1950
1951
first released recordings: Robert "Bobby" Bland, Jackie Brenston, Miles Davis, Rosco(e) Gordon, Big Walter Horton, Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), Elmore James, J.B. Lenoir, Little Richard, Ike Turner, Titus Turner, Chuck Willis
- Miles Davis: Blue Period released
- The Weavers: Folk Songs Of America And Other Lands released
- Europe: Austria: Vienna - recordings for Harmona - Orchester Johannes Fehring (Theo Ferstl, Franz Reinisch, Charly Dobnik, Franz Trepesch, Gottfried "Teddy" Windholz, Josef Skruzny, Alfred Richter, Herbert Witz, Josef Fischer, Johannes Fehring, Fred Reithofer, Carlo Gonzi, Hans Fiala, Gert Steffens / Vera Auer Combo (Attila Zoller, Hans Hammerschmid?, Helmut Cszukovits, Franz Mikuliska)
- US: ? - recordings for Apollo - Lydia Larson, The Rover Boys & Bill Harvey's Orchestra
- US: ? - recordings for Bullet - Tommy Brooks...
- US: ? - recordings for Decca - Floyd Smith... / Joey Thomas and His Orchestra (Freddie Jackson...)
- US: ? - recordings for G-S-T - Rose Brown, Jimmie Harris, Bubbles & His Band
- US: ? - recordings for King - Johnny Holloway...
- US: Arkansas: West Memphis - recordings for RPM - Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Tuff Green, Willie Steel
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for 4 Star - King Porter (Jake Porter) & His All Stars (Marie Wells...)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Johnny Taylor & His Mellow Five...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo - Jake Porter Combo (Dorothy Ellis, Bill Davis, Bill Ellis, Harold Morrow, Ed Hall, The Duchess)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dootone - Betty Hall Jones & Her Combo / Bobby Nunn and Combo
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Elko - Mac Willis (Malcolm Willis), E. McInnis
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Fidelity - Herman Manzy & His Orchestra
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Gene Phillips...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Merury - Meredith Howard... / Happy Johnson (George L. Johnson) & His International Jive 5 (Dan Grissom...) 7 Red MAck & His Trumpet, Peppy Prince...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Ira Amos (New Orleans Slim), Jesse Belvin, Chuck Norris... / Pee Wee Cryton, Willard McDaniel... / Ramp Davis... / Herb Fisher Trio / Little Willie Littlefield... / Billy Nunn (Bobby Nunn), The Robbins (Ty Terrell, Roy Richards, Billy Richards)... / Jimmy Witherspoon, Jake Porter, Jewell Grant, Bumps Myers, Jack McVea, Willard McDaniel?, Charles Norris, Ed Callender, Ray Martinez
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Octive - Norman Alexander / John Hogg...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Recorded in Hollywood - Cathy Cooper, Jim Wynn's Orchestra (Eddie Hale...) / Maggie Hathaway... / Maggie Hathaway, The Robins and 2 Sharps And A Natural (Ted Mossman, Louis Speigner, Red Callender) / Que Martyn Orchestra (Quedelle Martyn...) / Alvin Smith & His Clouds Of Rhythm (Que Martyn?...)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - Gene Forrest (Gene Forrest Wilson)...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Freddy Clark... / Lil Greenwood (Lillie Greenwood)..
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Swing Time - Nelson Alexander, Jake Porter's Combo / Lowell Fulson, Earl Brown, Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott, Bob Harvey / Joe Pullum, Lloyd Glenn...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Unique - Norman Alexander, The Shades of Rhythm, Monroe Tucker Orchestra / Sherman Williams, The Four Flames...
- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Aladdin - Jimmy Wilson & His All Stars (Scatman Crothers, Lafayette Thomas...)
- US: Florida: Miama - recordings for B&L - Charlie (Charles Brantley), Clarence Jolly...
- US: Florida: Miama - recordings for Jax - Charles Brantley, Clarence Jolly...
- US: Florida: Miama - recordings for Sittin' In With - Charles Brantley, Clarence Jolly... / Ray Charles... / Manzie Harris... /Clarence Jolly, Charles Brantley Band (Frank Shellman, Barney Hubert, Johnnie Burden, Hank Marr, Jimmy Sheffield, Johnny Marshall)
- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Mercury - Joyce Jackson, John Peek's Band / Junior Tamplin...
- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Peacock - Harry "Slick" Johnson / Willie "Doc" Jones...
- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Sittin' In With - C.B. Baker... / W.C. Baker... / Arbee Stidham, John Peek, J.J. Jones, Calvin Jones... / James Waynes (James Wayne)...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chance - Alfred Sims Trio (Sam Dawson...)
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim, Leroy Foster, Alfred Wallace / Little Bluitt, Robert Caffery...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Junior Tamplin, DeCoates' Orch
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Nashboro - Jack Cooley...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Premium - Cryin' Jesse (Jesse Cryor), Bob Call... / Memphis Slim & The House Rockers (Alex Atkins, Timothy Overton, Ike Perkins, Alfred Elkins, Oscar Larkin) / Danny Overbea & Orchestra
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Random - John Brim, Grace Brim (Mrs. John Brim), Roosevelt Sykes
- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Feature - Clarence Farlow, Curtis Babineaux, Shelby Lackey, Emma Del Lee, Bill Parker...
- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Khoury's - Richard King & His Orchestra / Emma Dell Lee, Curtiss Babino, Bill Parker
- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Lyric - Clarence (Bon Ton) Garlow, Curtis Barbineaux, Shelby Lackey, Emma Del Lee, Bill Parker...
- US: Louisiana: Shreveport - recordings for Sittin' In With - Lonnie Williams...
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for ? - Lavoyde Nixon, The Variety Chocolate Bars
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Fortune - Jimmy Milner & His Blue Ribbon Band (Alonzo Tucker, Jimmy Harris, Big Jeff, Duke Coates, Bill Brewer, Calvin Frazier, Henry White)
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Gotham - John Lee Hooker / Eddie Burns, John Lee Hooker / Eddie Burns, John T. Smith? / W. Harris...
- US: Mississippi: Jackson (Cedars of Lebanon) - recordings for Trumpet - Big Joe Williams
- US: New York City - recordings for Apollo - Al Byas, Bobby Smith & His Orchestra / June Gardner... / Lee Norman & His Trio (Hearn Lewis, Gene Fields)
- US: New York City - recordings for Atlas - H-Bomb Ferguson (Bob Ferguson), Charlie Singleton's Orchestra (Big John Greer, Lou Donaldson, Kelly Owens, Al King, Lester Jenkins)
- US: New York City - recordings for Derby - Sammy Cotton, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra / Brownie McGhee, Champion Jack Dupree, Cedric Wallce... / Bob Harris (or Jack Dupree Orchestra) (Danny "Little Boy Blue" Taylor, Brownie McGhee, Gene Moore...) / Willie Hunter, Billy Fair Orchestra / Brownie McGhee, The Majors...
- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Fluffy Hunter, Jesse Powell Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Gotham - Benny Brown...
- US: New York City - recordings for Hillto, Chess - John Godfrey Trio (Roosevelt Godfrey, Joseph Elliot...)
- US: New York City - recordings for Jubilee - Piney Brown, Abie Baker Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Lee - Joe August (Mr. Google Eyes), Charlie Singleton's Orchestra (Gildo Mahones, Martin Riviera, John Godfrey)
- US: New York City? - recordings for Peacock - Andrew Tibbs, Cherokee Conyers Orchestra (David Van Dyke?, Teddy Conyers, Buddy Johnson, Jimmy Jackson?...)
- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Ralph Willis, Brownie McGhee, Dumas Ransom
- US: New York City - recordings for Regal - Larry Darnell, Mary Lou Greene...
- US: New York City - recordings for Signature - Cliff Butler, Ben Holton... / Ralph Willis, Brownie McGhee, Dumas Ransom
- US: New York City - recordings for Sittin' In With - Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins... / Bob Kornegay, Ray Abrams Sextet
- US: New York City - recordings for Wheeler - Eddie Barns, Geo Kells's Orchestra
- US: Ohio: Cleveland - recordings for Chess, Premium - Memphis Slim & The House Rockers (Terry Timmons, Neil Green, Charles Ferguson, Henry Taylor, Otho Allen)
- US: Tennessee: Galatin - recordings for Dot - L.C. Green(e), Walter Mitchell
- US: Tennessee: Memphis? - recordings for Apollo - Bill Harvey's Orchestra, Bonita Cole
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Rufus Thomas Jr. (Rufus Thomas), Richard Sanders, Herman Green, Billy Love, Houston Stokes...
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Modern - Robert "Bobby" Bland, Ike Turner, Matt Murphy... / Dick Cole, Phineas Newborn Orchestra / Joe Hill Louis
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - B.B. King, Johnny Ace, James Walker...
- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for ? - Christine Kittrell, Louis Brooks and Band (Knott Phillips...)
- US: Tennessee: Nashville? - recordings for Dot - Wally Mercer & His Orchestra / King Perry...
- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Nashboro - Sherman Johnson...
- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Tennessee - Louis Brooks, The Downbeats (Lovell Phillips, Ollie Brown, Billy Sherrill) / Christine Kittrell, Louis Brooks & Band (Lovell Phillips, Ollie Brown, Billy Sherrill) / Billie McAllister, Bernard Hardison's Band
- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for WSM Mother's Best Radio Shows - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Sammy Pruett, Don Helms, Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts
- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Imperial - Lil' Son Jackson (Little Son Jackson), Henry Jenkins, Al Calloway, Be Bop McKinley...
- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Modern - Charley Bradix...
- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for RPM - Alexander Moore, Smokey Hogg?...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for ARC - Johnny Brown... / Mr. Honey (David "Honeboy" Edwards), Thunder Smith
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Freedom - Sammye Harris Band (Leon Whitehead...)
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Groovy - Bill Johnson (Willie Johnson)...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Imperial - Bill Johnson (Willie Johnson)...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Jade - Rocky Thompson (Goree Carter) / Donald Cooks, Connie Mack Booker, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Goree Carter, Ben Turner / Bill Hayes (Henry Hayes), J. Haines, Ed Wiley, Buster Pickens, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner / Willie Johnson, His Piano & Orchestra (Hubert Robinson, Slim Reese, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner) / Hubert Robinson & His Yardbirds (Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner...) / Burt Thomas & His Band (Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner)
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Jax - James "Wide Mouth" Brown, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Elmore Nixon, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Macy's - Joe Houston, Lois Butler... / Hubert Robinson. Elmore Nixon...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Modern - Goree Carter, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner... / Joe Houston, Lois Butler...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Nucraft - Monister Parker
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Peacock - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Nathan Irvine, Bill Harvey, Fred Ford, Johnny Parker... / Walter "Baby" Brown, Jay McShann's Orchestra / Joe Fritz (or Joe "Papoose" Fritz)... / Clarence Green, "Nathan", "Irvin", Bill Harvey, Fred Ford, Johnny Parker... / Mildred Jones, Bill Harvey's Band (Joe Scott, Frank Dominguez, Bill Harvey, Fred Ford, Paul Monday, Johnny Parker, Richard Goldberg) / Smilin' "Smokey" Lynn, Wallace Sanford's Orchestra / Paul Monday, Bill Harvey's Band / Big Mama Thornton, Bill Harvey Orchestra / Bettye Jean Washington, George Sanford's Orchestra
- US: Texas: Houston? - recordings for Sittin' In With - Sam "Suitcase" Johnson... / The Sugarman (Lawyer "Soldier Boy" Houston?)...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Sittin' In With - Jesse James, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks / Lonnie Lyons, Henry Hayes, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner / Peppermint Harris... / Willis Parker, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner / Slim Reese, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner / James Waynes (James Wayne), Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner / L.C. Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Donald Cooks
- US: Texas: Ramey Farm - recordings for ? - R.G. Williams & Group
- US: Texas: Richmond (Clef Club) - recordings for RPM - "Mr. T99" Jimmy Nelson, Peter Rabbit Trio (Junior Simmons, Robert Jackson)
- US: Washington DC - recordings for Dot - Griffin Brothers Orchestra, Margie Day, Tommy Brown, Buddy Griffin, Jimmy Griffin, Wilbur Dyer, Noble Watts, Wilbur Little, Belton Evans
- 1951.01.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Swing Time - (Jimmy) Jimmie McCracklin, Joe Conwright, Charles Sutter, Pee Wee Kingsley or Lafayette Thomas, Joe Toussaint, Sam Francisco Jeffers / (Jimmy) Jimmie McCracklin, George Riley, Bob Jackson, Carl?
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for ? - Walter Horton, Joe Willie Wilkins...
- 1951.01.00 -- US: California: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge (Emmett Fortner), Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Walter Nelson, Billy Diamond, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for London - Brownie McGhee, Al King, Harry Van Walls, Thomas Barney, Ernest Hayward / Sticks Mcghee, Al King, Harry Van Walls, Brownie McGhee, Thomas Barney, Ernest Hayward
- 1951.01.03 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Sonny Thompson, Jesse Edwards, Henry Glover, Lee Z. Harper, Harold Brooks, Walter Hiles, William Shingler, Zain El Hussaini, Bill English
- 1951.01.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck Ford aka "Rice" Miller), Willie Love, Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, Joe Dyson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Mercury - "Preacher" Lee Graves, Henry Graves, Frank Minn, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner
- 1951.01.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Savoy - Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, George Washington, Walter Henry, Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell), Mel Walker, Redd Lyte, The Barreleers
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Annisteen (Ernestine) Allen, Emmett Berry, Alfred Cobbs, Leroy Fletcher, Dave McRae, Joe Black, Carl Wilson, George Jones
- 1951.01.06 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - Ryman Auditorium (Grand Ole Opry) - Hank Williams
- 1951.01.08 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Sax Mallerd (Oett Mallard), Osie Johnson...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - B.B. King, Solomon Hardy, Ford Nelson, James Walker, E.A. Kamp
- 1951.01.09 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Savoy - Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, George Washington, Walter Henry, Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell), Linda Hopkins, The Vocaleers (Mel Walker, Redd Lyte, Linda Hopkins)
- 1951.01.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Savoy - Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, George Washington, Walter Henry, Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell, Emmanuel "Gaucho" Vaharandes), Mel Walker,
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet (Scott Radio Service) - Luther Huff, Percy Huff
- 1951.01.11 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Victor - Blow Top Lynn (Clyde William Lynn) & His House Wreckers (W. Bostic, G.C. Bermudez, Thomas Patton, George Miller, James Jackson)
- 1951.01.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver and the Skylarks
- 1951.01.15 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Calvin Boze, Maxwell Davis Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Morris & His Orchestra (or as Joe Morris' Blues Cavalcade) (Laurie Tate, Billy Mitchell, Jimmy Lewis...)
- 1951.01.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra, The Skylarks
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Tiny Bradshaw, Leslie Ayres, Andrew Penn, Red Prysock, Orrington Hall, Jimmy Robinson, Willie Gaddy, Eddie Smith, Calvin Shields
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Lester Young Quartet (John Lewis, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones)
- 1951.01.17 -- US: New York City - ? - Charlie Parker And His Orchestra (Miles Davis, Walter Bishop, Teddy Kotick, Max Roach)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, Bennie Green, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Roy Haynes / Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Percy Heath, Roy Haynes
- 1951.01.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Cecil Gant...
- 1951.01.21 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet (Scott Radio Service) - Luther Huff, Percy Huff
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Teddy Williams...
- 1951.01.22 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Zilla Mays (Zilla Mays Patterson), Fats Jackson...
- 1951.01.23 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Aristocats - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Big Crawford
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Rogers with His Rocking Four (Ernest Cotton, Eddie Ware, Willie Dixon, Elgin Edmonds) / Eddie Ware (or as Eddy Ware) & His Band (Eddie Chamblee, Little Walter, Big Crawford, Elgin Edmonds)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Johnny O'Neal (O'Neal Johnson), Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra (Leslie Ayres, Andrew Penn, Red PRysock, Jimmy Robinson, Willie Gaddy, Clarence Mack, Calvin Shields)
- 1951.01.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Regent - Dimples Harris Trio (Mario Delagarde...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Tommy Brown...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Arthur Prysock, Frank Royal, Calvin Strickland, Willis Nelson, Julius Watson, Donald Cole, Steve Pullian, Joe O'Laughton, Harold Minerve, David Van Dyke, Purvis Hensen, Teddy Conyers, Bernie McKay, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Simms
- 1951.01.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/OKeh - Chuck Willis (Harold Willis)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Federal - Little Esther (Little Esther Phillips (Esther May Jones)), Earl Warren Orchestra (Don Johnson, George Washington, Lorenzo Holden, Walter Henry, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell), The Dominos (Clyde McPhatter, Charlie White, Joe Lamont, Bill Brown)
- 1951.01.30 -- US: California: Pasadena - concert - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1951.02.00? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge (Emmett Fortner), Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Walter Nelson, Billy Diamond, Cornelius Coleman / Smiley Lewis, Herb Hardesty?, Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Dave Bartholomew, Joe Harris, Clarence Hall, Lee Allen, Tuts Washington, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Kinston - recordings for Boney - Sterling Malone Quartette
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Modern - Mumbles (Walter Horton, Billy Love?, Willie Nix...)
- 1951.02.00 -- Europe: France: Paris - Club Saint-Germain - Bernard Hullin, Hubert Fol, Raymond Fol, Django Reinhardt, Pierre Michelot, Pierre Lemarchand
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: ?: ? - recordings for National - Melvin Moore
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra (Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley)
- 1951.02.01 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois. Chicago - recordings for JOB - The Fat Man (Alfred Wallace), Sunnyland Slim Trio (Robert Jr. Lockwod, Moody Jones) / Sunnyland Slim & His Trio (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Moody Jones)
- 1951.02.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Roy Milton Solid Senders (Camille Howard, Charles Gillum, Jackie Kelso, Eddie Taylor, Johnny Rogers, Williams Day)
- 1951.02.10 -- US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Morris & His Orchestra (or as Joe Morris' Blues Cavalcade) (Laurie Tate Billy Mitchell...)
- 1951.02.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Lloyd Thompson, Brother Moncur's Strollers (Grachan Moncur...)
- 1951.02.15 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Jim Wynn, Robert Sims, "Goo Goo" Hutcherson, Ed Hale, Eddie Davis, Zell Kindred, Chuck Norris, Buddy Woodson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Joe Liggins, Candy Rivers, James Jackson, Wallace Sandford, Floyd Turnham, Willie Jackson, Harold Grant, William Cooper, Nathaniel McFay
- 1951.02.16 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Charles Brown, Maxwell Davis...
- 1951.02.17 -- US: New York City - Birdland - Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, Bennie Green, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis, Percey Heath, Roy Haynes
- 1951.02.20 -- Europe: France: Paris - Club Saint-Germain - Hubert Fol, Maurice Vander, Django Reinhardt, Pierre Michelot, Pierre Lemarchand
- 1951.02.22 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Bixie Crawford, Ernie Freeman's Orchestra (Jack McVea, Red Callender, Ellis Bartee)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Victor - Piano Red, Wesley Jackson, W.J. Jones, J. Williams
- 1951.02.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Regal - Chubby "Hip-Shakin'" Newsome, Russ Royster, Russell Moore, Ray Abrams, Snooky Hulbert, Howard Biggs, Gene Ramey, Al Taylor
- 1951.02.25 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Terry Gilkyson, The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger), Vic Schoen Orchestra
- 1951.02.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Regent - Paul Williams Sextette
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Lonnie Johnson, Ray Felder, Eddie Smith, Tommy Smith, Willie Wilkins...
- 1951.02.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Dinah Washington, William Moore, Chippy Outcall, Hal Singer, Tate Houston, George Rhodes, Walter Buchanan, George "Butch" Ballard
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Arlene Tally, Wallace Wilson, Walter "Phatz" Morris, Frank Culley, Randy Weston, Count Edmondson, Connie Kay
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Wynonie Harris & His All Stars (Frank Galbraith, Alfred Cobbs, Alonzo Lucas, Big John Greer, Bill Graham, Herbert Parham, Carl Pruitt, Solomon Hall)
- 1951.02.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Roy Milton Solid Senders (Camille Howard, Charles Gillum, Jackie Kelso, Eddie Taylor, Johnny Rogers, Williams Day)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Budd Johnson's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Lucky Millinder, Annisteen Allen, John Carroll, Fats Ford, Lamar Wright, Frank Galbraight, Leon Meriam, Henderson Chambers, Alfred Cobbs, Fred Zito, Rudy Powell, Mirold Minerve, Harold Clark, Harry S. Johnson, Sid Brown, Danny Small, James Cannady, Leon Spann, Ed Shaughnessy
- 1951.03.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Regal - Titus Turner...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Ramsay or Retrieve State Farm - recordings for Folkways - Negro Prison Camp Worksongs
- 1951.03.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Colony, Imperial - Eddie Johnson & His Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Violet Hall...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for MGM - Blind John Davis, George Barnes, Ransom Knowling
- 1951.03.01 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cook (Sam Cooke), Senior Roy Crain, Paul Foster, Thomas L. Bruster, R.B. Robinson, Jesse "J.J." Falrey)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for ? - Dizzy Gillespie Septet (Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Percy Heath, Carl "Kansas" Fields), Fred Strong, The Calypso Boys
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Aaron Izenhall, Josh Jackson, Bill Doggett, Bill Jennings, Bob Bushnell, Joe Morris)
- 1951.03.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra
- 1951.03.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Van "Piano Man" Walls...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Billy Valentine...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Ike Turner (Izear Luster Turner) & His Kings of Rhythm (Jackie Brenston, Raymond Hill, Willie Kizart, Willie Sims)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Retrieve Farm - recordings for ? - Andrew B. Crane, O'Banlon Archer?, Alvin Johnson?, Grover Dickson?
- 1951.03.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Slim Gaillard and His Peruvians (Dick Hyman, Ernie Sheppard, Pepe Benque, Herbie Lovelle)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Raymond Hill, Ike Turner, Willie Kizart, Willie Sims)
- 1951.03.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Hot Lips Page, Mildred Anderson, Alfred Cobbs, Teddy Small, Paul Quinichette, Freddie Washington, Cal Wilson, Joe Booker
- 1951.03.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Lester Young Quartet (John Lewis, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones)
- 1951.03.11 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Earl Reed And His Orchestra (Michelle Gwin...)
- 1951.03.12 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Love?, Henry Reed, Joe Dyson...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Retrieve Farm - recordings for ? - Grover Dickson, O'Banlon Archer, Andrew B. Crane, Alvin Johnson
- 1951.03.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Arthur Prysock, Frank Royal, Calvin Strickland, Willis Nelson, Julius Watson, Donald Cole, Steve Pullian, Joe O'Laughton, Harold Minerve, David Van Dyke, Purvis Hensen, Teddy Conyers, Bernie McKay, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Simms
- 1951.03.15 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for London - Josh White, Chick Laval, Jack Fallon
- 1951.03.16 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Jack Shook, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose
- 1951.03.17 -- US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - recordings for Gotham - Frank Motley & His Orchestra (TNT Tribble, Jimmy Harris, King Herbert Whittaker, Willie Hickerson, James E. Crawford, Leonard Swain?)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Ramsey Farm - recordings for ? - Harold Burton, John C. "Horse Doctor" Smith, Preston Fisher, Albert Lee "Rough" House, Irvin "Foot Ball" Lamb / Alfred Paul East... / Joseph "Chinaman" Johnson, R.G. Williams, Vernon T. "Drag Train" Smith?, Genevive Smith, James L. Jackson
- 1951.03.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Johnny Otis Orchestra (Mel Walker, George Washington, Don Johnson, Walter Henry, Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell)
- 1951.03.20 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for London - Josh White, Bill Hill's Orchestra, The Stargazers
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Victor Young's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Victor - Tampa Red, Johnny Jones, Ransom Knowling, Odie Payne
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Henry Hill...
- 1951.03.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Little Esther (Little Esther Phillips (Esther May Jones)), Earl Warren Orchestra (Don Johnson, Alfred Cobbs, George Washington, Lorenzo Holden, Walter Henry, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell), The Dominos (Clyde McPhatter, Charlie White, Joe Lamont, Bill Brown)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Johnny Otis Orchestra (Mel Walker, George Washington, Don Johnson, Walter Henry, Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell)
- 1951.03.22 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for JOB - Baby Face (Leroy Foster) & Sunnyland Trio (Sunnyland Slim, Robert Jr. Lockwood...) / Floyd Jones, Billy Howell, Sunnyland Slim, Moody Jones / Robert Lockwood Jr., Sunnyland Slim, Alfred Wallace / Sunnyland Trio (Sunnyland Slim, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Moody Jones, Billy Howell))
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Acorn, Savoy - Carolina Slim (or Jammin' Slim)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Five Scamps (Earl Garnett, Wyatt Griffin...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Rostelle Reese, Milt Larkin, Lee Pope, Freddie Washington, Billy Tayler, Percy Brice
- 1951.03.23 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Audrey Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Jack Shook, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts)
- 1951.03.26? - US: Georigia: Atlanta - recordings for Deluxe - Piney Brown...
- 1951.03.26 -- US: Georigia: Atlanta - recordings for Deluxe - Roosevelt Wardell, Piney Brown, Ed Wiley, Wesley Jackson, Morris Adams, James Williams
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Aladdin/Dot - Jimmy Binkley... / Harlod Burrage, Jimmy Binkley Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Henry Hill...
- 1951.03.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver's Orchestra (Bernie Previn, Paul Webster, Tony Faso, Mort Bullman, Artie Baker, George Dorsey, Al Klink, Bill Holcomb, Hank Jones, Everett Barksdale, Sandy Bloch, Jimmy Crawford
- 1951.04.30 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Swing Time - Jesse Thomas, Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott, Bob Harvey
- 1951.04.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Monte Easter, Jimmy Delaney, Mary Wallace...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge (Emmett Fortner), Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Walter Nelson, Billy Diamond, Cornelius Coleman / Smiley Lewis, Herb Hardesty?, Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Dave Bartholomew, Joe Harris, Clarence Hall, Lee Allen, Tuts Washington, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Chess - John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for National - Helen Page, Redd Greene Orchestra
- 1951.04.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Regal - Roosevelt Sykes...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra (Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Imperial - Lil' Son Jackson (Little Son Jackson) (& His Rockin' & Rollers) (Boston Smith, Booker T. Everhart, Be Bop McKinley...)
- 1951.04.02 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Columbia, OKeh - Earl Williams, Jack Willis, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Edward Sentino, Stewart Davis, Snookum Russell, Emanuel Sayles
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Modern - John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland
- 1951.04.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Sarah Vaughan, George Ockner, E. Green, S. Carmell, Jules Schachter, Raoul Poliakine, A. Pratz, Richard Dickler, F. Brieff, F. Miller, Vincent Abato, Bernard Kaufman, Al Freistat, Russell Banzer, E. Brown, Stan Freeman, Art Ryerson, Frank Carroll, Terry Snyder, Percy Faith
- 1951.04.06 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Sonny Burke's Orchestra
- 1951.04.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Desi Arnaz's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Willie Love & His Three Aces (Otis Green, Lonnie Holmes, Alex Wallace)
- 1951.04.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Al Jackson...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Sonny Thompson, Royal Brent, Robert Hadley, Hurley Ramey, Carl Pruitt, Harold Austin
- 1951.04.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Sonny Thompson, Royal Brent, Robert Hadley, Hurley Ramey, Carl Pruitt, Harold Austin
- 1951.04.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Big John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers (Duke Garrette, Henderson Chambers, Reuben Phillips, Rudy Powell, Harry Johnson, Leroy Lovett, Clifton Best, Aaron Bell, Herbie Lovelle)
- 1951.04.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Discovery - Red Norvo Trio (Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, Charlie Mingus)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Swing Time - Lloyd Glenn, Earl Brown, Billy Hadnott, Bob Harvey, Earl Burton...
- 1951.04.15 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Billy Wright, John Peck...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - radio braodcast (Belle Vista Lounge) - Paul Gayten Orchestra featuring Chubby Newsome, Sam Butera
- 1951.04.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Amos Milburn, Don Wilkerson, Billy Smith, Willie Simpson, Johnny Brown, Harper Cosby, Calvin Vaughan
- 1951.04.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for DeLuxe - St. Louis Jimmy, Roosevelt Sykes, Ronert Jr. Lockwood, Big Crawford
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Regal - Sunnyland Slim, Oliver Alcorn, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Big Crawford, Alfred Wallace
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner, Harry Van "Piano Man" Wall...
- 1951.04.20 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for OKeh - Red Saunders, Joe Williams, Flip Richard, Sonny Cohn, Harlan Floyd, Joe Avant, Porter Kilbert, Leon Washington, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Jimmy Richardson
- 1951.04.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Earl Hines, Arvell Shaw, Cozy Cole)
- 1951.04.24 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Victor - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Ransom Knowling, Judge Riley
- 1951.04.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Roy Hawkins, Maxwell Davis, Willard McDaniel, Johnny Moore...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Maurice King & His Wolverines (Bea (LaVern) Baker, Ruby Jackson...)
- 1951.04.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Morris & His Orchestra (or as Joe Morris' Blues Cavalcade) (Laurie Tate Billy Mitchell...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Rene Hall Trio (Courtland Carter, Teddy Sinclair, Jimmy Crawford)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Red Foley, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1951.04.27 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Red Foley, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Tiny Bradshaw, Leslie Ayres, Andrew Penn, Red Prysock, Jimmy Robinson, Clarence Mack, Calvin Shields
- 1951.04.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Aladdin - Lady Day (Billie Holiday), Tiny Grimes Sextet (Frank "Haywood Henry" Haywood, Bobby Tucker...)
- 1951.04.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for New York City - Lloyd Thompson, Kitty Madden...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Modern - Joe Hill Louis
- 1951.05.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Ray Snead...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra (Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley...)
- 1951.05.00 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Eddie Jones & His Playboys (Huey Smith, Willie Nettles...) (or as Guitar Slim)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Lou Sargent (Luther Steinberg), Les Mitchell (Wilbur Steinberg), Tot Randolph, Phineas Newborn, Jeff Greyer
- 1951.05.01 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Billy Wright, Allene Phillips, John Peck...
- 1951.05.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Monte Easter...
- 1951.05.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Hot Lips Page, Mildred Anderson, Bernard Flood, Alfred Cobbs, Teddy Small, Sam Taylor, Dave Smalls, Bill Doggett, Leroy Kirkland, Walter Page, Art Taylor
- 1951.05.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bull Moose Jackson & His Bearcats (Frank Galbraight, Burnie Peacock, Snooky Hulbert, Sam Taylor, Bill Doggett, Carl Pruitt, Jerry Potter
- 1951.05.05 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - Ryman Auditorium (Grand Ole Opry) - Hank Williams
- 1951.05.08 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Mercury - Luther Stoneham
- 1951.05.09 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Clayton Love & His Shufflers (James Ford, Eddie Lucas, Jesse Flowers, Henry Reed, George Hicks...)
- 1951.05.10 -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Savoy - Linda Hopkins (Helen Melinda Hopkins), Ray Preasley?, Happy Johnson, Fletcher Smith, Addison Farmer, Booker T. Hart
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Victor - Blow Top Lynn (Clyde William Lynn) & His House Rockers (Melvin Smith, W. Bostic, Wayman Carter, C. Lyons, George Miller, James Jackson)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Decca - Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra (Tommy Ridgely, Joe Harris, Clarence Hall, Salvador Doucette, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- 1951.05.11 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Django Reinhardt, Bernard Hullin, Hubert Fol, Raymond Fol, Pierre Michelot, Pierre Lemarchand
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Mercury - L.C. Williams, Frank Minn, Henry Hayes, Ed Wiley, Willie Johnson, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner
- 1951.05.14 -- US: US: New York City - recordings for Federal - The Dominoes (Clyde McPhatter, Charlie White, Joe Lamont, Bill Brown, Billy Ward...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Willie Steel
- 1951.05.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Max Bailey...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston? - recordings for Coral - Goree Carter...
- 1951.05.16 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Federal - Preston Love Orchestra (Charles Maxwell (Eckstine), Nat Holmes, Thomas Wilson, General Lee McCloud, Eli Wolinsky, George Williams, Harry Lee Lewis, Frank Smith, Devonia Williams, Albert Winston, Philip Thomas)
- 1951.05.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Mabel Scott, Dick Vance, Tyree Glenn, Eddie Barefield, Andy Brown, Budd Johnson, Sammy Benskin, Al Hall, Jimmy Crawford
- 1951.05.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, Everett Barksdale, Sandy Bloch, Jimmy Crawford
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Todd Rhodes, Kitty Stevenson, Howard Thompson, Hallie Dismukes, Charles "Lefty" Edwards, Teddy Buckner, Joe Williams, Huestell Tally
- 1951.05.25 -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Calvert Jones, Billy Talor's Band (Frank Galbrauth, Tyree Glenn, Perry Johnson, Numa Lee Moore, Billy Taylor, Ham Jackson, Aaron Bell, Kelly Martin)
- 1951.05.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Patty Andrews, Gordon Jenkin's Orchestra and chorus
- 1951.05.27 - US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - B.B. King, Richard Saunders, Calvin Newborn, Phineas Newborn Jr. and Sr., James Walker
- 1951.05.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for OKeh - Big Three Trio (Leonard Caston, Ollie Crawford, Willie Dixon, Alphonse Walker), Baby Duke
- 1951.05.30 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Modern - Joe Hill Louis, Ford Nelson...
- 1951.06.00? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Ray Lewis & The Four Bars (Paul Gayten?...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Imperial - Lil' Son Jackson (Little Son Jackson) (& His Rockin' & Rollers) (Henry Jenkins, Al Calloway, Booker T. Everhart, Be Bop McKinley)
- 1951.06.00 -- US: California: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge (Emmett Fortner), Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Walter Nelson, Billy Diamond, Cornelius Coleman...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Mumbles (Walter Horton...)
- 1951.06.01 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Columbia - Sarah Vaughan, Fred Stulce, Harold Lawson, Don Lodice, Babe Rusin, Leonard Hartman, Ziggy Elman, Rubin Zarchy, Frank Fletcher-Beach, William Schaefer, Allen W. Thompson, Elmer Smithers, Milt Raskin, George Van Eps, John H. Ryan, Nick Fatool, Paul Weston
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Harold Bradley, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts), Owen Bradley?
- 1951.06.02 -- US: New York City - Birdland - Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
- 1951.06.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Bixie Crawford, Ernie Freeman's Orchestra (Jack McVea, Red Callender, Ellis Bartee)
- 1951.06.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Aaron Izenhall, Josh Jackson, Jimmy Peterson, Bill Jennings, Bob Bushnell, Joe Morris)
- 1951.06.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Hot Lips Johnson & His Orchestra (Melvin Moore, Frank Galbraith, Bernie Peacock, Lucky Thompson, Numa Lee Moore, Howard Biggs, Aaron Bell, Ed Shaughnessy, The Winky Dinks
- 1951.06.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Kenny Gardner, Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
- 1951.06.10 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Clayton Love & His Shufflers (James Ford, Eddie Lucas, Jesse Flowers, Henry Reed, George Hicks...)
- 1951.06.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger)
- 1951.06.13 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, Universal Studio Orchestra, Joseph Gershenson, Ken Lane
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Jordan, Aaron Izenhall, Emmet Perry, Bob Mitchell, Leon Comegys, Bob Burgess, Oliver Nelson, Josh Jackson, Reuben Phillips, Marty Flax, Bill Davis, Jimmy Peterson, Bill Jennings, Bob Bushnell, Christopher Columbus
- 1951.06.14 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Meredith Howard, Maxwell Davis, Art Farmer, Marshall Royal, Jack McVea, Willard McDaniel, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Ike Lloyd, George Orendorff, Plas Johnson, Earl Brown, Lloyd Glenn, Pee Wee Crayton, Billy Hadnott, Bob Harvey
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Acorn, Savoy - Carolina Slim
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Jimmy Lewis (Jimmy "Baby Face" Lewis)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Lester Harris, Joey Thomas & His Band
- 1951.06.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Earl Williams, George Williams Orchestra (Fats Ford, Al Richman, Al Richardson, Lenny Hambro, Ed Hellman, Al Howard, Budd Johnson, Stewart McKay, Teddy Napoleon, Clyde Lombard, Don Lamond...)
- 1951.06.16 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Peppermint Harris, Jewell Grant, Maxwell Davis, Gerry Wiggins, Tiny Webb, Red Callender...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Atlantic - Jimmie Yancey, Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Phil Kiely, Buzz Reynolds, Dick Mushlitz
- 1951.06.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Frank Haywood, Maxwell Davis Orchestra (Jewell Grant, Monroe Tucker...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Dan Grissom...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - John Peek & His Orchestra (Arline Harris...)
- 1951.06.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for OKeh - Irlton French, Chuck Thomas & His All Stars (Teddy Buckner, Freddie Simon, Maurice Simon, Willard McDaniel, Charles Norris, Warren Owens, Walter Murden) / Pearl Traylor, Chuck Thomas & His All Stars (Teddy Buckner, Freddie Simon, Maurice Simon, Willard McDaniel, Chuck Norris, Warren Owen, Walter Murden)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Doggett, Hank Jones, Everett Barksdale, Arnold Fishkin, Johnny Blowers, Ray Charles Singers
- 1951.06.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Chuck Willis...
- 1951.06.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Joe Liggins, Candy Rivers, James Jackson, William Woodman, Floyd Turnham, Willie Jackson, Harold Grant, William Cooper, Nathaniel McFay
- 1951.06.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - LeRoy Johnson...
- 1951.06.30 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for JOB - Henry Palmer & His Boys (Mitzi Mars...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Juke Joint? - Eddie Boyd, Ernest Cotton, L.C. McKinley, Alfred Elkins, Percy Walker
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Jordan, Aaron Izenhall, Emmet Perry, Bob Mitchell, Leon Comegys, Bob Burgess, Oliver Nelson, Josh Jackson, Reuben Phillips, Marty Flax, Bill Davis, Jimmy Peterson, Bill Jennings, Bob Bushnell, Christopher Columbus
- 1951.07.00 -- US: Alabama: Montgomery - recordings for Federal - John Lee (John Arthur Lee)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Floyd Dixon at Frank Bull & Gene Norman's Blues Jubilee
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Raymond Hill, Ike Turner, Willie Kizart, Willie Sims...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra (Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley) / Willie Nix (Willie Nicks), Billy "Red" Love, Willie Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Imperial - Nat Terry
- 1951.07.02 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Wynonie Harris, Todd Rhodes Orchestra (Howard Thompson, Ted Buckner, Howard "Holley" Dismukes, Charles Edwards, Joe Williams, William Benjamin)
- 1951.07.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Patty Andrews, Tommy Dorsey, Victor Young's Singing Strings
- 1951.07.06 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Todd Rhodes, Connie Allen, Bill Benjamin, Howard Thompson, Hallie Dismukes, Charles "Lefty" Edwards, Teddy Buckner, Joe Williams
- 1951.07.10 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Henry Reed, Joe Dyson
- 1951.07.11 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, Universal Studio Orchestra, Joseph Gershenson, Ken Lane
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Chess - Felix Gross...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Big Crawford, Len Chess, Jimmy Rogers, Elga Edmonds / Jimmy Rogers with His Rocking Four (Little Walter, Eddie Ware, Willie Dixon, Elgin Edmonds)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Big Tom Collins (Champion Jack Dupree), Brownie McGhee, Cedric Wallace, Earl Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cleveland - Promotor/D.J. Alan Freed broadcasts his first R&B eadio show at station WJW
- 1951.07.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for United - Robert Nighthawk & His Nighthawk Band (Bob Call, Roosevelt Sykes, Ransom Knowling, Jump Jackson? / Roosevelt Sykes & His Honeydrippers (Oett "Sax" Mallard, Sax Crowder, Robert Nighthawk, Ransom Knowling, Jump Jackson)
- 1951.07.13 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Mercury - Lightnin' Hopkins, Donald Cooks
- 1951.07.14 -- US: Missouri: Kansas City - recordings for Capitol - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends (Elmer W. Price, Franz Bruce, Clairborne Graves, Cleophus Berry, William Nolan)
- 1951.07.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Atlantic - Jimmie Yancey, Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Israel Crosby / Little Brother Montgomery, Frank "Sweet" Williams / Frank "Sweet" Williams, Israel Crosby
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver and his Orchestra (Taft Jordan, Bernie Previn, Carl Poole, Henderson Chambers, Frank Saracco, Milt Yaner, Hymie Schertzer, Al Klink, Fred Williams, Stewart Blake, Hank Jones, Everett Barksdale, Sandy Bloch, Johnny Blowers)
- 1951.07.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Glady's Bruce, Jimmy Mundy's Band (Leon Marian, Kai Winding, Bernie Peacock, Budd Johnson, Danny Brank, Billy Taylor, Skeeter Best, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey)
- 1951.07.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Blue Note - Thelonious Monk Quintet (Sahib Shihab, Milt Jackson, Al McKibbon, Art Blakey)
- 1951.07.25 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Elmo James (Bobo Thomas (Andrew Thomas)), Sonny Boy Williamson, Leonard Ware / Willie Love & His Three Aces (Otis Green?, Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, Alex Wallace?)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Paul Williams Orchestra (Danny Cobb, Blue Mitchell, Curtis Porter (Shafi Hadi), Lee Pope, Lee Anderson, Sam Jones, Joe Booker)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Tiny Bradshaw, Leslie Ayres, Andrew Penn, Red Prysock, Jimmy Robinson, Clarence Mack, Calvin Shields, Willie Gaddy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Eddie Hill?, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts)
- 1951.07.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Gene Parrish, Eddie Preston, Eddie Davis, Maurice Simon, H. McDade Jr., Earl Phillips, O. Bryant, Al or Ellis Bartee
- 1951.07.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Percy Mayfield, Maxwell Davis, John Crawford, Maurice Simon, Willard McDaniel, Herman Mitchell, Bill Hadnott, Lee Young
- 1951.07.28 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Victor - Tampa Red, Johnny Jones, Ransom Knowling, Odie Payne
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Lucky Millinder, Melvin Moore, Annisteen Allen, John Sellers, Abdul Salaam, Frank Galbraight, Leon Meriam, Lamar Wright, Henderson Chambers, Tyree Glenn, Alfred Cobbs, Bobby Smith, Bernie Peacock, Harry Johnson, Skippy Williams, Pinky Williams, Sonny Thompson, Skeeter Best, Aaron Bell, Kelly Martin
- 1951.07.29 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Decca - (Thomas) Ridgley & The Royal Playboys (Dave Bartholomew, Joe Harris, Salvador Doucette, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer)
- 1951.07.31 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Billy "Red" Love (William Milton Love), Charles Walker, Calvin Newborn, Phineas Newborn Sr. ...
- 1951.08.00 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Elmo James (Elmore James (Elmore Brooks)), Sonny Boy Williamson, Odie Johnson, "Frock" O'Dell
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Charlie Harding, Betty Jean Harding...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennssee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Robert "Bobby" Bland, Rosco Gordon's Band (Adolph Duncan, Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Daley)
- 1951.08.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Red Callender Sextette (Mauri Lynn, Marshall Royal, Maxwell Davis, Floyd Turnham, Eddie Beal, Chico Hamilton, Al Calderone)
- 1951.08.05 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Sonny Boy Williamson, His Houserockers (Willie Love, Dave Campbell, Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, Leonard Ware)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Dave Bartholomew, Todd Rhodes Orchestra (Willie Wells, Holly Dismukes, Charles Edwards, Teddy Buckner, Todd Rhodes, Willie Gaddy, Joe Williams, Bill Benjamin)
- 1951.08.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Willard McDaniel...
- 1951.08.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Little Sylvia (Sylvia Vanderpool), Heywood Henry Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Jack Shook?, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts), Owen Bradley? or Marvin Hughes?
- 1951.08.15 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Fideliy, Specialty - Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim), Maurice Simon, Maxwell Davis, Jewell Grant, Willard McDaniel, Tiny Webb, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - T-Bone Walker & His Band (Maxwell Davis, Willard McDaniel, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley...)
- 1951.08.16 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Dave Bartholomew, Todd Rhodes Orchestra (Willie Wells, Holly Dismukes, Charles Edwards, Teddy Buckner, Todd Rhodes, John Faire, Joe Williams, Bill Benjamin)
- 1951.08.17 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Willard McDaniel...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Bull Moose Jackson & His Bearcats (Johnny Coles, Joe Collier, Snooky Hulbert, Benny Golson, Harry Porter, Tadd Dameron, John Faire, Jymie Merritt, Jerry Potter
- 1951.08.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - T-Bone Walker & His Band (Maxwell Davis, Willard McDaniel, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley...)
- 1951.08.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger)
- 1951.08.24 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for OKeh - June Davis, Red Saunders Orchestra (Sonny Cohn, Harlan Floyd, Joe Avant, Porter Gilbert, Leon Washington, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Jimmy Richardson) / Red Saunders, Joe Williams, Sonny Cohn, Harlan Floyd, Joe Avant, Porter Kilbert, Leon Washington, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Jimmy Richardson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for OKeh - Red Saunders, Ray Orlando, Joe Williams, Sonny Cohn, Harlan Floyd, Joe Avant, Porter Kilbert, Leon Washington, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Jimmy Richardson
- 1951.08.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Jesse Thomas, Maxwell Davis, Willard McDaniel, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley
- 1951.08.27 -- US: New York City? - recordings for Decca - Waymon Brown...
- 1951.08.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Clay Braddy, Roy Mays Orchestra
- 1951.08.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Peppermint Harris, Jewell Grant, Maxwell Davis, Gerry Wiggins, Tiny Webb, Red Callender...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Howard Biggs' Orchestra
- 1951.08.30 -- US: New York City? - recordings for Decca - Willie Brown...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City? - recordings for Savoy - Andrew Tibbs, Dud Bascomb, Nathaniel Allen, George Kelly, Charles Fowlkes, Fletcher Smith, Wally Richardson, Prince Babbs, Bobby Donaldson
- 1951.08.31 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Fideliy, Specialty - Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim), Maurice Simon, Maxwell Davis, Jewell Grant, Willard McDaniel, Tiny Webb, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley
- 1951.09.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Smokey Hogg (Andrew Hogg)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Modern - John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia? - recordings for Gotham - TNT Tribble , Frank (Dual Trumpet) Motley's Orchestra (Jimmy Harris, King Herbert Whittaker, Willie Hickerson, James E. Crawford, Leonard Swain?)
- 1951.09.00 -- US: Arkansas: West Memphis - recordings for RPM - Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Willie Steel
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Smilin' Joe (Pleasant Joseph), Joe Harris?, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Salvador Doucette, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer / Alonzo Stewart...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - recordings for Gotham - Lloyd "Fat Man" Smith, Frank Motley & His Crew (King Herbert Whittaker, James E. Crawford Jr., Jimmy Harris, Leonardd Swain, TNT Tribble
- 1951.09.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Parlophone - Johnnie Green (Johnny Gray)...
- 1951.09.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for OKeh - Little Brother Brown, Irlton French...
- 1951.09.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Big John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers (Idrees, Suliman, Henderson Chambers, Bernie Peacock, Benjamin Brunswick, Cecil Payne, Kenny Bryan, Wally Richardson, Conrad Henry, Connie Kay)
- 1951.09.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick, Coral - Ace Harris...
- 1951.09.10 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Memphis Slim & His Orchestra (Terry Timmons, Neil Green, Purcell Brockenborough, Ransom Knowling, Oscar Larkin)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings by Joe Williams - Tree Top Slim (Willie Ealey), Sam Fowler, Big Joe Williams
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Baul - Big Joe Williams, Sam Fowler, J.D. Short
- 1951.09.13 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - James Wayne & His Orchestra (Warren Bell, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields)
- 1951.09.14 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Roy Hawkins, Maxwell Davis, Willard McDaniel, Johnny Moore, Jesse Sailes...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Ray Snead, Gail Brockman, Eddie Chamblee, Leo Parker, Eddie Ware, Ike Perkins, Johnny Pate, Al Williams...
- 1951.09.15 -- Europe: Germany: Düsseldorf - recordings for Raretone - Big Bill Broonzy, Graeme Bell and his Australian Jazz Band
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - WSM radio show - Hank Williams
- 1951.09.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Roy Milton Solid Senders (Camille Howard, Charles Gillum, Jackie Kelso, Eddie Taylor, Johnny Rogers, William Hadnott)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - James Wayne & His Orchestra (Warren Bell, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Lil Green (Lillian Green), Howard Biggs Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - TNT Tribble (Thomas E. Tribble) & His Crew (Frank Motley, Frank Wess, John Malachai, Everett Barksdale, Ben Stubblefield, James Crawford)
- 1951.09.20 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Vogue - Big Bill Broonzy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Brother John Sellers, David Brooks, Sonny Thompson, Jimmy Shirley, Carl Pruitt, Kelly Martin
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Jackie Brenston, Phineas Newborn, Calvin Newborn...
- 1951.09.21 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Vogue - Big Bill Broonzy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Red Callender Sextette (Mauri Lynn, Marshall Royal, Maxwell Davis, Floyd Turnham, Eddie Beal, Chico Hamilton, Al Calderone)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Dickie Thompson & His Orchestra (Taft Jordan, Tyree Glenn, Buddy Tate, Cecil Payne, Joe Black, Aaron Bell, Jimmy Crawford) / The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger)
- 1951.09.22 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - Ryman Auditorium (Grand Ole Opry) - Hank Williams
- 1951.09.24 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Melodisc - Big Bill Broonzy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angles - recordings for Aladdin - Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams...
- 1951.09.25 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Big Joe Williams
- 1951.09.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy (or with Jo Jo Jackson Orchestra) (Maxwell Davis, Harry D. Jones...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for DeLuxe - Roy Brown, Teddy Riley, Johnny Fontennette, Alexander Nelson, Charlie Nelson, Chuck Badie, Wilbert Smith
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for JOB - John Brim Trio (Sunnyland Slim, Moody Jones)
- 1951.09.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Olympic Auditorium - Smilin' Smokey Lynn, Cecil "Count" Carter...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Route 66 - Bixie Crawford, Cecil "Count" Carter & His Orchestra / Floyd Dixon, Cecil "Count" Carter & His Orchestra / Duke Henderson, Cecil "Count" Carter / Peppermint Harris, Cecil "Count" Carter & His Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - Birdland - Miles Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Big Nick Nicholas, Billy Taylor, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for ? - Hank Williams
- 1951.10.00? - Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Jazz Society - Big Bill Broonzy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Eddie Boyd, Alfred Elkins... / Eddie Johnson & His Orchestra (Gail Brockman, Andrew "Goon" Gardner, Nat Jones, Claude Jones, Johnny Pate, Oliver Coleman...)
- 1951.10.00 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Billy "Red" Love (William Milton Love), Charles Walker, Calvin Newborn, Phineas Newborn Sr. ... / L.J. Thomas (Lafayette Thomas) & His Louisiana Playboys / Rufus Thomas Jr. (Rufus Thomas), Richard Sanders, Herman Green, Billy Love, Houston Stokes
- 1951.10.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Memphis Slim & His Orchestra (Terry Timmons, Neil Green, Nelson Berry, John Frazier, Oscar Larkin)
- 1951.10.02 -- US: Arkansas: West Memphis - recordings for RPM - (Howling) Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Willie Johnson, Willie Steel
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Big John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers (Red Solomon, George James, Joe Thomas, Stan Webb, Bill Doggett, James Cannady, Sid Block, Jimmy Crawford)
- 1951.10.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Mari Jones, Floyd Dixon, Johnny Miller)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Ralph Willis
- 1951.10.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy (Maxwell Davis, Harry D. Jones...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Little Sylvia (Sylvia Vanderpool), Heywood Henry Orchestra (Bobby Johnston, Bathaniel Allen, George Kelly, Fletcher Smith, Jimmy Shirley, Prince Babbs, Bobby Donaldson)
- 1951.10.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Peppermint Harris, Jewell Grant, Maxwell Davis, Gerry Wiggins, Tiny Webb, Red Callender...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Jimmy Rushing, Dick Vance, Dickie Wells, Rudy Powell, Harold Clark, Al Williams, Walter Page, Ralph Jones
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, Walter Bishop, Jr., Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
- 1951.10.06 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Olympic Auditorium - Bettye Jean Washington, Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra (Chuck Norris...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Route 66 - Floyd Dixon, Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra (Chuck Norris...) / Duke Henderson, Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra / Madelyn Perkins, Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra (Chuck Norris...)
- 1951.10.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Decca - Donna Hightower, Horace Henderson's Orchestra (Gail Brockman, Porter Kilbert, Riley Hampton, Walter Leonard, Floyd Smith, Arthur Edwards, George Reid)
- 1951.10.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy (Maxwell Davis, Harry D. Jones...)
- 1951.10.11 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Joe Liggins, Candy Rivers, Maxwell Davis, William Woodman, Floyd Turnham, Harold Grant, William Cooper, Nathaniel McFay
- 1951.10.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Patty Andrews, Paul Nealson's Orchestra
- 1951.10.13 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Jesse Allen, Jimmy Gilchrist...
- 1951.10.16 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Victor - Little Richard (Richard Penniman), Willy Mays, Albert Dobbins, Fred Jackson, J. Hudson, Julius Wimby, George Holloway, Donald Clark
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Titus Turner, Howard Biggs Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Joe Thomas, Pinky Williams, Jimmy Cannady, Abie Baker, Jimmy Crawford)
- 1951.10.17 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Columbia - Josh White, Beverly White, orchestra led by Norrie Paramor
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Victor - Piano Red, Wesley Jackson, George Miller, F.M. Hawkins
- 1951.10.22 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for JOB - J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim, Alfred Wallace
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadian
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Trumpet - Tiny Kennedy, Bill Fort, Robert Hamp, Richard Sanders, Al Nelson, Calvin Newborn, Bill Steinberg, Houston Stokes, Elmer The DJ Rooster
- 1951.10.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Calvin Boze & His All Stars
- 1951.10.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Morris & His Orchestra (or as Joe Morris' Blues Cavalcade) (Laurie Tate, Billy Mitchell, Faye Adams, Julia White...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Sy Oliver's Orchestra / Andrews Sisters, Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra and chorus
- 1951.10.25 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger), Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for ? - Hank Williams
- 1951.10.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Swing Time - Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson, Billy Hadnott, Earl Burton
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Lonnie Johnson, Red Prysock, Jimmy Robinson, Clarence Mack, Calvin Shields
- 1951.10.27 -- US: Missouri: Kansas City - recordings for Vee Jay - Jay McShann's Band (Pee Wee Matthews, Orville Minor, Ben Webster, Fats Dennis, Clifford Jenkins, Gene Griddins, Lloyd Anderson, Cookie Jackson
- 1951.10.29 -- US: Massachusetts: Boston - Storyville Club - Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Buster Harding, John Fields, Marquis Foster
- 1951.10.30 -- US: Massachusetts: Boston - Storyville Club - Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Buster Harding, John Fields, Marquis Foster
- 1951.10.31 -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Annisteen (Ernestine) Allen, Gene Redd, Lucky Thompson, Pete Clarke, Clifton Smalls, Ike Isaacs, Jimmy Cobb
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Paul Gayten (Carmen Mendez, John Hurt, Chippy Outcalt, Ray Abrams, Jimmy Powell, Cecil Payne, Bill Doggett, Aaron Bell, Art Gilmore)
- 1951.11.00? - US: California: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge (Emmett Fortner), Robert "Buddy" Hagans, Harrison Verrett, Billy Diamond, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for MGM - Ivory Joe Hunter, Ludwig Joe Jordan, Ronald Jones, Leo Williams, Joe Evans, Budd Johnson, Elmer Williams, Harold Holmes, Chuck Walker...
- 1951.11.00 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Billy Wright, John Peck, Eddie Herster, Tom Patton, James Pepper, Willie Harper
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Laurie Tate, Joe Morris Blues Cavalcade
- 1951.11.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Fideliy, Specialty - Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim), Maurice Simon, Maxwell Davis, Jewell Grant, Willard McDaniel, Tiny Webb, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Lee Bradley
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Coral - Eunice Davis...
- 1951.11.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Pee Wee Crayton, Maxwell Davis Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago? - recordings for OKeh - Rodney Sturgis...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Billy Valentine, Mickey Baker, Bobby nicholson, Jimmy Crawford...
- 1951.11.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Oscar "Big Blues" Black & His Orchestra
- 1951.11.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Victor - Gene Parrish, Maxwell Davis, Jewell Grant, C. Dunn, Willard McDaniel, Charles Norris, Red Callender, Lee Young
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - John Godfrey, Joseph Elliott...
- 1951.11.08 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Call, Ransom Knowling
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Federal - Little Esther (Little Esther Phillips (Esther May Jones)), J. and O. Orchestra (Mel Walker, Earl Warren, Don Johnson, George Washington, Lorenzo Holden, Walter Henry, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell), The Dominos (Clyde McPhatter, Charlie White, Joe Lamont, Bill Brown)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Larry Darnell...
- 1951.11.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Call, Ransom Knowling, Sax Mallard, Bill Casimir, Judge Riley / Sax Mallard and his Orchestra (Oett "Sax" Mallard, Bill Casimir, Bob Call, Big Bill Broonzy, Ransom Knowling, Judge Riley)
- 1951.11.11 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Regent - Gilbert Holiday & His Band (Johnny Hooks, Willis Shorter, James Ponderby)
- 1951.11.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Cecil Gant...
- 1951.11.14 -- US: New York City - The Perry Como Show - Hank Williams
- 1951.11.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Robert Lockwood Jr., Sunnyland Slim, Big Crawford
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Carmen Taylor, Julian Dash & His Orchestra (Bobby Johnson, Bob Range, Ted Donnelly, Bobby Smith, Haywood Henry, Freddy Jefferson, Leemie Stanfield, Sonny Payne)
- 1951.11.16 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Memphis Slim & His Orchestra (Terry Timmons, Neil Green, Nelson Berry, Henry Taylor, Oscar Larkin)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Earl Williams, Bobby Hackett, Al Richman, Hymie Schertzer, Ed Hellman, Al Howard, Al Klink, Stewart McKay, Teddy Napoleon, Bill Halfacre, Dave Williams...
- 1951.11.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Decca - Big Bob Dougherty, William Matthews, Elsie Carr, Alonzo Dougherty, Robert Conley
- 1951.11.19 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for London - Josh White
- 1951.11.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Annie Laurie, Dick Vance, Taft Jordan, Henderson Chambers, Art Drellinger, George James,Lowell "Count" Hastings, Albert "Bud" Johnson, Ellis Larkins, Al Hall, Kelly Martin
- 1951.11.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dave Barbour's Orchestra (Larry Neill, Frank Howard, Jack Dumont, Chuck Gentry, Heinie Beau, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller, Dave Barbour)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Dolores Hawkins...
- 1951.11.27 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, J.S. Trotter's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for United - Tiny Grimes Quintet (Red Prysock, Freddie Redd, Jerry Potter?...)
- 1951.11.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Jordan, Emmet Perry, Aaron Izenhall, Bob Mitchell, Harold Johnson, Bob Burgess, Al Cobbs, Oliver Nelson, Josh Jackson, Irving Brown, Numa Lee Moore, Bill Doggett, John Malachi, Bill Jennings, Bob Bushnell, Christopher Columbus...
- 1951.11.29 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Doctor Ross (Doctor Isaiah Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross)) & His Jump & Jive Boyd (Wiley Galatin)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Mercury - Elmore Nixon, Ed Wiley, Henry Hayes, Goree Carter, Donald Cooks, Ben Turner
- 1951.12.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - T-Bone Walker & His Band
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Bob Ferguson, Jack "The Bear" Parker Orchestra
- 1951.12.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for States, United - Grant "Mr. Blues" Jones & His Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Willie Love & His Three Aces (Little Milton, T.J. Green, Junior Blackman) / J.W. Walker (Johnny "Big Moose" Walker)...
- 1951.12.03 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Big Joe Williams, T.J. Green
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM - Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra (Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley, Adolph Duncan)
- 1951.12.04 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Atlantic - Meade Lux Lewis, Israel Crosby, Frank Williams
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Federal - Roy "Baldhead" Byrd (Professor Longhair), Charles Burbank, Walter Nelson, Norman Sinegal, Charles Otis
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Trumpet - Sonny Boy Williamson, His Houserockers (Willie Love, Joe Willie Wilkins, Elmore James, Cliff Givens, Joe Dyson)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for RPM? - Roscoe Gordon, Bobby Bland, Maxwell, Willie Sims, Willie Wilkes, John Murry Daley
- 1951.12.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Dossie Terry, Howard Biggs' Orchestra (Budd Johnson, Sterling Malone, Abie Baker, Kelly Martin)
- 1951.12.06 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra and chorus
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Big John Greer, Dolores Brown & His Rhythm Rockers (Dick Vance, Taft Jordan, Henderson Chambers, George James, Eddie Barefield, Budd Johnson, Stan Webb, Bill Doggett, Sterling Malone, Abie Baker, Jimmy Crawford)
- 1951.12.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for United - J.T. "Nature Boy" Brown & His Blues Ramblers (John Oscar?, Little Brother Montgomery, Ransom Knowling, Jump Jackson?, Roosevelt Sykes)
- 1951.12.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Sticks McGhee, Harry Van Walls
- 1951.12.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Sunnyland Slim, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Moody Jones, Alfred Wallace
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Coral - Jesse Allen...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Derby - Ed Barron (Clyde Bernhardt), Buddy Tate, George James, Joe Block, Everett Barksdale, Walter Page, Jimmy Crawford
- 1951.12.10 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Big Bill Broonzy, Big Crawford?
- 1951.12.11 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for MGM - Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Jack Shook?, Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts)
- 1951.12.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - H-Bomb Ferguson (Bob Ferguson), Julius "Hawkshaw" Hawkins, Ernest "Pinky" Williams, Purvis Henson, Kelly Owens, Leon Spann, Jack Parker...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - TNT Tribble, Frank Motley & His Crew
- 1951.12.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Paul Williams Orchestra (Danny Cobb, Blue Mitchell, Ted Butler, Lee Pope, Lee Anderson, Sam Jones, Joe Booker)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Dossie Terry, Howard Biggs' Orchestra (Budd Johnson, Rene Hall, Abie Baker, Kelly Martin)
- 1951.12.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Country Paul (Carolina Slim) / Sonny Thompson, Lula Reed, Dennis Brooks, David Brooks, Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Clifford McGray, Norman F. Johnson
- 1951.12.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jackie Brenston, Edna McRaney...
- 1951.12.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Sonny Rollins Quartet (Sonny Rollins, Kenny Drew, Percy Heath, Roy Haynes)
- 1951.12.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Mickey Champion, Maxwell Davis All Stars (Jewell Grant...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Chess - Howlin' Wolf, Albert Williams, Willie Johnson, Willie Steel...
- 1951.12.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Coral - Little Miss Cornshucks...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra (Don Johnson, Gerald Wilson, John Pettigrew, George Washington, Floyd Turnham, Ben Webster, Lorenzo Holden, Curtis Lowe, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell)
- 1951.12.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Coral - Little Miss Cornshucks...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Arthur Prysock, Frank Royal, Calvin Strickland, Willis Nelson, Julius Watson, Chauncey Westbrook, Steve Pullian, Joe O'Laughton, Harold Minerve, David Van Dyke, Purvis Hensen, Teddy Conyers, Leon Comegys, Leon Spann, Philip Paul, The Beejays, Harold Minerve
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - John Bennings, Teacho Wilshire's Band
- 1951.12.21 -- Europe: Italy: Milan - recordings for Mayor - Josh White
- 1951.12.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ed Wiley, Roosevelt Wardell...
- 1951.12.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Burke's Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Carlton McBeath, Mickey Mangano, Oliver Mitchell, Paul Tauner, Jim Priddy, John Haliburton, Milt Bernhardt, Clint Neagley, Hugo Loewenstein, Don Raffell, Hammond Russum, Chuck Gentry, Hank Jones, Laurindo Almeido, Joe Mondragon, Tommy Rowles
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra (Don Johnson, Gerald Wilson, John Pettigrew, George Washington, Floyd Turnham, Ben Webster, Lorenzo Holden, Curtis Lowe, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde, Leard Bell)
- 1951.12.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Elga Edmonds / Floyd Jones & His Guitar (Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Coven?)