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1959 in British music

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This is a summary of 1959 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Events

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Charts

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The Official UK Singles Chart

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Classical music: new works

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Film and Incidental music

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Musical theatre

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ""1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail", BBC On This Day". BBC News. 1959-04-22. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn (2010). Letters From A Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958–1965. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-591-2., p. 85
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 595. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ Adrian Wright (2008). The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84383-412-0.
  5. ^ Bland A. The Royal Ballet – the first 50 years. Threshold Books, London, 1981.
  6. ^ "Arthur Bliss – Birthday Song for a Royal Child (1959)". Music Sales Classical. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ^ Philip Rupprecht; Philip Ernst Rupprecht (9 July 2015). British Musical Modernism: The Manchester Group and their Contemporaries. Cambridge University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-521-84448-2.
  8. ^ The Guide to Musical Theatre. Accessed 20 June 2014
  9. ^ "Marillion Official Website". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  10. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (24 October 2016). "Pete Burns, frontman of Dead or Alive, dies aged 57". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 24 October 2016.