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.
Bill Haley of Bill Haley and the Comets singing Rock Around the Clock, 1955
Elvis Presley in a publicity photo for Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Chuck Berry in 1957
Fats Domino singing Blueberry Hill on The Alan Freed Show c. 1956