1953 in music

Events

• Elvis Presley records for the first time
• Jackie Wilson's musical career begins
• The Platters' musical career begins
• Wonderful Town[?] Broadway musical version of My Sister Eileen by Leonard Bernstein with Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Albums Released

Top Hits

• "Crazy Man Crazy" - Bill Haley & His Comets
• "Your Cheatin' Heart" - Hank Williams
• "Please Don't Leave Me" - Fats Domino
• "Crying In The Chapel" - The Orioles
• "The Clock" - Johnny Ace with the Beale Streeters[?]
• "Shake A Hand" - Faye Adams[?]
• "Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)" - Ruth Brown
• "Good Lovin'" - The Clovers[?]
• "The Doggie in the Window" - Patti Page[?]

Births

• January 6 - Malcolm Young[?], AC/DC
• January 10 - Pat Benatar[?]
• January 15 - Boris Blank[?], Yello
• January 23 - Steve Perry[?], Journey
• January 23 - Robin Zander, Cheap Trick
• January 26 - Lucinda Williams[?]
• January 29 - Luis Perez[?], Los Lobos
• February 18 - Robin Bachman[?], drummer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive[?]
• March 23 - Chaka Khan[?]
• March 31 - Sean Hopper[?], Huey Lewis & the News[?]
• May 8 - Billy Burnette[?], Fleetwood Mac
• May 14 - David Byrne
• May 15 - Mike Oldfield
• May 16 - Richard Page[?], Mr. Mister[?]
• May 17 - George Johnson[?], The Brothers Johnson[?]
• June 8 - Bonnie Tyler
• June 12 - Rocky Burnette[?]
• June 19 - Larry Dunn[?], Earth Wind & Fire
• June 20 - Cyndi Lauper
• June 20 - Alan Longmuir[?], The Bay City Rollers
• June 26 - Mick Jones, The Clash
• June 29 - Colin Hay[?], Men At Work
• July 6 - Nanci Griffith[?]
• July 29 - Geddy Lee, Rush
• July 31 - Hugh MacDowell[?], Electric Light Orchestra
• August 1 - Robert Cray[?]
• August 16 - J.T. Taylor[?], Kool & the Gang
• August 17 - Kevin Rowland, Dexy's Midnight Runners
• August 27 - Alex Lifeson, Rush
• August 29 - Rick Downey[?], Blue Oyster Cult
• September 7 - Benmont Tench, keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and others
• September 11 - Tommy Shaw[?], Styx
• October 10 - Midge Ure[?]
• October 14 - Kazumi Watanabe, jazz preformer
• October 15 - Tito Jackson[?], The Jackson 5
• October 16 - Tony Carey[?], Rainbow
• October 20 - Tom Petty
• October 21 - Charlotte Caffey[?], The Go Go's
• October 26 - Keith Strickland[?], The B52's[?]
• October 31 - Johnny Clegg
• November 11 - Andy Partridge[?], XTC
• November 13 - Andrew Rankin[?], The Pogues
• November 30 - June Pointer[?], The Pointer Sisters[?]
• Keith Green

Deaths

• October 3 - Arnold Bax, composer
• Kiki, The Queen of Montparnasse