1957 (MCMLVII) was .

Events 
 The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil
 The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China
 March 10 – Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed inundating Celilo Falls and ancient Indian fisheries along the Columbia River in Oregon.
 March 25 – Treaty of Rome
 October 4 - Sputnik launched.
 November 13 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice

Births 
 January 6 – Nancy Lopez, golfer
 January 7 – Nicholson Baker, novelist
 January 7 – Katie Couric, television host
 January 7 – Julian Solis, world champion boxer
 January 11 – Robert Earl Keen, musician, singer
 January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
 January 15 – Julian Sands, actor
 January 19 – Katey Sagal, actress, singer & writer
 January 22 – Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
 January 23 – Earl Falconer, bassist
 January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco
 March 10 - Osama bin Laden, Terrorist, born in Saudi
 June 16 - The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
 July 26 – Nana Visitor
 September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American keyboardist (Toto)
 September 22 - Nick Cave, Australian singer
 October 21 - Steve Lukather, American guitarist (Toto)
 December 21 - Ray Romano, American sports writer and actor from Everybody Loves Raymond
 December 27 - Rostislav-Amir Jirka, Czech politician and Member of Parliament European

Deaths 
 January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
 January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
 January 16 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
 February 8 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1903)
 February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent (b. 1868)
 February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer (b. 1867)
 February 18 – Henry Norris Russell, astronomer
 February 25 – George "Bugs" Moran, Chicago gangster
 March 11 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer
 March 16 – Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
 March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
 March 25 – Max Ophüls, director, writer
 March 29 – Joyce Cary, writer
 July 15 – George Cleveland, Canadian actor
 August 7 - Oliver Norvell Hardy, American comic-entertainer
 September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)

Movies released 
 An Affair to Remember
 Aparajito 
 The Bridge on the River Kwai 
 The Delinquents 
 A Farewell to Arms
 Friendly Persuasion
 Giant
 Hercules
 I Was a Teenage Werewolf 
 Island in the Sun
 Jailhouse Rock
 Jamboree
 La Grande strada azzurra
 Le Notti di Cabiria
 Loving You 
 Nights of Cabiria
 Oklahoma!
 Old Yeller
 Pal Joey
 Peyton Place
 Quatermass 2
 Sayonara 
 Seven Wonders of the World
 The Seventh Seal
 The Sweet Smell of Success 
 Teahouse of the August Moon
 The Ten Commandments
 The Three Faces of Eve
 Twelve Angry Men
 What's Opera, Doc? 
 Young and Dangerous

New books 
 At Lady Molly's – Anthony Powell
 Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
 Below the Salt – Thomas B. Costain
 Blue Camellia – Frances Parkinson Keyes 
 By Love Possessed – James Gould Cozzens
 The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss
 The Comforters – Muriel Spark
 Compulsion – Meyer Levin
 Doomsday Morning – C. L. Moore
 Eagle's Nest – Anna Kavan
 Eloise in Paris – Kay Thompson
 From Russia With Love – Ian Fleming
 The Guns of Navarone – Alistair MacLean
 Justine – Lawrence Durrell 
 Kids Say the Darndest Things! – Art Linkletter
 La Loi – Roger Vailland
 Long Day's Journey Into Night – Eugene O'Neill
 On the Beach – Nevil Shute
 On the Road – Jack Kerouac
 Rascals in Paradise – James A. Michener
 The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier
 Some Came Running – James Jones 
 Sugar Street – Naguib Mahfouz
 Voltaire in Love – Nancy Mitford 
 The Wapshot Chronicle – John Cheever
 Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing – Robert Paul Smith

Hit songs 
 "All shook Up" – Elvis Presley
 "An Affair To Remember" – Nat King Cole
 "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) – Sophia Loren
 "April Love" – Pat Boone
 "Around The World" – Nat King Cole
 "Bernadine" – Pat Boone
 "Black Slacks" – Joe Bennett 
 "Blue Starr" – Kay Starr
 "Blueberry Hill" – Fats Domino
 "Butterfly" – Andy Williams
 "Bye Bye Love" – Everly Brothers
 "Chances Are" – Johnny Mathis
 "Come Go With Me" – Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups
 "Crazy Street" – Matys Brothers (some sources say 1958)
 "Dark Moon" – Gale Storm
 "Deep Purple" – Billy Ward & The Dominoes
 "Diana" – Paul Anka
 "Everyday" – Buddy Holly
 "Fascination" – Nat King Cole
 "Fascination" – Jane Morgan & The Troubadors
 "Forbidden Fruit" – Anita Ellis
 "Four Walls" – Jim Reeves
 "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
 "Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers
 "Hoot Owl" – Guy Mitchell
 "How High The Moon" – Pat Suzuki
 "I'm Sorry" – The Platters
 "I'm Walkin" – Fats Domino
 "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" – Georgia Gibbs
 "It's Not For Me To Say" – Johnny Mathis
 "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
 "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers
 "Last Train to San Fernando" – Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK) 
 "Little Darlin' " – Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
 "The Lonesome Road" – Frankie Laine
 "Look Homeward, Angel" – Johnnie Ray
 "Love Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia
 "Love Letters In The Sand" – Pat Boone
 "Loving You" – Elvis Presley
 "Lucille" – Little Richard
 "Maman, la plus belle du monde" – Dalida
 "My Special Angel" – Bobby Helms
 "Not Fade Away" – Buddy Holly 
 "Oh Boy" – Buddy Holly 
 "Old Cape Cod" – Patti Page
 "Party Doll" – Buddy Knox
 "Peggy Sue" – Buddy Holly
 "Pink Champagne" – The Tyrones 
 "Quand on n'a que l'amour" – Dalida
 "Queen Of The Senior Prom" – The Mills Brothers
 "Remember You're Mine" – Pat Boone
 "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" – Brenda Lee
 "Rock And Roll Music" – Chuck Berry
 "Round and Round" – Perry Como
 "Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
 "Searchin' " – The Coasters
 "Shangri-La" – The Four Coins
 "Silent Lips" – Georgia Gibbs
 "So Rare" – Jimmy Dorsey
 "Stardust" – Nat King Cole
 "Sugar Moon" – Pat Boone
 "Sugartime" – McGuire Sisters
 "Tammy" – The Ames Brothers
 "Tammy" – Debbie Reynolds
 "Teddy Bear" – Elvis Presley
 "That'll Be The Day" – Buddy Holly 
 "3:10 To Yuma" – Frankie Laine
 "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" – Gayla Peevey
 "Treat Me Nice" – Elvis Presley
 "The Twelfth Of Never" – Johnny Mathis
 "Up Above My Head" – Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine
 "Wake Up Little Susie" – The Everly Brothers
 "Walkin' After Midnight" – Patsy Cline
 "When I Fall In Love" – Nat King Cole
 "Who Needs You" – The Four Lads
 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"-Jerry Lewis
 "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
 "Wonderful! Wonderful!" – Johnny Mathis
 "Why Baby, Why" – Pat Boone
 "You Know How It Is" – Frankie Laine
 "You Send Me" – Sam Cooke
 "Young Blood" – The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
 "Young Love" – Tab Hunter