Det ville vært litt posøraktig å trekke fram 100 låter fra 50-tallet, ikke minst med tanke på at dette tiåret står litt diffust for meg – og det er også begrenset hvor mange 50-tallsplater jeg har ervervet i etterkant. Men disse 50 gullkornene – en fra hver artist – får representere et tiår spekket med fet jazz, beatpoesi, rockabilly, country – og ikke minst de gode Låtene:

Miles Davis: So What (1959)
Hank Williams: Ramblin’ Man (1951)
John Coltrane: Blue Train (1957)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on You (1956)
Frank Sinatra: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (1955)
Little Willie John: Fever (1956)
Moondog: All Is Loneliness (1956)
Allen Ginsberg: America (1956)
Sonny Rollins: Strode Rode (1956)
Alf Prøysen: Kjæm du i kveld (1952?)

Marty Robbins: El Paso (1959)
Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else (1958)
Jacques Brel: Ne Me Quitte Pas (1959)
Thelonius Monk: Brilliant Corners (1957)
Bobby Darin: Dream Lover (1959)
The Isley Brothers: Shout pt. I & II (1959)
Johnny Cash: I Walk the Line (1958)
Ornette Coleman: Lonely Woman (1959)
Kurt Foss & Reidar Bøe: De Nære Ting (1951)
Link Wray & the Wraymen: Rumble (1958)

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley (1955)
Dale Hawkins: Suzie Q (1957)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Not Fade Away (1957)
Patsy Cline: Walking After Midnight (1957)
Dave Brubeck: Take Five (1959)
The Everly Brothers: All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)
Julie London: Cry Me a River (1955)
The Shirelles: Dedicated To The One I Love (1959)
Art Blakey: Moanin’ (1958)
Elvis Presley: Mystery Train (1955)

James Brown: Try Me (1958)
Sun Ra: Street Named Hell (1959)
The Louvin Brothers: The Christian Life (1959)
Charles Mingus: Better Git It in Your Soul (1959)
John Henry: Desperate Man Blues (1959)
Bob McFadden & Dor: Beat Generation (1959)
Henry Partch: Eleven Intrusions XI (1959)
Johnny Horton: When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) (1959)
Ronnie Allen: Juvenile Delinquent (1959)
Chuck Berry: School Days (1957)

Muddy Waters: Rollin’ Stone (1950)
Jack Kerouac: McDougal Street Blues (1959)
Dwight Pullen: Sunglasses After Dark (1958)
Jackie Brenston: Rocket 88 (1951)
The Phantom: Love Me (1958)
Ewan MacColl: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1957)
Odetta: Jack o’ Diamonds (1956)
Richie Valens: La Bamba (1958)
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid (1959)
Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me (1958)

Bjørn Hammershaug