The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1958.
Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1958 (USA)
- " 16 Candles " w.m. Luther Dixon & Allyson R. Khent
- "A Toujours (Till Always)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- " All I Have To Do Is Dream " w.m. Felice And Boudleaux Bryant
- "All Of These And More" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
- "The All-American Boy" w.m. Orville Lunsford & )
- "Almost In Your Arms" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Am I That Easy To Forget?" w.m. Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson & Shelby Singleton
- "Another Time, Another Place" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- " Any Way The Wind Blows " w.m. William Dunham , Joseph Hooven & Marilyn Hooven
- " Are You Really Mine? " w.m. Al Hoffman , Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
- "Baby I Don't Care" Leiber And Stoller
- "Baby Lover" Wandra Merrell
- "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" w.m. Jack Clement
- "The Ballad Of Paladin" w.m. Richard Boone , Sam Rolfe & Johnny Western
- "Beep Beep" w.m. Donald Clapps & Carl Cicchetti
- "Big Best Shoes" w.m. Sandy Wilson
- " A Big Hunk O' Love " w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche
- "Big Man" w.m. Bruce Belland & Glenn Larson
- "Bimbombey" w.m. Mack David , Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore
- "Bird Dog" w.m. Felice And Boudleaux Bryant
- "The Blob" w. Mack David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Blue, Blue Day" w.m. Don Gibson
- "Born Too Late" w. Fred Tobias m. Charles Strouse
- "Breathless" w.m. Otis Blackwell
- " Broken Hearted Melody " w. Hal David m. Sherman Edwards
- "Bye, Bye Baby Goodbye" F. McNulty
- "Cannonball" m. Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood
- " A Certain Smile " w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
- "Chanson d'Amour" w.m. Wayne Shanklin
- "Chantilly Lace" w.m. Jiles Perry Richardson
- "The Chipmunk Song" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
- "Claudette" w.m. Roy Orbison
- "C'mon Everybody" w.m. Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capeheart
- "Come Prima" w. (Eng) Buck Ram (Ital) M. Panzeri m. V. Di Paola & S. Taccani
- "Dance Only With Me" Betty Comden , Adolph Green , Jule Styne
- " Devoted To You " w.m. Felice And Boudleaux Bryant
- "The Diary" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
- "Do You Want To Dance?" w.m. Bobby Freeman
- "Donna" w.m. Richie Valens
- "Don't" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" w.m. Johnny Cash
- "Early In The Morning" w.m. Bobby Darin & Woody Harris
- "El Rancho Rock" w. Ben Raleigh m. Silvano R. Ramos
- " Enchanted Island " w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "The End" w. Sid Jacobson m. Jimmy Krondes
- "Endless Sleep" Jody Reynolds, Dolores Nance
- " Everybody Loves A Lover " w. Richard Adler m. Robert Allen
- "Firefly" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman
- "Fly Away Lovers" Frank Stanton & Tommie Connor
- "For Your Precious Love" Jerry Butler
- " French Foreign Legion " w. Aaron Schroeder m. Guy Wood
- "Get A Job" w.m. Earl T. Beal, Raymond W. Edwards, William F. Horton & Richard A. Lewis
- "Gotta Travel On" trad (Brit 19th century) adapt w.m. Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar & Tom Six
- "Green Christmas" Stan Freberg
- "Hard Headed Woman" w.m. Claude Demetrius
- "Hoots Mon" Harry Robertson
- "The Hula Hoop Song" w.m. Carl Maduri Jr & Donna Kohler
- "A Hundred Million Miracles" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I Beg Of You" w.m. Rose Marie McCoy & Kelly Owens
- "I Enjoy Being A Girl" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I Got A Feeling" w.m. Baker Knight
- "I Got Stung" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & David Hill
- "I Met Him On A Sunday" Shirley Owens, Addie Harris, Doris Coley
- "I Remember It Well" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "If Dreams Came True" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "If I Had A Hammer" w.m. Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
- "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" w.m. R. Hayes, D. Bartholomew & Fats Domino
- "It's Late" w.m. Dorsey Burnette
- "It's Only Make Believe" w.m. Conway Twitty & Jack Nance
- "Java" m. Freddy Friday, Allen Toussaint & Alvin Tyler
- "Johnny B. Goode" w.m. Chuck Berry
- " Kewpie Doll " w.m. Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
- "Lazy Moon" J. Kerr, W. Kerr, Ford
- "Learning The Game" Buddy Holly
- " Left Right Out Of Your Heart " w. Earl Shuman m. Mort Garson
- "Let The Bells Keep Ringing" w.m. Paul Anka
- "The Little Serenade" w.m. Antonio Amurri, Paolo Esposito, Geoffrey C. Parsons & James J. T. Phillips
- "Little Star" w.m. Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa
- "Lollipop" w.m. Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon
- "The Long, Hot Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Alex North
- "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" w.m. Ollie Jones
- "Love, Look Away" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "A Lover's Question" w.m. Brook Benton & Jimmy Williams
- "Mad Passionate Love" Dick Sherman & David E. Coleman
- " Make Me A Miracle " Al Hoffman , Dick Manning , Mark Markwell
- "Mandolins In The Moonlight" w.m. George David Weiss & Aaron Schroeder
- "Maverick" w. Paul Francis Webster m. David Buttolph
- "Maybe Baby" w.m. Norman Petty & Charles Hardin
- " Moon Talk " w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
- " My True Love " w.m. Jack Scott
- "Nairobi" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "Never Be Anyone Else But You" w.m. Baker Knight
- "The Night They Invented Champagne" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- " Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again " w.m. Al Hoffman , Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
- "Once Upon A Summertime" (Original title "La Valse des Lilas") Eddie Barclay , Michel Legrand , Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer
- "One Night" w.m. Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King
- "The Only Man On The Island" Bob Hilliard & Dave Mann
- " Only The Lonely " Sammy Cahn , James Van Heusen
- "Padre" w. (Eng) Paul Francis Webster (Fr) Marcel Algeron & Jacques Larue m. Alain C. Romans
- "Patricia" w. Bob Marcus m. Perez Prado
- "Peter Gunn" m. Henry Mancini
- "Pink Shoelaces" w.m. Mickie Grant
- "Plain Jane" Doc Pomus , Mort Shuman
- " Poor Little Fool " w.m. Shari Sheeley
- "Problems" w.m. Felice And Boudleaux Bryant
- "Promise Me, Love" w.m. Kay Thompson
- "The Purple People Eater" w.m. Sheb Wooley
- "Queen Of The Hop" w.m. Woody Harris & Bobby Darin
- "Raining In My Heart" w.m. Felice And Boudleaux Bryant
- "Rave On" w.m. Norman Petty , Bill Tilghman & Sunny West
- " Rawhide " w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin . Title tune of the TV series performed by Frankie Laine .
- "Reeds In A Rush" m. John Serry, Sr.
- "Return To Me" w.m. Danny Di Minno & Carmen Lombardo
- "Rockin' Robin" w.m. Jimmie Thomas
- "Saturday Girl" w. Peter Benjamin m. Peter Stannard
- "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- " Secretly " w.m. Al Hoffman , Dick Manning & Mark Markwell
- "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On" w.m. Hank Locklin
- "Short Shorts" w. Bob Gaudio & Bill Dalton m. Tom Austin & Bill Crandall
- "Since I Don't Have You" w. James Beaumont, Walter Lester, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen & Janet Vogel m. Joseph Rock & Lennie Martin
- "Splish Splash" w.m. Bobby Darin & Jean Murray
- "Stagger Lee" trad arr. Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
- "Stupid Cupid" w. Howard Greenfield m. Neil Sedaka
- " Sugartime " w.m. Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols
- "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran , J. Capehart
- "Summertime, Summertime" w.m. Tom Jameson & Sherm Feller
- "Sunday" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Surprise" w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston from the musical '' Oh Captain! ''
- "Susie Darlin' " w.m. Robin Luke
- "Sweet Little Sixteen" w.m. Chuck Berry
- "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" w. Rhoda Roberts & Kenny Jacobson m. Moe Koffman
- "Teacher Teacher" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "Teacher's Pet" w.m. Joe Lubin
- "Tears On My Pillow" w.m. Sylvester Bradford & Al Lewis
- "Tequila" w.m. Chuck Rio
- "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- " There's Only One Of You " w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
- "Think It Over" Buddy Holly , Norman Petty , Jerry Allison
- "This Happy Feeling" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "This Is All I Ask" w.m. Gordon Jenkins
- "Time" w. Julian More, David Heneker & Monty Norman m. David Heneker & Monty Norman
- "To Know Him Is To Love Him" w.m. Phil Spector
- " Tom Dooley " trad arr. Dave Guard
- "True Love Ways" w.m. Norman Petty & Buddy Holly
- "Tulips From Amsterdam" Ralf Arnie & Gene Martyn
- "A Very Precious Love" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
- " Volare " w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish (Ital) Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci m. Domenico Modugno
- "Waltz At Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking Of Me)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- " We Belong Together , S. Weiss, Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell
- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" w.m. Bert Carroll & Russell Moody
- "What To Do" Buddy Holly
- " When " w.m. Jack Reardon & Paul Evans
- "Witch Doctor" w.m. Ross Bagdasarian
- "The Wizard" David, Dane, Paul
- "Woman From Liberia" Rodgers, Whiting
- "The World Outside" Carl Sigman , Richard Addinsell
- " Yakety Yak " w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "You Are Beautiful" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- " You Are My Destiny " w.m. Paul Anka
- "You Cheated" w.m. Don Burch
- " Young And Warm And Wonderful " w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer
- "Zorro" w. Norman Foster m. George Burns
- January 1 - Grandmaster Flash
- January 11 - Vicky Peterson , The Bangles
- February 16 - Ice-T
- February 21 - Jake Burns , Stiff Little Fingers
- February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- March 5 - Andy Gibb (+ 1988 )
- March 8 - Gary Numan
- March 9 - Martin Fry
- April 11 - Stuart Adamson , Big Country (+ 2001 )
- April 12 - Will Sergeant , Echo & The Bunnymen
- April 18 - Les Pattinson , Echo & The Bunnymen
- May 2 - Mayumi Horikawa , Japanese singer-songwriter and model
- May 21 - Mike Barson , Madness
- May 25 - Paul Weller
- May 27 - Neil Finn , Crowded House
- May 29 - Marie Fredriksson , Roxette
- June 7 - Prince
- June 17 - Jello Biafra , Dead Kennedys
- June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen , conductor
- July 7 - Michala Petri , Recorder performer
- July 25 - Thurston Moore , Sonic Youth
- July 30 - Kate Bush
- July 31 - Bill Berry , R.E.M.
- August 3 - Robert Buck , 10,000 Maniacs
- August 6 - Randy DeBarge
- August 7 - Bruce Dickinson , musician, Iron Maiden
- August 16 - Madonna
- August 17 - Belinda Carlisle , The Go-Go's
- August 22 - Ian Mitchell , Bay City Rollers
- August 22 - Vernon Reid , Living Colour
- August 29 - Michael Jackson
- September 6 - Buster Bloodvessel , Bad Manners
- September 10 - Siobhan Fahey
- September 19 - Lita Ford
- September 22 - Andrea Bocelli
- October 9 - Al Jourgensen , Ministry
- October 10 - Tanya Tucker
- October 13 - Derri Daugherty , The Choir , The Lost Dogs
- October 14 - Thomas Dolby , English rock musician
- October 20 - Ricky Byrd , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- October 27 - Simon Le Bon , Duran Duran
- November 10 - Frank Maudsley , A Flock Of Seagulls
- November 22 - Jason Ringenberg , Jason & The Scorchers
- December 7 - Timothy Butler , Psychedelic Furs
- December 9 - Nick Seymour , Crowded House
- December 11 - Nikki Sixx , Mötley Crüe
- December 14 - Mike Scott , The Waterboys
- December 14 - Peter Stacy , The Pogues
- December 17 - Michael Mills , R.E.M.
- December 23 - Victoria Williams
- December 28 - Mike McGuire , Shenandoah
- ''date unknown''
- --- Chuck Girard , Love Song
- January 21 - Ataúlfo Argenta , conductor
- February 5 - Lew Brown , lyricist
- March 25 - Tom Brown , jazz trombonist
- March 28 - W.C. Handy - Blues composer
- April 1
- --- Břetislav Bakala , pianist, conductor and composer
- --- Alfred Bryan , songwriter
- May 20 - Irma Baltuttis , singer
- June 15 - José Pablo Moncayo , Mexican composer
- June 23 - Armas Järnefelt , composer
- August 5 - Joseph Holbrooke , composer
- August 15 - Big Bill Broonzy , blues musician and composer
- August 17 - Florent Schmitt , composer
- August 21 - Stevan Hristić , composer
- August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams , composer
- September 20 - Yvonne Arnaud , pianist, singer and actress
- October 25 - Artie Matthews , ragtime composer and songwriter
- October 27 - John Wooldridge , film composer
- November 3 - Harry Revel , composer of musicals
- November 27 - Artur Rodziński , conductor
- December 1 - Boots Mallory , dancer
- December 8 - Julia Lee , female blues singer
- December 11 - Paul Bazelaire , cellist
- December 29 - Doris Humphrey , dancer and choreographer
- ''date unknown''
- --- Samuel Antek , violinist and conductor
- --- Tiny Bradshaw , jazz and blues musician
- --- Martin Shaw , composer
- --- Vassili Nebolsin , conductor
- --- Maude Nugent , songwriter
- --- John Strachan , ballad singer
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