1955 in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955.
Pete Seeger in 1955
Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1955
Sixteen Tons
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"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Rosewood, Kentucky. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, Cali
1955 in music
…Sincerely" – McGuire Sisters (also in 1954) "Sixteen Tons", recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford Frankie Laine "Smack Dab In The Middle" – The Mills Brothers…
Child coal miners in West Virginia, 1908