Blues Music of the 1950s
Albums released between 1950 and 1959 tagged as Blues.
Moanin’ in the Moonlight
Howlin’ Wolf · 1959
The Best of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters · 1958
The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker · 1959
House of the Blues
John Lee Hooker · 1959
The Best of Little Walter
Little Walter · 1957
Whispering Bells / Don't Be a Fool
The Del‐Vikings · 1957
Sings for Two in Love
Nat King Cole · 1953
Elvis’ Christmas Album
Elvis Presley · 1957
Try Me!
James Brown & The Famous Flames · 1959
Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday · 1956
Dinah!
Dinah Washington · 1956
Negro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State Penitentiary
Alan Lomax · 1958
The Wildest!
Louis Prima · 1956
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Lonesome World to Me
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup · 1950
Ray Charles (Hallelujah I Love Her So)
Ray Charles · 1957
After School Session
Chuck Berry · 1957
Ray Charles at Newport
Ray Charles · 1958
C. C. Rider
Chuck Willis · 1957
Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley · 1959
Wails the Blues
Chuck Willis · 1958
Juke / Can’t Hold On Much Longer
Little Walter · 1952
Sad Hours / Mean Old World
Little Walter · 1952
Mother Earth / Really Got the Blues
Memphis Slim · 1951
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley · 1958
Blues Consolidated
Junior Parker · 1958
B.B. King Sings Spirituals
B.B. King · 1959
The Blues
B.B. King · 1958
Singin’ the Blues
B.B. King · 1957
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner · 1956
Memphis Slim at the Gate of Horn
Memphis Slim · 1959
Down and Out Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson · 1959
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee · 1958
I’m Your Hoochie Cooche Man / She’s So Pretty
Muddy Waters · 1954
A Lover's Question / I Can't Stand Up Alone
Clyde McPhatter · 1958
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter · 1956
Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter · 1958
Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker · 1959
King of the Stroll
Chuck Willis · 1958
Satchmo Sings
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra · 1955
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra · 1959