1957 in music


This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1957.

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Bands formed

Albums released

About the Blues – Julie LondonAfter Glow – Carmen McRaeAfter Midnight – Nat King ColeAfter School Session – Chuck BerryAlmendra – Aldemaro RomeroAnita Sings the Most – Anita O'DayApril in Paris – Count BasieArt Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section – Art PepperAt Mister Kelly's – Sarah VaughanAt the Gate of Horn – OdettaAward Winner: Stan Getz – Stan GetzBags' Groove – Miles DavisThe Beat of My Heart – Tony BennettBelafonte Sings of the Caribbean – Harry BelafonteBing with a Beat – Bing CrosbyThe Big Beat – Johnnie RayBirth of the Cool – Miles DavisBlossom Dearie – Blossom DearieA Blowin' Session – Johnny GriffinBlue Starr – Kay StarrBlue Train – John ColtraneBlue Trombone – J. J. JohnsonBoy Meets Girl – Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRaeBrilliant Corners – Thelonious MonkChet Atkins at Home – Chet AtkinsThe "Chirping" Crickets – Buddy Holly & The Crickets A Christmas Story – Bing CrosbyClose to You – Frank SinatraA Closer Walk with Thee – Pat BooneThe Clown – Charles MingusColtrane – John ColtraneCookin' – Paul GonsalvesCookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet – Miles DavisCount Basie at Newport – Count BasieCriollísima – Aldemaro RomeroCuban Jam Sessions in Miniature – CachaoDay by Night – Doris DayDedicated to You – The "5" RoyalesDouble Play! – Russ Freeman & André PrevinDream Street – Peggy LeeDrum Suite – Art BlakeyElla and Louis Again – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald & Duke EllingtonElvis' Christmas Album – Elvis PresleyAn Evening with Belafonte – Harry BelafonteExotica – Martin DennyGene Vincent and His Blue Caps – Gene VincentGrand Ole Opry's New Star – George JonesThe Great Ray Charles – Ray CharlesHard Bop – Art Blakely and the Jazz MessengersThe Helen Morgan Story – Gogi GrantHer Nibs – Georgia GibbsHere's Little Richard – Little RichardHi-Fi in Focus – Chet AtkinsHymns We Love – Pat BooneI Love John Frigo...He Swings – Johnny Frigo In Las Vegas – Johnnie RayInterplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – John ColtraneIt's All Over but the Swingin' – Sammy Davis Jr.Jackie's Pal – Jackie McLeanJazz by Sun Ra – Sun RaJim Edward, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown – The Browns A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – Frank SinatraThe Jones Boys – Thad JonesJulie – Julie LondonJust One of Those Things – Nat King ColeJutta Hipp With Zoot Sims – Jutta HippLike Someone in Love – Ella FitzgeraldLosers, Weepers – Kay StarrLouis and the Angels – Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson – Louis Armstrong & Oscar PetersonLove Is the Thing – Nat King ColeLove Serenade – Ames BrothersLoving You – Elvis PresleyMad Thad – Thad JonesMake Love to Me – Julie LondonMal/2 – Mal WaldronThe Man I Love – Peggy LeeThe Many Sides of Toshiko – Toshiko AkiyoshiMating Call – Tadd DameronMel Tormé's California Suite – Mel TorméMel Tormé at the Crescendo – Mel TorméMiguel – DalidaMiles Ahead – Miles DavisA Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers – Art BlakeyMoanin' the Blues – Hank WilliamsMonk's Music – Thelonious MonkMoondreams – Dick HaymesMozart: Clarinet Concerto, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings – Benny Goodman, clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch; Boston Symphony String Quartet. 12-inch LP. RCA Victor LM 2073.New Tricks – Bing CrosbyNow Hear This – The Hi-Lo'sOnce Over Lightly – Jo StaffordOne Dozen Roses – The Mills BrothersOne O'Clock Jump – Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe WilliamsOrgy in Rhythm – Art BlakeyThe Pajama Game – Doris DayPal Joey – Morris Stoloff, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth, Trudy Erwin Pat – Pat BoonePat Boone Sings Irving Berlin – Pat BoonePatsy Cline – Patsy ClinePlease, Please, Please – James BrownThe Poll Winners – Barney KesselPorgy and Bess – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongThe Prestige Jazz Quartet – Teddy CharlesPretty Baby – Dean MartinQuand on n'a que l'amour – Jacques BrelRay Charles – Ray CharlesRicky – Ricky Nelson Ring around Rosie – The Hi-Lo'sRockin' – Frankie LaineRockin' the Oldies – Bill Haley & His Comets'Round About Midnight – Miles DavisSammy Swings – Sammy Davis Jr.Saxophone Colossus – Sonny RollinsSea Shells – Peggy LeeSing a Song of Basie – Lambert, Hendricks & RossSometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue – Jill CoreySon nom est Dalida – DalidaSongs for Any Taste – Mel TorméSongs for Inspiration & Meditation – Jo StaffordSongs of Scotland – Jo StaffordSophisticated Swing – Cannonball AdderleySoulville – Ben WebsterThe Sounds of Christmas Harmony – Ames BrothersStrange Blues – Jackie McLean Strictly Powell – Bud PowellSuch Sweet Thunder – Duke EllingtonSuddenly It's The Hi-Lo's – The Hi-Lo'sSuddenly There's Gogi Grant – Gogi GrantSweet Seventeen – Ames BrothersA Swingin' Affair! – Frank SinatraSwingin' Easy – Sarah VaughanTenor Conclave – Prestige All StarsThelonious Monk with John Coltrane – Thelonious Monk & John ColtraneThere'll Always Be A Christmas – Ames BrothersTony – Tony BennettTormé Meets the British – Mel TorméToshiko and Leon Sash at Newport – Toshiko Akiyoshi & Leon SashTrane's Blues – John ColtraneWalkin' – Miles DavisWay Out West – Sonny RollinsWe Get Letters – Perry ComoThe Weavers at Carnegie Hall – The WeaversWest Side Story – Original Broadway CastWhere Are You? – Frank SinatraWinner's Circle – Oscar PettifordWith His Hot and Blue Guitar – Johnny Cash Word Jazz - Ken Nordine

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1957.
#ArtistTitleYearCountryChart Entries
1Elvis PresleyJailhouse Rock1957USUK 1 – Jan 1958, US BB 1 – Oct 1957, US BB 1 of 1957, Canada 1 – Oct 1957, DDD 1 of 1957, POP 1 of 1957, Europe 2 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 2 of rockabilly, RYM 3 of 1957, Netherlands 5 – Jan 1974, France 10 – Dec 1971, US CashBox 11 of 1957, South Africa 11 of 1958, AFI 21, Global 33 – 1957, Party 54 of 1999, Italy 60 of 1958, Rolling Stone 67, Acclaimed 192, Belgium 214 of all time
2Paul AnkaDiana1957CanadaUK 1 – Aug 1957, US BB 1 – Jul 1957, Canada 1 – Jul 1957, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1957, Italy 2 of 1958, Poland 9 – Apr 1989, US CashBox 13 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1956, POP 14 of 1956, Europe 17 of the 1950s, RYM 17 of 1957, Global 33 – 1957, DDD 36 of 1957
3Elvis PresleyAll Shook Up1957USUK 1 – Jun 1957, US BB 1 – Apr 1957, Canada 1 – May 1957, RYM 5 of 1957, US CashBox 8 of 1957, DDD 11 of 1957, Scrobulate 12 of rock & roll, US BB 13 of 1957, POP 13 of 1957, Netherlands 33 – Jan 2005, Global 33 – 1957, Europe 78 of the 1950s, Party 179 of 2007, Rolling Stone 352, Acclaimed 835
4Jerry Lee LewisGreat Balls of Fire1957USUK 1 – Dec 1957, RYM 1 of 1957, US BB 2 – Dec 1957, Canada 2 – Dec 1957, DDD 5 of 1957, US BB 14 of 1958, POP 14 of 1958, South Africa 15 of 1958, Netherlands 27 – Sep 1989, Scrobulate 63 of oldies, RIAA 64, Europe 76 of the 1950s, Acclaimed 86, Rolling Stone 96, Party 242 of 1999
5Danny & the JuniorsAt the Hop1957USUS BB 1 – Dec 1957, Canada 1 – Dec 1957, UK 3 – Jan 1958, US BB 3 of 1958, POP 3 of 1958, South Africa 6 of 1958, US CashBox 10 of 1958, RYM 11 of 1957, DDD 21 of 1957, Europe 73 of the 1950s, RIAA 250, Acclaimed 728

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboards charts in 1957.
First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
February 9, 19573"Too Much"Elvis Presley
March 2, 19574"Young Love"Tab Hunter
March 30, 19571"Party Doll"Buddy Knox
April 6, 19571"Round and Round"Perry Como
April 13, 19578"All Shook Up"Elvis Presley
June 3, 19575"Love Letters in the Sand"Pat Boone
June 10, 19571"Bernardine"Pat Boone
July 8, 19577"Teddy Bear"Elvis Presley
August 26, 19572"Tammy"Debbie Reynolds
September 9, 19571"Diana"Paul Anka
September 16, 19571"Tammy"Debbie Reynolds
September 23, 19571"That'll Be the Day"The Crickets
September 30, 19572"Honeycomb"Jimmie Rodgers
October 14, 19571"Wake Up Little Susie"The Everly Brothers
October 21, 19577"Jailhouse Rock"Elvis Presley
December 9, 19572"You Send Me"Sam Cooke
December 23, 19572"April Love"Pat Boone

Published popular music

Classical music

Compositions

Opera

Film

[Musical theatre]

Brigadoon — Broadway revivalDamn Yankees — London productionKatharina Knie opened at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich on January 20The Music Man opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on December 19, 1957, and ran for 1375 performances.New Girl in Town Broadway production, opened at the 46th St. Theatre and ran for 431 performancesWest Side Story — Broadway production, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 732 performancesZuleika — London production, Saville Theatre

[Musical film]s

Funny Face starring Fred Astaire and Audrey HepburnJailhouse Rock starring Elvis PresleyLes Girls starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay KendallLoving You released July 9 starring Elvis Presley.Mayabazar starring SavithriThe Pajama Game starring Doris Day and John RaittPal Joey starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim NovakPardesi, with music by Anil BiswasSilk Stockings, featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse

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Awards

[Eurovision Song Contest]