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.
Nina Simone Chuck Willis Eddie Cochran Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers Frank Sinatra Big Joe Turner Odetta Art Blakey Les Paul Count Basie The Everly Brothers Pete Seeger B. B. King Chet Atkins Thelonious Monk Buddy Holly Ella Fitzgerald Sonny Rollins Hank Ballard The Weavers Fats Domino Mahalia Jackson Howlin' Wolf Dave Brubeck Carl Perkins The Flamingos Dinah Washington Elvis Presley Duane Eddy Johnny Ace Ritchie Valens Gene Vincent Elizabeth Cotten Sam Cooke Billie Holiday Dion Bo Diddley The Four Freshmen Ruth Brown Cliff Richard & the Shadows T-Bone Walker Big Mama Thornton Professor Longhair Harry Belafonte Bing Crosby The Clovers Charlie Parker Charles Mingus The Platters Bobby Darin The Kingston Trio LaVern Baker Ricky Nelson Miles Davis John Coltrane Muddy Waters Jackie Wilson Duke Ellington The Moonglows Ravi Shankar Connie Francis Sun Ra Bill Haley The Drifters Johnny Cash Chuck Berry Little Walter Brenda Lee Hank Williams Lloyd Price The "5" Royales Screamin' Jay Hawkins Sarah Vaughan Link Wray Little Willie John The Dominoes Jerry Lee Lewis Nat "King" Cole Little Richard Jimmy Reed The Coasters Lightnin' Hopkins Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio Ray Charles Wanda Jackson
Of the 85 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)
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Nite (1956)
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Please, Please, Please (1956)
The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me (1956)
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (1956)
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956)
Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy (1956)
The Dells - Oh, What a Night (1956)
Carl Perkins - Matchbox (1956)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent (1956)
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (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)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream (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)
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1959)
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (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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