100 Greatest  Songs  From 1950
Criteria: These songs were chosen and ranked based on their initial and lasting popularity, and on their impact on the overall scope of musical history. Edited By: Bruce
No. Song Artist 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 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 (Little Esther & the Robins) 11 Moanin' The Blues Hank Williams 12 Pink Champagne Joe Liggins 13 Bad Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn 14 Count Every Star Ravens 15 Why Don't You Love Me Hank Williams 16 Goodnight, Irene Weavers with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 17 Music! Music! Music! Teresa Brewer 18 Oh Babe! Louis Prima (Keely Smith) / Wynonie Harris & Lucky Millinder 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 (Professor Longhair) 23 Safronia B Calvin Boze 24 Rollin' And Tumblin' Muddy Waters 25 Blue Shadows Lowell Fulson 26 Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 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 32 I Will Wait Four Buddies 33 Do Something For Me Dominoes 34 Cupid's Boogie Johnny Otis (Little Esther & Mel Walker) 35 Rag Mop Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads 36 Well Oh Well Tiny Bradshaw 37 Hard Luck Blues Roy Brown 38 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere Joe Morris (Laurie Tate) 39 I'll Never Be Free Paul Gayten (Annie Laurie) / Dinah Washington 40 I Need You So Ivory Joe Hunter 41 Information Blues Roy Milton 42 Little Red Rooster Griffin Brothers (Margie Day) 43 If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time 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 Golden Rocket Hank Snow 53 Mistrustin' Blues Johnny Otis (Little Esther & Mel Walker) 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 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 63 Raining In My Heart Peppermint Harris 64 S.P. Blues Ivory Joe Hunter 65 Long About Sundown Roy Brown 66 Birmingham Bounce Red Foley / Hardrock Gunter 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 (Little Esther & Mel Walker) 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 75 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' Hank Williams 76 At Night Orioles 77 Rockin' Blues Johnny Otis (Mel Walker) 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 Detroit City Blues Fats Domino 90 Go Back To The One You Love T-Bone Walker 91 Turkey Hop Johnny Otis (Robins) 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 (Little Jimmie Scott) 96 I'm So Crazy For Love Cap-Tans 97 Let's Do It Sticks McGhee 98 Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes 99 Our Father (Which Art In Heaven) Five Blind Boys 100 Cry, Cry Baby Ed Wiley (Teddy Reynolds) 20 more worth mentioning. 101 Easter Parade Freddie Mitchell 102 Oh Holy Night Orioles 103 Hideaway Blues Fats Domino 104 Nevertheless Mills Brothers 105 Let It Roll Again Lucky Millinder (Big John Greer) 106 Peas And Rice Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson 107 Lemon Squeezer Four Barons 108 Is My Heart Wasting Time Orioles 109 Beer Bottle Boogie Johnny Otis (Marilyn Scott) 110 W-I-N-E Hollywood Four Flames 111 Lizzy Lou Calvin Boze 112 I Only Know Dinah Washington 113 Once There Lived A Fool Jimmy Grissom 114 Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield 115 Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson 116 Mambo # 5 Perez Prado 117 My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Hank Williams 118 Jay's Frantic Big Jay McNeely 119 We're Gonna Rock Gunter Lee Carr 120 Brown Boy Big Al Sears & the Sparrows