List of 1950s musical artists

For music from a year in the 1950s, go to 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59

This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s.

Musicians

 * Black Ace
 * Johnny Ace
 * Lee Allen
 * Gene Allison
 * Marian Anderson
 * Pink Anderson
 * Paul Anka
 * Louis Armstrong
 * Eddy Arnold
 * Chet Atkins
 * Gene Autry
 * Frankie Avalon
 * Charles Aznavour
 * LaVern Baker
 * Hank Ballard
 * Sidney Bechet
 * Harry Belafonte
 * Jesse Belvin
 * Tex Beneke
 * Boyd Bennett
 * Tony Bennett
 * Chuck Berry
 * Richard Berry
 * Otis Blackwell
 * Scrapper Blackwell
 * Blind Blake
 * The Big Bopper
 * Johnny Bond
 * Pat Boone
 * Jimmy Bowen
 * Calvin Boze
 * Jackie Brenston
 * Teresa Brewer
 * Big Bill Broonzy
 * Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
 * James Brown
 * Nappy Brown
 * Roy Brown
 * Ruth Brown
 * Dave Brubeck
 * Jimmy Bryant
 * Solomon Burke
 * Johnny Burnette
 * James Burton
 * Erskine Butterfield
 * Sam Butera
 * Maria Callas
 * Glen Campbell
 * Martha Carson
 * Goree Carter
 * Johnny Cash
 * Bobby Charles
 * Ray Charles
 * Boozoo Chavis
 * Chubby Checker
 * Clifton Chenier
 * Lou Christie
 * June Christy
 * Eugene Church
 * Joe Clay
 * Dee Clark
 * Patsy Cline
 * Rosemary Clooney
 * Eddie Cochran
 * Nat "King" Cole
 * John Coltrane
 * Perry Como
 * Floyd Council
 * Pee Wee Crayton
 * Mac Curtis
 * Bing Crosby
 * Bob Crosby
 * Gary Crosby
 * Arthur Crudup
 * Dick Dale
 * Dick Dale (singer)
 * Dalida
 * Bobby Darin
 * Hal David
 * Miles Davis
 * Sammy Davis, Jr.
 * Bobby Day
 * Doris Day
 * Bo Diddley
 * Willie Dixon
 * Carl Dobkins, Jr.
 * Bill Doggett
 * Fats Domino
 * Lonnie Donegan
 * Jimmy Dorsey
 * Lee Dorsey
 * Tommy Dorsey
 * K. C. Douglas
 * Rusty Draper
 * Champion Jack Dupree
 * Jimmy Durante
 * Leroy Van Dyke
 * Werly Fairburn
 * H-Bomb Ferguson
 * Eddie Fisher
 * Miss Toni Fisher
 * Sonny Fisher
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * Connie Francis
 * Ernie Freeman
 * Mary Ford
 * Tennessee Ernie Ford
 * Helen Forrest
 * Alan Freed
 * Johnny Fuller
 * Billy Fury
 * Earl Gaines
 * Hank Garland
 * Judy Garland
 * Clarence Garlow
 * Georgia Gibbs
 * Dizzy Gillespie
 * Dick Glasser
 * Arthur Godfrey
 * Benny Goodman
 * Eydie Gormé
 * Charlie Gracie
 * Gogi Grant
 * Jack Guthrie
 * Roy Hamilton
 * Lionel Hampton
 * Pat Hare
 * Slim Harpo
 * Homer Harris
 * Peppermint Harris
 * Wynonie Harris
 * Hawkshaw Hawkins
 * Screamin' Jay Hawkins
 * Al Hibbler
 * Chuck Higgins
 * Earl Hines
 * Silas Hogan
 * Smokey Hogg
 * Ron Holden
 * Billie Holiday
 * Buddy Holly
 * John Lee Hooker
 * Lightnin' Hopkins
 * Johnny Horton
 * David Houston
 * Ivory Joe Hunter
 * Bull Moose Jackson
 * Mahalia Jackson
 * Elmore James
 * Etta James
 * Harry James
 * Homesick James
 * Joni James
 * Sonny James
 * Waylon Jennings
 * Dr. John
 * Little Willie John
 * Jimmy Jones
 * Louis Jordan
 * Don Julian
 * Kitty Kallen
 * Chris Kenner
 * Anita Kerr
 * Albert King
 * B.B. King
 * Ben E. King
 * Earl King
 * Freddie King
 * Pee Wee King
 * Saunders King
 * Christine Kittrell
 * Baker Knight
 * Sonny Knight
 * Buddy Knox
 * Gene Krupa
 * Frankie Laine
 * Major Lance
 * Mario Lanza
 * Ellis Larkins
 * Brenda Lee
 * Dickie Lee
 * Peggy Lee
 * Lazy Lester
 * Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Smiley Lewis
 * Little Willie Littlefield
 * Julie London
 * Joe Hill Louis
 * Willie Love
 * Frankie Lymon
 * Loretta Lynn
 * Dean Martin
 * Grady Martin
 * Janis Martin
 * Johnny Mathis
 * Jimmy McCracklin
 * Skeets McDonald
 * Big Jay McNeely
 * Clyde McPhatter
 * Max Merritt
 * Big Maceo Merriweather
 * Amos Milburn
 * Chuck Miller
 * Mitch Miller
 * Roy Milton
 * Garnet Mimms
 * Bobby Mitchell
 * Guy Mitchell
 * Charles Mingus
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Bill Monroe
 * Vaughn Monroe
 * Wes Montgomery
 * Benny Moré
 * Rose Murphy
 * Jimmy Nelson
 * Ricky Nelson
 * Robert Nighthawk
 * Jimmy Nolen
 * Nervous Norvus
 * Donald O'Conner
 * St. Louis Jimmy Oden
 * Odetta
 * Gene O'Quin
 * Roy Orbison
 * Johnny Otis
 * Patti Page
 * Charlie Parker
 * Les Paul
 * Art Pepper
 * Carl Perkins
 * Oscar Peterson
 * Phil Phillips
 * Webb Pierce
 * Gene Pitney
 * Pérez Prado
 * Elvis Presley
 * Johnny Preston
 * Jimmy Preston
 * Lloyd Price
 * Louis Prima
 * Johnnie Ray
 * Tampa Red
 * Jerry Reed
 * Jimmy Reed
 * Della Reese
 * Django Reinhardt
 * Buddy Rich
 * Cliff Richard
 * Little Richard
 * Tommy Ridgley
 * Billy Lee Riley
 * Tex Ritter
 * Johnny Rivers
 * Max Roach
 * Marty Robbins
 * Jimmie Rodgers
 * Arsenio Rodríguez
 * Kenny Rogers
 * Bobby Rydell
 * Kyu Sakamoto
 * Washboard Sam
 * Tommy Sands
 * Mabel Scott
 * Neil Sedaka
 * Pete Seeger
 * Johnny Shines
 * Troy Shondell
 * Dinah Shore
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Memphis Slim
 * Sunnyland Slim
 * Huey "Piano" Smith
 * Ray Smith
 * Kay Starr
 * Tommy Steele
 * Joan Sutherland
 * Art Tatum
 * Jesse Thomas
 * Rufus Thomas
 * Hank Thompson
 * Big Mama Thornton
 * Johnny Tillotson
 * Merle Travis
 * Big Joe Turner
 * Ike Turner
 * Ritchie Valens
 * Bobby Vee
 * Gene Vincent
 * T-Bone Walker
 * Little Walter
 * Mercy Dee Walton
 * Baby Boy Warren
 * Muddy Waters
 * Johnny "Guitar" Watson
 * Joe Weaver
 * Ben Webster

Bands

 * Jay & The Americans
 * The Ames Brothers
 * The Andrews Sisters
 * Dave Appell & the Applejacks
 * Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
 * The Bell Notes
 * Bill Haley & His Comets
 * The Belmonts
 * Dion & The Belmonts
 * The Bobbettes
 * The Bonnie Sisters
 * The Bosstones
 * The Buchanan Brothers
 * The Cadets
 * The Cadillacs
 * The Capris
 * The Cardinals
 * The Champs
 * The Chantels
 * The Charioteers
 * Otis Williams and the Charms
 * The Chimes
 * The Chi-Lites
 * The Chips
 * The Chordettes
 * The Chords
 * The Cleftones
 * The Clovers
 * The Coasters
 * The Collegians
 * Bill Haley and the Comets
 * The Corsairs
 * The Counts
 * The Crew Cuts
 * The Crescendos
 * The Crickets
 * The Crows
 * Danny & the Juniors
 * Jan & Dean
 * The Dells
 * The Del-Satins
 * The Delta Rhythm Boys
 * The Del-Vikings
 * Deep River Boys
 * The Dovells
 * The Dubs
 * The Duprees
 * The Diamonds
 * The Drifters
 * The Earls
 * The Echoes
 * The Edsels
 * The El Dorados
 * The Elegants
 * The Emotions
 * The Escorts
 * The Everly Brothers
 * The Fairfield Four
 * The Falcons
 * The Flamingos
 * The Flairs
 * The Fleetwoods
 * The Five Satins
 * The Five Discs
 * The Five Keys
 * The Five Sharps
 * The Fontane Sisters
 * The Four Aces
 * The Four Buddies
 * The Four Freshmen
 * The Four Knights
 * The Four Lads
 * The Four Lovers
 * The Four Preps
 * The Four Tops
 * The Four Tunes
 * The Gaylords
 * The G-Clefs
 * The Golden Gate Quartet
 * The Harptones
 * The Hearts
 * The Heathertones
 * The Hilltoppers
 * The Hollywood Flames
 * Johnny & The Hurricanes
 * The Impalas
 * Little Anthony and the Imperials
 * The Impressions
 * The Ink Spots
 * The Isley Brothers
 * The Jewels
 * The Jesters
 * The Jive Bombers
 * The Jive Five
 * Don & Juan
 * The Jubalaires
 * The Kingston Trio
 * Kings of Rhythm
 * The Larks
 * The Lettermen
 * Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
 * The McGuire Sisters
 * The Medallions
 * The Mello-Kings
 * The Mello-Moods
 * The Mills Brothers
 * The Midnighters
 * The Monotones
 * The Moonglows
 * The Mystics
 * The Nutmegs
 * The Oak Ridge Boys
 * The Orioles
 * The Osmonds
 * The Paragons
 * The Penguins
 * The Pied Pipers
 * The Platters
 * The Pony-Tails
 * The Quarrymen
 * The Quotations
 * Randy & The Rainbows
 * The Rattlesnakes (1955 band)
 * The Ravens
 * The Regents
 * The Righteous Brothers
 * Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys
 * The Robins
 * The Sensations
 * The Shadows
 * The Shepherd Sisters
 * The Solitaires
 * Sons of The Pioneers
 * The Spaniels
 * The Sparkletones
 * The Spiders
 * The Spinners
 * Joey Dee & The Starliters
 * The Stereos
 * The Swallows
 * Mickey & Sylvia
 * Tátrai Quartet
 * Tavares
 * The Teenagers
 * The Teen Queens
 * The Tornados
 * The Turbans
 * The Tymes
 * The Valentines
 * The Virtues
 * The Volumes
 * Billy Ward & The Dominoes
 * The Wrens
 * Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
 * Windsbacher Knabenchor