Births and deaths

Births Mike Oldfield (1953) Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000) Martin Simpson (1953) Clive Gregson (1955) Jez Lowe (1955)

Deaths Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Recordings 1957: Sings English Folk Songs (Steve Benbow) 1959: Sweet England (Shirley Collins)

See also Music of the United Kingdom (1950s)

References