Events in Music History in December 1955

Folsom Prison Blues

Dec 15 "Folsom Prison Blues" single released by Johnny Cash (Billboard Song of the Year 1968)

"Blue Suede Shoes"

Dec 19 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" for Sun Records at Memphis Recording Service studio

Sacred and Popular Music

Dec 25 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music

"You'll Never Know"

Dec 29 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13

  • Dec 31 James Mundy and John La Touche's musical "The Vamp" closes at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 60 performances