Criteria: - Rock 'n' Roll Artists of the 50's are based equally on
Musical & Commercial Impact, Influence and Importance
of their recorded work from 1950-1959 only.
51.Percy Mayfield 52. Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns 53. The Chantels 54. The Cadillacs 55. Professor Longhair 56. The Del-Vikings 57. Dion & The Belmonts 58. Big Maybelle 59. Smiley Lewis 60.Ritchie Valens 61. Gene & Eunice 62. The Harp-Tones 63. The Cleftones 64. Marvin & Johnny 65. Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio 66. Big Mama Thornton 67. The Crests 68. Bobby Mitchell 69. The Penguins 70. Dale Hawkins 71. The Spaniels 72. The Robins 73. Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids 74. The Five Satins 75.Roy Orbison 76. The Cardinals 77. Richard Berry 78. Bobby Day/Hollywood Flames 79. Wanda Jackson 80. Don & Dewey 81. Bobby Freeman 82. Lee Andrews & The Hearts 83. The Swallows 84. Bill Doggett 85. The Larks 86. El-Dorados 87. The Heartbeats 88. Lee Allen 89. The Skyliners 90. Johnny "Guitar" Watson 91. "Little" Esther Phillips 92. Little Anthony & The Imperials 93. Bobby Hendricks 94. Earl King 95. Varetta Dillard 96. Don Julian & The Meadowlarks 97. Andre Williams 98. The Chords 99. The Diamonds 100. The Crows
101. Brook Benton 102. Du Droppers 103. The Four Blazes 104. Jimmy Clanton 105. Billy Lee Riley 106. The Hearts 107. Young Jessie 108. Clarence "Frogman" Henry 109. Lulu Reed 110. The Falcons 111. Joe Morris (featuring Laurie Tate) 112. The Collins Kids 113. Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns 114. Esquerita 115. Rosco Gordon 116. The Spiders 117. Earl Bostic 118. Titus Turner 119. The Flairs 120. The Medallions 121. Amos Milburn 122. The Mello-Kings 123. Ike Turner 124. Warren Smith 125. The Bobbettes 126. Wilbert Harrison 127. The Checkers 128. Big Jay McNeely 129. The Treniers
130. Boyd Bennett & His Rockets 131. Jimmy McCracklin 132. The Turbans 133. Jewel King 134. The Cues 135. Johnnie & Joe 136. Red Prysock 137. The Cadets/The Jacks 138. Robert & Johnny 139. Little Junior Parker 140. Nappy Brown 141. The Ravens 142. Rufus Thomas 143. The Dells 144. Shirley Gunter & The Queens 145. Roy Brown 146. The Dubs 147. Charlie Feathers 148. The Jewels 149. Janis Martin 150. Little Joe & The Thrillers 151. Conway Twitty 152. The Monotones 153. Marie Adams 154. The Diablos 155. Billy "The Kid" Emerson 156. The Prisonaires 157. Dean Barlow & The Crickets 158. Mac Curtis
Criteria 2: - This list does not take into account anything that artist did before or after the decade. Artists with two years or less of active recording during the decade are excluded, unless it was the ONLY decade in which they performed. Pop, folk, country or blues artists are also excluded.
Disclaimer: There is nothing 'Official' about these lists. They are compiled by the 'editor' using the
stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only.
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