- The Champs - Tequila
- Luiz Gonzaga - Xamego
- Esquerita - Rockin' The Joint
- The Big Bopper - White Lightnin'
- Link Wray - Rumble
- Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
- Ricky Nelson - There's Good Rockin' Tonight
- Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
- Sam Cooke - So Long
- Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon!
- Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You
- Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
- Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - New York Town
- The Poni-Tails - Born Too Late
- The Everly Brothers - Maybe Tomorrow
- Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
- Buddy Holly And The Crickets - It's So Easy
- Wanda Jackson - Just Call Me Lonesome
- Coasters - Yakety Yak
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
- Dale Hawkins - Juanita
- Elvis Presley - King Creole
- Machito - Congo Mulence
- Jaques Brel - Le Colonel
- Peggy Lee - Fever
- Helen Merrill - Bye Bye Blackbird
- Bobby Darin - Judy, Don't Be Moody
- Ella Fitzgerald - Isn't It A Lovely Day
- Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You
In this year 21 people died in an air disaster in Munich, Germany including 7 Manchester United footballers.
Brazil win the Fifa World Cup in Sweden.
Nikita Khrushchev becomes president of Russia.
Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole.
The Hula Hoop is launched, 100 million are sold.
Popular films in this year include Vertigo, King Creole, Gigi, Bridge on the River Kwai and South Pacific.
We said hello to singers Michael Jackson, Toyah, Paul Weller, Gary Numan, Kate Bush, Madonna and Prince. Actors Gary Oldman, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins and Viggo Mortneson. Actresses Michelle Pfeiffer, Holly Hunter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Miranda Richardson.
We said goodbye to footballer Billy Meredith, Julia Lennon and singer Martha Powell.
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