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1950
- Elvis Presley’s First Hit “Heartbreak Hotel” is Released
- Elvis Appears On The Ed Sullivan Show For The First Time
- Elvis’s First Move Love Me Tender Opens In New York
- Rocky Marciano Retires As The Only Undefeated Heavyweight Champion
- Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
- Alabama Bus Segregation Laws Declared Illegal By The US Supreme Court
- The Hungarian Revolution
- The Price Is Right Debuts On Television
“October 23, 1956, is a day that will live forever in the annals of free men and nations. It was a day of courage, conscience and triumph. No other day since history began has shown more clearly the eternal unquenchability of man’s desire to be free, whatever the odds against success, whatever the sacrifice required.“
– John F Kennedy
Top 100 Songs For 1950
1. The Fat Man   Fats Domino
2. Please Send Me Someone To Love   Percy Mayfield
3. Teardrops From My Eyes   Ruth Brown
4. Mona Lisa   Nat “King” Cole
5. Tennessee Waltz   Patti Page
6. Long Gone Lonesome Blues   Hank Williams, Sr.
7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans   Professor Longhair
8. I’m Movin’ On   Hank Snow
9. Rollin’ Stone   Muddy Waters
10. Double Crossing Blues   Johnny Otis
11. Moanin’ The Blues   Hank Williams, Sr.
12. Pink Champagne   Joe Liggins
13. Bad Bad Whiskey   Amos Milburn
14. Count Every   Star Ravens, The
15. Why Don’t You Love Me   Hank Williams, Sr.
16. Goodnight, Irene   Weavers, The Gordon Jenkins Orch.
17. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy   Red Foley
18. Oh Babe!   Louis Prima
19. Love Don’t Love Nobody   Roy Brown
20. Blue Light Boogie   Louis Jordan
21. Bon Ton Roula   Clarence Garlow
22. Bald Head   Roy Byrd
23. Safronia B   Calvin Boze
24. Rollin’ And Tumblin’   Muddy Waters
25. Blue Shadows   Lowell Fulson
26. Rag Mop   Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads
27. Stack – A – Lee   Archibald
28. Every Night About This Time   Fats Domino
29. Carnival Day   Dave Bartholomew
30. I Like My Baby’s Pudding   Wynonie Harris
31. Nobody’s Lonesome For Me   Hank Williams, Sr.
32. I Will Wait   Four Buddies, The
33. Do Something For Me   Dominoes, The
34. Cupid’s Boogie   Johnny Otis
35. Oh Babe!   Wynonie Harris & Lucky Millinder
36. Well Oh Well   Tiny Bradshaw
37. Hard Luck Blues   Roy Brown
38. Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere   Joe Morris
39. I’ll Never Be Free   Paul Gayten
40. I Need You So   Ivory Joe Hunter21. Bon Ton Roula Clarence Garlow
41. Information Blues   Roy Milton
42. Little Red Rooster   Griffin Brothers, The
43. If You’ve Got The Money Honey  Lefty Frizzell
44. Shotgun Boogie   Tennessee Ernie Ford
45. Everyday I Have The Blues   Lowell Fulson
46. Tee – Nah – Nah   Smiley Lewis
47. Why Do Things Happen To Me   Roy Hawkins
48. Cadillac Baby   Roy Brown
49. Rock Mr. Blues   Wynonie Harris
50. She Walks Right In   Professor Longhair
51. Rockin’ With Red   Piano Red
52. Nevertheless   Mills Brothers, The
53. Mistrustin’ Blues   Johnny Otis
54. Still In The Dark   Joe Turner
55. Louisiana Blues   Muddy Waters
56. Good Morning Judge  Wynonie Harris
57. I Don’t Have To Ride No More   Ravens, The
58. Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style   Bullmoose Jackson
59. Breaking Up The House   Tiny Bradshaw
60. Hey La Bas Boogie   Fats Domino
61. Ain’t Gonna Do It   Dave Bartholomew
62. Chicken Blues   Dominoes, The
63. Raining In My Heart  Peppermint Harris
64. S.P. Blues   Ivory Joe Hunter
65. Long About Sundown   Roy Brown
66. Detroit City Blues  Fats Domino
67. I’m Going To Have Myself A Ball   Tiny Bradshaw
68. C.C. Baby   Brownie McGhee
69. Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town   Wynonie Harris
70. Deceivin’ Blues   Johnny Otis
71. Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man   Jimmy Liggins
72. Hot Rod Race   Tiny Hill
73. Little Bee   Fats Domino
74. Daddy’s Little Girl   Mills Brothers, The
75. I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin’   Hank Williams, Sr.
76. At Night   Orioles, The
77. Rockin’ Blues   Johnny Otis
78. Sax Shack Boogie   Amos Milburn
79. Lonesome Christmas   Lowell Fulson
80. That’s All Right   Jimmy Rogers
81. My Foolish Heart   Billy Eckstine
82. I Wanna Be Loved   Dinah Washington
83. Shotgun Blues  Lightnin’ Hopkins
84. Sitting By The Window  Billy Eckstine with the Quartones
85. Sad Journey Blues  Floyd Dixon
86. My Baby’s Gone  Charles Brown
87. Keep Your Hands On Your Heart   Billy Wright
88. It Isn’t Fair  Dinah Washington
89. Let’s Do It  Sticks McGhee
90. Go Back To The One You Love   T – Bone Walker
91. Turkey Hop   Johnny Otis
92. Walkin’ Blues  Amos Milburn
93. Mother Earth  Memphis Slim
94. I Love My Baby   Larry Darnell
95. Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool  Lionel Hampton
96. I’m So Crazy For Love  Cap – Tans, The
97. Is My Heart Wasting Time  Orioles, The
98. Million Dollar Secret  Helen Humes
99. Our Father (Which Art In Heaven)   Five Blind Boys, The
100. Cry, Cry Baby   Ed Wiley
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