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Patti Page was the artist with second-longest most cumulative run at number one (22 weeks) between January 1950 until August 1958. Perry Como remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 20 weeks between January 1950 until August 1958.
Popular doo-wop artists of the 1950s include The Platters, Dion and the Belmonts, Frankie Lymon, The Five Satins, The Flamingos, and The Del-Vikings. While the popularity of the genre wained after the early 1960s, it would go on to influence many styles of pop and rock music [4]
Zydeco was briefly popular among some mainstream listeners during the 1950s. Artists like Boozoo Chavis, Queen Ida, Rockin' Dopsie and Rockin' Sidney have continued to bring zydeco to national audiences in the following decades. Zydeco shows major influences from rock, and artists like Beau Jocque have combined other influences, including hip hop.
Elvis Presley was the best-selling musical artist of the decade. He is considered as the leading figure of the rock and roll and rockabilly movement of the 1950s. Popular music in the early 1950s was essentially a continuation of the crooner sound of the previous decade, with less emphasis on the jazz-influenced big band style and more emphasis ...
Artists from multiple different genres — pop, country, instrumental jazz, rap, metal — have earned their spots on this list. Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time ...
Bing Crosby had three songs on the year-end top 30. The Ames Brothers had three songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1950 according to retail sales.
December 28 – Charles L. Johnson, composer of ragtime and popular music (born 1876) December 31 – Charles Koechlin, composer and teacher (born 1867) date unknown. Jaime de Angulo, ethnomusicologist (born 1887) Edouard Espinosa, dancer, choreographer and teacher (born 1871) Cenobio Hernandez, composer (born 1863) Ray Perry, jazz musician ...