1950 Albums

The following is a list of albums released in 1950.

For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 1950 events. For previous years, see List of album releases by year.

First quarter[edit]

January[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Jan. 1950	Tommy Duncan & His Western All Stars	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy / Never No Mo' Blues	Country • Western Swing	Capitol	Tulsa, OK

February[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Feb. 1950	Floyd Tillman	I Almost Lost My Mind / Precious Memories	Country • Western Swing • Honky-Tonk	Columbia	San Antonio, TX
	Glynn Duncan & His Bar B Boys	Texas Moon / Just a Little Bit Jealous	Country • Western Swing	Cormac	Tulsa, OK
	Glynn Duncan & His Bar B Boys	We Got Good Business / Please Come Back to Me	Country • Western Swing	Cormac	Tulsa, OK

March[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Mar. 1950	Patti Page	I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK
Mar. 1950	Tommy Duncan & His Western All Stars	In the Jailhouse Now	Country • Western Swing	Capitol	Tulsa, OK

Second quarter[edit]

April[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Apr. 1950	Kay Starr	Hoop-Dee-Doo / A Woman Likes to be Told	Jazz	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA

May[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
May 1950	Kay Starr	Songs by Kay Starr	Jazz • Pop • Traditional Pop	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA

June[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
June 1950	Kay Starr	Mississippi / He's a Good Man to Have Around	Jazz	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA
June 1950	Patti Page & Rex Allen	Softly and Tenderly / Farther Along	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK

Third quarter[edit]

July[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
July 10, 1950	Count Basie and His Orchestra	Bluebeard Blues / The Golden Bullet	Jazz • Swing	Columbia	Kansas City, Missouri

August[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home

September[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Sept. 1950	Kay Starr	Honeymoon / Nobody's Sweetheart	Country	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 1950	Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy	Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man / Sincere Lover's Blues	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	San Diego, CA

Fourth quarter[edit]

October[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Oct. 1950	Al Clauser and the Oklahomans	Move It Over Rover (Dog House Blues) / My Sweet Mama	Country • Western Swing	Bullet	Manito, IL
	Tommy Duncan & His Western All Stars	All Star Boogie / High Country	Country • Western Swing	Natural	Tulsa, OK
	Woody Guthrie	Talking Dust Bowl	Folk	Folkways	New York City, NY

November[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Nov. 1950	Floyd Tillman	I've Got the Craziest Feeling / The Grandest Prize	Country • Western Swing • Honky-Tonk	Columbia	San Antonio, TX
Nov. 1950	Kay Starr	Sunday / Betcha I Getcha	Pop	Crystalette	Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 1950	Kay Starr	(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag / Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers	Jazz • Christmas	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 1950	Patti Page	The Tennessee Waltz / Boogie Woogie Santa Claus	Christmas • Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK

December[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home

Unknown[edit]

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
1950	Count Basie and His Orchestra	Basie's Best	Jazz • Swing	Brunswick	Kansas City, Missouri
1950	Earl Bostic	Nay! Nay! Go Way! / Sugar Hill Blues	Jazz • Rhythm and Blues	Majestic	New Orleans, LA
1950	Floyd Tillman	Love Song in 32 Bars / The Grandest Prize	Country • Western Swing • Honky-Tonk	Columbia	San Antonio, TX
1950	Gene Autry	Champion (The Horse No Man Could Ride)	Country	Columbia	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Gene Autry	Merry Christmas with Gene Autry	Country	Columbia	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Gene Autry	Poison Ivy / A New Star is Shining in Heaven	Country	Columbia	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Gene Autry & Jo Stafford	My Heart Cries for You / Teardrops from My Eyes	Country	Columbia	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	I Just Can't Help Myself / Frankie Lee	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	Los Angeles, California
1950	Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy	I Want My Baby for Christmas / Shuffle-Shuck	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	San Diego, CA
1950	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	Little Joe's Boogie / Daddy on My Mind	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	Los Angeles, California
1950	Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy	Misery Blues / Mississippi Boogie	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	San Diego, CA
1950	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	Pink Champagne / Sentimental Lover	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	Los Angeles, California
1950	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	Rag Mop / Ramblin' Blues	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	Los Angeles, California
1950	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	Rhythm in the Barnyard	Blues • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues	Specialty	Los Angeles, California
1950	Kay Starr with Crystalette All Stars	I Cried for You / Star Dust	Pop	Crystalette	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Kay Starr	The Texas Song / When You're a Long Long Way from Home	Country	Capitol	Los Angeles, CA
1950	Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders	Is It Too Late To Say I'm Sorry / Stealin' Sugar	Country • Western Swing	Cormac	Oklahoma City, OK
1950	Patti Page	Patti Page	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK
1950	Patti Page	The Right Kind of Love / Back in Your Own Backyard	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK
1950	Patti Page	Red Sails in the Sunset / Blue Hawaii	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK
1950	Patti Page	The Tennessee Waltz / Long Long Ago	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK
1950	Patti Page & Frankie Laine	If I Were You Baby, I'd Love Me / I Love You for That	Pop	Mercury	Tulsa, OK

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