Blues of the 1950s
Blues bands and artists who released albums in the 1950s: 36 artists with biographies and discographies
Blues of the 1950s: bands and artists
Ray Charles
B.B. King
John Lee Hooker
Dinah Washington
Fats Domino
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
Mahalia Jackson
Big Joe Turner
Allen Toussaint
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Ruth Brown
T‐Bone Walker
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Memphis Slim
Sonny Boy Williamson
Mose Allison
Jimmy Witherspoon
Lead Belly
Monica Zetterlund
Sonny Terry
Big Bill Broonzy
Champion Jack Dupree
Illinois Jacquet
Ivory Joe Hunter
Snooks Eaglin

Cootie Williams
Freddie Slack
Lonnie Johnson
Meade Lux Lewis
Earl Bostic
Elizabeth Cotten
Lloyd Glenn
Tiny Grimes
Louis Rose
Big Miller
Blues by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade























