Events in Music History in December 1959

  • Dec 7 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
  • Dec 14 The album "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and becomes the first jazz album to sell a million copies.

Let It Be Me

Dec 15 Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me", an English translation of Gilbert Bécaud's French song "Je t'appartiens"; reaches No. 7 on the charts