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This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s.

Musicians

• Black Ace
• Johnny Ace
• Lee Allen
• Gene Allison
• Marian Anderson
• Pink Anderson
• Paul Anka
• Louis Armstrong
• Eddy Arnold
• Chet Atkins
• Gene Autry
• Frankie Avalon
• Charles Aznavour
• LaVern Baker
• Hank Ballard
• Sidney Bechet
• Harry Belafonte
• Jesse Belvin
• Tex Beneke
• Boyd Bennett
• Tony Bennett
• Chuck Berry
• Richard Berry
• Otis Blackwell
• Scrapper Blackwell
• Blind Blake
• The Big Bopper
• Johnny Bond
• Pat Boone
• Jimmy Bowen
• Calvin Boze
• Jackie Brenston
• Teresa Brewer
• Big Bill Broonzy
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
• James Brown
• Nappy Brown
• Roy Brown
• Ruth Brown
• Dave Brubeck
• Jimmy Bryant
• Solomon Burke
• Johnny Burnette
• James Burton
• Erskine Butterfield
• Sam Butera
• Maria Callas
• Glen Campbell
• Martha Carson
• Goree Carter
• Johnny Cash
• Bobby Charles
• Ray Charles
• Boozoo Chavis
• Chubby Checker
• Clifton Chenier
• Lou Christie
• June Christy
• Eugene Church
• Joe Clay
• Dee Clark
• Patsy Cline
• Rosemary Clooney
• Eddie Cochran
• Nat "King" Cole
• John Coltrane
• Perry Como
• Floyd Council
• Pee Wee Crayton
• Mac Curtis
• Bing Crosby
• Bob Crosby
• Gary Crosby
• Arthur Crudup
• Dick Dale
• Dick Dale (singer)
• Dalida
• Bobby Darin
• Hal David
• Miles Davis
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Bobby Day
• Doris Day
• Bo Diddley
• Willie Dixon
• Carl Dobkins Jr.
• Bill Doggett
• Fats Domino
• Lonnie Donegan
• Jimmy Dorsey
• Lee Dorsey
• Tommy Dorsey
• K. C. Douglas
• Rusty Draper
• Champion Jack Dupree
• Jimmy Durante
• Leroy Van Dyke
• Werly Fairburn
• H-Bomb Ferguson
• Eddie Fisher
• Miss Toni Fisher
• Sonny Fisher
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Connie Francis
• Ernie Freeman
• Mary Ford
• Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Helen Forrest
• Alan Freed
• Johnny Fuller
• Billy Fury
• Earl Gaines
• Hank Garland
• Judy Garland
• Clarence Garlow
• Georgia Gibbs
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Dick Glasser
• Arthur Godfrey
• Benny Goodman
• Eydie Gormé
• Charlie Gracie
• Gogi Grant
• Jack Guthrie
• Roy Hamilton
• Lionel Hampton
• Pat Hare
• Slim Harpo
• Homer Harris
• Peppermint Harris
• Wynonie Harris
• Hawkshaw Hawkins
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• Al Hibbler
• Chuck Higgins
• Earl Hines
• Silas Hogan
• Smokey Hogg
• Ron Holden
• Billie Holiday
• Buddy Holly
• John Lee Hooker
• Lightnin' Hopkins
• Johnny Horton
• David Houston
• Ivory Joe Hunter
• Bull Moose Jackson
• Mahalia Jackson
• Elmore James
• Etta James
• Harry James
• Homesick James
• Joni James
• Sonny James
• Waylon Jennings
• Dr. John
• Little Willie John
• Jimmy Jones
• Louis Jordan
• Don Julian
• Kitty Kallen
• Chris Kenner
• Anita Kerr
• Albert King
• B.B. King
• Ben E. King
• Earl King
• Freddie King
• Pee Wee King
• Saunders King
• Christine Kittrell
• Baker Knight
• Sonny Knight
• Buddy Knox
• Gene Krupa
• Frankie Laine
• Major Lance
• Mario Lanza
• Ellis Larkins
• Brenda Lee
• Dickie Lee
• Peggy Lee
• Lazy Lester
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Smiley Lewis
• Little Willie Littlefield
• Julie London
• Joe Hill Louis
• Willie Love
• Frankie Lymon
• Loretta Lynn
• Dean Martin
• Grady Martin
• Janis Martin
• Johnny Mathis
• Jimmy McCracklin
• Skeets McDonald
• Big Jay McNeely
• Clyde McPhatter
• Max Merritt
• Big Maceo Merriweather
• Amos Milburn
• Chuck Miller
• Mitch Miller
• Roy Milton
• Garnet Mimms
• Bobby Mitchell
• Guy Mitchell
• Charles Mingus
• Thelonious Monk
• Bill Monroe
• Vaughn Monroe
• Wes Montgomery
• Benny Moré
• Rose Murphy
• Jimmy Nelson
• Ricky Nelson
• Robert Nighthawk
• Jimmy Nolen
• Nervous Norvus
• Donald O'Conner
• St. Louis Jimmy Oden
• Odetta
• Gene O'Quin
• Roy Orbison
• Johnny Otis
• Patti Page
• Charlie Parker
• Les Paul
• Art Pepper
• Carl Perkins
• Oscar Peterson
• Phil Phillips
• Webb Pierce
• Gene Pitney
• Pérez Prado
• Elvis Presley
• Johnny Preston
• Jimmy Preston
• Lloyd Price
• Louis Prima
• Johnnie Ray
• Tampa Red
• Jerry Reed
• Jimmy Reed
• Della Reese
• Django Reinhardt
• Buddy Rich
• Cliff Richard
• Little Richard
• Tommy Ridgley
• Billy Lee Riley
• Tex Ritter
• Johnny Rivers
• Max Roach
• Marty Robbins
• Jimmie Rodgers
• Arsenio Rodríguez
• Kenny Rogers
• Bobby Rydell
• Kyu Sakamoto
• Washboard Sam
• Tommy Sands
• Mabel Scott
• Neil Sedaka
• Pete Seeger
• Johnny Shines
• Troy Shondell
• Dinah Shore
• Frank Sinatra
• Memphis Slim
• Sunnyland Slim
• Huey "Piano" Smith
• Ray Smith
• Kay Starr
• Tommy Steele
• Joan Sutherland
• Art Tatum
• Jesse Thomas
• Rufus Thomas
• Hank Thompson
• Big Mama Thornton
• Johnny Tillotson
• Merle Travis
• Big Joe Turner
• Ike Turner
• Ritchie Valens
• Bobby Vee
• Gene Vincent
• T-Bone Walker
• Little Walter
• Mercy Dee Walton
• Baby Boy Warren
• Muddy Waters
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• Joe Weaver
• Ben Webster

Bands

• Jay & The Americans
• The Ames Brothers
• The Andrews Sisters
• Dave Appell & the Applejacks
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• The Bell Notes
• Bill Haley & His Comets
• The Belmonts
• Dion & The Belmonts
• The Bobbettes
• The Bonnie Sisters
• The Bosstones
• The Buchanan Brothers
• The Cadets
• The Cadillacs
• The Capris
• The Cardinals
• The Champs
• The Chantels
• The Charioteers
• Otis Williams and the Charms
• The Chimes
• The Chi-Lites
• The Chips
• The Chordettes
• The Chords
• The Cleftones
• The Clovers
• The Coasters
• The Collegians
• Bill Haley and the Comets
• The Corsairs
• The Counts
• The Crew Cuts
• The Crescendos
• The Crickets
• The Crows
• Danny & the Juniors
• Jan & Dean
• The Dells
• The Del-Satins
• The Delta Rhythm Boys
• The Del-Vikings
• Deep River Boys
• The Dovells
• The Dubs
• The Duprees
• The Diamonds
• The Drifters
• The Earls
• The Echoes
• The Edsels
• The El Dorados
• The Elegants
• The Emotions
• The Escorts
• The Everly Brothers
• The Fairfield Four
• The Falcons
• The Flamingos
• The Flairs
• The Fleetwoods
• The Five Satins
• The Five Discs
• The Five Keys
• The Five Sharps
• The Fontane Sisters
• The Four Aces
• The Four Buddies
• The Four Freshmen
• The Four Knights
• The Four Lads
• The Four Lovers
• The Four Preps
• The Four Tops
• The Four Tunes
• The Gaylords
• The G-Clefs
• The Golden Gate Quartet
• The Harptones
• The Hearts
• The Heathertones
• The Hilltoppers
• The Hollywood Flames
• Johnny & The Hurricanes
• The Impalas
• Little Anthony and the Imperials
• The Impressions
• The Ink Spots
• The Isley Brothers
• The Jewels
• The Jesters
• The Jive Bombers
• The Jive Five
• Don & Juan
• The Jubalaires
• The Kingston Trio
• Kings of Rhythm
• The Larks
• The Lettermen
• Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
• The McGuire Sisters
• The Medallions
• The Mello-Kings
• The Mello-Moods
• The Mills Brothers
• The Midnighters
• The Monotones
• The Moonglows
• The Mystics
• The Nutmegs
• The O'Jays
• The Oak Ridge Boys
• The Orioles
• The Osmonds
• The Paragons
• The Penguins
• The Pied Pipers
• The Platters
• The Pony-Tails
• The Quarrymen
• The Quotations
• Randy & The Rainbows
• The Rattlesnakes (1955 band)
• The Ravens
• The Regents
• The Righteous Brothers
• Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys
• The Robins
• The Sensations
• The Shadows
• The Shepherd Sisters
• The Solitaires
• Sons of The Pioneers
• The Spaniels
• The Sparkletones
• The Spiders
• The Spinners
• Joey Dee & The Starliters
• The Stereos
• The Swallows
• Mickey & Sylvia
• Tátrai Quartet
• Tavares
• The Teenagers
• The Teen Queens
• The Tornados
• The Turbans
• The Tymes
• The Valentines
• The Virtues
• The Volumes
• Billy Ward & The Dominoes
• The Wrens
• Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
• Windsbacher Knabenchor

Gallery

• Bill Haley of Bill Haley and the Comets singing "Rock Around the Clock", 1955
• Elvis Presley in a publicity photo for Jailhouse Rock (1957)
• Chuck Berry in 1957
• Fats Domino singing "Blueberry Hill" on The Alan Freed Show c. 1956

See also

• Music history of the United States in the 1950s
• 1950s in music
• 1960s in music
• 1940s in music
• Timeline of musical events

References

1. ^ Grein, Paul (May 12, 2020). "18 Major Pop Stars from the 1950s Who Are Still Going – One at 103 (!)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

External links

• Essential American Recordings Survey

• Lists of musicians by decade
• 1950s in music
• 1950s-related lists