1958 in music

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Events

• January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama
• February 14 - 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.
• March 12 - Billie Holiday is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia court following her arrest and guilty plea on narcotics possession charges in 1956.
• March 24 - Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army.
• May 30 - Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Basel, 50 years after it was composed
• August 4 - Billboard magazine debuts its "Hot 100" singles chart, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the No. 1 record.
• September 24 - Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's scout the young, talented Mina
• The Bee Gees begin performing
• Marvin Gaye begins performing
• Otis Williams & the Distants begin their musical career. They will later join with The Primes and become The Temptations.
• Phil Spector begins his career
• Dalida receives the Music Hall "Bravos" along with Yves Montand.
• RCA introduces its first stereo LPs
• Fred Foster opens Monument Records in Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Ernesto Bonino leaves the USA and returns to Italy
• Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition