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Births and deaths

Births

• Mike Oldfield (1953)
• Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000)
• Martin Simpson (1953)
• Clive Gregson (1955)
• Jez Lowe (1955)

Deaths

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Recordings

• 1957: Sings English Folk Songs (Steve Benbow)
• 1959: Sweet England (Shirley Collins)

See also

• Music of the United Kingdom (1950s)

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