Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
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The Defining Artists of the 1950s
The following artists released some of the best music of the 1950s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
Chuck Berry Dion Gene Vincent Billie Holiday Little Willie John Big Joe Turner Bobby Darin Jerry Lee Lewis Thelonious Monk John Coltrane Bill Haley The Dominoes Fats Domino Elvis Presley Ella Fitzgerald The Coasters Les Paul Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers Duane Eddy Ricky Nelson The Kingston Trio The Moonglows The Four Freshmen Harry Belafonte Screamin' Jay Hawkins Nina Simone Little Richard Patsy Cline Mahalia Jackson Odetta T-Bone Walker Johnny Ace Little Walter Charles Mingus Ruth Brown Hank Ballard The Flamingos Charlie Parker Miles Davis Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby Ravi Shankar Carl Perkins Jimmy Reed Professor Longhair Lloyd Price Wanda Jackson Bo Diddley Ritchie Valens Chet Atkins Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio The Weavers The Drifters Cliff Richard & the Shadows Muddy Waters Connie Francis Eddie Cochran LaVern Baker Dinah Washington Lightnin' Hopkins Chuck Willis The "5" Royales The Everly Brothers Sun Ra Dave Brubeck Big Mama Thornton Nat "King" Cole Hank Williams Sam Cooke Count Basie Link Wray The Clovers The Platters Sonny Rollins Sarah Vaughan Howlin' Wolf Johnny Cash Duke Ellington B. B. King Jackie Wilson Buddy Holly Elizabeth Cotten Ray Charles Brenda Lee
Of the 84 artists listed above, 67% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Defining Albums of the 1950s
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)
Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin (1958)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Al Martino - Al Martino (1959)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959)
Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)
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The Defining Songs of the 1950s
Professor Longhair - Tipitina (1950)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (1950)
Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)
B. B. King - Three O'Clock Blues (1951)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon (1951)
Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 (1951)
Johnnie Ray - Cry (1951)
The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (1951)
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952)
Little Walter - Juke (1952)
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)
The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel (1953)
The Drifters - Money Honey (1953)
The Crows - Gee (1953)
Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do (1953)
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line (1954)
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954)
Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (1954)
The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954)
The Moonglows - Sincerely (1954)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1954)
Ruth Brown - Oh What a Dream (1954)
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (1955)
Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1955)
The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955)
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame (1955)
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955)
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1955)
Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (1956)
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' (1956)
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (1956)
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1956)
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956)
Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man (1956)
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1956)
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Please, Please, Please (1956)
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Nite (1956)
The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me (1956)
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956)
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (1956)
Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy (1956)
Carl Perkins - Matchbox (1956)
The Dells - Oh, What a Night (1956)
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (1956)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (1956)
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956)
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1957)
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop (1957)
Buddy Knox - Party Doll (1957)
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (1957)
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight (1957)
Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider (1957)
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957)
The "5" Royales - Think (1957)
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957)
The Coasters - Young Blood (1957)
Sam Cooke - You Send Me (1957)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (1957)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1957)
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash (1957)
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957)
The Chantels - Maybe (1957)
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream (1958)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958)
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody (1958)
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (1958)
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (1958)
Link Wray - Rumble (1958)
Cliff Richard And The Drifters - Move It (1958)
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (1958)
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958)
The Champs - Tequila (1958)
Johnny Otis - Willie and the Hand Jive (1958)
The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1958)
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City (1959)
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (1959)
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959)
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1959)
Dion & the Belmonts - A Teenager in Love (1959)
Miles Davis - So What (1959)
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby (1959)
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (1959)
Bo Diddley - Say Man (1959)
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