1958 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958.

## Specific locations

* 1958 in British music
* 1958 in Norwegian music

## Specific genres

* 1958 in country music
* 1958 in jazz

## Events

* January – Maria Callas, opening the Rome Opera House season with *Norma* with Italy's president, Giovanni Gronchi, in the audience, cancels after the first act because of voice problems. 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.
* February – 45,000 people in one week watch performances of "rokabirī" music by Japanese singers at the first Nichigeki Western Carnival.
* February 14 – The Iranian 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.
* 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.
	+ 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 for France. Domenico Modugno places third for Italy with *"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"* which, retitled *"Volare"*, will reach No. 1 in the US *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 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 (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".
* August 4 – *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
* 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 labelsTemplate:Vague begin to cease production of 78 rpm records.Template:Citation needed
* Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
* Singer Ernesto Bonino leaves the United States and returns to Italy.
* Bob Bogle and Don Wilson found the surf instrumental group The Ventures.
* Singer Júnior joins the pioneering Spanish electric guitar group Jump.
* The Country Music Association (CMA) is founded as the first trade association dedicated to a single music genre.

## Albums released

* Hollywood in Rhythm Ray Conniff and His Orchestra

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