Song of the Year 1958

All the Way - Frank Sinatra

Billboard Top 40 of 1958

Domenico Modugno - Volare
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
The Platters -  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & the Impressions
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Yakety Yak - Coasters
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners
Rumble - Link Wray
Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

Top Billboard Albums of 1958

1. MY FAIR LADY Original Cast
2. THE MUSIC MAN Original Cast
3. JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS Johnny Mathis
4. SOUTH PACIFIC Soundtrack
5. COME FLY WITH ME Frank Sinatra

The Grammy's 1958

Record of the Year: Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu, Domenico Modugno

Album of the Year: The Music From Peter Gunn, Henry Mancini, The Music From Peter Gunn

Song of the Year: Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu - Domenico Modugno, songwriter

Best Vocal Performance, Male: Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como

Best Vocal Performance, Female: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald

Best Performance By a Vocal Group or Chorus: That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima and Keely Smith

Best Rhythm and Blues Performance: Tequila - Champs

Best Jazz Performance, Individual: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald

Best Jazz Performance, Group: Basie, Count Basie

Best Performance By a Dance Band: Basie, Count Basie

Best Country and Western Performance: Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio

Best Performance By an Orchestra: Billy May's Big Fat Brass, Billy May

Best Arrangement: The Music From Peter Gunn, Henry Mancini, arranger

Best Soundtrack Album - Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast, Gigi, André Previn

Best Comedy Performance: The Chipmunk Song - David Seville

Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word: The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows, Stan Freberg

Best Recording for Children: The Chipmunk Song - David Seville

Best Album Cover: Only the Lonely, Frank Sinatra

The Tony's (Musicals) 1958

Music News 1958

Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
Gibson patents Flying V Guitar

Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)

WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio

Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) is established and certifies its first gold record for Catch a Falling Star by Perry Como.

The Iranian  government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts of Islam and also a health hazard. Iranian doctors warned of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll dances.

Billie Holiday is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia  court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in 1956.

Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.
Gladys Presley, Elvis´ mother dies.

Billboard magazine debuts its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.

Popular 1958

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