1954
1955
first released recordings - Chuck Berry, Eddie Bo, Johnny Cash, Sugar Pie De Santo, Bo Diddley, Little Willie John, Bubber Johnson, Johnnie Morisette
released songs - Chuck Berry: Maybelline - Fats Domino: Ain't It A Shame
Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Don Ewell: Mamy Yancey With Don Ewell release
- Pete Seeger: Goofing Off Suite; Frontier Ballads released
- Australia: Sydney - recordings for Festival - Mabel Scott, Les Welch & His Orchestra (Dick McNally, Arthur Hubbard, Nat O'Toole, Paul Thomas, Peter Piercy, Johnny Blevins...)
- Europe: Austria: Vienna - ? - Dr. Roland Kovac Trio (Roland Kovac, Johnny Fischer, Rudi Sehring)
- Europe: Austria: Vienna - Burgtheater - Friedrich Gulda und die Austrian All Stars (Dick Murphy, Hans Salomon, Karl Drewo, Rudolf Hansen, Viktor Plasil, Joe Zawinul)
- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Véga - Henri Crolla, Lalos Bing, Emmanuel Soudieux, Jacques David, Maurice Meunier, Géo Daly, Georges Arvanitas
- Europe: UK: Nottingham - recordings for Spotlight - Big Bill Broonzy
- US: ? - recordings for Capitol - Patty Andrews...
- US: ? - recordings for Ekko - Ernest Brooks, The Czars of Rhythm / Willard Harris, The Czars of Rhythm
- US: ? - recordings for G.G. - "Lucky" Leon Davis and His Roof Raisers
- US: ? - recordings for Rama - Paul Williams & His Orchestra (Little Willie John, Lena Gordon...)
- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Chairman, cartoon soundtrack - Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Alladin - Pat Patrick...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Atco - Frankie Marshall...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Blend - Ray Johnson & The Hi-Lites (Johnny Moore...)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Cash - Al Calloway... / Sammy Franklin Orchestra / Jimmy Grissom... / Joe Houston... / Honey Lee, Irving Ashby, Red Callender, Bill Douglas
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for C-Note - Louis Jackson, William "Frosty" Pyles (or as Louis & Frosty)...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo - Johnny Moore's Blazers, Floyd Dixon, Eddie Williams... / Frankie Ervin... / Gus Jenkins (or as The Young Wolf), William "Brother" Woodman, Melvin Glass... / Jack McVea & His Orchestra (Louise Beatty, Clifton Pitts, William Woodman, Jake Porter, Al Smith, Jimmie O'Brian, Reginald Jones, Clifton "Duke" Pitts, The Savoys) / Mamie Ree (Mamie Perry), Gus Jenkins...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Crest - Dimples Harris... / (Smokey) Smoki Whitfield, Freddie Simon Orchestra
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dig - Billy Mann... / Little Billy Robbins... / T.W. Sams, Pete Lewis...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dootone - Johnnie Two-Voice (Johnnie Morisette), The Medaillions (Vernon Green, Jimmy Green, Charles Gardner, Otis Scott, Albert Johnson) / Mickey Champion, Roy Milton Orchestra (Charles Gillum, Jackie Kelso, Clifford Scott, Floyd Turnham, Camille Howard, Jimmie Davis, Lawrence Kato) / Helen Humes... / Stormy Herman (Herman Colbert) & His Midnight Ramblers (Buddy Harper?...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Flair - Mercy Dee (Walton)...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Hollywood - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Mari Jones, Frankie Ervin, Rudy Toombs, The Twiggs), Oscar Moore, Eddie Williams, Linda Hayes)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Vivianne Greene...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Jab - Elsie Wheat, Jimmy Johnson Combo
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mambo - Willie Egans, Eldee Williams, Lloyd Rowe, Kenny Primus... / Mister Ruffin (Riff Ruffin (Nehemiah Ruffin))...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Dolly Cooper, Maxwell Davis & Orchestra / Cordelia De Milo, Maxwell Davis Orchestra (Johnny "Guitar" Watson...) / Linda Peters... / Young Jessie (Obediah Donnell Jessie), The Flairs (aka Cadets: Willie Davis, Ted Taylor, Aaron Collins, Lloyd McCraw, Will Dub" Jones), Jimmy Beasley?...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Peacock - Marie Adams, Junior Ryder, Johnny Otis Band (Don Johnson, George Washington, James Von Streeter, Fred Ford, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Albert Winston, Leard Bell) / Johnny Otis, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Albert Winston, Leard Bell
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Pearl - Floyd Dixon...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Post - Earl Curry (William Curry)...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - Donna Hightower, Maxwell Davis Orchestra / B.B. King...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Ruby - Goo Goo Hutchinson Orchestra, Gloria Shannon
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Spark - Ray Agee, The Robins... / Ervin "Big Boy" Groves... / Frankie Marshall... / Mister Ruffin (Riff Ruffin (Nehemiah Ruffin))...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Clifton Chenier, James Jones, Philip Walker, Francis Candy... / Clifton Chenier, Lionel Prevost, Lonesome Sundown, Francis Candy, Little Brother Griffin / Vicky Lee, The Bumps Blackwell Band / Little Richard, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer, Ronald Barrett?
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Spitfire - Arthur Wright...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Spot - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Plas Johnson, Ernie Freeman, Adolphus Alsbrook, Raymond Martinez
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Tan - Ray Agee, Goo Goo Hutchinson, Wilbur Reynolds, Richard Brown, Jason Reynolds, Pete Potts, Chuck Norris, The Teenetts...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Trilyte - King Perry...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Unique - King Perry & His Pier Pipers
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Vita - Lawrence Stone...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Whippet - The Rocking Brothers (Wilber Reynolds, Jason Reynolds...)
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for "X" - Peppermint Harris...
- US: California: Oakland - recordings for Modern - Jimmy McCracklin-Triple A Artist, Lafayette Thomas...
- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Aladdin - Mac Burney & The Four Jacks
- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Big Town - Fats Gaines, Rose Johnson...
- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Irma - Candyman McGuirt...
- US: Florida: Miami - recordings for Chart - Roy Gaines, Floyd Arceneaux, Chuck Rives, Carlos Bermudas, James E. Harris, Isaiah Alexander, Courtney Woods / Sonny Jones (Johnny Jones)...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Boll Weevil Blues Trio (Willie McNeal)...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Blue Lake - Lou Mac (Lou McClinton), The Palms (Wilbur Williams, Willie Young, M.C. WArd, O.C. Perkins, Murrie Eskridge) / Leon Tarver...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Boxer - Lefty Bates... / Bobo Jenkins, Willie Johnson, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Cardinal - Big Bob Dougherty, Ted Williams...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Jimmy Swan...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Club "51" - Honey Brown, Lefty Bates Combo / Prince Cooper (Paul Cooper), Harold Ashby, H. Wyne, J. Cosby, J. Slaughter / Rudy Green, Four Buddies... / Sunnyland Slim, Lefty Bates Combo (Red Holloway, Louis Myers...)
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Duke - Billy Brooks...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for JOB - Robert Jr. Lockwood, Alex Atkins, Sunnyland Slim, Alfred Elkins, Alfred Wallace
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Parrot - Paul Bascomb Orchestra, The Five Arrows / J.B. Lenoir, Ernest Cotton, Joe Montgomery, Al Galvin / St. Louis Jimmy, Red Saunders Band
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Ronel - Johnny Rogers...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Ruby - Mickey Cooper, The Royal Palms Serenaders
- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for ? - Mad Dog Sheffield (Charles Sheffield), Clarence Garlon's Band (Lionel Prevost?, Boogie Joe Joseph, Clarence Garlow, "Ice Water", Little Brother Griffin)
- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Goldband - The Boogie Ramblers (Cookie (Huey Thierry), Shelton Dunaway, Ernest Jacobs, Marshall Laday, Joe "Blue" Landry, Ivory Jackson)
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for ? - Ralph Williams, Paul Gayten...
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ace - Eddie Bo (Edwin J. Bocage)... / Dusty Brown, Henry Gray, Baby Joe Little, Johnny Sturdivant / Al Collins, Lee Allen, Red Taylor, Eddie Bo, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Dave Dixon, Lee Allen, Red Taylor, Justin Adams, Roland Cook, Earl Palmer / Rudy Ferguson... / Eddie Bo (Huey "Piano" Smith)...
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Cook - Lizzie Miles, Red Camp / Lizzie Miles, Albert French
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Flair - Elmore James and His "Broom Dusters"
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Flip - Joe August (Mr "G")... / Elsie Jones, Smilin' Joe's Sextet (Cousin Joe...) / Alonzo Stewart, Cousin Joe...
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for RPM - George "Mr. Blues" Jackson...
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Ernest Kador... / Little Richard, The Upsetters
- US: Louisiana: Ruston - recordings for Jiffy - Mighty Joe Young, Ray Fields, Jasper Reed...
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Fortune - Joe Weaver & His Blue Note Orchestra
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Jaguar - Joe Weaver, Jesse Ulmer, John Bassett, Billy Burrell?, Calvin Andrew...
- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Ace - Earl King (Earl Johnson) featuring Fats on Piano (or as Handsome Earl), Huey Smith, Roland Cook, Joe Dyson... / Lightnin' Slim, Schoolboy Cleve, Lloyd Reynaud
- US: Missouri: Kansas City - recordings for RPM - Little George Smith (Allen George Smith)...
- US: New Jersey: Off the Coast of Wildwood - recordings for ? - Crew of the "Charles J. Colonna"
- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Enyatta Holta (La Verne Holt)...
- US: New York City - recordings for Atlas - Emmett Davis & His Rockers
- US: New York City - recordings for Baton - Frank Culley...
- US: New York City - recordings for Capitol - Paul Williams ("Mr. Hucklebuck"), Jimmy Brown...
- US: New York City - recordings for Elektra - Josh Whte, Sam Gary, Al Hall
- US: New York City - recordings for Folkways - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Coyal McMahan / Brownie McGhee, Lee Roy Little
- US: New York City - recordings for Gale - Otis Blackwell & The Majors / Otis Blackwell, Leroy Kirkland's Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Gotham - Ernest "Mr. Blues" Campbell... / Honeyboy Homer... / Lightning Jackson (Joe Slade)...
- US: New York City - recordings for Grand - Eunice Davis...
- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Emmett Hobson...
- US: New York City - recordings for Harlem - Pearl Reaves, The Concords...
- US: New York City - recordings for Herald - Faye Adams, The Joe Morris Orchestra / Larry Dale (Ennis Lowery), Sam Taylor, Ernie Hayes?, Mickey Baker, Al Hall, Panama Francis / Al Savage, Joe Morris Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Josie - Eddie Carson, Buddy Lucas Band
- US: New York City - recordings for Jubilee - Danny Cobb...
- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Rollee McGill, Mickey Baker...
- US: New York City - recordings for MGM - Gladys Patrick, The Charioteers... / Charles Calhoun Orchestra (Jesse Stone...) / Mamie (Miss Good Blues) Thomas, Leroy Kirkland's Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Old Town - Billy Bland, Bob Gaddy, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry...
- US: New York City - recordings for Paradise - Hal Paige & His Wailers (Jimmy Spruill?...)
- US: New York City - recordings for Rainbow - Mickey "Guitar" Baker & His House Rockers (Warren Luckey, Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, Dave "Specs" Bailey) / Mickey (Baker) & Sylvia (Vanderpool), Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Lloyd Trotman, Specs Bailey
- US: New York City - recordings for Ruby - Billy Ford (Orchestra), The Bel-Aires
- US: New York City - recordings for Saxony - Danny "Run Joe" Taylor, Louis Payne Orchestra
- US: New York City - recordings for Wing - Jay Hawkins (Screamin' Jay Hawkins), Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (Sam Taylor, Big Al Sears, Mickey Baker, Al Lucas, Panama Francis...) / Titus Turner...
- US: Tennesse: Memphis - recordings for Meteor - Woodrow Adams, Boogie Blues Blasters, Joe Hill Louis, Joe Martin
- US: Tennesse: Nashville? - recordings for Excello - (Charles) Crown Prince Waterford...
- US: Tennesse: Nashville - recordings for Excello - Larry Birdsong with Louis Brooks & His Hi-Troopers / Blues Rockers (Lazy Bill Lucas, P.T. Hayes, Earl Dranes, Jo Jo Williams...) / Earl Gaines, Louis Brooks... / Skippy Brooks, Sam Beasley, "Wallace", Kid King... / Beulah Bryant... / Earl Gaines, Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers (Skippy Brooks...) / Slim Hunt... / Jerry McCain & His Upstarts (Ed Brooks, Chris Collins, Jimmie Sheffield...)
- US: Tennesse: Nashville - recordings for Republic - Sandra Meade...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Ace - Earl King (Earl Johnson), Auguste Dupont, Warren Hebrard, Johnny Fernandez, Edgar Blanchard, Charles Easely, Alonzo Stewart
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Duke - Bobby Bland, Bill Harvey & His Orchestra (Joe Scott, Pluma Davis, Connie Mack Booker, Roy Gaines, Hamp Simmons, Sonny Freeman) / Jewel Brown, Eddie "Tex" Curtis Orchestra / Earl Forest, Bill Harvey Orchestra (Henry Boozier?, Pluma Davis, Bill Harvey, Fred Ford, Paul Monday, Ray Johnson, Duke Barker)
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Peacock - Big Walter (Walter Travis Price) & His Combo / Harold Connor, Bill Harvey Orchestra (Roy Gaines...) / Hurricane Edwards... / Johnny Otis, James Von Streeter, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Albert Winston, Leard Bell / Big Mama Thornton, Bill Harvey Orchestra (Joe Scott, Pluma Davis, Roy Gaines...) / Billy Wright & His Orchestra
- US: Texas: San Antonio - recordings for TNT - Big Walter (Walter Travis Price) & His Thunderbirds / Lightnin' Hopkins
- 1955.01.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, James Parr?, Maxwell Davis, Jim Wynn, Willard McDaniel, Rene Hall, Billy Hadnott, Jesse Price
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Riviera - Mildred Paige...
- 1955.01.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Money - Peppermint Harris & his Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Maxwell Davis, Jewell Grant, Willard McDaniel, Ralph Hamilton, Jesse Sailes...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - John Brim & His Gary Kings (James Dalton, W.C. Dalton, Grace Brim)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Wendell Duconge, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Salvador Doucette, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman / Pee Wee Crayton, Wendell Duconge?, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Salvador Doucette, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman, Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Ford... / Roosevelt Sykes, Herb Hardesty?, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Chess - The Hawketts (Art Neville, Israel Bell, August Fleuri, Carroll Joseph, Alfred August, John Boudreaux)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Jay Hawkins (Screamin' Jay Hawkins), Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (Sam Taylor, Big Al Sears, Mickey Baker, Al Lucas, Panama Francis...)
- 1955.01.06 -- US: Texas: Lubbock - KDAV Radio recording - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Lick, Slick & Slide...
- 1955.01.11 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Tiny Bradshaw, Bill Hardman, Andrew Penn, Rufus Gore, Leon Burns, Lovejoy Coverson, Jimmy Robinson, Clifford Bush, Sam Jones, Philip Paul
- 1955.01.12 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo - Gene & Eunice (Gene Forrest Wilson, Eunice Levy), Jonsey's Combo (or Johnny's Combo) (James Von Streeter?, Fred Ford, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Albert Winston, Leard Bell)
- 1955.01.13 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Lowell Fulson, Earl Brown, Lloyd Glenn, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Lowell Fulson, Earl Brown, Lloyd Glenn, Willie Dixon, Fred Below / Jimmy (T.99) Nelson...
- 1955.01.14 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for King - Linda Hayes, Tony Williams, Luis Rivera, Paul Robi, David Lynch, Herbert Reed
- 1955.01.16 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Meade Lux Lewis Trio (Red Callender, Jo Jones)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Florida: Miami - recordings for DeLuxe - Gloria Smith (Gloria Smyth), Ray Charles...
- 1955.01.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Jackie Brenston...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Ray Scott / Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Ray Scott
- 1955.01.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Larry Darnell, Buddy Lucas, Budd Johnson, Howard Biggs, Wally Richardson, Abie Baker, Dave Bailey / Big Mike (Mike Gordon)...
- 1955.01.21 -- US: California: Hollywood - concert - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.01.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Varetta Dillard, Maurice Simon, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Doles Dickens, Dave Bailey
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Bull Moose Jackson, Curtis Pigler, Ray Felder, Walter Hiles, Gene Kee, Clifford Bush, Clarence Mack, Edison Gore
- 1955.01.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - The Rocking Brothers (Wilber Reynolds, Jason Reynolds...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Post - The Rocking Brothers (Wilber Reynolds, Jason Reynolds...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Leonard Caston, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - L.C. McKinley, Red Holloway, Johnny Board, Bob Call, James Lee, Vernell Fournier
- 1955.01.27 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.01.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner, Sonny Cohn, Grady Jackson, McKinley Easton, Johnny Jones, Elmore James, Jimmy Richardson, Red Saunders
- 1955.01.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Amos Milburn...
- 1955.02.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Willie Mabon, Paul King, Hal Ashby, Herbert Robertson, Bill Anderson, Oliver Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Wendell Duconge, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.02.00 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black
- 1955.02.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Sam Taylor, Bud Johnson, Maurice Simon, Howard Biggs, Mickey Baker, Abie Baker, Dave Bailey
- 1955.02.03 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon... / Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Francis Clay
- 1955.02.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Gene & Eunice (Gene Forrest Wilson, Eunice Levy), Jonsey's Combo (or Johnny's Combo) (James Von Streeter?, Fred Ford, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Albert Winston, Leard Bell, Johnny Otis)
- 1955.02.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - Steve Allen Tonite Show or Johnny Carson Tonight Show - Billie Holiday, Skitch Henderson or Carl Drinard...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Big John Greer, Sam Taylor, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis
- 1955.02.09 -- US: Georgia: Macon - recordings for Specialty - Little Richard, The Upsetters (Danny Carmichael, Wilbert Smith, Luke Gonder, Thomas Harwell, Jimmy Rice, Charles Connor)
- 1955.02.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Eunice Davis...
- 1955.02.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Courtney Williams, Sam Taylor, Purvis Hensen, William Crump, Mickey Baker, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Simms
- 1955.02.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Billie Holiday, Tony Scott and his orchestra (Charlie Shavers, Budd Johnson, Billy Taylor, Billy Bauer, Leonard Gaskin, Cozy Cole)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Groove - Piano Red, Clyde "Blow Top" Lynn, Wesley Jackson, George Miller, James C. Jackson
- 1955.02.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Jay-Dee - Ernestina (Ernestine Hassell Abbott), Al Sears, Bill Crump, Ernest Hayes, Mickey Baker, Milt Hinton, Specs Bailey
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Champion Jack Dupree, Sidney Grant, Jerome Darr, Cedric Wallace, Cornelius Thomas
- 1955.02.16 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - 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), Willie Web, Edward Robinson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, Henry Glover, Johnny Burdine, Mickey Baker, Leo Spann, Emmanuel Sims, Teddy Charles
- 1955.02.17 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Tommy Dean's Orchestra (or Tommy "Deanie Boy" Dean) (Joe Bruckner, Oliver Nelson, Cornelius Tillman, Archie Burnside, Edgar Plais)
- 1955.02.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Sam Taylor, Connie Kay, Mickey Baker, The Gliders...
- 1955.02.22 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Savoy - Papa Lightfood, Guitar Red's Orchestra (Paul "Guitar Red" Johnson...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Duke - Little Junior Parker & His Orchestra (Jimmy Stewart, Joe Fritz, Jimmy Johnson, Rayfield Devers, Donnie McGowan, Roy Gaines, Hamp Simmons, Sonny Freeman)
- 1955.02.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Sticks McGhee, Jimmy Wright, Herbert "Duke" Parham, Prince Babb, Gene Brooks
- 1955.02.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Rufus Gore, Duke Parham, Mickey Baker, Sam Jones, Phillip Paul
- 1955.02.26 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Duke - Little Junior Parker & His Orchestra (Jimmy Stewart, Joe Fritz, Jimmy Johnson, Rayfield Devers, Donnie McGowan, Roy Gaines, Hamp Simmons, Sonny Freeman)
- 1955.02.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Chet Baker, bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell, Bob Neel, Corky Hale, Ed Lustgarten, Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Kurt Reher
- 1955.03.00? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Duconge, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Jaguar - Little "Walkin" Willie (Willie Hickerson) & His Swinging Blues Men
- 1955.03.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Johnny Fuller...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Danny Overbea...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - (Howling) Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann, Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, Earl Phillips
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Jimmie Lott
- 1955.03.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Sam Taylor, The Rhythmakers...
- 1955.03.02 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Billy Boy Arnold, Otis Spann, Bo Diddley, James Bradford, Clifton James, Jerome Green
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Billy Boy Arnold, Otis Spann, James Bradford, Clifton James, Jerome Green...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Oscar Black, Sue Allen, Budd Johnson, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Wallie Richardson, Abie Baker, Herbie Lovelle
- 1955.03.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.03.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Chet Baker, Russ Freeman, Carson Smith, Bob Neel
- 1955.03.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Lucky Millinder, Robert "Bubba" Johnson, Otis Williams, Cathy Ryan & The Admirals, Leon Meriam, Joe Wilder, Frank Galbraight, Henderson Chambers, Porky Cohen, Fred Zito, Med Flory, Robert McAuliffe, Sam Tylor, Sid Brown, Richard Johnson, Richard Hoffman, Wendell Marshall, Jerry Potter
- 1955.03.10 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Eddie Boyd, Purcell Brockenburgh, Lee Cooper, Alfred Elkins, Percy Walker...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Opeulousas - recordings for Chess - Lightnin' Slim, Schoolboy Cleve, Lloyd Reynaud / Henry Talbert...
- 1955.03.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Maymie Watts, Budd Johnson, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Wally Richarson, Lloyd Trotman, Herbert Lovelle, Abel DeCosta, Winfield Scott, Edward Barnes, Ollie Jones
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson (Robert Johnson), David Van Dyke, Mickey Baker, Wendell Marshall, Thomas J. Hunter, Teddy Charles...
- 1955.03.12 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for King - Sonny Thompson, Floyd Turnham, David Brooks, Tommy Purkson, Clarence Kenner, Albert Winston, Philip Thomas
- 1955.03.14 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Parrot - J.B. Lenoir, Alex Atkins, Ernest Cotton, Joe Montgomery, Al Galvin
- 1955.03.15? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Buddy Hagans, Samuel Lee, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.03.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Louis Jordan, Robert Mitchell, Lowell Hastings, John Kirkwood, Robert Ashton, Earl Warren, Dave McRae, Chester Lane, Bert Payne, Therber Jay, Frank Cirillo, Francisco Pozo, Rafael Miranda
- 1955.03.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Louis Jordan, Robert Mitchell, Lowell Hastings, John Kirkwood, Maurice Simon, Jerome Richardson, Dave McRae, Chester Lane, Bert Payne, Therber Jay, Frank Cirillo, Francisco Pozo, Rafael Miranda
- 1955.03.20 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Blue Note - Julius Watkins, Hank Mobley, Perry Lopez, Duke Jordan, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
- 1955.03.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Big Maybelle, Quincy Jones Orchestra (Billy Byers, Jerome Richardson, Budd Johnson, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trottman, Herbie Lovelle)
- 1955.03.22 -- US: Washington DC - recordings for Dot - Buddy Griffin, Claudia Swann, "Silly Willy", Chuck Reeves, Earl Swanson, Lawrence "Skinny" Burgan, Courtney Brooks
- 1955.03.24 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Ray Scott
- 1955.03.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter & His Ivory Tones (Budd Johnson...)
- 1955.03.28 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Sammy Lewis, Willie Johnson Combo (L.C. Hubert, Joe Nathan Franklin)
- 1955.03.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for King - Lula Reed, Jewell Grant, David Brooks, Tommy Purkson, Sonny Thompson, Clarence Kenner, Albert Winston, Albert Bartee
- 1955.03.30? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Buddy Hagans, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, William Diamond, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.04.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Cash - Geneva Vallier...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Stomp Gordon (Archie Gordon)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Capitol - Annisteen (Ernestine) Allen...
- 1955.04.01 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, André Previn's Orchestra
- 1955.04.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.04.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.04.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Percy Mayfield, Fred Clark...
- 1955.04.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Chuck Willis, Quincy Jones Orchestra
- 1955.04.16 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Modern - James Stuart (James Stewart)...
- 1955.04.19 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) & His Band (Roosevelt Brown, Gus Fontenette, Joe Tillman, Lawrence Cotton, Lloyd Lambert, Oscar Moore, Luther Hill Jr.)
- 1955.04.21 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Atlantic - T-Bone Walker & His Band (Andrew "Goon" Gardner, Eddie Chamblee, McKinley Easton, Jimmy Rodgers, John Young, Ransom Knowling, Leroy Jackson, Junior Wells)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Chuck Willis, Quincy Jones Orchestra, The Sandmen
- 1955.04.22 -- US: California: Oakland - recordings for Cavalier - Jesse Fuller
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Big Tiny Kennedy, Sam Taylor, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Jimmy Lewis, Marty Wilson, Howard Biggs
- 1955.04.23 -- US: Florida: Miami - recordingsfor Atlantic - Ray Charles, Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb, Don Wilkerson, Dave Newman, Roosevelt Sheffield, William Peeples...
- 1955.04.25 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) & His Band (Roosevelt Brown, Luther Hill Jr., Gus Fontenette, Joe Tillman, Lawrence Cotton, Lloyd Lambert, Oscar Moore)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Lloyd Lambert, Joe Tillman, Gus Fontanet, Clarence Ford, Lawrence Cotton, Oscar Moore...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.04.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.04.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter's Orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.04.28 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Bo Diddley, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
- 1955.04.30 -- US: Texas: Gladewater - Gladewater High School (Louisiana Hayride) - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Floyd Cramer, Jimmy Day
- 1955.05.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Billy Boy Arnold, Henry Gray, Jody Williams, Milton Rector, Earl Phillips
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.05.00 -- US: California: Culver City - recordings for Flair - Elmore James and His "Broomdusters" (James Parr, Maxwell Davis, Jewel Grant, Willard McDaniel, Chuck Hamilton, Jesse Sailes)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Willie Dixon, Harold Ashby, Lafayette Leake, Fred Below...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins
- 1955.05.03 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Don Abney, Joe Mondragon, Larry Bunker
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Varetta Dillard, The Roamers, Jerome Richardson, Sam Taylor, Budd Johnson, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Milt Hinton, Dave Bailey
- 1955.05.04 -- Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Don Ewell: Mamy Yancey With Don Ewell released
- 1955.05.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Earl Phillips, Henry Gray, Jody Williams, Milton Rector...
- 1955.05.06 -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall - Billie Holiday, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Count Basie, Bobby Tucker...
- 1955.05.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.05.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Morris Pejoe, Henry Gray...
- 1955.05.10 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Billy Boy Arnold, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Jerome Green, The Moonglows...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Cat - Margie Day & Her Blues Destroyers (Sam Taylor, Mickey Baker...)
- 1955.05.11 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Rufus Beacham, Henry Glover, Clifford Burks, Purvis Hensen, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Sims
- 1955.05.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for United - Long Man Binder (Dennis Binder) & His Thin Men (Raymond Hill, Bobby Fields, Vincent Duling, Bob Prindell)
- 1955.05.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Betty Carter, Jerome Richardson, Ray Bryant, Wendell Marshall, Philly Joe Jones
- 1955.05.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Wing - Titus Turner...
- 1955.05.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Betty Carter, Jerome Richardson, Ray Bryant, Wendell Marshall, Philly Joe Jones
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Eddie Snow, Bennie Moore, Eddie Davis, Floyd Murphy, Jeff Greyer
- 1955.05.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Charles Brown, Ernie Freeman's Combo
- 1955.05.21 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Jasper Thomas, Len Chess
- 1955.05.23 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Smiley Lewis, Dave Bartholomew, Joe Harris, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Hall, Huey Smith, Ernest Mclean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- 1955.05.24 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Otis Spann, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Francis Clay
- 1955.05.27 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Wee Willie Wayne (James Wayne)...
- 1955.05.29 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Champion Jack Dupree, Mr. Bear (Teddy McRae), Joe Williams, George DeHart
- 1955.05.31 -- US: New York City - recordings for Gotham - Haji Baba (George Grant) & His Arabian Knights
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Billy Emerson, Moses Reed, Jewell Briscoe, Billy Love, Calvin Newborn, Kenneth Banks, Phineas Newborn, Sr.
- 1955.06.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Capitol - Billy Valentine, Mickey Baker...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Floyd Ryland, Andrew Wood, Gil Askey, Slide Hampton, Harold Minerve, Purvis Hensen, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Simms
- 1955.06.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - Little Arthur Matthews, Johnny Otis Band (Pete Lewis, Billy Hadnott, Leard Bell)
- 1955.06.07 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, Red Garland, Oscar Pettiford, Philly Joe Jones
- 1955.06.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Rollee McGill & His Rhythm Rockers (Eddie Hutcherson, Richard Brown, Maurice Simon, Ernie Freeman, Chuck Norris, Chuck Hamilton, Peppy Prince)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Budd Johnson, Al Sears, George Berg, Howard Biggs, Everett Barksdale, Milt Hinton, Connie Kay / Wilbert Harrison...
- 1955.06.09 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Flip/Sun - Rosco Gordon, Harvey Simmons, Richard Sanders, Pat Hare, Tuff Green, Jeff Grayer
- 1955.06.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Marvin Phillips Band (Emers Perry, Maxwell Davis, Clyde Washington, Jesse Ervin, Ted Brinson)
- 1955.06.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Jimmy Witherspoon, Harold Ashby, Willie Dixon...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Checker - Paul Gayten, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer, Bobby Blanquet...
- 1955.06.16 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Roy Brown, John Fernandez, Earl Battiste, Nat Perilliat, Julius Schedemayer, Frank McClure, Charles Grayson, Curtis Mitchell, Harry Nance
- 1955.06.17 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - C. Page Orchestra (Cleo Page...), Ernest Johns / Mel Williams...
- 1955.06.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Wilbert Harrison, Willie Morgan, Dave Dixon, Malachi Buckman...
- 1955.06.23 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Atlantic - Thomas Ridgley...
- 1955.06.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John (William Edward John), Willis Jackson, Jack Dupree, Mickey Baker, Ivan Rollie, Calvin Shields / Champion Jack Dupree, Willis Jackson, Robert C. Johnson (Mickey Baker), Ivan Rolle, Calvin Shields
- 1955.06.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Flash - B. Brown (B. Daniel Brown) & His McVouts / Sidney Maiden & His Ramblers, Haskell Sadler, Bee Brown / Haskell Sadler & His Orchestra (Sidney Maiden...)
- 1955.06.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Willis Jackson, Jack Dupree, Mickey Baker, Ivan Rollie, Calvin Shields / Champion Jack Dupree, Willis Jackson, Robert C. Johnson (Mickey Baker), Ivan Rolle, Calvin Shields
- 1955.07.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Willie Dixon, Lafayette Leake, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Willie Mabon, Willie Dixon, Paul King, Hal Ashby, Herbert Robertson, Bill Anderson, Oliver Coleman
- 1955.07.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - Don Johnson & His Orchestra / Mel Williams...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles? - recordings for Post - Al Reed...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Johnny Bernero
- 1955.07.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Cousin Leroy (Leroy Rozier), Jack Dupree, Larry Dale, Sid Wallace, Gene Brooks
- 1955.07.02 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for ? - Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay)
- 1955.07.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Jay-Dee - Enyatta Holta (La Verne Holt), Haywood Henry, Al Williams, Everett Barksdale, Bill Pemberton, Bobby Donaldson
- 1955.07.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Arthur Prysock, Richard "Blue" Mitchell, Harold "Money" Johnson, Sylvester "Red" Prysock, Clarence Wright, Oliver Blair, Raymond Ritz, Herbert Gordy, Purnell Rice
- 1955.07.11 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Tommy Dean's Orchestra (or Tommy "Deanie Boy" Dean) (Joe Bruckner, Joe Whitfield, Oliver Nelson, Cornelius Tillman, Archie Burnside, Edgar Plais)
- 1955.07.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Goove - Big John Greer & His Combo (Seldon Powell, Heywood Henry, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Al Lucas, Bobby Donaldson, The Four Students
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, David Van Dyke, Bubber Johnson, Mickey Baker, Wendell Marshall, Specs Powell, Teddy Charles
- 1955.07.14 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Lee Robinson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Emmett Berry, Shad Collins, Lawrence Brown, Sam Tylor, Dave McRae, Lloyd Trotman...
- 1955.07.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, David Van Dyke, Arnold Jarvis, Mickey Baker, Wendell Marshall, Godon "Specs" Powell, Teddy Charles, Betty Glamman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Chuck Willis, Quincy Jones Orchestra
- 1955.07.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Henry Gray, W.C. Dalton, Milton Rector, Earl Phillips
- 1955.07.24 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Nita Lore, Jackie Wilson?, Bill Jennings, Phillip Paul...
- 1955.07.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Amos Milburn (& His Aladdin Chickenshackers), Arnett Sparrow, Eddie Chamblee, Joe Evans, Irving Ashby...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Groove - Piano Red, Clyde "Blow Top" Lynn, Wesley Jackson, George Miller, James C. Jackson, The Four Students
- 1955.07.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.07.30 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins, Gene Lowery Singers
- 1955.08.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Wing - Alonzo Scales, Sonny Terry, Bob Gaddy, Brownie McGhee, George Woods...
- 1955.08.00 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Harry Belafonte, Tony Scotts orchestra, Norman Luboff Choir
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Johnny Fuller, Que Martyn, George Hurst, R. Dixon, Tommy Ramerson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Chris Griffin, John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Irving Goodman, Murray McEachern, Urbie Green, Jimmy Priddy, Hymie Shertzer, Blake Reynolds, Stan Getz, Babe Russin, Teddy Wilson, Allan Reuss, George Duvivier, Gene Krupa)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Florida: Miami - recordings for Chart - Paul Tate, Tommy Purkson, David Brooks, Don Wilkerson, Sonny Thompson, Thomas Palmer, Albert Winston, Steve Boswell...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Swannanoa - recordings by William A. Grant, Kennth Goldstein - Artus Moser
- 1955.08.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Camarata and his Orchestra (Will Bradley, Frank Saracco, Cutty Cutshall, Dick Moore, Lester Salomon, Hymie Schertzer, Don Abney, Dick Hyman, Barry Galbraith, Sandy Bloch, Phil Kraus)...
- 1955.08.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Checker - Lowell Fulson, Earl Brown, Eddie Chamblee, Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Wee Willie Wayne (James Wayne)...
- 1955.08.05 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Camarata and his Orchestra (Jimmy Nottingham, Charlie Shavers, Dale McMickle, Will Bradley, Frank Saracco, Cutty Cutshall, Ward Silloway, Al Howard, Hymie Schertzer, Al Klink, Hal Feldman, Don Abney, Al Casamenti, Eddie Safranski, Jimmy Crawford, Janet Putman...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Ray Bryant, Percy Heath, Arthur Taylor
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Goove - Big John Greer & His Combo (Budd Johnson, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Sticks Evans...)
- 1955.08.11 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - Sugar Pie (De Santo) & Hank, Preston Love & His Orchestra (Henry "Hank" Houston, Don Johnson, Pal Johnson, Floyd Turnham, Ernie Freeman, Pete Lewis, Red Callender, Leard Bell, The Lovebugs)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Norgran / Verve - Anita O'Day, Jimmy Rowles, Tal Farlow, Leroy Vinnegar, Larry Bunker
- 1955.08.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Robinson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below) / Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Fred Below / Bo Diddley, Lester Davenport, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Jerome Green / Eddie Boyd, Paul King, Freddie Clark, Ellis Hunter...
- 1955.08.15 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra, June Hutton, Stewart Blair, Vince Degen, Jack Gruberman, John Gustavson, Eay Linn, Gil Mershan, Robert Namlin, Charles Parlato, William Reeve, Robert Wacker, Allan Wattson, Norma Zimmer
- 1955.08.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vanguard - Jimmy Rushing & His All Star Band (Emmett Berry, Lawrence Brown, Rudy Powell, Buddy Tate, Pete Johnson, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones)
- 1955.08.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Elko - Jimmy Nolen, Monte Easter, J.D. Ware...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - L.C. McKinley, Ernest Cotton, John A. Gordon, Bob Call, Lafayette Thomkins, Odie Payne
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA - Harry Belafonte, Tony Scott and his orchestra, Millard Thomas, The Norman Lubuff Choir
- 1955.08.20 -- US: Louisiana: Shreveport - Municipal Auditorium (Louisiana Hayride) - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black
- 1955.08.22 -- US: California: Los Angeles - rehearsal in Artie Shapiro's apartment - Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles, Artie Shapiro
- 1955.08.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Clef - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons, Larry Bunker
- 1955.08.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Clef - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons, Larry Bunker
- 1955.08.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter...
- 1955.09.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Bobby Tuggle...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo, Clarence Etienne, Carol Fran?
- 1955.09.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Carmen Taylor, Quincy Jones Orchestra
- 1955.09.04 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jay McShann & His Orchestra (Priscilla Bowman, Orville "Piggy" Minor, Fats Dennis, Gene Griddins, Lucky Wesley, Al Duncan)
- 1955.09.06 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Elmore Nixon, Dave Bartholomew...
- 1955.09.09 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.09.10 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Roosevelt Sykes...
- 1955.09.12 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - Frank Stokes (†)
- 1955.09.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Little Richard, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- 1955.09.14 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - J.B. Lenoir, Alex Atkins, Ernest Cotton, Joe Montgomery, Willie Dixon, Al Galvin
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Little Richard, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atco - Beau Fairley, Jimmy Griffin...
- 1955.09.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Champion Jack Dupree, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Cliff Leeman
- 1955.09.16 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - King Kolax (William Little), Harold Ousley, Prentice McCrary, Mal Favors, Leon Hooper
- 1955.09.19 -- US: California: Carmel - recordings for ? - Erroll Garner Trio (Eddie Calhoun, Denzil Best)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott, Russell Lee
- 1955.09.20 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Jasper Thomas, Len Chess...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Mr. Bear (Teddy McRae), Sam Taylor, Heywood Henry, Teacho Wiltshire, Mickey Baker, Milt Hinton, Sticks Evans
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Willis Jackson, David Van Dyke, Reuben Phillips, Bubber Johnson, Mickey Baker, Milt Hinton, Calvin Shields
- 1955.09.23 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Clarence Ford, Herb Hardesty, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.09.24 -- US: California: Pasadena - recordings for ? - Bobby Troup, Howard Roberts, Bob Envevoldsen, Don Heath
- 1955.09.25 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Li'l Millet (MacKnley J. Millet) & His Creoles (Edgar Myles, Lee Allen, Red Ty5ler, Ernest Meyer, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer) / Big Moy Myles (Edgar Myles) & The Sha-Wees (Lee Allen, Roy Byrd...)
- 1955.09.28 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Wee Willie Wayne (James Wayne)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Louis Armstrong, The All Stars (Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems), Lotte Lenya
- 1955.09.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Stomp Gordon (Archie Gordon)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Warren Lucky, Al Sears, Dave McRae, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis
- 1955.10.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - B.B. King...
- 1955.10.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Billy Boy Arnold, Henry Gray, Jody Williams, Quinn Wilson, Earl Phillips
- 1955.10.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Ernest Hayes, Mickey Baker, Leonard Gaskin, Gene Brooks
- 1955.10.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Zilla Mays, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Milt Hinton, Sticks Evans, The Four Students (Leonard Thomas, Cecil Murray, James Riley, Howard Scott)
- 1955.10.15 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Clarence Ford, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.10.17 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
- 1955.10.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, George Washington, Tom Whitehead
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown...
- 1955.10.20? - US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson...
- 1955.10.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA - Harry Belafonte, Tony Scott and his orchestra, Millard Thomas, The Norman Lubuff Choir
- 1955.10.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown...
- 1955.10.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Vita - Effie Smith & The Squires
- 1955.10.25 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Christine Kittrell...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Smiley Lewis, Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Edward Frank, Ernest Mclean, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Chess - Emmett Davis...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for EmArcy - Sarah Vaughan, Ernie Wilkins, Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, Sam Marowitz, Jerome Richardson, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Turk Van Lake, Jimmy Jones, Joe Benjamin, Roy Haynes
- 1955.10.26 -- Europe: Austria: Vienna - ? - Hans Koller's New Jazz Stars (Hans Koller, Willi Sanner, Roland Kovac, Johnny Fischer, Rudi Sehring)
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Nixa - Big Bill Broonzy, Leslie Hutchinson, Bruce Turner, Kenny Graham, Benny Green, Dill Jones, Jack Fallon, Phil Seaman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Wendell Duconge, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Salvador Doucette, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
- 1955.10.27 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Nixa - Big Bill Broonzy
- 1955.10.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Oscar Black, Sue Allen, Eugene Phipps, Eugene Nelson, Oliver Price, George Terrell, Olsie Robinson, Welford Eddleton, The Four Students
- 1955.10.29 -- Europe: Netherlands: Amsterdam - Concertgebouw - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.10.31 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dootone - Roy Milton, Charles Gillum, Jackie Kelso, Eddie Taylor, Floyd Turnham, Camille Howard, Jimmie Davis, Lawrence Kato
- 1955.11.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Spark - Garland the Great (Willie Garland)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Little Willie Smith, Jody Williams, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green, The Moonglows / Willie Dixon & The All Stars (Harold Ashby, Lafayette Leake, Fred Below...)
- 1955.11.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - Jimmy Nolen, Eldee Williams, Kenny Battle, Clarence "Bubber" Cyphers, Johnny House, Earl Hyde / Mel Williams, Gerald Wilson Band
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Wendell Duconge, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Salvador Doucette, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for RPM - Johnny Wright, Ike Turner & Orch. (Eddie Jones, Raymond Hill, Annie Mae Turner, Jesse Knight Jr., Eugene Washington)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia? - recordings for Grand - Screamin' Jay Hawkins...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Johnny Bernero
- 1955.11.01 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Verve - Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich
- 1955.11.03 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Francis Clay
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans? - recordings for Imperial - Joe & Ursula (Joe Morris, Ursula Reed)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner, Van "Piano Man" Walls Orchestra (Wilbur De Paris, Heywood Henry, Connie Kay...)
- 1955.11.06 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Folkways - Virgil Perkins, "Jack Sims" (Sam Charters)
- 1955.11.07? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Wendell Douglas, Buddy Hagans, Walter Nelson, William Diamond, Cornelius Coleman
- 1955.11.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Stick McGhee, Milt Hinton, Gene Brooks
- 1955.11.08 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Champion Jack Dupree George Smith, Barney Richmond, Alfred Dreares
- 1955.11.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Vernell Fournier
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, Hal Singer, Bobby Greene, Albert Francis, Bill Jennings, Barney Richmond, Al Dreares
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA - Harry Belafonte, Tony Scott and his orchestra, Millard Thomas, The Norman Lubuff Choir
- 1955.11.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Great Gates (Edward Gates White)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Billy Nelson, The Five Wings (Sam Taylor, Kelly Owens, Mickey Baker, Leonard Gaskin, Panama Francis
- 1955.11.11 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for ? - Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Ike Turner...
- 1955.11.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Miles Davis Quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Little Tommy Brown, Sam Taylor, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Al Lucas, Gene Brooks, The Four Students (Cecil Murray, James Riley, Howard Scott, Leonard Thomas)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
- 1955.11.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - B.B. King...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter...
- 1955.11.22 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Billy Emerson, Red Holloway, McKinley Easton, Horace Palm, Lefty Bates, Milton Rector, Quinn Wilson, Vernell Fournier
- 1955.11.28 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Chet Baker, Raymond Fol, Benoit Quersin, Jean-Louis Viale
- 1955.11.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Little Richard, Renald Richard, Clarence Ford, Joseph Tillman, William Pyles, Lloyd Lambert, Oscar Moore, The Chimes
- 1955.11.30 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Clarence Ford, Herb Hardesty, Buddy Hagans, Lee Allen, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman (or with Wendell Douglas, Buddy Hagans, Walter Nelson, William Diamond, Cornelius Coleman?)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis, Don Wilkerson, Cecil Payne, Paul West, Panama Francis, The Raelettes
- 1955.12.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - The Flock-Rocker (Mitchell Hearns), "Nicodemus", "Jack Woogie", Willie Dixon
- 1955.12.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Ultra - Preston Love, Roy "Happy" Easter, Don Johnson, George Washington, Jackie Kelso, Fred Harman, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Johnny Parker, Leard Bell / Moose John (Johnny "Big Moose" Walker), Jimmy Nolen, Johnny Parker, Leard Bell
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Robinson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Eddie Hardy / Bull Moose Jackson... / Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, Robert Lockwood, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Checker - Danny Overbea...
- 1955.12.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Little Richard, Jake Porter, Art Foyhall, William Pyles, Ted Brinson, A "Sharky" Hall
- 1955.12.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Vernell Fournier... / Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Vernell Fournier
- 1955.12.06 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Norgran / Verve - Anita O'Day, Buddy Bregman...
- 1955.12.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Norgran / Verve - Anita O'Day, Buddy Bregman...
- 1955.12.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Norgran / Verve - Anita O'Day, Buddy Bregman...
- 1955.12.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Blue Lake - Little Papa Joe (or as Easy Papa Joe) (Jody Williams (Joesph Leon Williams)), Harold Ashby, Willie Dixon...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - recordings for 20th Century - TNT Tribble, Whiskey Sheffield, Harold Blair, William Spooner, Melvin Lee
- 1955.12.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - B.B. King...
- 1955.12.11 -- Europe: Belgium: Brussels - recordings for Black & Blue - Big Bill Broonzy
- 1955.12.12 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) & His Band (Dalton Rousseau, Gus Fontenete, Joe Tillman, Clarence Ford, Lawrence Cotton, Lloyd Lambert, Oscar Moore)
- 1955.12.14 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Checker - Charles "Hungry" Williams, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Paul Gayten, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Shreveport - Oscar Woods (†)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Mr. Bear (Teddy McRae) & His Bearcats (Sam Taylor, King Curtis, Dave McRae, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Al Lucas, Sticks Evans)
- 1955.12.19 -- Europe: Italy: Mailand - recordings for ? - Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems)
- 1955.12.20 -- Europe: Italy: Mailand - recordings for ? - Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Federal - Rudy Moore (Rudy Ray Moore)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: Italy: Milan - concert - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- 1955.12.21 -- Europe: Italy: Milan - concert - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Emmett Berry, Shad Collins, Lawrence Brown, Sam Tylor, Dave McRae, Lloyd Trotman...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson, Floyd Ryland, Gil Askey, Ramond Orr, Wallace Wilson, Andew Wood, Ed Burke, Slide Hampton, Haleen Rasheen, Harold Minerve, Teddy Smalls, John Burdine, Purvis Hensen, Maxwell Lucas, Chauncey Estbrook, Leon Spann, Emmanuel Simms, The Beejays
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Peacock - Big Walter (Walter Travis Price) & His Thunderbirds (Floyd Arceneaux, Grady Gaines, Clifford Burks, Odie Turner, Nat Douglas, Carl Lott, Johnny Perry)
- 1955.12.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, Fred Klein, Hymie Schertzer, Tom Parshley, Carl Prager, Stanley Webb, Dick Hyman, Al Caiola, Jack Lesberg, Frank Ciaristo, Ruth Berman...
- 1955.12.23 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Clarence Ford, Herb Hardesty, Buddy Hagans, Lee Allen, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman...
- 1955.12.28 -- Europe: Austria: Vienna - Konzerthaus - Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton...
- 1955.12.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Henry Durant, Robert Banks, Jimmy Schenk, Red Alcott
- 1955.12.31 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Gene Norman's Blues Jubilee - Big Joe Turner, Roy Milton? & His Solid Senders (Charles Gillum, Jack Kelso, Clifford Scott, Floyd Turnham, Camille Howard, James Davis, Lawrence Cato