1955 in British music

1950s in music in the UK
Number-one singles
Number-one albums
Best-selling singles
Best-selling albums
Summaries and charts
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1949 1960
Top 10/12 singles
1952, 1953, 1954
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960

This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.

Events

Charts

Classical music: new works

Opera

Film and Incidental music

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Reed (2008): p. 304.
  2. Reed (2008): p. 287.
  3. Gloag, Kenneth (2013). "Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year". In Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. pp. 230–31. ISBN 978-1-107-60613-5.
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  5. Kendall, Alan (2000). The Chronicle of Classical Music. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 240.
  6. The People, 24 July 1955, cited in Mitchell (2004), p. 7.
  7. Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1. p. 330.
  8. Burn, Andrew (2004). "Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (1891–1975)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30827. Retrieved 2015-01-06. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  9. "Eric Coates". Boosey & Hawkes.
  10. "Cranks". The Guide to Musical Theatre. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  11. Walford, Rex (2004). "Davies, Harry Parr (1914–1955)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75739. Retrieved 2011-08-21.

Sources


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