Overview of the events of 1957 in British music
List of years in British music
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This is a summary of 1957 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year.
1 January – Benjamin Britten conducts the opening performance of his ballet The Prince of the Pagodas at Covent Garden.[1] 11 January – Tommy Steele reaches no 1 in the UK chart with his cover of "Singing the Blues ", thus achieving chart-topping success before his American rival Elvis Presley . 16 January – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool as a jazz club . 25 January – First performance of William Walton 's Cello Concerto in Boston .[1] 3 March – Patricia Bredin represents the UK at the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest in Frankfurt, finishing in 7th place. It is the first time the UK has entered the competition. June – Kay Kendall , star of Les Girls , marries Rex Harrison , star of My Fair Lady . 6 July – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles first meet at a garden fete at St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool , at which Lennon's skiffle group, The Quarrymen , is playing (and in the graveyard of which an Eleanor Rigby is buried). 7 August – 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 ".[2] Classical music: new works [ edit ] Film and Incidental music [ edit ] Musical theatre [ edit ] Musical films [ edit ] 20 January – Andy Sheppard , saxophonist and composer 27 January – Janick Gers , guitarist and songwriter 3 February – Steven Stapleton , singer-songwriter (Nurse with Wound and Current 93 ) 13 February – Tony Butler English bass player (Big Country and On the Air ) 28 February – Phil Gould , drummer, singer and songwriter (Level 42 ) 21 March – John Whitfield , conductor 26 March – Paul Morley , music journalist 20 May – Sid Vicious , punk musician (died 1979) 27 May – Siouxsie Sioux , singer 29 May – Big George , composer, bandleader, and broadcaster (died 2011) 7 June – Paddy McAloon , English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout ) 21 June – Mark Brzezicki , drummer (Big Country , The Cult , Ultravox , and Procol Harum ) 24 June – Astro , rapper (UB40 ) 3 July – Poly Styrene , punk musician (died 2011) 11 July – Peter Murphy , singer-songwriter (Bauhaus and Dalis Car ) 18 July – Keith Levene , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd , The Flowers of Romance , and The Clash ) (died 2022) 31 August – Glenn Tilbrook , singer, songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze ) 11 September – Jon Moss , drummer 11 November – Tony 'Gad' Robinson, singer (Aswad ) 20 December – Billy Bragg , singer-songwriter 5 January – Gertie Gitana , music hall entertainer, 69[4] 21 January – Harry Gordon , entertainer, 63[5] 13 March – Lena Ashwell , entertainer, 84 12 May – Marie Rappold , operatic soprano, 83[6] 1 August – Cathal O'Byrne , singer and poet, 90 18 August – Louis Levy , film composer, 62 1 September – Dennis Brain , horn virtuoso, 36 (car accident) 20 October – Jack Buchanan , singer, dancer, actor and director, 66 21 December – Eric Coates , composer, 71 date unknown See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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