Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame

| ⇦ 1949 | 1951 ⇨ |
The Best Music of 1950
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1950. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1950, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Benny Goodman | The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | ☆ |
| Burl Ives | Historical America in Song | ☆ |
| Carlos Montoya | Spanish Guitar Solos | ☆ |
| Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings | ☆ |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Sings Gershwin | ☆ |
| Jo Stafford | Autumn in New York | ☆ |
| Les Paul | The New Sound! | ☆ |
| Original Broadway Cast | Guys And Dolls | ☆ |
| Patti Page | Patti Page | ☆ |
| Pérez Prado | Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing | ☆ |
| Pete Seeger | Darling Corey | ☆ |
| Yma Sumac | Voice of the Xtabay | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Amos Milburn | Bad, Bad, Whiskey | ☆ |
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | My Baby Left Me | ☆ |
| Bing Crosby & Carol Richards | Silver Bells | ☆ |
| Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters | Mele Kalikimaka | ☆ |
| Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Faded Love | ☆ |
| Cole Porter | From This Moment On | ☆ |
| Eileen Barton | If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake | ☆ |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Someone to Watch Over Me | ☆ |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Dream A Little Dream of Me | ☆ |
| Fats Domino | The Fat Man | ☆ |
| Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Merv Griffin | I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts | ☆ |
| Gene Autry | Frosty the Snowman | ☆ |
| Hank Snow | I'm Movin' On | ☆ |
| Hank Williams | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | ☆ |
| Jo Stafford | Autumn Leaves | ☆ |
| Judy Garland | Get Happy | ☆ |
| Lefty Frizzell | If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time | ☆ |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | Tennessee Waltz | ☆ |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Shotgun Blues | ☆ |
| Muddy Waters | Rollin' Stone | ☆ |
| Muddy Waters | Rollin' and Tumblin' | ☆ |
| Muddy Waters featuring Little Walter | You're Gonna Need My Help I Said (Gonna Need My Help) | ☆ |
| Nat King Cole | Mona Lisa | ☆ |
| Nat King Cole | Orange Colored Sky | ☆ |
| Patti Page | Tennessee Waltz | ☆ |
| Peter Seeger | Jam on Jerry's Rocks | ☆ |
| Professor Longhair | Mardi Gras in New Orleans | ☆ |
| Ruth Brown | Teardrops from My Eyes | ☆ |
| Sarah Vaughan | Ain't Misbehavin' | ☆ |
| Sarah Vaughan | Summetime | ☆ |
| The Chordettes | Chapel of Love | ☆ |
| The Weavers | Kisses Sweeter Than Wine | ☆ |
| The Weavers | Goodnight, Irene | ☆ |
| ⇦ 1949 | 1951 ⇨ |