Overview of the events of 1955 in British music
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This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom .
Classical music: new works [ edit ] Film and Incidental music [ edit ] 3 January – Helen O'Hara , vocalist 4 January – Mark Hollis , singer-songwriter 19 January 25 January – Terry Chimes , drummer (The Clash ) 23 February – Howard Jones , singer-songwriter[ 11] 27 February – Peter Christopherson , musician, songwriter, and director (died 2010 )[ 12] 19 March – Paul Edwards , composer of choral music 5 April – Janice Long , radio disc jockey (died 2021 ) 9 April – Bob Chilcott , choral composer, conductor, and singer 10 April – Lesley Garrett , operatic soprano 17 April – Pete Shelley , guitarist and vocalist (Buzzcocks ) 16 May – Hazel O'Connor , singer 22 May – Jerry Dammers , ska musician and songwriter 30 May – Topper Headon (The Clash ) 26 June – Mick Jones , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash , Big Audio Dynamite , General Public , Carbon/Silicon , and London SS ) 18 July – Terry Chambers , English drummer (XTC and Dragon ) 20 July – Jem Finer , English banjo player and songwriter (The Pogues ) 30 July – Christopher Warren-Green , violinist and conductor 30 August – Andy Pask , English bass player and composer 1 September – Bruce Foxton , guitarist (The Jam ) 3 September – Steve Jones , guitarist (Sex Pistols ) 14 September – William Jackson , harpist and composer 30 September – Frankie Kennedy , folk musician (died 1994 ) 2 October – Philip Oakey , singer-songwriter 12 November – Les McKeown , singer (Bay City Rollers ) (died 2021 ) 17 November – Peter Cox , English singer-songwriter (Go West ) 30 November – Billy Idol , singer 6 December – Edward Tudor-Pole , singer and TV presenter 15 December – Paul Simonon , bassist (The Clash ) 31 December – Tom Morton , musician, broadcaster and writer 10 January – Annette Mills , partner of "Muffin the Mule", 60 9 March – Louie René , singer and actress, 83 12 April – W. H. Anderson , composer, 72 4 July – Ruth Vincent , operatic soprano, 78 13 August – Florence Easton , soprano, 72 14 October – Harry Parr-Davies , composer and songwriter, 41 (perforated ulcer)[ 13] 30 October – Harry Dean , British-born Canadian conductor, pianist, organist and music educator, 76 14 November – Carl Denton , Yorkshire-born American conductor, 80 21 December – Gladys Ripley , operatic contralto, 47 ^ Reed (2008): p. 304. ^ Reed (2008): p. 287. ^ Gloag, Kenneth (2013). "Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year ". In Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett . Cambridge University Press. pp. 230–31. ISBN 978-1-107-60613-5 . ^ optus net ^ Kendall, Alan (2000). The Chronicle of Classical Music . London: Thames & Hudson. p. 240. ^ The People , 24 July 1955, cited in Mitchell (2004), p. 7. ^ Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1 . p. 330. ^ 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) ^ "Eric Coates" . Boosey & Hawkes. ^ "Cranks" . The Guide to Musical Theatre . 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26 . ^ "Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine" . AllMusic . Retrieved 14 May 2009 . ^ Petridis, Alexis (28 November 2010). "Peter Christopherson obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 December 2013 . ^ 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 . Britten, Benjamin (2004). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 3, 1946–1951 . London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571299300 . Britten, Benjamin (2008). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 4, 1952–1957 . Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843833826 .
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