1958 en musique

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