Reet Petite
Sep 8 Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"
- Sep 10 "Mask & Gown" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 39 performances
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Sep 20 Leontyne Price makes her operatic stage debut singing Madame Lidoine in the US premiere of "Dialogues of the Carmelites" in San Francisco
That'll Be the Day
Sep 23 "That'll Be the Day" single by Buddy Holly and The Crickets reaches #1 in the US
Jailhouse Rock
Sep 24 "Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
West Side Story
Sep 26 Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins' musical "West Side Story" opens at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 732 performances, wins 2 Tony Awards
- Sep 28 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie F. Rodgers hits #1
- Sep 29 Buddy Holly & The Crickets release 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
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