1954 in British music
| 1950s in music in the UK | |
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| Summaries and charts 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 | |
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| Top 10/12 singles | |
| 1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 | |
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This is a summary of 1954 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.
Events
- 5 August - Salad Days opens in the West End after a short run in Bristol. It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken by Oliver! in 1960.
- 14 September - Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his opera The Turn of the Screw at Teatro La Fenice, Venice.[1]
- 1 October - The UK Singles Chart is expanded into a Top 20.
- 3 December - William Walton's opera Troilus and Cressida opens at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. It is not a success.[1]
Charts
Classical music: new works
- Gerald Finzi - Cello Concerto in A minor
- Alun Hoddinott - Clarinet Concerto
- Daniel Jones - Symphony No. 4
- Ralph Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto in F minor
Opera
Film and Incidental music
- Malcolm Arnold -
- The Belles of St Trinian's, starring Alistair Sim.
- Hobson's Choice directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton, Brenda De Banzie, John Mills and Prunella Scales.
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them, starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel.
- Francis Chagrin - An Inspector Calls directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Alastair Sim.
- Eric Coates - The Dam Busters March
- Mátyás Seiber - Animal Farm
Musical theatre
- Salad Days, with music by Julian Slade and lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade
Musical films
- Lilacs in the Spring, starring Anna Neagle
Births
- 23 January - Edward Ka-Spel, singer-songwriter
- 8 March - Cheryl Baker, singer with Bucks Fizz
- 15 March - Isobel Buchanan, operatic soprano
- 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
- 21 October - Eric Faulkner, guitarist, songwriter, and singer (Bay City Rollers)
- 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 with Bucks Fizz
- 10 December - Jack Hues, singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung)
- 25 December - Annie Lennox, singer
Deaths
- 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 - Sir George Robey, music hall star, 85
- date unknown - George Alex Stevens, songwriter and musical show director
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