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Click on a date in the list to view a list of other events on the same date.   Number of Records Matching Query: -1   POPULAR TV SHOWS 1955 EVENT   Event Date: 1st January 1955 Description: TOP TV SHOWS OF 1955   Summary: 1955-56 1 The $64,000 Question CBS 2 I Love Lucy CBS 3 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS 4 Disneyland ABC 5 The Jack Benny Program CBS 6 December Bride CBS 7 You Bet Your Life NBC 8 Dragnet NBC 9 I've Got a Secret CBS 10 General Electric Theater CBS 11 Private Secretary (tie) CBS 11 The Ford Television Theater (tie) NBC 13 The Red Skelton Show CBS 14 The George Gobel Show NBC 15 The $64,000 Challenge CBS 16 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS 17 The Lineup CBS 18 Shower of Stars CBS 19 The Perry Como Show NBC 20 The Honeymooners CBS     BRIAN RAY BORN   Event Date: 4th January 1955 Description: Guitarist, USA   ROWAN ATKINSON BORN   Event Date: 6th January 1955 Description: Actor, comedian, UK   MICK COCKS BORN   Event Date: 11th January 1955 Description: Guitarist, Australia   TOM ARDOLINO BORN   Event Date: 12th January 1955 Description: Drummer, USA   PAUL KELLY BORN   Event Date: 13th January 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, Guitarist, Australia   STEVE EARLE BORN   Event Date: 17th January 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist , Composer, USA   KEVIN COSTNER BORN   Event Date: 18th January 1955 Description: Actor, USA   EDDIE VAN HALEN BORN   Event Date: 26th January 1955 Description: Guitarist,Pianist, USA   SHANE HOWARD BORN   Event Date: 26th January 1955 Description: Singer, Songwriter, Composer   GREG NORMAN BORN   Event Date: 10th February 1955 Description: Golfer - Australia   Summary: BORN IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.RANKED NUMBER ON GOLFER IN THE 1980;s AND THE 1990's.     BILL LASWELL BORN   Event Date: 12th February 1955 Description: Bassist, Producer, Arranger, USA   JEFF DANIELS BORN   Event Date: 19th February 1955 Description: Actor, Playwright, USA   KELSEY GRAMMER BORN   Event Date: 21st February 1955 Description: Actor, USA   HOWARD JONES BORN   Event Date: 23rd February 1955 Description: Vocalist, keyboardists, UK   STEVE JOBS BORN   Event Date: 24th February 1955 Description: Apple Inc.   ANDY GIBB BORN   Event Date: 5th March 1955 Description: Vocalist, Australia   CHERYL BAKER BORN   Event Date: 8th March 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, UK   CHARLIE PARKER DIED   Event Date: 12th March 1955 Description: Saxophonist, Composer, Instrumentalists, USA   CHARLIE PARKER EVENT   Event Date: 13th March 1955   SHIRLEY COLLIE NELSON BORN   Event Date: 16th March 1955 Description: Vocalist , Composer, USA   BRUCE WILLIS BORN   Event Date: 19th March 1955 Description: Actor, Vocalist, USA   IAN MOSS BORN   Event Date: 20th March 1955 Description: Guitarist, Composer, Vocalist, Australia   ERROL GRAY BORN   Event Date: 21st March 1955 Description: Vocalist, Comedian   JAMES HOUSE BORN   Event Date: 21st March 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   NUMBER 1 USA SINGLE 1955 EVENT   Event Date: 26th March 1955   REBA MCENTIRE BORN   Event Date: 28th March 1955 Description: Vocalist, Actor , Composer, USA   RANDY VAN WARMER BORN   Event Date: 30th March 1955 Description: Singer, songwriter   ANGUS YOUNG BORN   Event Date: 31st March 1955 Description: Guitarist, Australia   JOHN MOONEY BORN   Event Date: 3rd April 1955 Description: Guitarist, USA   BILLY BOB THORNTON BORN   Event Date: 4th April 1955 Description: Vocalist, Actor, USA   LEANNE DOUGLAS BORN   Event Date: 13th April 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist   TOMMY CASTRO BORN   Event Date: 15th April 1955 Description: Guitarist, USA   ED TOWNSEND BORN   Event Date: 16th April 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   ELLEN BARKIN BORN   Event Date: 16th April 1955 Description: Actress, USA   ALBERT EINSTEIN DIES EVENT   Event Date: 19th April 1955   DENISE SCOTT BORN   Event Date: 24th April 1955 Description: Comedian, Australia   EDDIE JOBSON BORN   Event Date: 28th April 1955 Description: Keyboardist, Composer, UK   STEVE JONES BORN   Event Date: 3rd May 1955 Description: Guitarist, UK   RICK WAKEMAN BORN   Event Date: 4th May 1955 Description: Keyboardist, Composer, UK   ROBERT ELLIS ORRALL BORN   Event Date: 4th May 1955 Description: Vocalist, USA   KIX BROOKS BORN   Event Date: 12th May 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA   DEBRA WINGER BORN   Event Date: 16th May 1955 Description: Actress, USA   HAZEL OCONNOR BORN   Event Date: 16th May 1955 Description: Vocalist, Actress, Composer, UK   COUNTRY DICK MONTANA BORN   Event Date: 17th May 1955 Description: Drummer, US   LES KACZMAREK BORN   Event Date: 18th May 1955 Description: Bassist, Australia   STAN LYNCH BORN   Event Date: 21st May 1955 Description: American songwriter and record producer. drummer   JERRY DAMMERS BORN   Event Date: 22nd May 1955 Description: Keyboardist, UK   ROSANNE CASH BORN   Event Date: 24th May 1955 Description: Singer - USA   DICK CURLESS DIED   Event Date: 25th May 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   JOHN GRIMALDI BORN   Event Date: 25th May 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, GB   MIKE PORCARO BORN   Event Date: 29th May 1955 Description: Bassist, USA   TOPPER HEADON BORN   Event Date: 30th May 1955 Description: Drummer, UK   TOMMY EMMANUEL BORN   Event Date: 31st May 1955 Description: Guitarist, Composer, Australia   MICHAEL STEELE BORN   Event Date: 2nd June 1955 Description: Guitarist, Vocals, USA   DENNIS FLEMION BORN   Event Date: 6th June 1955 Description: Drums, USA   ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - SONG EVENT   Event Date: 6th June 1955 Description: The song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine   Summary: Stays at #1 for eight weeks. USA. 1955."Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues-based song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight" in 1952. First recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights on March 20, 1954.     JOEY SCARBURY BORN   Event Date: 7th June 1955 Description: Vocalist   MARK REALE BORN   Event Date: 7th June 1955 Description: Guitarist, USA   WAYNE HORSBURGH BORN   Event Date: 11th June 1955 Description: Vocalist, Yodeller, Australia   JOHN WAITE BORN   Event Date: 4th July 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, UK   ERIC WATSON - (PIANIST) BORN   Event Date: 5th July 1955 Description: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, USA   BILL HALEY EVENT   Event Date: 9th July 1955   TOM HANKS BORN   Event Date: 9th July 1955 Description: Actor, USA   CHRIS WHITE - SAXOPHONE BORN   Event Date: 13th July 1955 Description: Saxophonist, Composer, UK   HOWIE EPSTEIN BORN   Event Date: 21st July 1955 Description: Bassist, US   TACO OSKERSE BORN   Event Date: 21st July 1955 Description: Vocalist, Germany   CARMEN MIRANDA DIED   Event Date: 5th August 1955 Description: Vocalist, Actress,Dancer, USA   ANDREW B STERLING DIED   Event Date: 11th August 1955 Description: Composer of lyrics, USA   JOE JACKSON BORN   Event Date: 11th August 1955 Description: Vocalist, Composer, Pianist, UK   MULGREW MILLER BORN   Event Date: 13th August 1955 Description: Pianist, USA   MARY-ANNE FAHEY BORN   Event Date: 19th August 1955 Description: Actress, comedian and writer.   ELVIS COSTELLO BORN   Event Date: 25th August 1955 Description: Vocalist, Gutarist, Composer, UK   JOHN MCGEOCH BORN   Event Date: 25th August 1955 Description: Guitarist, UK   BRUCE FOXTON BORN   Event Date: 1st September 1955 Description: Vocalist, Bassist, UK   LES WILSON BORN   Event Date: 10th September 1955 Description: Guitarist, Vocalist, UK   HIRAM BULLOCK BORN   Event Date: 11th September 1955 Description: Guitarist, Composer, USA   JAY OSMOND BORN   Event Date: 12th September 1955 Description: Vocalist   LITTLE RICHARD EVENT   Event Date: 14th September 1955   REX SMITH BORN   Event Date: 19th September 1955 Description: Vocalist, Actor, USA   CARLENE CARTER BORN   Event Date: 26th September 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA   EDDIE FISHER AND DEBBIE REYNOLDS EVENT   Event Date: 26th September 1955   Summary: MARRY IN 1955.     KENNY KIRKLAND BORN   Event Date: 28th September 1955 Description: Pianist, USA   JAMES DEAN EVENT   Event Date: 30th September 1955   JAMES DEAN DIED   Event Date: 30th September 1955 Description: Actor, USA   PHIL OAKEY BORN   Event Date: 2nd October 1955 Description: Vocalist, songwriter and producer. UK   ANN LEUBA BORN   Event Date: 3rd October 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Australia   LONNIE PITCHFORD BORN   Event Date: 8th October 1955 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, USA   DAVID LEE ROTH BORN   Event Date: 10th October 1955 Description: Vocalist, USA   BUDDY HOLLY EVENT   Event Date: 15th October 1955   ERIC FAULKNER BORN   Event Date: 21st October 1955 Description: Guitarist, Vocalist, Scottish   RUBY HUNTER BORN   Event Date: 31st October 1955 Description: Vocalist , Composer, Australia   DAVE ALVIN BORN   Event Date: 11th November 1955 Description: Guitarist, USA   LESLIE MCKEOWN BORN   Event Date: 12th November 1955 Description: Vocalist, Scotland   JAMES PRICE JOHNSON DIED   Event Date: 17th November 1955 Description: Pianist, Composer, USA   ELVIS PRESLEY EVENT   Event Date: 22nd November 1955   CLEM BURKE BORN   Event Date: 24th November 1955 Description: Drummer, USA   BILLY IDOL BORN   Event Date: 30th November 1955 Description: Vocalist, UK   MARK REYNOLDS BORN   Event Date: 2nd December 1955 Description: Violinist, AU   RICK BUCKLER BORN   Event Date: 6th December 1955 Description: Drummer, Vocalist   MIKE NOLAN BORN   Event Date: 7th December 1955 Description: Vocalist, Ireland   NATHAN EAST BORN   Event Date: 8th December 1955 Description: Vocalist, Bassist, USA   JOHNNY CASH EVENT   Event Date: 15th December 1955   PAUL SIMONON BORN   Event Date: 15th December 1955 Description: Bassist, UK   CARL PERKINS EVENT   Event Date: 19th December 1955   LAVERN BAKER EVENT   Event Date: 21st December 1955   GRACE KNIGHT BORN   Event Date: 23rd December 1955 Description: Vocalist, Australia   GARY VALENTINE LACHMAN BORN   Event Date: 24th December 1955 Description: Writer and Musician.   SANNE SALOMONSEN BORN   Event Date: 30th December 1955 Description: Vocalist, Denmark     © Music Minder All rights reserved: Prosecution rights will be exercised for any breaches of copyright.