title: English folk music (1950–1959)
text: # English folk music (1950–1959)
  
  ## 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)
  