100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of The '50s

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.

Newly added names are in Red

Edited By: Sampson

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  1. Elvis Presley
  2. Fats Domino
  3. Chuck Berry
  4. Little Richard
  5. The Everly Brothers
  6. Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  7. Jerry Lee Lewis
  8. Bo Diddley
  9. Bill Haley & His Comets
10. Ray Charles
11. The Clovers
12. The Platters
13. The Drifters
14. Ruth Brown
15. The Coasters
16. Eddie Cochran
17. LaVern Baker
18. Ricky Nelson
19. Big Joe Turner
20. Johnny Otis
21. The Flamingos
22. Johnny Ace
23. The Dominoes
24. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
25. Sam Cooke
26. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
27. Chuck Willis
28. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
29. Carl Perkins
30. Little Willie John
31. Clyde McPhatter
32. The Moonglows
33. Ivory Joe Hunter
34. The "5" Royales
35. Jackie Wilson
36. Lloyd Price
37. Shirley and Lee
38. Otis Williams & The Charms
39. Faye Adams
40. Jesse Belvin
41. James Brown
42. Jack Scott
43. Duane Eddy
44. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
45. The Five Keys
46. Sonny Til & The Orioles
47. Mickey & Sylvia
48. Larry Williams
49. Etta James
50. Link Wray

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 Harptones
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

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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.

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