July 1958 in Music History

Events in Music

Jul 2 Musical drama Film "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley based on a novel by Harold Robbins premieres

Jul 3 "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)

Jul 17 Peter Shaffer's musical "Five Finger Exercise" premieres in London

Jul 3 Aaron Tippin, American country singer ("You've Got to Stand for Something"), born in Pensacola, Florida
Jul 3 Monty Byrom, American rock, blues and country guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer (Billy Satellite; Eddie Money; Big House), born in Corpus Christie, Texas
Jul 4 Kirk Pengilly, Australian rocker (Inxs - "Kiss the Dirt"), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Jul 5 Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor, born in Birmingham
Jul 8 Carlos Cavazo, American guitarist (Quiet Riot - Metal Health), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 8 Fred Young, American singer (Kentucky Headhunters - "Davy Crockett"), born in Glasgow, Kentucky
Jul 9 Bruce Waibel, American touring and session rock bassist (Gregg Allman; Firehouse), born in Livingston, New Jersey (d. 2003)
Jul 10 Béla Fleck, American Grammy Award-winning bluegrass, classical, jazz, and world music banjo player(The Flecktones; New Grass Revival), born in NYC, New York
Jul 10 Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director, born in Munster, County Cork, Ireland
Jul 11 Ray Dodds, British drummer (Fairground Attraction - "Perfect")

Jul 16 Irish-American dancer-choreographer (Riverdance; Lord of Dance), flute player, and filmmaker, born in Chicago, Illinois

Jul 18 Nigel Twist, British rock drummer (The Alarm - "In The Summertime"), born in Manchester
Jul 19 David Robertson, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 2005-18; Sydney Symphony, 2014-19), and educator (Juilliard School, 2018-present), born in Malibu, California
Jul 20 Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboardist (Simple Minds - "Don't You Forget About Me"), born on the Isle of Barra, Scotland
Jul 21 Jean Rivier, French composer and educator (Paris Conservatory, 1946-66), born in Villemonble, France (d. 1987)
Jul 24 Mick Karn [Andonis Michaelides], Cypriot-British new wave and art rock fretless bassist, and singer-songwriter (Japan), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2011)
Jul 25 Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist (Frank Boeijen Group), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jul 25 Thurston Moore, American guitarist and songwriter (Sonic Youth - "100%"), born in Coral Gables, Florida
Jul 26 Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist, born in Ottawa, Ontario
Jul 30 Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter (Running Up That Hill; Wuthering Heights), born in Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Jul 30 Kevin Mahogany, American jazz vocalist ("Double Rainbow"; "Pride And Joy"), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2017) [1] [2]
Jul 31 Bill Berry, American drummer (R.E.M., 1980-97 - "Losing My Religion"; "Stand"), born in Duluth, Minnesota