English folk music (1950–1959)

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)