This is a summary of1957 in music in theUnited Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

• 1 January –Benjamin Britten conducts the opening performance of his balletThe Prince of the Pagodas at Covent Garden.^[1]
• 11 January –Tommy Steele reaches no 1 in the UK chart with his cover of "Singing the Blues", thus achieving chart-topping success before his American rivalElvis Presley.
• 16 January –The Cavern Club opens inLiverpool as ajazz club.
• 25 January – First performance ofWilliam Walton'sCello Concerto inBoston.^[1]
• 3 March –Patricia Bredin represents the UK at the2nd Eurovision Song Contest in Frankfurt, finishing in 7th place. It is the first time the UK has entered the competition.
• June –Kay Kendall, star ofLes Girls, marriesRex Harrison, star ofMy Fair Lady.
• 6 July –John Lennon andPaul McCartney ofThe Beatles first meet at a garden fete atSt. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool, at which Lennon'sskiffle group,The Quarrymen, is playing (and in the graveyard of which anEleanor Rigby is buried).
• 7 August – The Quarrymen first play atThe Cavern Club in Liverpool in an interlude spot between jazz bands; when John Lennon starts the group playing Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", the club's owner at this time hands him a note reading "Cut out the bloodyrock 'n roll".^[2]

• SeeUK No.1 Hits of 1957

• Malcolm Arnold –The River Kwai March,Toy Symphony
• Arthur Bliss –Discourse for orchestra
• Benjamin Britten –Songs from the Chinese Op. 58, for soprano or tenor and guitar
• Gordon Jacob – Piano Concerto No. 2
• Robin Orr –Rhapsody for string orchestra
• Edmund Rubbra – Symphony No 7
• Michael Tippett –Symphony No. 2
• William Walton – Partita for Orchestra
• Grace Williams – Symphony No 2

• Benjamin Britten –Noye's Fludde (composition draft completed 18 December).^[3]

• Richard Addinsell –The Prince and the Showgirl directed by and starringLaurence Olivier, co-starringMarilyn Monroe.
• John Addison –
  • The Entertainer – opening 10 April at theRoyal Court Theatre, London.
  • Lucky Jim directed byJohn Boulting, starringIan Carmichael,Terry-Thomas andHugh Griffith.
• Malcolm Arnold –
  • Blue Murder at St Trinian's, starring Terry-Thomas,George Cole,Joyce Grenfell,Lionel Jeffries andRichard Wattis.
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai directed byDavid Lean, starringWilliam Holden,Jack Hawkins,Alec Guinness andSessue Hayakawa.
• James Bernard –
  • Across the Bridge, starringRod Steiger andBernard Lee.
  • The Curse of Frankenstein directed byTerence Fisher, starringPeter Cushing andChristopher Lee.
• Stanley Black –The Naked Truth, starring Terry-Thomas,Peter Sellers andDennis Price.
• Muir Mathieson –Campbell's Kingdom, starringDirk Bogarde andStanley Baker.
• Clifton Parker –Night of the Demon directed by Jacques Tourneur, starringDana Andrews,Peggy Cummins andNiall MacGinnis.
• Humphrey Searle –
  • The Abominable Snowman directed byVal Guest, starringPeter Cushing.
  • The Passionate Stranger, starringMargaret Leighton andRalph Richardson.

• 11 April –Zuleika, with music byPeter Tranchell and book and lyrics byJames Ferman receives its West End première at theSaville Theatre, starringDiane Cilento in the title role.

• Let's Be Happy, starringVera-Ellen
• The Tommy Steele Story
• These Dangerous Years, starringFrankie Vaughan

• 20 January –Andy Sheppard, saxophonist and composer
• 27 January –Janick Gers, guitarist and songwriter
• 3 February –Steven Stapleton, singer-songwriter (Nurse with Wound andCurrent 93)
• 13 February –Tony Butler English bass player (Big Country andOn the Air)
• 28 February –Phil Gould, drummer, singer and songwriter (Level 42)
• 21 March –John Whitfield, conductor
• 26 March –Paul Morley, music journalist
• 20 May –Sid Vicious, punk musician (died 1979)
• 27 May –Siouxsie Sioux, singer
• 29 May –Big George, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster (died 2011)
• 7 June –Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
• 21 June –Mark Brzezicki, drummer (Big Country,The Cult,Ultravox, andProcol Harum)
• 24 June –Astro, rapper (UB40)
• 3 July –Poly Styrene, punk musician (died 2011)
• 11 July –Peter Murphy, singer-songwriter (Bauhaus andDalis Car)
• 18 July –Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd,The Flowers of Romance, andThe Clash) (died 2022)
• 31 August –Glenn Tilbrook, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze)
• 11 September –Jon Moss, drummer
• 11 November – Tony 'Gad' Robinson, singer (Aswad)
• 20 December –Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter

• 5 January –Gertie Gitana, music hall entertainer, 69^[4]
• 21 January –Harry Gordon, entertainer, 63^[5]
• 13 March –Lena Ashwell, entertainer, 84
• 12 May –Marie Rappold, operatic soprano, 83^[6]
• 1 August –Cathal O'Byrne, singer and poet, 90
• 18 August –Louis Levy, film composer, 62
• 1 September –Dennis Brain, horn virtuoso, 36 (car accident)
• 20 October –Jack Buchanan, singer, dancer, actor and director, 66
• 21 December –Eric Coates, composer, 71
• date unknown
  • William Henley, violinist, composer and arranger^[7]
  • Jack Robson, songwriter

• 1957 in British television
• 1957 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1957

• 1957 in British music
• 1957 in music
• British music by year

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