This is a summary of1954 in music of all genres in theUnited Kingdom.

• 14 January –The Boy Friend, opens in theWest End, with understudyAnne Rogers in the lead role after Diana Maddox falls ill at the dress rehearsal.^[1]
• 5 August –Salad Days opens in the West End after a short run inBristol.^[2] It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken byOliver! in 1960.
• 14 September –Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his operaThe Turn of the Screw atTeatro La Fenice,Venice.^[3]
• 18 September – TheLast Night of the Proms for the first time features the subsequently almost-invariable second-half coupling of SirHenry Wood's 1905Fantasia on British Sea Songs, SirEdward Elgar's 1902 setting of "Land of Hope and Glory", SirHubert Parry's 1916 setting ofWilliam Blake's "Jerusalem", and "Rule, Britannia!".^[4]
• 1 October – TheUK Singles Chart is expanded into a Top 20.
• 3 December –William Walton's operaTroilus and Cressida opens at theRoyal Opera House,Covent Garden. It is not a success.^[3]

• SeeUK No.1 Hits of 1954

• Gerald Finzi – Cello Concerto in A minor
• Alun Hoddinott – Clarinet Concerto
• Daniel Jones – Symphony No. 4
• Ralph Vaughan Williams –Tuba Concerto in F minor

• Benjamin Britten –The Turn of the Screw^[5]
• Arwel Hughes –Menna
• John Joubert –Antigone (for radio)^[6]
• William Walton –Troilus and Cressida

• Malcolm Arnold^[7]
  • The Belles of St Trinian's, starringAlistair Sim.
  • Hobson's Choice directed byDavid Lean, starringCharles Laughton,Brenda De Banzie,John Mills andPrunella Scales.
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them, starringMichael Redgrave,Dirk Bogarde andAnthony Steel.
• Francis Chagrin –An Inspector Calls directed byGuy Hamilton, starring Alastair Sim.
• Eric Coates –The Dam Busters March^[8]
• Mátyás Seiber –Animal Farm

• Salad Days, with music byJulian Slade and lyrics byDorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade
• Zuleika, with music byPeter Tranchell and lyrics byJames Ferman^[9]

• Lilacs in the Spring, starringAnna Neagle

• 23 January –Edward Ka-Spel, singer-songwriter
• 8 March –Cheryl Baker, singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 15 March –Isobel Buchanan, operatic soprano
• 30 April –Christopher Wright, composer (died 2024)
• 8 May
  • John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mason Proffit)
  • Gary Wilmot, entertainer
• 11 May –Judith Weir, composer
• 10 July –Neil Tennant, singer-songwriter and record producer (Pet Shop Boys)
• 11 August –Joe Jackson, singer, songwriter and composer
• 25 August –Elvis Costello, singer-songwriter
• 3 November –Adam Ant, singer
• 4 November –Chris Difford, singer, songwriter and record producer (Squeeze)
• 18 November –John Parr, singer
• 7 December –Mike Nolan, singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 10 December –Jack Hues, singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung)
• 25 December –Annie Lennox, singer
• date unknown –Timothy Bowers, composer

• 18 January –Herbert Heyner, operatic baritone, 71
• 3 March –Noel Gay, songwriter, 55
• 4 April –Frederick Lonsdale, dramatist of musicals, 73
• 24 July –Anne Gilchrist, folk song collector, 90
• 9 August –Frederick Keel, baritone singer and composer, 83
• 14 December –Philip Ritte, operatic tenor, 83
• 29 November – SirGeorge Robey, music hall star, 85
• date unknown –George Alex Stevens, songwriter and musical show director

• 1954 in British television
• 1954 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1954

• 1954 in British music
• 1954 in music
• British music by year

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