See also: 1953 in music, other events of 1954, 1955 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Musical television
8 Births
9 Deaths

Events

Albums released

Top hits on record

Published popular music

  • "All Of You"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Annie Had A Baby"     w.m. Henry Glover & Lois Mann
  • "Bless Your Beautiful Hide"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
  • "A Blossom Fell"     w.m. Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John
  • "Cara Mia"     w.m. Tulio Trapani & Lee Lange
  • "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"     w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Jacques Larue m. Louiguy
  • "Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Cross Over The Bridge"     w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
  • "Dim, Dim The Lights"     w.m. Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon
  • "Earth Angel"     w.m. Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams & Gaynel Hodge
  • "The Finger Of Suspicion Points At You"     w.m. Paul Mann & Al Lewis
  • "Friends And Neighbours"     Marvin Scott & Malcom Lockyear
  • "From The Vine Came The Grape"     w.m. Leonard Whitcup & Paul Cunningham
  • "Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea"     w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
  • "Goin' Co'tin' "     w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
  • "Hearts Of Stone"     w. Eddy Ray m. Rudy Jackson
  • "Hernando's Hideaway"     w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
  • "He's A Tramp"     Sonny Burke, Peggy Lee
  • "Hey There"     w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
  • "The High And The Mighty"     w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin
  • "Honeycomb"     w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango"     Al Hoffman, Dick Manning
  • "I Could Be Happy With You"     w.m. Sandy Wilson
  • "I Don't Hurt Anymore"     w. Jack Rollins m. Don Robertson
  • "I Got A Woman"     w.m. Ray Charles & Renald Richard
  • "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"     w. Douglas Cross m. George Cory
  • "If I Give My Heart To You"     w.m. Jimmy Brewster, Jimmie Crane & Al Jacobs
  • "I'll Walk With God"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Nicholas Brodszky
  • "I'm Gonna File My Claim"     Ken Darby, Lionel Newman
  • "I'm Not At All In Love"     w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
  • "In Other Words" (aka "Fly Me To The Moon")     w.m. Bart Howard
  • "It's A Woman's World"     w. Sammy Cahn m. Sammy Cahn & Cyril Mockridge
  • "It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love"     w.m. Sandy Wilson
  • "I've Got A Woman"     w.m. Ray Charles & Renald Richard
  • "Let Me Go, Lover!"     w.m. Jenny Lou Carson & Al Hill
  • "The Little Shoemaker"     w.(Eng) John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons (Fr) Avril Lamarque m. Rudi Revil
  • "Lost In Loveliness"     w. Leo Robin m. Sigmund Romberg
  • "Make Yourself Comfortable"     w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Mambo Italiano"     w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Marilyn Monroe Mambo"     Perez Prado
  • "Mister Sandman"     w.m. Pat Ballard
  • "Misty"     w. Johnny Burke m. Erroll Garner
  • "My Own True Love"     w. Mack David m. Max Steiner Music is "Tara's Theme" 1939.
  • "My Son, My Son"     w. Bob Howard m. Melville Farley & Eddie Calvert
  • "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane"     w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
  • "Oh, Look At Me, I'm Dancing"     w. Dorothy Reynolds m. Julian Slade
  • "Only You"     w.m. Buck Ram & Ande Rand
  • "Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In)"     w.m. Stuart Hamblen
  • "Papa Loves Mambo"     w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Bix Reichner
  • "Pledging My Love"     w.m. Ferdinand Washington & Don Robey
  • "The Poor People Of Paris"     w.(Eng) Jack Lawrence (Fr) Rene Rouzaud m. Marguerite Monnot "La Goulante du Pauvre Jean"
  • "Release Me"     w.m. Eddie Miller & W. S. Stevenson
  • "River Of No Return"     Lionel Newman, Ken Darby
  • "Shake, Rattle And Roll"     w.m. Charles Calhoun
  • "Sh-Boom"     w.m. James Keyes, Claude & Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae & James Edwards
  • "Sincerely"     w.m. Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed
  • "Sisters"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Skokiaan"     w. Tom Glazer m. August Msarurgwa
  • "Smile"     w. John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons m. Charles Chaplin
  • "Sobbin' Women"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
  • "Steam Heat"     w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
  • "There Once Was A Man"     w. m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
  • "This Ole House"     w.m. Stuart Hamblen
  • "Three Coins In The Fountain"     w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
  • "Tweedle Dee"     w.m. Winfield Scott
  • "We Said We Wouldn't Look Back"     w. Dorothy Reynolds m. Julian Slade
  • "Wonderful, Wonderful Day"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
  • "Work With Me, Annie"     w.m. Hank Ballard
  • "Young And Foolish"     w. Arnold B. Horwitt m. Albert Hague

Musical theater

  • The Pajama Game     Broadway production

Musical films

  • There's No Business Like Show Business

Musical television

  • Lady In The Dark

Births

Deaths