This is a summary of 1954 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.
Events
14 January – The Boy Friend, opens in the West End, with understudy Anne Rogers in the lead role after Diana Maddox falls ill at the dress rehearsal.[1]
5 August – Salad Days opens in the West End after a short run in Bristol.[2] It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken by Oliver! in 1960.