonata (Maxwell Davies)|Clarinet Sonata]]|| 1957-07-20 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], Germany || [[Georgina Dobrée|Dobrée]], [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxopus.com/work_detail.aspx?key=60 |title=Work Detail – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies |website=Maxopus.com |date=1957-07-20 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann, Karl Amadeus]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Hartmann)|''Versuch eines Requiem'']] (Symphony No. 1){{efn|1=Revision of a cantata composed in 1938 and premiered in 1948. Until then ''[[Miserae]]'' had been Hartmann's Symphony No. 1.}} || 1957-06-22 || Vienna, Austria || [[Hilde Rössl-Majdan|Rössl-Majdan]] / [[Vienna Symphony]] – [[Nino Sanzogno|Sanzogno]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/hire_material/show,152336.html?showOldPerformances=true |title=Shop – Karl Amadeus Hartmann – 1. Symphonie |publisher=Schott Music |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || ''[[Maratona]]'', ballet suite || 1957-02-08 || Cologne, Germany || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=24118|title=''Maratona'', Hans Werner Henze}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Harald_Banter/19128.htm |title=Harald Banter- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music |website=Naxos.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Charles Ives|Ives, Charles]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Ives)|''From the Salvation Army'' (String Quartet No. 1)]] (1900) || 1957-04-24 || New York City || [[Kohon Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=9427|title=String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, Charles Ives}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lars-Erik Larsson|Larsson, Lars-Erik]] || [[Concertini (Lars-Erik Larsson)|Concertini: No. 4, for Bassoon]]|| 1957-12-10 || Gothenburg, Sweden || [[Tore Rönnerbäck|Rönnerbäck]] / [[Gothenburg Radio Orchestra]] – [[Gunnar Staern|Staern]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gehrmans.se/en/shop/instruments-ensemble/concertino-for-fagott-och-strakorkester |title=Concertino för fagott och stråkorkester – Gehrmans Musikförlag |website=Gehrmans.se |date=1957-12-10 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Piano Sonata (Martinů)|Piano Sonata]] || 1957–?-? || Düsseldorf, Germany || [[Rudolf Serkin|Serkin]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8O4se7G0p0C&q=martinu+piano+sonata+serkin+1957+dusseldorf&pg=PA118 |title=Martinů's Mysterious Accident: Essays in Honor of Michael Henderson |author=Michael Brim Beckerman |author2=Michael Henderson |page=118 |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781576470039 |year=2007 |publisher=Pendragon Press }}</ref>
|-
| [[Yoritsune Matsudaira|Matsudaira, Yoritsune]] || ''[[Figures sonores]]'' || 1957-06-01 || Zürich, Switzerland ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM Festival]]) || [unknown orchestra] – [[Erich Schmid (conductor)|Schmid]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvmusica.eu/schedaprodotto.asp?cod=*OMTSU2570&clmerc=*OORC%20%20V%20&codmadre=0&tit=Figures+Sonores++++Orchesra+Full+Score++Music+Musica+Musik |title=Figures Sonores Orchesra Full Score Music Musica Musik – Mv – Musica e Vita – Vendita spartiti online |website=Mvmusica.eu |date=1957-01-06 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Nono|Nono, Luigi]] || ''[[Varianti]]'' || 1957-10-20 || Donaueschingen, Germany ([[Donaueschingen Festival|Musiktage]]) || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Hans Rosbaud|Rosbaud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luiginono.it/it/luigi-nono/opere/varianti |title=Varianti &#124; Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono Onlus |website=Luiginono.it |date=2002-05-07 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 4]] (2nd version) (1948) || 1957-01-05{{efn|1=Concert premiere. The Symphony had been previously recorded by the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] conducted by [[Adrian Boult]] in March 1950 for a radio broadcast.}} || Moscow || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Gennady Rozhdestvensky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdtracks.com/prokofiev-symphony-no-4-in-c-major-op-112 |title=Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112 &#124; HDtracks – The World's Greatest-Sounding Music Downloads |publisher=HDtracks |date=2014-12-22 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Rubbra)|Symphony No. 7]]|| 1957-10-01 || Birmingham, UK || [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra|City of Birmingham Symphony]] – [[Andrzej Panufnik|Panufnik]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feeneytrust.org.uk/recent/feeney-commissions.html |title=John Feeney Charitable Trust – Feeney Commissions |website=Feeneytrust.org.uk |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005811/http://www.feeneytrust.org.uk/recent/feeney-commissions.html |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com/british-symphonies-1950-1999/ |title=1950–1999 The British Symphony &#124; atuneadayblogdotcom |website=Atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] || 1957-05-10 || Moscow || [[Maxim Shostakovich|M. Shostakovich]] / [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Nikolai Anosov|Anosov]]<ref name="online1">{{cite web |url=http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosthaw.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530205040/http://home.online.nl/ovar/shosopus/shosthaw.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |title=Opus by Shostakovich |website=Home.online.nl |access-date=2016-01-20 }}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")]] || 1957-10-30 || Moscow || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Nathan Rakhlin|Rakhlin]]<ref name="online1"/>
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| [[Robert Simpson (composer)|Simpson, Robert]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Simpson)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1957-07-16 || [[Cheltenham Music Festival]], UK || [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2mRAwAAQBAJ&q=robert+simpson+symphony+2+1957+barbirolli&pg=PA75 |title=The Power of Robert Simpson |author=Donald Macauley |page=75 |date=2013-06-07 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |access-date=2016-01-20|isbn=9781479794379 }}</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstück XI: polyvalent structure|Klavierstück XI]]'' || 1957-04-22{{efn|1=In two versions. Unofficial premiere, given at the time without permission, but now acknowledged by the publisher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Klavierstueck-11-Karlheinz-Stockhausen/composers-and-works/composer/698/work/3084 |title=Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück 11 |publisher=Universal Edition |date=1957-04-22 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> Originally, the official premiere was given as 28 July 1957, the last day of the [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]], in the [[Orangerie (Darmstadt)|Darmstadt orangerie]], in two versions played by [[Paul Jacobs (pianist)|Paul Jacobs]]. This is now regarded as the European premiere.}} || New York ([[Carl Fischer Hall]])<ref>Michael Kurtz, ''Stockhausen: A Biography'', translated by [[Richard Toop]] (London: Faber and Faber, 1992): 87–88. {{ISBN|0-571-14323-7}} (cloth); {{ISBN|978-0-571-17146-0}} (pbk).</ref> || [[David Tudor|Tudor]]<ref>Imke Misch and Markus Bandur (eds.), ''Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe'' (Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag, 2001): 147, 166, 169–172. {{ISBN|3-00-007290-X}}.</ref>
|-
|[[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]]
|''[[Agon (ballet)|Agon]]''
|1957-12-01
|Los Angeles
|[[Robert Craft]]
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| [[Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu, Tōru]] || ''[[Requiem for Strings]]'' || 1957-06-20 || Tokyo || [[Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra|Tokyo Philharmonic]] – [[Masashi Ueda (musician)|Ueda]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=28832|title=Requiem for strings, Tōru Takemitsu}}</ref>
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| [[Eduard Tubin|Tubin, Eduard]] || [[Double Bass Concerto (Tubin)|Double Bass Concerto]]|| 1957-03-08 || Bogotá, Colombia || [[Manuel Verdaguer|Verdaguer]] / [[National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia|Colombia National Symphony]] – [[Olav Roots|Roots]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitoliuzzi.com/history-7/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706001718/http://www.vitoliuzzi.com/history-7/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 6, 2015 |title=History (7) – Vito D.Liuzzi – The Classical Double Bass "Il Contrabbasso classico" |website=Vitoliuzzi.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] || 1957-08-24 || [[Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)|Theatro Municipal]], Rio de Janeiro || {{ill|Arnaldo Estrella|pt||ru| Эстрела, Арналду}} / Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira – [[Eleazar de Carvalho|Carvalho]]<ref>''[http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf Villa-Lobos, sua obra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf |date=October 16, 2016 }}'', Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009; based on the third edition, 1989): 57–58.</ref>
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| [[Iannis Xenakis|Xenakis, Iannis]] || ''[[Pithoprakta]]'' || 1957-03-08 || {{ill|Musica Viva (Munich)|de|Musica Viva (München)}} || [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra|Bavarian Radio Symphony]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/xen/bio/chrono_55-61.html |title=Biography |publisher=Iannis Xenakis |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
|}
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===Compositions===
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F004566-0002, Darmstadt, Internationaler Kurs für neue Musik.jpg|thumb|{{center|[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] lecturing on his ''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstück XI: polyvalent structure|Klavierstück XI]]'' at [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] in July 1957}}]]
* [[Hugo Alfvén]] – ''Den förlorade sonen (The Prodigal Son)'', R214
* [[Malcolm Arnold]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 3]]
* [[Luciano Berio]] – ''Serenata I''
* [[Ernest Bloch]]
**Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello
**Piano Quintet No. 2
* [[Pierre Boulez]] – ''[[Le Marteau sans maître]]'' (1953–55/1957)
* [[John Cage]] – ''Winter Music''
* [[Aaron Copland]] – ''Orchestral Variations''
* [[Pierre Gabaye]] – ''Boutade''
* [[Henryk Górecki]] –
**Sonata for two violins, Op. 10
**Concerto for Five Instruments and String Quartet, Op. 11
* [[Jørgen Jersild]] – ''3 Madrigali''
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Lullabies'', solo cantatas for soprano and seven instruments
* [[Giselher Klebe]] – Concerto for cello and orchestra
* [[Jan Klusák]] – Concerto grosso
* [[László Lajtha]] – Symphony No. 7, ''Revolution'' (A tribute to the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]] in 1956 against the Soviet suppression)
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]] – ''Romance z pampelišek'', H. 364
* [[Toshiro Mayuzumi]] – Phonologie Symphonique
* [[Ennio Morricone]] – Concerto, for orchestra
* [[Per Nørgård]] – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 20
* [[Walter Piston]] – Viola Concerto
* [[Allan Pettersson]] – Concerto for String Orchestra No. 3
* [[Francis Poulenc]] – [[Flute Sonata (Poulenc)|Flute Sonata]], FP 164
* [[Hilding Rosenberg]] – String Quartets nos. 8 – 12
* [[Edmund Rubbra]] – Seventh Symphony
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Reeds in a Rush''
* [[Roger Sessions]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Sessions)|Symphony No. 3]]
* [[Alfred Schnittke]] – Symphony No. 0
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] in F major
**[[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905"]]
* [[Elie Siegmeister]] – Symphony No. 3
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Gruppen]]'' for three orchestras (1955–57)
* [[Tōru Takemitsu]] – ''Requiem for Strings''
* [[Vladimir Ussachevsky]] – ''Metamorphosis''
* [[Galina Ustvolskaya]] – [[Piano Sonatas (Ustvolskaya)|Piano Sonata No. 4]]
* [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]
**''Blake Songs (10)''
**[[Symphony No. 9 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 9]]
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]
**[[String Quartet No. 17 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 17]]
**[[Symphony No. 12 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 12]]
* [[William Walton]] – Partita for Orchestra
* [[Mieczysław Weinberg]] – Symphony No. 4
* [[Malcolm Williamson]]
** ''A Vision of Beasts and Gods'', [[song cycle]] for high voice and piano
** ''[[Santiago de Espada]]'', [[overture]] for orchestra
** [[Symphony No. 1 (Williamson)|Symphony No. 1]] – ''Elevamini'', for orchestra
* [[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''Achorripsis''
* [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]]
** ''Canto di speranza''
** ''Die fromme Helene''
** ''Omnia tempus habent''

==Opera==
* [[John Eaton (composer)|John Eaton]] – ''Ma Barker''
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]] – ''[[The Greek Passion]]''
* [[Douglas Moore]] – ''Gallantry''
* [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]] – ''Assassinio nella Cattedrale''
* [[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]] (Dialogues des Carmelites)''
* [[Joan Trimble]] – ''Blind Raftery'' (for television)
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – ''Daughter of the Clouds''

==Film==
* [[Malcolm Arnold]] - ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (featuring the famous march by [[Kenneth J. Alford]])
* [[George Duning]] - ''[[3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]''
* [[Gerald Fried]] - ''[[Paths of Glory]]''
* [[Hugo Friedhofer]] - ''[[An Affair to Remember]]''
* [[Erik Nordgren]] - ''[[The Seventh Seal]]''
* [[Nino Rota]] - ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]''
* [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] - ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''
* [[Franz Waxman]] - ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]''
* [[Franz Waxman]] - ''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (film)|The Spirit of St. Louis]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1957 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon]]'' ([[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]]) — Broadway revival
* ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' ([[Richard Adler]] and [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]) — London production
* ''[[Katharina Knie (musical)|Katharina Knie]]'' opened at the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]] in Munich on January 20
* ''[[The Music Man]]'' ([[Meredith Willson]]) opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on Broadway on December 19, 1957, and ran for 1375 performances.
* ''[[New Girl in Town]]'' ([[George Abbott]] and [[Bob Merrill]]) Broadway production, opened at the [[46th St. Theatre]] and ran for 431 performances
* ''[[West Side Story]]'' ([[Leonard Bernstein]]) — Broadway production, opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] and ran for 732 performances
* ''[[Zuleika (musical)|Zuleika]]'' — London production, [[Saville Theatre]]

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Funny Face]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]]
* ''[[Jailhouse Rock (film)|Jailhouse Rock]]'' starring [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[Les Girls]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]], [[Mitzi Gaynor]] and [[Kay Kendall]]
* ''[[Loving You (1957 film)|Loving You]]'' released July 9 starring [[Elvis Presley]].
* ''[[Mayabazar]]'' starring [[Savitri (actress)|Savithri]]
* ''[[The Pajama Game (film)|The Pajama Game]]'' starring [[Doris Day]] and [[John Raitt]]
* ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Kim Novak]]
* ''[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]'', with music by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]]
* ''[[Silk Stockings (1957 film)|Silk Stockings]]'', featuring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Cyd Charisse]]

==Births==
* [[January 3]] – [[Dave Dobbyn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
* [[January 4]]
**[[Brian Roy Goble]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Subhumans (Canadian band)|Subhumans]] and [[The Skulls (Canadian band)|The Skulls]]) (died 2014)
**[[Patty Loveless]], country singer
* [[January 23]] – [[Earl Falconer]], reggae bass guitarist and singer (UB40)
* [[January 27]] – [[Janick Gers]], heavy metal guitarist ([[Iron Maiden]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], rock bass guitarist ([[Big Country]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], classical and rock musician (died 1998)
* [[February 27]] – [[Adrian Smith (musician)|Adrian Smith]], musician (Iron Maiden and Urchin)
* [[February 28]]
** [[Phil Gould (musician)|Phil Gould]], drummer ([[Level 42]])
** [[Cindy Wilson]], new wave singer ([[The B-52's]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Mark E. Smith]], post-punk singer-songwriter ([[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]) (died 2018)
* [[March 12]] – [[Marlon Jackson]], vocalist ([[The Jackson 5]])
* [[March 21]] – [[John Whitfield (conductor)|John Whitfield]], conductor
* [[March 26]] – [[Paul Morley]], music journalist
* [[April 2]] – [[Mark Alburger]], composer, conductor, music journalist
* [[April 12]] – [[Vince Gill]]
* [[May 2]] – [[Markus Stockhausen]], trumpeter and composer
* [[May 10]] – [[Sid Vicious]], punk musician ([[Sex Pistols]]) (died 1979)
* [[May 18]] – [[Michael Cretu]], musician
* [[May 27]] – [[Siouxsie Sioux]], singer ([[Siouxsie and the Banshees]])
* [[June 7]] – [[Juan Luis Guerra]], Dominican singer and musician
* [[June 11]] – [[Jamaaladeen Tacuma]], free jazz bass guitarist
* [[June 14]] – [[Maxi Jazz]], singer-songwriter and rapper ([[Faithless]]) (died 2022)
* [[June 15]] – [[Brad Gillis]], American guitarist
* [[June 17]]
**[[Phil Chevron]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Pogues]])
**[[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], American tenor and educator (died 2005)
* [[June 22]] – [[Garry Gary Beers]], new wave rock bass guitarist (INXS)
* [[June 24]] – [[Astro (UB40)|Astro]] (Terence Wilson), reggae singer-songwriter (UB40) (died 2021)
* [[June 26]] – [[Patty Smyth]], American singer-songwriter ([[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]])
* [[July 3]]
** [[Peter Breiner]], composer
** [[Poly Styrene]], punk musician
* [[July 30]] – Christopher Miller, known as [[Rat Scabies]], drummer
* [[August 2]]
**[[Mojo Nixon]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Butch Vig]], American drummer, songwriter and producer ([[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] and [[Spooner (band)|Spooner]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Ron Strykert]], [[Men at Work]]
* [[August 21]] – [[Budgie (drummer)|Budgie]], drummer ([[Siouxsie and the Banshees]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Holly Dunn]], country singer/songwriter (died 2016)
* [[August 31]]
** [[Gina Schock]], [[The Go-Go's]]
** [[Glenn Tilbrook]], vocalist ([[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]])
* [[September 1]]
** [[Gloria Estefan]], singer (Miami Sound Machine)
** [[Jon Moss]], drummer ([[Culture Club]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Hans Zimmer]], film score composer and music producer
* [[September 22]]
** [[Nick Cave]], singer-songwriter
** [[Johnette Napolitano]], [[Concrete Blonde]]
* [[October 3]] – [[Tim Westwood]], DJ
* [[October 5]] – [[Lee Jay Thompson]] ([[Madness (band)|Madness]])
* [[October 7]] – [[Michael W. Smith]], contemporary Christian singer
* [[October 19]] – [[Karl Wallinger]], songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ([[World Party]]) (died 2024)
* [[October 20]] – [[Anouar Brahem]], oud player and composer
* [[October 21]]
** [[Julian Cope]], post-punk singer-songwriter and antiquarian
** [[Steve Lukather]], rock guitarist ([[Toto (band)|Toto]])
* [[October 16]] – [[Kelly Marie]], disco singer
* [[October 28]] – [[Stephen Paul David Morris|Stephen Morris]] ([[New Order (band)|New Order]])
* [[November 1]] – [[Lyle Lovett]], country musician
* [[November 5]] – [[Mike Score]] ([[A Flock of Seagulls]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Porl Thompson]] ([[The Cure]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]], composer
* [[November 24]] – [[Chris Hayes (musician)|Chris Hayes]], pop rock musician ([[Huey Lewis and the News]])
* [[December 6]] – [[Adrian Borland]], post-punk musician [[The Sound (band)|The Sound]] (died 1999)
* [[December 6]]
**[[Bob Drake (musician)|Bob Drake]], avant-garde musician
**[[Jack Lee (bagpiper)|Jack Lee]], bagpiper
* [[December 9]]
** <!--December 9-->[[Donny Osmond]], singer (Osmonds)
** <!--December 9-->[[Steve Taylor]], singer, record producer
* [[December 10]] – [[Paul Hardcastle]], composer and musician
* [[December 12]] – [[Sheila E.]], singer-songwriter and percussionist
* [[December 20]]
** [[Anita Baker]], R&B singer-songwriter
** [[Billy Bragg]], singer-songwriter
** [[Anna Vissi]], singer
* [[December 22]] – [[Tsai Chin (singer)|Tsai Chin]], singer
* [[December 25]] – [[Shane MacGowan]], Celtic punk singer-songwriter ([[The Pogues]]) (died 2023)
* [[December 27]] – [[Jerry Gaskill]], American drummer
* ''date unknown''
** [[Annette A. Aguilar]], Latin jazz percussionist
** [[Charles Roland Berry]], composer
** [[Kartik Seshadri]], sitarist and composer

==Deaths==
* January – [[Gertie Gitana]], English music hall entertainer, 69
* [[January 16]] – [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian conductor, 89
* [[January 18]] – [[George Girard]], American jazz trumpeter, 26 (cancer)
* [[February 7]] – [[Rudolph Réti]], Serbian pianist, composer and musicologist, 71
* [[February 16]] – [[Josef Hofmann]], Polish pianist and composer, 81
* [[February 21]]
**"Klondike" [[Kathleen Rockwell|Kate Rockwell]], American vaudeville performer, 83
**[[Marguerite Sylva]], Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano, 81
* [[March 8]] – [[Othmar Schoeck]], Swiss composer, 70
* [[March 13]] – [[Lena Ashwell]], British Forces entertainer, 84
* [[March 24]] – [[Carson Robison]], American country music singer and songwriter, 66
* [[April 15]] – [[Pedro Infante]], Mexican actor and singer, 39 (air crash)
* [[May 2]] – [[Tadeusz Kassern]], Polish composer, 53 (cancer)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/03/archives/kassern-is-dead-composer-was-53-polish-musician-defected-from.html |title=Kassern Is Dead – Composer Was 53 – Polish Musician Defected from Government Post – Found Asylum Here Work for Strings Hailed Came Here in 1945|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1957-05-03|access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian singer and actor, 64
* [[May 12]] – [[Marie Rappold]], German operatic soprano, 83
* [[June 5]] – [[Frances Densmore]], American ethnomusicologist, 90
* [[June 6]] – [[Kulyash Baiseitova]], Soviet opera singer, 52
* [[June 12]] – [[Jimmy Dorsey]], American jazz musician and big band leader, 53 (cancer)
* [[July 7]] – [[Hiski Salomaa]], Finnish folk singer and songwriter, 66
* [[July 9]] – [[Alexander Goedicke]], Soviet pianist and composer, 80
* [[July 16]] – [[Serge Chaloff]], American saxophonist, 33 (cancer)
* [[August 4]] – [[Ivan Zorman]], Slovene poet and composer, 72
* [[August 28]] – [[Erik Tuxen]], Danish conductor, composer and arranger, 55
* [[September 1]] – [[Dennis Brain]], British horn virtuoso, 36 (car accident)
* [[September 11]] – [[Petar Stojanović (composer)|Petar Stojanović]], Serbian violinist and composer, 80
* [[September 20]] – [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer, 91
* [[September 28]] – [[Luis Cluzeau Mortet]], Uruguayan composer and musician, 68
* [[October 14]] – [[Natanael Berg]], Swedish composer, 78
* [[October 20]] – [[Jack Buchanan]], Scottish singer, dancer, actor and director, 66
* [[October 23]] – [[Abe Lyman]], American bandleader, composer and drummer, 60
* [[November 4]] – [[Joseph Canteloube]], French composer, 78
* [[November 29]] – [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], Austrian composer, 60
* [[November 30]] – [[Beniamino Gigli]], Italian operatic tenor, 67
* [[December 19]] – [[Abolhasan Saba]], Iranian instrumentalist, 55
* [[December 20]] – [[Walter Page]], American jazz musician, 57
* [[December 21]] – [[Eric Coates]], English composer, 71
* Undated – [[Ustad Qasim]], Afghan musician, 78–79

==Awards==
===[[Eurovision Song Contest]]===
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1957]]

==References==
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