1957

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[change] Events

• The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil
• The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China
• March 10 - Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed inundating Celilo Falls and ancient Indian fisheries along the Columbia River in Oregon.
• November 13 - Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice

[change] Births

• January 6 - Nancy Lopez, golfer
• January 7 - Nicholson Baker, novelist
• January 7 - Katie Couric, television host
• January 7 - Julian Solis, world champion boxer
• January 11 - Robert Earl Keen, musician, singer
• January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
• January 15 - Julian Sands, actor
• January 19 - Katey Sagal, actress, singer & writer
• January 22 - Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
• January 23 - Earl Falconer, bassist
• January 23 - Princess Caroline of Monaco
• July 26 - Nana Visitor

[change] Deaths

• January 10 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
• January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• January 16 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
• February 8 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1903)
• February 9 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent (b. 1868)
• February 10 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• February 18 - Henry Norris Russell, astronomer
• February 25 - George "Bugs" Moran, Chicago gangster
• March 11 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer
• March 16 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
• March 17 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
• March 25 - Max Ophüls, director, writer
• March 29 - Joyce Cary, author
• July 15 - George Cleveland, Canadian actor
• September 20 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)

[change] Films released

• An Affair to Remember
• Aparajito
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Delinquents
• A Farewell to Arms
• Friendly Persuasion
• Giant
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf
• Island in the Sun
• Jailhouse Rock
• Jamboree
• La Grande strada azzurra
• Le Notti di Cabiria
• Loving You
• Nights of Cabiria
• Oklahoma!
• Old Yeller
• Pal Joey
• Peyton Place
• Quatermass 2
• Sayonara
• Seven Wonders of the World
• The Seventh Seal
• The Sweet Smell of Success
• Teahouse of the August Moon
• The Ten Commandments
• The Three Faces of Eve
• Twelve Angry Men
• What's Opera, Doc?
• Young and Dangerous

[change] New books

• At Lady Molly's - Anthony Powell
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
• Below the Salt - Thomas B. Costain
• Blue Camellia - Frances Parkinson Keyes
• By Love Possessed - James Gould Cozzens
• The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
• The Comforters - Muriel Spark
• Compulsion - Meyer Levin
• Doomsday Morning - C. L. Moore
• Eagle's Nest - Anna Kavan
• Eloise in Paris - Kay Thompson
• From Russia With Love - Ian Fleming
• The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean
• Justine - Lawrence Durrell
• Kids Say the Darndest Things! - Art Linkletter
• La Loi - Roger Vailland
• Long Day's Journey Into Night - Eugene O'Neill
• On the Beach - Nevil Shute
• On the Road - Jack Kerouac
• Rascals in Paradise - James A. Michener
• The Scapegoat - Daphne du Maurier
• Some Came Running - James Jones
• Sugar Street - Naguib Mahfouz
• Voltaire in Love - Nancy Mitford
• The Wapshot Chronicle - John Cheever
• Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing - Robert Paul Smith

[change] Hit songs

• "All shook Up" - Elvis Presley
• "An Affair To Remember" - Nat King Cole
• "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) - Sophia Loren
• "April Love" - Pat Boone
• "Around The World" - Nat King Cole
• "Bernadine" - Pat Boone
• "Black Slacks" - Joe Bennett
• "Blue Starr" - Kay Starr
• "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
• "Butterfly" - Andy Williams
• "Bye Bye Love" - Everly Brothers
• "Chances Are" - Johnny Mathis
• "Come Go With Me" - Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups
• "Crazy Street" - Matys Brothers (some sources say 1958)
• "Dark Moon" - Gale Storm
• "Deep Purple" - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
• "Diana" - Paul Anka
• "Everyday" - Buddy Holly
• "Fascination" - Nat King Cole
• "Fascination" - Jane Morgan & The Troubadors
• "Forbidden Fruit" - Anita Ellis
• "Four Walls" - Jim Reeves
• "Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "The Greater Sin" - Frankie Laine
• "Gunfight At the OK Corral" - Frankie Laine
• "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" - The Tune Weavers
• "Hey, Schoolgirl" - Tom and Jerry
• "Honeycomb" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Hoot Owl" - Guy Mitchell
• "How High The Moon" - Pat Suzuki
• "I'm Sorry" - The Platters
• "I'm Walkin" - Fats Domino
• "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" - Georgia Gibbs
• "It's Not For Me To Say" - Johnny Mathis
• "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Last Train to San Fernando" - Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK)
• "Little Darlin' " - Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
• "The Lonesome Road" - Frankie Laine
• "Look Homeward, Angel" - Johnnie Ray
• "Love Is Strange" - Mickey & Sylvia
• "Love Letters In The Sand" - Pat Boone
• "Loving You" - Elvis Presley
• "Lucille" - Little Richard
• "Maman, la plus belle du monde" - Dalida
• "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms
• "Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
• "Oh Boy" - Buddy Holly
• "Old Cape Cod" - Patti Page
• "Party Doll" - Buddy Knox
• "Peggy Sue" - Buddy Holly
• "Pink Champagne" - The Tyrones
• "Quand on n'a que l'amour" - Dalida
• "Queen Of The Senior Prom" - The Mills Brothers
• "Remember You're Mine" - Pat Boone
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" - Brenda Lee
• "Rock And Roll Music" - Chuck Berry
• "Round and Round" - Perry Como
• "Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
• "Searchin' " - The Coasters
• "Shangri-La" - The Four Coins
• "Silent Lips" - Georgia Gibbs
• "So Rare" - Jimmy Dorsey
• "Stardust" - Nat King Cole
• "Sugar Moon" - Pat Boone
• "Sugartime" - McGuire Sisters
• "Tammy" - The Ames Brothers
• "Tammy" - Debbie Reynolds
• "Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
• "That'll Be The Day" - Buddy Holly
• "3:10 To Yuma" - Frankie Laine
• "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" - Gayla Peevey
• "Treat Me Nice" - Elvis Presley
• "The Twelfth Of Never" - Johnny Mathis
• "Up Above My Head" - Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine
• "Wake Up Little Susie" - The Everly Brothers
• "Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
• "When I Fall In Love" - Nat King Cole
• "Who Needs You" - The Four Lads
• "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"-Jerry Lewis
• "Witchcraft" - Frank Sinatra
• "Wonderful! Wonderful!" - Johnny Mathis
• "Why Baby, Why" - Pat Boone
• "You Know How It Is" - Frankie Laine
• "You Send Me" - Sam Cooke
• "Young Blood" - The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
• "Young Love" - Tab Hunter