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1953 in music
See also:
1952 in music
,
other events of 1953
,
1954 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums Released
3 Top Hits
4 Births
5 Deaths
Events
Elvis Presley
records for the first time
Jackie Wilson
's musical career begins
The Platters
' musical career begins
Wonderful Town[?]
Broadway musical
version of
My Sister Eileen
by
Leonard Bernstein
with
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
.
Albums Released
Top Hits
"Crazy Man Crazy" -
Bill Haley & His Comets
"Your Cheatin' Heart" -
Hank Williams
"Please Don't Leave Me" -
Fats Domino
"Crying In The Chapel" -
The Orioles
"The Clock" -
Johnny Ace with the Beale Streeters[?]
"Shake A Hand" -
Faye Adams[?]
"Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)" -
Ruth Brown
"Good Lovin'" -
The Clovers[?]
"The Doggie in the Window" -
Patti Page[?]
Births
January 6
-
Malcolm Young[?]
,
AC/DC
January 10
-
Pat Benatar[?]
January 15
-
Boris Blank[?]
,
Yello
January 23
-
Steve Perry[?]
,
Journey
January 23
-
Robin Zander
,
Cheap Trick
January 26
-
Lucinda Williams[?]
January 29
-
Luis Perez[?]
,
Los Lobos
February 18
-
Robin Bachman[?]
, drummer,
Bachman-Turner Overdrive[?]
March 23
-
Chaka Khan[?]
March 31
-
Sean Hopper[?]
,
Huey Lewis & the News[?]
May 8
-
Billy Burnette[?]
,
Fleetwood Mac
May 14
-
David Byrne
May 15
-
Mike Oldfield
May 16
-
Richard Page[?]
,
Mr. Mister[?]
May 17
-
George Johnson[?]
,
The Brothers Johnson[?]
June 8
-
Bonnie Tyler
June 12
-
Rocky Burnette[?]
June 19
-
Larry Dunn[?]
,
Earth Wind & Fire
June 20
-
Cyndi Lauper
June 20
-
Alan Longmuir[?]
,
The Bay City Rollers
June 26
-
Mick Jones
,
The Clash
June 29
-
Colin Hay[?]
,
Men At Work
July 6
-
Nanci Griffith[?]
July 29
-
Geddy Lee
,
Rush
July 31
-
Hugh MacDowell[?]
,
Electric Light Orchestra
August 1
-
Robert Cray[?]
August 16
-
J.T. Taylor[?]
,
Kool & the Gang
August 17
-
Kevin Rowland
,
Dexy's Midnight Runners
August 27
-
Alex Lifeson
,
Rush
August 29
-
Rick Downey[?]
,
Blue Oyster Cult
September 7
-
Benmont Tench
, keyboardist for
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
and others
September 11
-
Tommy Shaw[?]
,
Styx
October 10
-
Midge Ure[?]
October 14
-
Kazumi Watanabe
, jazz preformer
October 15
-
Tito Jackson[?]
,
The Jackson 5
October 16
-
Tony Carey[?]
,
Rainbow
October 20
-
Tom Petty
October 21
-
Charlotte Caffey[?]
,
The Go Go's
October 26
-
Keith Strickland[?]
,
The B52's[?]
October 31
-
Johnny Clegg
November 11
-
Andy Partridge[?]
,
XTC
November 13
-
Andrew Rankin[?]
,
The Pogues
November 30
-
June Pointer[?]
,
The Pointer Sisters[?]
Keith Green
Deaths
October 3
-
Arnold Bax
, composer
Kiki
, The Queen of
Montparnasse
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