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September 10, 1958 Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama and Shakespears Sister is born in Dublin, Ireland.
August 29, 1958 The first of Alan Freed's Big Beat revues is held at Brooklyn, New York's Fox Theatre, featuring Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and his Comets, Frankie Avalon, The Elegants, Bobby Freeman, and Jimmy Clanton.
August 22, 1958 Guitarist Ian Mitchell (of Bay City Rollers) is born in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is just 17 years old when he joins the band in 1976.
August 22, 1958 Vernon Reid is born in London. He is raised in Brooklyn and forms the band Living Colour - he is the guitarist and a primary songwriter.
August 18, 1958 Domenico Modugno's "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" hits #1 for the first of five weeks.
August 16, 1958 Madonna Louise Ciccone is born in Bay City, Michigan. Shortening her name to a mononym, she becomes the best-selling female singer of all time.More
August 12, 1958 On "compassionate leave" from the Army, Elvis Presley travels to Memphis' Baptist Memorial hospital to be by the side of his mother, Gladys, who is quickly deteriorating from acute hepatitis.
August 11, 1958 Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman" is certified Gold.
August 7, 1958 Bruce Dickinson, who takes over as Iron Maiden's lead singer in 1981, is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. His soaring vocals lead the band into a new era as they become one of the most popular UK rock bands. Dickinson-sung hits include "Aces High" and "Bring Your Daughter To the Slaughter."
August 4, 1958 Billboard combines its unwieldy system of five separate sales, jukebox, and DJ charts to make one master chart, the Billboard Hot 100. The first #1 is Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool."
August 4, 1958 Bobby Darin has his first hit as "Splish Splash" reaches #3 in America. The song is later used on Sesame Street as a way to encourage kids to get in the tub.
August 1, 1958 Songwriter/composer Michael Penn, brother of actor Sean Penn, is born in Greenwich Village, New York.
July 30, 1958 Kate Bush is born in Bexleyheath, Kent, England. At 19, she releases her debut single, "Wuthering Heights," which goes to #1 in the UK.More
July 27, 1958 Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, later Exxon), issues a report warning that listening to rock music in the car could waste gas because "the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas petal."
July 21, 1958 Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
July 19, 1958 The Drifters manager George Treadwell, who owns the name, fires the group and replaces them with members of The Five Crowns. When Ben E. King joins the group a short time later, The Drifters become consistent hitmakers, scoring with "There Goes My Baby," "This Magic Moment" and "Save The Last Dance For Me."
July 15, 1958 John Lennon's mother, Julia, is killed when she's hit by a car driven by an off-duty police officer. Lennon, 17 at the time, later writes the songs "Julia" and "Mother" about her.
July 2, 1958 Elvis Presley's fourth movie, King Creole, opens while The King is serving in the Army. Elvis gets surprisingly good reviews for his acting.
June 12, 1958 Meredith Brooks, best known for her 1997 hit "Bitch," is born in Oregon.
June 11, 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis finds that the marriage scandal involving his 14-year-old second cousin has migrated back to the States when he is booed off a New York stage. The second show is canceled due to poor ticket sales, and Lewis' career, for the time being anyway, is ruined.
June 7, 1958 Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, named after his father's jazz combo, the Prince Rogers Trio. By the time he's 15, he can play at least 10 different instruments. Before his death in 2016, he releases over 400 songs, most of which he wrote and produced. Many more emerge from his vault posthumously.
June 4, 1958 With the public outraged over his marriage to 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown, an indignant Jerry Lee Lewis renews their vows, since he wasn't actually divorced from a previous wife when he originally married her.
June 2, 1958 Alan Freed, who popularized R&B music by playing it for a white audience, moves from WINS in New York to WABC. Freed put on a lot of concerts featuring the artists he played, and WINS had suspended him over a show in Boston where a riot broke out.
May 30, 1958 Marie Fredriksson (half of the pop-rock duo Roxette) is born in Össjö, Sweden.
May 29, 1958 Little Anthony & the Imperials record "Tears On My Pillow."
May 26, 1958 After just three shows, Jerry Lee Lewis cancels his British tour when he is again met by a hostile crowd that have learned of his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, his 13-year-old second cousin. When he returns to America, he is met with similar hostility, derailing his career.
May 25, 1958 Paul Weller (singer, guitarist for The Jam, The Style Council) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
May 22, 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London for a tour. When a reporter for the Daily Mail notices a young girl in the entourage, he asks her who she is. "I'm Jerry Lee's wife," she replies, revealing their taboo union. Word spreads that Lewis has married his 13-year-old second cousin, Myra Gale Brown, tanking the tour and sending him back home to America a pariah.
May 20, 1958 Jane Wiedlin (rhythm guitarist of The Go-Go's) is born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
May 12, 1958 The Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream" hits #1 for the first of five weeks.
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