Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Artists of the 50s

The Top 100 Artists of the 50s


1 Elvis Presley
2 Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3 Chuck Berry
4 Little Richard
5 Ray Charles
6 The Everly Brothers
7 Jerry Lee Lewis
8 Fats Domino
9 Muddy Waters
10 Big Joe Turner
11 Bo Diddley
12 Howlin' Wolf
13 The Platters
14 Bill Haley and His Comets
15 Eddie Cochran
16 The Coasters
17 Gene Vincent
18 Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
19 Johnny Burnette
20 Lloyd Price
21 Ritchie Valens
22 Carl Perkins
23 Dion
24 James Brown
25 Johnny Cash
26 Jackie Wilson
27 Little Willie John
28 The Drifters
29 Jackie Brenston
30 The Five Satins
31 Wilbert Harrison
32 The Isley Brothers
33 Bill Doggett
34 The Flamingos
35 Sam Cooke
36 The Penguins
37 Marty Robbins
38 Duane Eddy
39 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
40 Cliff Richard
41 The Clovers
42 The Orioles
43 The Kingston Trio
44 LaVern Baker
45 Link Wray
46 Johnnie Ray
47 Hank Snow
48 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
49 Elmore James
50 Danny and The Juniors
51 Screamin' Jay Hawkins
52 Ray Price
53 The Del-Vikings
54 Hank Williams
55 The Weavers
56 Ruth Brown
57 Dale Hawkins
58 The Chantels
59 The Chords
60 Jerry Butler
61 The Cadillacs
62 The Moonglows
63 The Big Bopper
64 Billy Ward & The Dominos
65 The Champs
66 Mickey and Sylvia
67 The Five Royales
68 The Monotones
69 Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns
70 Bobby Bland
71 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
72 Kitty Wells
73 Billy Lee Riley
74 Lonnie Donegan
75 Professor Longhair and His Blues Scholars
76 Chuck Willis
77 Johnny Otis
78 Lightnin' Hopkins
79 The Falcons
80 Ricky Nelson
81 Chan Romero
82 The Diamonds
83 Little Walter
84 The Silhouettes
85 Champion Jack Dupree
86 The Cadets
87 The Shirelles
88 Jimmy Forrest
89 Frankie Ford
90 The El Dorados
91 The Elegants
92 Johnny Ace
93 John Fahey
94 Little Anthony and The Imperials
95 The Crows
96 Patsy Cline
97 Guy Mitchell
98 Larry Williams
99 Slim Harpo
100 The Skyliners