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1956

1957

first released recordings: Juke Boy Bonner, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Slim Harpo

released songs - Fats Domino: I'm Walkin' - Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock

• Chuck Berry: After School Session released
• Big Bill Broonzy: His Story-Big Bill Broonzy Interviewed by Studs Terkel released
• Ruth Brown: Rock And Roll released
• Gary Davis: Pure Religion and Bad Company released?
• Fats Domino: Here Stands Fats Domino; This Is Fats released
• Elvis Presley: Loving You. Elvis' Christmas Album released
• Pete Seeger: American Ballads; American Favorite Ballads released
• The Weavers: At Carnegie Hall; The Weavers: On Tour released

• US: ? - recordings for ABC Paramount - Earl Williams...
• US: ? - recordings for Capitol - Andrews Sisters...
• US: ? - recordings for Chart - TNT Tribble...
• US: ? - recordings for DC - Frank Motley & The Motley Crew
• US: ? - recordings for Decca - Sandra Meade...
• US: ? - recordings for Fechi - Odis Jackson...
• US: ? - recordings for Magnificent - Teddy Reynolds...
• US: ? - recordings for Vision - Harmon "Hump" Jones
• US: California: Berkely - recordings for Music City - Johnny Heartsman, The Rhythm Rocker & The Gaylarks (Al Berry, Bobby Forte, General Chalmers, Fred Casey...)
• US: California: Gardena - recordings for Melatone - Bob Reed & His Band ("Ivory Lucky" (Ted Taylor)...)
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for 4 Star - Ed "The Great" Gates (Edward Gates White)...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - (Johnny Otis Show) Johnny Otis Orchestra, Marie Adams, Mel Williams
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Cash - Floyd Dixon... / Rudy Ray Moore, Carl Otis & His Castle Rockers
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Class - Paul Clifton...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo - Joe Houston... / Robbin Ray (Jimmy Robbins), Joe Houston?, Rufus "Guitar Gus" Anderson...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dig - Sidney Maiden, "Robinson", Slim Green, Al Simmons / Abe Moore (A.B. Moore), Devonia Williams, Johnny Parker, Leard Bell / Johnny Otis, Mel Williams, Arthur Lee Mays, Tha Jayos... / Al Simmons, Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno (George Smith, "Robinson")
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Ebb - Dolly Cooper... / Floyd Dixon... / Little Jesse (Jesse Price)... / Riff Ruffin...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Encino - Bull Moose Jackson
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Flash - Paul Clifton... / James Curry... / Frank Patt Orchestra (Gus Jenkins, Roy Gaines?...)
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Modern - Jimmy Beasley, Eldee Wlliams, Jim Wynn, Lloyd Rowe, Vonnie Holt, Kenny Primus / Jimmy Beasley & The Rockers
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Nanc - Joe Arlee Carrethers
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - B.B. King...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Rene Hall's Orchestra (Jewell Grant, Plas Johnson, Willie Joe Duncan, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer...) / Harper-Brinson Band (Sonny Harper (E.J. "Buddy" Harper), Lady Will Carr, Ted Brinson, Rabon Tarrant)
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Tampa - Rayvon Darnell...
• US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Irma - Johnny Fuller, Candy Man McGuirt & His Band
• US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Rhythm - Little Willie Littlefield, Johnny Heartsman, The Mondellos...
• US: California: Oakland - recordings for Irma - Juke Boy Bonner (Weldon H. Philip Bonner), Lafayettee Thomas... / Alvin Smith & The Angels
• US: Florida: Miami - recordings for Art - Ervin Rucker, ? Jackson, Edmond Collins... / Bobbi Williams...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - ? - Junior Wells, S. Johnson, D. Myers, W. Dixon, E. Lounge
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Argo - Clifton Chenier, Lionel Prevost, B.G. Jones, James Jones, Philip Walker, Francis Candy, Wilson Semien
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Cobra - Magic Sam, Little Brother Montgomery, Mac Thompson, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney / Harold Burrage, Harold Ashby, Jody Williams, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne / Harold Burrage, Harold Ashby, Jody Williams, Willie Dixon, Billie Stepney / Harold Burrage, Willie Dixon Band (Mack Thompson, Harold Ashby...) / Betty Everett, Harold Ashby?, Red Holloway, Little Brother Montgomery, Wayne Bennett, Willie Dixon, Billie Stepney / Little Willie Foster, Lazy Bill Lucas, Floyd Jones, Teeno Yehire, Willie Dixon?, Ray Scott / Guitar Shorty (David William Kearney), John Tinsley, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Billie Stepney / Clarence Jolly, Willie Dixon... / Eddie Kirkland, Johnny Hooks, Joe Percival, Willie Dixon, Thomas Whitehead / Otis Rush, Little Walter, Harold Ashby, Lafayette Leake, Jody Williams, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne / Otis Rush, Little Walter, Harold Ashby, Little Brother Montgomery or Lafayette Leake, Louis Myers or Reggie Boyd, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker, Chief - Earl Brown... / Frank Butler / G. "Davy" Crockett (or G.L. Crockett) (George Crockett), Henry Gray, Louis Myers
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Marcus Johnson, James Cotton, Otis Spann, Pat Hare, Robert Lockwood?, Willie Dixon... / Eddie Boyd, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Alfred Elkins, Billy Stepney / Willie Dixon...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chief - Elmore James & His Broomdusters (& His Broom Dusters) (J.T. Brown, Johnny Jones, Wayne Bennett?, Eddie Taylor, Homesick James, Odie Payne) (J.T. Brown, Eddie Taylor, Willie Dixon, Fred Below) / Junior Wells, Syl Johnson, David Myers, Willie Dixon, Eugene Lounge
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Cobra - Gloria Irving... / Duke Jenkins Orchestra (Earl Jenkins...)
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Drexel - Roy Wright...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Duke - Brooks & Brown (Billy Brooks, Piney Brown), King Kolax Orchestra
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Mercury - Louis Jordan, Carl Stevens Orchestra
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for United - Lefty Bates, Horace M. Palm...
• US: Kansas: Kansas City - recordings for Westport - Big Bob Dougherty & His Campus Cats (Gene Carter, Elsie Carr, Ted Williams, Jackie Lewis, Corky Jackson)
• US: Louisiana: Baton Rouge - recordings for Ace - Schoolboy Cleve & His Houserockers (Eugen Dozier, Harry Charleston, Ray "Diggy Doo" Meaders)
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for ? - Jesse Johnson...
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Joe Hudson & His Rockin' Dukes (Lester Robinson...) / Lightnin' Slim, Tal Miller, Guitar Gable, Clarence Etienne / Lonesome Sundown (Cornelius Green), Lazy Lester, Tal Miller, Guitar Gable, Fats Perrodin, Clarence Etienne, The Gaynotes?, Vince Monroe? / Lonesome Sundown (Cornelius Green), Buddy Guy?... / Skinny Dynamo (Slim Sanders)... / Leroy Washington, Tal miller, Guitar Gable, John "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Fame - Rockin' Sidney (Sidney Semien) & His All Stars (Frank Semien, Rickey Kelly, Ernest Semien, Mildred & Mayjesta Semien)
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Flyright - Matthew Jacobs, Lazy Lester, Katie Webster, Al Foreman?, Warren Storm
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Jin - Rockin' Sidney (Sidney Semien) & His All Stars (Frank Semien, Rickey Kelly, Ernest Semien, Mildred & Mayjesta Semien)
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Nasco - Classie Ballou, Danny George, Bobby Fran, James "Ice Water" Williams...
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Speed - T.V. Slim (Oscar Wills) & His Heartbreakers (or & His Good Rocking Band) / T.V. Slim, mighty Joe Young, Baby Joe Little, Bobby Davis / T.V. Slim, Eddie Williams, Mighty Joe Young, Jimmy White / Eddie Williams, T.V. Slim
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Zynn - Little Joe...
• US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Goldband - Big Chenier (Morris Chenier), Robert Jackson, Guitar Joe, "Ice Water", Joe Payne / Clarence Garlow, Lionel Prevost, Katie Webster, Ice Water, Little Brother Griffin / Tal Miller (Talton Miller) & Combo (Wilson Semien...)
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for ? - Virginia Dannow, Paul Gayten... / Robert Green, Paul Gayten...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ace - Roland Cook, Robert Caffery, Red Tyler, Paul Gayten, Billy Tate, Charles Williams / Joe Dyson, Johnny Collins, Dalton Russon, ? Thomas, Wilmer Shakesnider, Nat Perrilliat, Curtis Mitchell, Roland Cook / Earl King (Earl Johnson), Lee Allen, Robert Parker, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Roland Cook, Charles Williams / Bobby Fields (Bobby Marchan), Lee Allen?, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Earl King, Roland Cook, Charles Williams... / Bobby Marchan & The Clowns (Alvin "Red" Tyler, Huey Smith...) / Albert Scott, Nat Perrilliat?, Julius Snakesider, Curtis Mitchell, Roland Cook, Joe Dyson
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Argo - Oscar Wills (T.V. Slim), Paul Gayten Orchestra (Robert Parker, Red Tyler, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams)
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Athens - Alonzo Stewart...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Chess - S. Johnson, Paul Gayten... / Sherman Jones, Paul Gayten... / Little Al (Al Little), Paul Gayten...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ebb - Professor Longhair (Roy Byrd), Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ember - Lee Allen, Allen Toussaint, Edward Frank, Edgar Blanchard, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Folkways - Percy Randolph
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Goldband - Big Walter (Walter Travis Price), Classie Ballou, Sid Lawrence...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Herald - (Thomas) Tommy Ridgley, Melvin Lastie?, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Chuck Badie, Charles Williams...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Faye Adams, Herb Hardesty, Edward Ford, Edward Frank, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Charles Williams... / Tommy Brown, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Paul Gayten, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / James (Sugar Boy) Crawford, Dave Bartholomew?, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Huey Smith, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Chris Kenner, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Vin - Ray Washington...
• US: Louisiana: Shreveport - recordings for Hollywood - Mule Thomas (Jesse Thomas)...
• US: Louisiana: Shreveport - recordings for Clif - Chico Chism (Napoleon Chism) & His Jetanairs / (Oscar Wills) T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers (Eddie Williams, Jimmy White...)
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Checker, JVB - Eddie Burns, Charlie Mills, George DeLoach, "Sleepy" / Tyetongue Hanley, Detroit Count...
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Fortune - Joe Weaver & His Blue Note Orchestra (Jesse Ulmer, John Bassett, Billy Burrell, Louis Hayes)
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Viceroy - Texas Red & Jimmy / Katie Watkins, Sax Kari's Orchestra
• US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Ace - Mercy Baby (Julius "Jimmy" Mullins), Jaquette Brooks, Jack White, Willie Taylor, Frankie Lee Sims, Ralph Morgan / Sammy Myers, King Mose Royal Rockers (Walter Berry, Tommy Lee Thompson, Walter Crowley) / Frankie Lee Sims, Willie Taylor, Jimmy Mullen / Frankie Lee Sims, Jack White, Willie Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Jimmy Mullen / Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns (Bobby Marchan, Sid Raphael, Johnny Williams, Gerri Hall, Eugene Francis)...
• US: Missouri: Kansas City - recordings for Foremost - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
• US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for ? - James Crutchfield, James "Bat" Robinson / James Robinson
• US: New York City - recordings for ? - Allen/Hawkins (Red Allen, Coleman Hawkins), J.C. Higginbotham, sol Yaged, Lou Stein, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole
• US: New York City - recordings for Dover - Eddie Riff (Mickey Baker)
• US: New York City - recordings for Duke - Chuck Edwards, Sammy Lowe Orchestra
• US: New York City - recordings for Ember - Rudy Greene...
• US: New York City - recordings for Epic - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leroy Kirkland Orchestra, Ray Charles Singers
• US: New York City - recordings for Gee - Ollie Shepard...
• US: New York City - recordings for Herald - Al Savage, Joe Morris Orchestra
• US: New York City - recordings for Holiday - June Bateman
• US: New York City - recordings for J&S - Hal Paige...
• US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra, Bill Johnson, Floyd Ryland
• US: New York City - recordings for MGM - Wilhemina Gray, Teacho Wilshire Orchestra
• US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (Ernie Hayes, Kenny Burrell, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis)
• US: New York City - recordings for Old Town - Bob Gaddy, Jimmy Wright, Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee, Al Hall, Gene Moore
• US: New York City - recordings for Port - Casanova Jr.
• US: New York City - recordings for Riviera - Sticks Evans (Sammy Evans), Alvin Clark...
• US: New York City? - recordings for Spark - Robert Byrd...
• US: New York City - recordings for Tuxedo - The Tuxedo Sleepers (Gator Townsend, James Carter...)
• US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Varetta Dillard...
• US: New York City - recordings for Winley - Chubby "Hip-Shakin'" Newsome, David Clowney Orchestra
• US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Finch - H-Bomb Ferguson (Bob Ferguson)
• US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Huber - Roosevelt Lee and the Roulettes (John Godfrey, Oscar Crumlin, Lloyd Charlton)
• US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - recordings for Kaiser - Rollee McGill...
• US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Blues Boys Kingdom - Milliard Lee, Johnny Board?, Jymie Merritt?, Ted Curry?...
• US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for House Of Sounds - Joe Hall, Tuff Green's Orchestra / Little Joe (Joe Hill Louis)... / June Nance... / Roosevelt Sykes, Joe Willie Wilkins...
• US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Meteor - Little Milton Campbell & His Playmates fo Rhythm (Oliver Sain, C.W. Tate, Lawrence Taylor, Leon Bennett, Willie Dotson, Jerry Walker) / Walter Miller, The Barons / Fention Robinson & His Dukes (Robert Williams, Charles McGowan, Larry Dale, J.W. Hughley) / Rufus "Bearcat" Thomas (Rufus Thomas), The Bearcats (Willie Dee, Harvey Simmons, Evelyn Young, Billy Morrow?, Jeff Grayer?...
• US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Excello - Little Al (Al Gunter)... / Jerry McCain, Ed Brooks, Robert Christian, Roosevelt McCain / Lillian Offitt...
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Alameda - King Ivory Lee (Lee Semiens), Henry Hayes, Elmore Nixon, O.C. Jackson, Oscar "Yogi" Adams, Ben Turner
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Duke - Leo Baxter... / Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bill Harvey's Orchestra (Connie Mack Booker, Clarence Holloman, Hamp Simmons, Sonny Freeman) / Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bill Harvey's Orchestra (Auburn "Pat" Hare, Sonny Freeman, Joe Scott Singers...) / Bobby "Blue" Bland, Joe Scott, Pluma Davis, Bill Harvey, Johnny Board, Clarence Holloman, Hamp Simmons... / Rosco Gordon, Joe Scott Orchestra
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Peacock - Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Otis Orchestra (Pete Lewis...)
• US: Washington DC - recordings by Mike Seeger - Elizabeth Cotten

• 1957.01.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Argo - Little Joe Lee (Jody Williams (Joesph Leon Williams)), Harold Ashby, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Phil Thomas
• 1957.01.00 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Roy Brown, Clarence Hall?, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams... / Ruth Durand, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer...
• 1957.01.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigns for Verve - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Alvin Stoller
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
• 1957.01.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigns for Verve - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Alvin Stoller
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Joseph Livramento, Wiilie Jackson, Lowell Hastings, Leslie Johnakins, Bubber Johnson, Jimmy Shirley, Carl Pruitt, Calvin Shields
• 1957.01.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigns for Verve - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Alvin Stoller
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle, Ernie Wilkins Orchestra (Gigi Gryce, George Barrow, Don Abney, Wendell Marshall, Bobby Donalson)
• 1957.01.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigns for Verve - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Alvin Stoller
• 1957.01.09 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigns for Verve - Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Larry Bunker
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, Lou Stein, Jimmy Shirley, Bill Pemberton, Gordon "Specs" Powell, Ruth Berman...
• 1957.01.10 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Argo - Paul Gayten, Edgar Blanchard, Roland Cook, Charles Williams...
• 1957.01.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Big Daddy (Bob Kornegay) & His Boys (Count Hastings, Elwyn Frazier, Kelly Owens, Skeeter Best, Carl Pruitt, Calvin Shields)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Billy Ford, The Thunderbirds (James B. Holmes, William H. Hamilton, Frederick C. Pinkard, Ronald Kenneth Greene..)
• 1957.01.12 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Gordon Stoker, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, S-P- Leary or Francis Clay
• 1957.01.15 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Paramount Pictures - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, Count Hastings, Kelly Owens, Clifton "Skeeter" Best, Carl Pruitt, Calvin Shields, Rudy Traylor
• 1957.01.16 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Paramount Pictures - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - recordings for Specialty - Little Richards, The Upsetters (Clifford Burks, Wilbert Smith, Grady Gaines, Sam Parker, Nathaniel Douglas, Olsie Robinson, Charles Connors)
• 1957.01.17 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Paramount Pictures - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, The Jordanaires
• 1957.01.18 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Paramount Pictures - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, The Jordanaires
• 1957.01.18? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for RPM - B.B. King...
• 1957.01.19 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Art Pepper, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Hoyt Hawkins, The Jordanaires
• 1957.01.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordigs for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Russ Garcia's Orchestra
• 1957.01.21 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• 1957.01.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Champion Jack Dupree, Larry Dale, Al Lucas, Gene Moore
• 1957.01.24? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Duke - Little Junior Parker, The Al Smith Orchestra (Red Holloway, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan...)
• 1957.01.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Ray Johnson...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Savoy - Sam Price and His Texas Blusicians (King Curtis, Heywood Henry, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Lewis, Bobby Donaldson, Alma Simmons)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter, Ray Ellis Orchestra (Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Wild Bill Davis, Al Caiola, Billy Mure, Hayward Cheeks, Joe Marshall, Phil Kraus, Myriam Workman, Marcia Neil, Elise Bretton, Robert Miller, Arthur Malvin)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
• 1957.01.25 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer / Smiley Lewis, Dave Barholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Louis Jordan, Francisco "Chino" Pozo...
• 1957.01.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for Baton - Ann Cole, Mickey Baker, The Suburbans...
• 1957.01.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Amos Milburn, Johnny Madell's Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Louis Armstrong, All Stars
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle, Ernie Wilkins Orchestra (Jerome Richardson, Frank Rehak, Gigi Gryce, George Barrow, Hank Jones, Wendell Marshall, Bobby Donalson)
• 1957.01.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Earl Palmer...
• 1957.01.31 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Norgran / Verve - Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, John Poole
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Chuck Willis, Gene Barge, Sam Taylor, Roy Gaines, Al Caiola, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis, Phil Kraus, Myriam Woodman, Elise Breton, Marcia Neil, Robert Miller

• 1957.02.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Joe Liggins...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Amos Milburn, Lee Allen, Alvin Tyler, Clarence Ford, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer
• 1957.02.00 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Roy Brown, Clarence Hall?, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Ernie Freeman, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams...
• 1957.02.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Blue Note - Louis Smith, Buckshot La Funke, Duke Jordan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor
• 1957.02.05 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Vee Jay - Pee Wee Crayton, Red Holloway, McKinley Easton, Horace Palm, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan, The Eldorados...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Piano Red, Kenny Burrell, Skeeter Best, Leroy Kirkland, Milt Hinton, Gus Johnson, Christine Spencer, David W. Andrews, Samuel M. Williams, William A. Glover
• 1957.02.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA Victor - Mickey (Baker) & Sylvia (Vanderpool), Ernie Hayes, Abie Baker, Panama Francis, Ray Baretto, David Vogel, Lawrence Augustine Stith Jr., Kevin Gavin, Bob Mitchell
• 1957.02.08 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• 1957.02.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Howard Biggs Orchestra (Sam Taylor, Budd Johnson, Dick Hyman, George Barnes, Al Caiola, Lloyd Trotman, Joe Marshall, Phil Kraus...)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Blue Note - Louis Smith, Buckshot La Funke, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor
• 1957.02.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Washboard Bill (Billy Valentine), King Curtis, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis
• 1957.02.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop (Charles Mingus, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper, Dannie Richmond), Jean Shepherd
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Roy Gaines, Joe Evans, Count Hastings, Clifford Scott, Leslie Johnakins, Kelly Owens, Leonard Gaskin, Dave Bailey
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leroy Kirkland Orchestra
• 1957.02.14 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Paramount Pictures - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, George Fields, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ABC - Josh White, Beverly White, Sam Benskin, Al Hall, J.C. Heard
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for EmArcy - Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Jones, Richard Davis. Roy Haynes
• 1957.02.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Ray Johnson...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ABC - Josh White, Beverly White, Sam Benskin, Al Hall, J.C. Heard
• 1957.02.19 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Bobby Mitchell, Dave Bartholomew, Lee Allen, Clarene Ford, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Kenny & Moe-The Blue Boys (Kenny Ballard, Moses Penham)...
• 1957.02.20 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Waldron Joseph, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Larry Darnell, Mickey Baker...
• 1957.02.22 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Guitar Gable (Gabriel Perrodin), King Karl (Bernard Jolivette), Tal Miller, Elinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne...
• 1957.02.23 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontane, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires
• 1957.02.24 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontane, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires
• 1957.02.25 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, John Anderson, Plas Johnson, Jewell Grant, Willard McDaniel, Irving Ashby, Ralph Hamilton, Edward J. Hall
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atco, Atlantic - Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) & His Band (James Miller, Gus Fontenette, Joe Tillman, Red Tyler, Lawrence Cotton, Lloyd Lambert, Oscar Moore)
• 1957.02.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for King - Roy Milton...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ABC - Josh White, Beverly White, Sam Benskin, Al Hall, J.C. Heard...

• 1957.03.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago? - recordings for Checker/Chess - Emmit Slay
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Argo - Paul Gayten, Red Tyler, Edgar Blanchard, Roland Cook, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Checker - Charles "Hungry" Williams, Paul Gayten...
• 1957.03.00 -- Fats Domino: Here Stands Fats Domino; This Is Fats released
• ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: UK: Nottingham - recordings for Spotlight - Big Bill Broonzy
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green, The Moonglows
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Slim Harpo (James Moore), Guitar Gable, Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Chess - Bobby Blanquet... / Roland Cook, Robert Caffery, Red Tyler, Paul Gayten, Billy Tate, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Roy Brown, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Justin Adams, Frank Fields
• 1957.03.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor, Quinn Wilson, Tom Whitehead
• 1957.03.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Groove - Varetta Dillard, George Kelly, Stanley Webb, George Berg, Ernie Hayes, Everett Barksdale, Abie Baker, Bill English, Martin Grupp, Jala Divigart, Elise Bretton, Miriam Workman, Lou Hurst, Harry Clark, Roland Birdsall
• 1957.03.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Robinson, Willie Dixon, Al Duncan)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vanguard - Jimmy Rushing, Emmett Berry, Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate, Marlow Morris, Clarence Johnson, Roy Gaines, Aaron Bell, Jo Jones
• 1957.03.06 -- Canada: Alberta: Edmond - Edmonton Gardens - Chuck Berry...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, The Bad Boys, Billy Verplanck Orchestra (John Rains, Count Hastings, Ernie Hayes, Sal Salvador, Aaron Bell, Bobby Donaldson)
• 1957.03.07? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman...
• 1957.03.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Sonny Rollins Trio (Ray Brown, Shelly Manne)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Roy Gaines, Hilton Jefferson, Ben Smith, Count Hastings, Big Al Sears, Kelly Owens, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis
• 1957.03.08 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Brother John Sellers, Al Fairweather, Wally Fawkes, Stan Greig, William "Diz" Disley, Frank Clarke, Tony Kinsey
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Aladdin - Crawford Brothers
• 1957.03.11 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Gene & Eunice (Gene Forrest Wilson, Eunice Levy)...
• 1957.03.12 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins All Stars (Idrees Sulieman, J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones, Barry Gailbraith, Oscar Pettiford, Jo Jones)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop (Charles Mingus, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper, Dannie Richmond)
• 1957.03.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Gene & Eunice (Gene Forrest Wilson, Eunice Levy), Ray Ellis Orchestra & Chorus
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Lamp - The Lovers, Ray Ellis & His Orchestra (Allen (Alden) Bunn, Little Ann...)
• 1957.03.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins All Stars (Idrees Sulieman, J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones, Barry Gailbraith, Oscar Pettiford, Jo Jones)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Harry "Sweets" Edison, John Anderson, Billy Johnson, Plas Johnson, Ernie Freeman, Irving Ashby, Joe Comfort, Ray Martinez...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Fantasy - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
• 1957.03.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Henry "Red" Allen's All Stars (J.C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins, Marty Napoleon, Everett Barksdale, Lloyd Trotman, Cozy Cole)
• 1957.03.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Margie Day, Ben Smith, Hilton Jefferson, Count Hastings, Big Al Sears, Kelly Owens, Carl Lynch, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Prestige - Idress Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar, Red Garland, Kenny Burrell, George Joyner, Art Taylor
• 1957.03.27 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recording for Chess - Eddie Boyd, Purcell Brockenburgh, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Alfred Elkins, Percy Walker
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recording for Vee Jay - Billy Emerson, Hobart Dotson, John Calvin, McKinley Easton, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1957.03.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Federal - Quinton Kimble...

• 1957.04.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Willie Dixon, Jody Williams...
• 1957.04.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Cash - Percy Mayfield, Jesse Jones, William Lundy, Christine Chatman, Rene Hall, Clifton White, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer
• 1957.04.03 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Remo Biondi, Earl Phillips
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for ? - Ed Kirby, Levester "Big Lucky" Carter, Lindberg Nelson, Chelsea Taylor, Charles Ballard, Leroy Beckton, Jimmy Balard
• 1957.04.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Jack Clement, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins, James Van Eaton, Gene Lowery Singers
• 1957.04.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and orchestra
• 1957.04.09 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Federal - Dodie Allar / Little Mummy...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Jimmy Rushing, Buddy Tate, Seldon Powell, Heywood Henry, Clarence Johnson, Lord Westbrook, Everett Barksdale, Milt Hinton, Gene Brooks
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinatti - recordings for Federal - Ike Turner, Clayton Love, Raymond Hill, Eddie Jones, Jackie Brenston, Fred Sample, Jesse Knight, Edwyn Conley, Eugene Washington
• 1957.04.10 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Speciality - The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cook (Sam Cooke), Senior Roy Crain, Paul Foster, Thomas L. Bruster, R.B. Robinson, Jesse "J.J." Falrey)
• 1957.04.11? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Robert Armstrong, Plas Johnson, Ramez Idriss, Howard Roberts, Andrew Lambert, Earl Palmer
• 1957.04.11 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Falcon - Jerry Ross, Lucius Washington, Ted Dennis, John Bryant, Malcolm Buffalow
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Chuck Willis, Jimmy Nottingham, James C. Harris, Frank Saracco, Budd Johnson, Romeo Penque, Howard Biggs, Allen Hanlon, Al Caiola, Milt Hinton, Panama Francis...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA Victor - Mickey (Baker) & Sylvia (Vanderpool), King Curtis, Ernie Hayes, Abie Baker, Panama Francis
• 1957.04.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle, Sahib Shihab, Don Abney, Al Lucas, Kenny Burrell...
• 1957.04.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Sonny Rollins Quintet (J.J. Johnson, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey)
• 1957.04.15 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for DeLuxe - Fred Jackson...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Wynonie Harris, Hilton Jefferson, Count Hastings, Maxwell Lucas, Kelly Owens, Kenny Burrell, Carl Pruitt, Shadow Wilson
• 1957.04.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Thelonious Monk Trio (John Coltrane, Wilbure Ware)
• 1957.04.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Federal - Kid Thomas (Tommy Lewis (Louis Thomas Watts), "James", Little Willie Smith
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Idrees Sulieman, John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
• 1957.04.19 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Mal Waldron, Julian Euell, Art Taylor
• 1957.04.20 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Cecil Payne, Pepper Adams, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor
• 1957.04.26 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Jesse James Jones, Leon M. Silby, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer
• 1957.04.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• 1957.04.30 -- US: California: Holywood - recordings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Neal Matthews, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, The Jordanaires

• 1957.05.00 -- Chuck Berry: After School Session released
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (Ernie Hayes, Kenny Burrell, Everettt Barksdale, Danny Perri, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis)
• 1957.05.01 -- US: California: Holywood - recordings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Neal Matthews, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• 1957.05.03 -- US: California: Holywood - recordings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Neal Matthews, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, The Jordanaires
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Annie Laurie, Andy Gibson Orchestra (Hilton Jefferson, George Dorsey, Count Hastings, Budd Johnson, Dave McRea, Kelly Owens, Kenny Burrell, Bill Pemberton, Panama Francis)
• 1957.05.06? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• 1957.05.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Folkways - Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Morris & His Orchestra (Louis Madison...)
• 1957.05.08 -- US: California: Holywood - recordings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Neal Matthews, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, The Jordanaires
• 1957.05.09 -- US: California: Holywood - recordings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Neal Matthews, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, Mike Stoller, The Jordanaires
• 1957.05.13 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Columbia - Brother John Sellers, Guy Lafitte, George Arvanitas, Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner, Choker Campbell's Orchestra (Phil Guilbeau, Melvin Juanzo, Chick Booth?...
• 1957.05.15 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for DeLuxe - Jimmy Nelson...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Jimmy Mitchell, Lee Anderson, Al Caiola, Allen Hanlon, Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Jerry Duane, Bob Harter, Artie Malvin, Robert Miller
• 1957.05.16 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Sticks McGhee...
• 1957.05.17 -- Europe: Germany: Hamburg - recordings for NDR - Stéphane Grappelli Ensemble (Maurice Vander, Hans "James" Last, Rolf Ahrens)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Mal Waldron, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, Julian Euell, Ed Thigpen, Paul Quinichette
• 1957.05.20 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Smiley Lewis, Dave Barholomew, Meyer Kennedy, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Huey Smith, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper, Dave Newman, Emmett Davis, Edgar Willis, William Peeples, Mary Ann Fisher, The Raelettes
• 1957.05.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for KRC - Lloyd Price, Claude Greene, Pritchard Cheesemen, Gladstone Thomas, Vernon Emmanuel, Clinton Thorburne, Monzie Isaroon
• 1957.05.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter, Myriam Workman, Marcia Neil, Elise Bretton, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, Jimmy Leyden... / Ivory Joe Hunter, Dick Hyman, Al Caiola, Billy Mure, Hayward Cheeks, Joe Marshall, Elise Bretton, Trudy Martin, Audrey Marsh, Ralph Nyland, Glenn Cross, Carter Farris, Bob Harter
• 1957.05.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Kenny & Moe-The Blue Boys (Kenny Ballard, Moses Penham)...
• 1957.05.30 -- US: Louisiana: Baton Rouge - recordings for Ace - Buddy Guy, Phil Guy?...
• 1957.05.31 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Johnny Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Mal Waldron, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Albert "Tootie" Heath

• 1957.06.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Marcus Johnson, Otis Spann, Pat Hare, Robert Lockwood Jr., Willie Dixon, Fred Below or Francis Clay
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Argo - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Big Boy Myles, Lee Allen, Eddie Smith, Paul Gayten, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Folk Lyric - Gary Davis
• 1957.06.01 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman / Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino's band
• 1957.06.04 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Roy Brown, Herb Hardesty?, Clarence Ford, Fats Domino, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Delmark - Speckled Red
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Wilbert Harrison, Bat Pierce, Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Leonard Gaskin, Bobby Donaldson
• 1957.06.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Checker - Lowell Fulson, Choker Campbell...
• 1957.06.05 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Fats Domino, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Clarence Ford, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
• 1957.06.06 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Delmark - Big Joe Williams, Erwin Helfer
• 1957.06.10 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, Roosevelt Semple, Monroe Vincent?
• 1957.06.12 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello? - Carol Fran
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atco - Linda Hopkins, Taft Jordan, Jimmy Nottingham, Jesse Powell, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Hayes, Al Caiola, Milt Honton, Panama Francis
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Annie Laurie, Andy Gibson Orchestra (Hilton Jefferson, George Dorsey, Count Hastings, Budd Johnson, Dave McRea, Kelly Owens, Clifton Best, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis)
• 1957.06.13 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Hal Singer, Lowell Hastings, Budd Johnson, Dave McRae, Kelly Owens, Sleeter Best, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis...
• 1957.06.14 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Art Neville, Lee Allen, Edward Jordan, Alfred August, Roy Evans, Frank Fields, Leo Morris / Larry Williams, Art Neville, Lee Allen, Edward Jordan, Alfred August, Roy Evans, Frank Fields, Leo Morris
• 1957.06.16 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Blue Note - Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Bobby Timmons, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
• 1957.06.17 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Swing - Sidney Bechet, Martial Solal, Kenny Clarke
• 1957.06.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Atco - Young Jessie...
• 1957.06.20 -- Elvis Presley: Loving You released
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Plas Johnson, Jewell Grant, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter, Frank Saracco, Frank Rehak, Urbie Green, Leon Cohen, Budd Johnson, Dace McRea, Moe Wechsler, Billy Mure, Allen Hanlon, Hayward Cheeks, Joe Marshall
• 1957.06.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins, Idrees Sulieman, J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones, Barry Galbraith, Oscar Pettiford, Joe Jones
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Jimmy Witherspoon, Count Hastings, Ernie Hayes, Kenny Burrell, Al Caiola, Lloyd Trottman, Joe Marshall...
• 1957.06.23 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - John Lee Hooker, Frankie Bradford, Eddie Taylor, Everett McCrary, Richard Johnson
• 1957.06.24 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Howlin' Wolf, Adolph "Billy" Dockins, Hosea Lee Kennard, Willie Johnson, Smokey Smothers, Alfred Elkins, Earl Phillips
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, Dizzy Gillespie
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Larry Darnell...
• 1957.06.25 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Checker - Eddie Bo (Edwin J. Bocage), Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, Dizzy Gillespie
• 1957.06.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, Dizzy Gillespie
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Thelonious Monk Septet (Ray Copeland, Gigi Gryce, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Wilbur Ware, Art Blakey)
• 1957.06.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, Dizzy Gillespie
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, George Dorsey, Leslie Johnkins, King Curtis, Hal Singer, Kelly Owens, Les Spann, Bill Jennings, Bill Pemberton, Panama Francis / Titus Turner, George Dorsey, King Curtis, Hal Singer, Leslie Johnakins, Kelly Owens, Les Spann, Bill Jennings, Bill Pemberton, Panama Francis
• 1957.06.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Norman Bares, Joe Morello)

• 1957.07.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green, The Moonglows
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans? - recordings for Vee Jay - Gene Allison...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit? - recordings for Blues Boy Kingdom - Rosetta Perry, Milliard Lee Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Baton - Noble "Thin Man" Watts And His Rhythm Sparks (Royal Hamilton, Flash Terry, Louis Candy, Willie "Saint" Jenkins)
• 1957.07.00 -- Elvis Presley: Loving You released
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Lamp - Fats Gaines, Mac Burney, Nap Henry, Rebecca Williams... / Rebecca Williams, Fats Gaines & His Band
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA Victor - Mickey (Baker) & Sylvia (Vanderpool), King Curtis, Ernie Hayes, Abie Baker, Panama Francis
• 1957.07.01 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins, Jimmy Wilson?, Gene Lowery Singers
• 1957.07.02 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Guitar Gable (Gabriel Perrodin), King Karl (Bernard Jolivette), Tal Miller, Elinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Flyright? - Honey Boy Allen (Allen Pierre), Lazy Lester, Jimmy Johnson, Guitar Gables, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockes" Etienne
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Roy Milton, Mickey Champion, Inez Coleman, Walter Williams, Harvey Braxton, Cliff Solomon, Oscar Estelle, Emmanuel Kennebrew, Johnny Rogers, Lawrence Kato
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for ? - Ed Kirby, Levester Carter, Clarence Beaton?, Lindberg Nelson, Charles Ballard
• 1957.07.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Annisteen (Ernestine) Allen...
• 1957.07.04 -- US: Rhode Island: Newport - New Jazz Festival - Ella Fitzgerald, Don Abney, Wendell Marshall, Jo Jones / Louis Armstrong, All Stars
• 1957.07.05 -- US: Rhode Island: Newport - New Jazz Festival - Coleman Hawkins' Newport All Stars (Roy Eldride, Pete Brown, Ray Bryant, Al McKibbon, Jo Jones)
• 1957.07.06 -- US: Rhode Island: Newport - New Jazz Festival - Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron, Joe Benjamin, Jo Jones / Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
• 1957.07.07 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for ? - Little Henry (Henry Clement), The Drops of Joy
• 1957.07.09 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello? - Carol Fran
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Federal - Tiny Topsy (Bernice Williams), Ray Felder, Jim Palmer, John Faire, Edwyn Conley, Edison Gore, The Charms (Otis Williams, Richard Parker, Donald Peak, Joe Penn, Rolland Bradley)
• 1957.07.11 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Vee Jay - Larry Birdsong, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Edward Frank, Earl King, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• 1957.07.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for States - Arbee Stidham, Lefty Bates Band (Horace Palm, Earl Hooker, Wuinn Wilson...)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Verve - Big Bill Broonzy
• 1957.07.13 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Verve - Big Bill Broonzy
• 1957.07.14 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Fay - Al Dixson, The Jump Jackson Combo
• 1957.07.15 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• 1957.07.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Wynonie Harris, Hal Singer, Leslie Johnakins, Kelly Owens, Leo Spann, Carl Pruitt, Calvin Shields
• 1957.07.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Dossie Terry, Kelly Owens, Kenny Burrell, Carl Pruitt, Cliff Leeman, Gene Redd
• 1957.07.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Earl Palmer, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson...
• 1957.07.22 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello? - Carol Fran, John Johnson?, Guitar Gable, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Billy Lamont, Buster Cooper, Bob McCain, Budd Johnson, Sam Price, Kenny Burrell, Leonard Gaskin, Bobby Donaldson
• 1957.07.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson
• 1957.07.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Frank De Vol's Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson), Guitar Gable, John Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Laverne Ray & The Raytones with Leroy Kirkland Orchestra
• 1957.07.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Dossie Terry, Kelly Owens, Kenny Burrell, Carl Pruitt, Cliff Leeman, Gene Redd
• 1957.07.31 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Verve - Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson

• 1957.08.00? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Checker - Paul Gayten, Red Tyler, Edgar Blanchard, Roland Cook, Charles Williams
• 1957.08.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Thelonious Monk Quartet (John Coltrane, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson) / Clarence "Gene" Shaw, Jimmy Knepper, Shafi Hadi, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Ember - Cousin Leroy (Leroy Rozier), Sonny Terry, Jack Dupree, Larry Dale, Gene Brooks
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Quentin Jackson, Billy Strayhorn...)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Virginia: Rugby - recordings by Mike Seeger - E.C. Ball, Orna Ball, Blair Reedy
• 1957.08.02 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Vee Jay - Pee Wee Crayton, Red Holloway, McKinley Easton, Horace Palm, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan, The Eldorados...
• 1957.08.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Norman Bares, Joe Dodge)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman...
• 1957.08.04 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins
• 1957.08.06 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Jones, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes
• 1957.08.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Jones, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Joe Benson, Roy Gaines & His Orchestra (Floyd Arveneaux, Kelly Owens, Roy Gaines, Maurice Hooks, James Harris...) / Roy Gaines, Floyd Arceneaux, Calvin Owens, Maurice Hooks, Kelly Owens, Isaiah Alexander, James E. Harris
• 1957.08.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Jones, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Guitar Gable (Gabriel Perrodin), Gabriel King, Tal Miller, Elinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne...
• 1957.08.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Dolph Prince...
• 1957.08.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Abner/Falcon - Priscilla Bowman, Al Smith's Orchestra (Lucius Washington, McKinley Easton, Horace Palm, Lefty Bates, Marcus Johnson, Al Duncan)
• 1957.08.15 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson? - recordings for Ace - Junior Blackman...
• 1957.08.16 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Earl May, Art Taylor
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Federal - Willie Mabon, Ellis Hunter, Bill Anderson, Lonnie Lee Evans
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - John Coltrane Trio (Earl May, Art Taylor)
• 1957.08.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Russ Garcia's Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atco - Walter Spriggs, King Curtis, John McFarland, Kenny Burrell, Doles Dickens, Joe Marshall
• 1957.08.19 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - The Castle Jazz Band (Don Kinch, George Bruns, Bob Gilbert, Freddie Crews, Bob Short, Homer Welch)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - (Johnny Otis Show) Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, Paul Lopez, George Washington, Jackie Kelso, Fred Harman, Ernie Freeman, Jimmy Nolenm Curtis Counce) or (Don Johnson, Jackie Kelso, Walter Henry, Johnny Otis, Jimmy Nolan, Johnny Parker, Leard Bell)?, Marie Adams & The Three Tons Of Joy (Francielle & Doris McKinny), Mel Williams
• 1957.08.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - (Johnny Otis Show) Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, Paul Lopez, George Washington, Jackie Kelso, Fred Harman, Ernie Freeman, Jimmy Nolenm Curtis Counce), Mel Williams, Jeannie Stirling & The Moonbeams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Champion Jack Dupree, Pete Brown, Larry Dale, Al Lucas, Willie Jones...
• 1957.08.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott, Bob Harvey
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recording for Vee Jay - Billy Emerson, Sonny Cohn, Lucius Washington, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Matt Murphy, Lefty Bates, Al Smith, Al Duncan
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - John Coltrane, Red Garland Trio (Paul Chambers, Art Taylor)
• 1957.08.24 -- US: Massachusetts: Lenox - Musc Inn - John Lewis, Jim Hall, Percy Heath
• 1957.08.28 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Mercury - Louis Jordan, Dorothy Smith, Austin Powell, Jackie Davis, Irving Ashby, Billy Hadnott, Marvin Oliver
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Taft Jordan, Jerome Richardson, Moe Wechsler, Allen Hanson, Charles Macey, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis, Trudy Marlin, Elise Bretton, Marjorie Miller, Robert Bollinger, Gene Steck, James Bryer
• 1957.08.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John (& His Girlfriend), Mabel John, Willis Jackson, Buddy Lucas, Kelly Owens, Kenny Burrell, Bill Jennings, Chauncey Westbrook, Al Lucas, Solomon Hall
• 1957.08.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Piano Red, Budd Johnson, Ben Smith, Carl Lynch, Eddie Thomas, Doles Dickens, Gus Johnson

• 1957.09.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Billy Boy Arnold, Sunnyland Slim, Syl Johnson, Mack Thompson, Reynolds Howard
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Jimmy Knepper, Gene Quil, Bill Evans, Teddy Kotick, Dannie Richond
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Bethlehem - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Joe Newman, Henry Coker, Frank Foster, Bill Graham, Nat Pierce, Turk Van Lake, Eddie Jones, Gus Johnson
• 1957.09.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann, Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Collector - Big Joe Williams, Erwin Helfer
• 1957.09.03 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Collector - Big Joe Williams, Erwin Helfer
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Bobby Parker, Oscar Dennis, Paul Williams, Earl Williams, Clifton "Skeeter" Best, Ted Sturgis, Harry Lewis, Gene Redd
• 1957.09.05 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Remo Biondi, Earl Phillips
• 1957.09.06 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham
• 1957.09.07 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham
• 1957.09.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA Victor - Mickey (Baker) & Sylvia (Vanderpool), Melvin Lastie, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Joe James, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• 1957.09.11 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Plas Johnson, Jewell Grant, John E. Oliveri, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer
• 1957.09.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Milt Jackson, Billy Mitchell, Clifford "Skeeter" Best, Oscar Pettiford, Connie Kay
• 1957.09.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for East-West - Charles Brown, Jerome Richardson, Moe Wechsler, Charles Holloway, Al Caiola, Milt Hinton, Joe Marshall, Harry Brewer...
• 1957.09.15 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Blue Note - John Coltrane Sextet (Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)
• 1957.09.20 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Frank Wess, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Art Taylor
• 1957.09.22 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson), Guitar Gable, John Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne)
• 1957.09.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - (Johnny Otis Show) Johnny Otis Orchestra (Don Johnson, Paul Lopez, George Washington, Jackie Kelso, Fred Harman, Ernie Freeman, Jimmy Nolenm Curtis Counce)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
• 1957.09.26 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Smiley Lewis, Dave Barholomew, Meyer Kennedy, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Huey Smith, Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Bobby Mitchell, Paul Gayten, Justin Adams, George Davis, Charles Williams
• 1957.09.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Opera House - Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Connie Kay
• 1957.09.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Otis Blackwell, Sam Taylor, Dominic Cortese, Charles Macey, Al Caiola, Billy Mure, Lloyd Trotman, Joe Marshall, Jerry Duane, Eugene Stock, Arthur Malvin, Maretha Stewart

• 1957.10.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Baton - Noble "Thin Man" Watts And His Rhythm Sparks
• 1958.10.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Weston's Orchestra (Stan Getz...)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson), Guitar Gable, John Clinton "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne)
• US: New York City - recordings for ? - Clarence "Gene" Shaw, Bill Hardman, Jimmy Knepper, Shafi Hadi, Horace Parlan, Bob Hammer, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond
• 1957.10.01 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Billy May and his orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Buster Cooper, Hilton Jefferson, Budd Johnson, Kelly Owens, Skeeter Best, Leonard Gaskin, Bobby Donaldson
• 1957.10.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner, Jesse Stone's Band (Jerome Richardson, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Mike Stoller or Ray Charles, Allen Hanlon, Mundell Lowe, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Annie Laurie, Andy Gibson Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Carmen Taylor, Hilton Jefferson, Leslie Johnakins, Hal Singer, Dave McRae, Kelly Owens, Billy Butler, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Jimmy Witherspoon, Al Sears, Budd Johnson, Ernie Hayes, Al Caiola, Eddie Thomas, Doles Dickens, Gus Johnson
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Federal - Tiny Topsy (Bernice Williams), Arthur Porter, Ray Felder, Ivory Joe Hunter, John Faire, Edwyn Conley, Philip Paul, The Charms (Otis Williams, Richard Parker, Donald Peak, Joe Penn, Rolland Bradley)
• 1957.10.03 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Billy May and his orchestra
• 1957.10.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Earl Palmer, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson...
• 1957.10.06 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint?, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman / Bobby Mitchell. Dave Bartholomew Orchestra (Wendell Duconge, Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty, Fats Domino, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman)
• 1957.10.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Shrine Auditorium - Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Connie Kay
• 1957.10.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Billy May and his orchestra
• 1957.10.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ivory Joe Hunter, Leon Cohen, Dick Hyman, Billy Mure, Allen Hanlon, Lloyd Trotman, Joe Marshall, Myriam Workman, Mike Stewart, Lois Winter, Elise Bretton, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, Rudy Williams
• 1957.10.11 -- US: Louisiana: New Orelans - recordings for Arco, Atlantic - Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim), Lloyd Lambert & His Orchestra (Raymond Bryan, Gus Fontenette, Miller Sam, Lawrence Cotton, Les Spann, Oscar Moore)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins
• 1957.10.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson
• 1957.10.15 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis' Christmas Album released
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vik - Champion Jack Dupree, Pete Brown, Larry Dale, Al Lucas, Willie Jones
• 1957.10.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Stan Levey
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, King Curtis, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Skeeter Best, Joe Benjamin, Jimmy Lewis, Belton Evans, Gene Redd, Ruth Berman (or as The Velvet Keys)
• 1957.10.18 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Little Richards, The Upsetters (Clifford Burks, Wilbert Smith, Grady Gaines, Nathaniel Douglas, Olsie Robinson, Charles Connors)
• 1957.10.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Opera House - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Jo Jones
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Hawkins-Eldride (Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins), John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
• 1957.10.21 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Earl Palmer, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson...
• 1957.10.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Philharmonic Hall - Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge, Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Flip Phillips, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Connie Kay
• 1957.10.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller
• 1957.10.27? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Frank Fields, Cornelius Coleman...
• 1957.10.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Earl Palmer, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson, The Titans...
• 1957.10.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Chuck Willis, Mike Stoller, Kenny Burrell, Al Caiola, Lloyd Trotman, Joe Marshall, Harry Breuer, Myriam Workman, Elise Bretton, Marcia Neil, Rudy Williams, Bob Harter, Carter Farris

• 1957.11.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Keen - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Francis Clay, Margaret Whitfield
• 1957.11.00 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis' Christmas Album released
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Folkways - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Gene Moore
• 1957.11.01 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Edward Frank, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Steve Lacy, Wynton Kelly, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles
• 1957.11.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Lee Robinson, Earl Phillips
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Slim Harpo...
• 1957.11.07 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Dave Bartholomew, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, Lee Allen, Fats Domino, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, Ray Felder, Jon Thomas, Clifford Bush, Edwyn Conley, Philip Paul / Titus Turner, Ray Felder, Jon Thomas, Clifford Bush, Edwyn Conley, Philip Paul
• 1957.11.12 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Sun - Johnny Cash, Jack Clement, Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins, Gene Lowery Singers...
• 1957.11.14 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Columbia - Brother John Sellers, Bill Coleman, Claude Gousset, Michel De Villers, Guy Lafitte, George Arvanitas, Jean Pierre Sasson, Pierre Sim, Christian Garros
• 1957.11.15 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Red Garland, George Joyner (Jamil Nasser), Art Taylor
• 1957.11.16? - US: New York City - recordings for ? - Tony Scott, Bill Evans, Henry Grimes, Milt Hinton, Paul Motian
• 1957.11.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for Lamp - The Lovers, Ray Ellis & His Orchestra (Allen (Alden) Bunn, Little Ann...)
• 1957.11.21 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Columbia - Brother John Sellers, Bill Coleman, Claude Gousset, Michel De Villers, Guy Lafitte, George Arvanitas, Jean Pierre Sasson, Paul Rovere, Christian Garros, Ftouki Messaoud
• 1957.11.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
• 1957.11.26 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle...
• 1957.11.27 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Remo Biondi, Earl Phillips
• 1957.11.29 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Columbia - Brother John Sellers, Bill Coleman, Claude Gousset, Michel De Villers, Guy Lafitte, George Arvanitas, Jean Pierre Sasson, Paul Rovere, Christian Garros, Ftouki Messaoud
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall - Thelonius Monk Quartet (John Coltrane, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Shadow Wilson)

• 1957.12.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Jimmy McCracklin, Raymond Boyd?, Johnny Parker, Willie Cowart, Lafayette Thomas, Ray Cotton...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Howlin' Wolf, Hosea Lee Kennard, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, Earl Phillips
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Emmett Davis, Red Prysock, Wynton Kelly, Jymie Merritt, Wendell Marshall...
• 1957.12.01 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo - Joe Houston, Sherman Brooks...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Blue Note - Curtis Fuller, Art Farmer, Sonny Clark, George Tucker, Louis Hayes
• 1957.12.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, "Philly" Joe Jones
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Jimmy Witherspoon, Ray Copeland, J.C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Seldon Powell, Heywood Henry, Jay McShann, Kenny Burrell, Gene Ramey, Mousey Alexander
• 1957.12.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Jerome Richardson, Dick Jyman, Al Caiola, Allen Henlon, Mundell Lowe, Lloayd Trotman, Joe Marshall, Bill Marine, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, Maeretha Stewart
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for CBS - Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron All Stars (Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Danny Barker, Jim Atlas, Jo Jones)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, "Philly" Joe Jones
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Jimmy Witherspoon, Emmett Berry, J.C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Seldon Powell, Al Sears, Jay McShann, Kenny Burrell, Gene Ramey, Mousey Alexander
• 1957.12.06 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Zynn - Mr. Mojo, Guitar Gable's band (Tal Miller, Fats Perrodin, Clarence Etienne)
• 1957.12.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for CBS, , rehearsals TV show The Sound of Jazz - Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Doc Sheatham, Vic Dickenson, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Mal Waldron, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson / Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie All Stars (Emmett Berry, Doc Cheatham, Roy Eldridge, Joe Newman, Vic Dickenson, Frank Rehak, Dickie Wells, Earle Warren, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Harry Carney, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Jo Jones
• 1957.12.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Chet Baker, David Wheat, Ross Savakus
• 1957.12.11 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Harold Jackson & The Tornadoes (Dimples Harris...)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
• 1957.12.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Remo Biondi, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
• 1957.12.13 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Red Garland, George Joyner, Art Taylor
• 1957.12.17 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Plas Johnson, Jewell Grant, Rene Hall, Charles Norris, Howard Roberts, Earl Palmer
• 1957.12.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Emarcy - Helen Merrill, Mike Simpson, Dick Marx, Fred Rundquist, Johnny Frigo, Jerry Slosberg
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Taft Jordan, Red Solomon, Sam Taylor, Mike Stoller, Moe Wechsler, Allen Hanson, Wendell Marshall, Joe Marshall, The Cookies
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for Federal - Tiny Topsy (Bernice Williams), Clifford Bush, Ray Felder, John Thomas, John Faire, Edwyn Conley, Edison Gore, The Charms (Otis Williams, Richard Parker, Donald Peak, Joe Penn, Rolland Bradley)
• 1957.12.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Emarcy - Helen Merrill, Mike Simpson, Dick Marx, Fred Rundquist, Johnny Frigo, Jerry Slosberg
• 1957.12.20 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Prestige - Ray Draper, John Coltrane, Gil Coggins, Spanky DeBrest, Larry Ritchie
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Varetta Dillard, The Cookies, Howard Biggs & His Orchestra
• 1957.12.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Gene & Eunice (Gene Forrest Wilson, Eunice Levy), Earl Palmer...
• 1957.12.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Atlantic - T-Bone Walker, Plas Johnson, Ray Johnson, R.S. Rankin, Barney Kessel, Joe Comfort, Earl Palmer
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Checker - Lowell Fulson...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall - Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry
• 1957.12.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
• 1957.12.30 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below

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