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1958

1959

The Newport Folk Festival was founded

first released recordings: Robert Pete Williams

• Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry Is on Top released
• Big Bill Broonzy: Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee released
• Ruth Brown: Miss Rhythm released, Late Date With Ruth Brown released
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
• Fats Domino: Let's play Fats Domino released
• John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker and Sticks McGee-Highway of Blues; The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker; I'm John Lee Hooker released
• B.B. King: Wails; Sings Spirituals released
• Elvis Presley: For LP Fans Only; A Date With Elvis; Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 2 released
• Pete Seeger: American Favorite Ballads: Volume Three released
• Pete Seeger, Frank Hamilton: Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes released
• Pete Seeger, Mika Seeger, Larry Eisenberg: American Playparties released
• The Weavers: Traveling On; At Home; The Best of the Weavers. Folk Songs Around The World released released
• Robert Pete Williams: Angola Prisoners' Blues released

• Canada: Toronto - Mariposa Folk Festival - Gary Davis, Georgia Sea Island Singers
• Europe: Germany: Bad Nauheim - Home recordings - Elvis Presley
• Europe: UK: London - recordings for Atlantic - Champion Jack Dupree, Alexis Korner, Jack Fallon
• US: ? - recordings for ABC - Lloyd Price...
• US: ? - recordings for Amanda - Bobby Parker...
• US: ? - recordings for Capitol - Andrews Sisters... / Young Jessie...
• US: ? - recordings for Chanson - Clentt Gant...
• US: ? - recordings for Enjoy - Louis Jones & His Band
• US: ? - recordings for Gee - The Upsetters (Grady Gaines, Clifford Burks, Larry Lennear, Wilbur Smith, Milt Hopkins, Olsie Robinson, Emile Russell)
• US: ? - recordings for Imperial - Jay Blue...
• US: ? - recordings for KRC - Stella Johnson, Cuba Sanchez Orchestra
• US: ? - recordings for Metro - Melvin Smith...
• US: ? - recordings for Orbit - (Charles) Crown Prince Waterford...
• US: ? - recordings for Specialty - Ed "Great" Gates (Edward Gates White)...
• US: ? - recordings for Swingin' - Marvin Phillips, Fletcher Smith, Buddy Harper, Herman Mitchel, Ted Brinson, Jesse Price...
• US: Alabama: Livingston - recordings for Atlantic - Vera Hall (Ward)
• US: Arkansas: Hughes - recordings for Prestige? - Willie Jones, Forest City Joe Pugh, Roland Hayes
• US: California: Culver City - recordings for Lauren - John Lee Hooker
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for All Star - Johnny Watson (Johnny "Guitar" Watson)...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Canton - Slim Green (Norman G. Green)...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Check - Sugar Pie DeSanto (Pee Wee Kingsley Band)
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Class - Johnny (Guitar) Watson, Plas Johnson, Googie Rene, Barney Kessel...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Combo, Kem - Joe Houston & His Fabulous Tenor...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dooto - Filmore Slim...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Dynasty - Johnnie Brown...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Eldo - (Johnny Otis Show) Johnny Otis Orchestra
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Fidelity - Jimmy Nolen, Eldee Williams, Paul Madison, Willie Randall, Bob Tate, Ernest Lane, Johnny House, Chuck Thomas
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Kent - B.B. King...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Noble - Jimmie (Jimmy) Moore
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Pull - Guitar Shorty (David William Kearney), Bob Tate...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Rendevous - Frankie Ervin... / Johnny Moore & His New Blazers
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Spot - Big Daddy... / Effie Smith, Henry Criner...
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Veltone - Sugar Pie DeSanto (Pee Wee Kingsley Band)
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle's Orchestra (Don Fagerquist, Bob Cooper, Alvin Stoller...) / Ella Fitzgerald, Russ Gacia's Orchestra
• US: California: Oakland - recordings for Arhoolie - Big Joe Williams
• US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Kappa - Earl "Good Rocking" Brown...
• US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Veltone - Johnny Fuller...
• US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Atlanta - Billy Wright...
• US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Carrollton - Billy Wright...
• US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Jax - Pinao Red & The Meter-Tones (Curtis Smith, Beverly Watkins, Tommy Legon, Bobby Lee Tuggle)
• US: Georgia: St. Simon's Island - recordings for ? - John Davis...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - ? - Junior Wells, Earl Hooker, L. Leake, D Myers, W. Dixon, E. Lounge, M.London
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Allan - Harold "Thunderhead" Ward & The Jimmy Hill Combo
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Apex - Lefty (Guitar) Bates, Cliff Davis?, McKinley Easton... / Danny Overbea... / Horace M. Palm, Lefty (Guitar) Bates & His Orchestra (Cliff Davis?, Mckinley Easton...) / Edward "Bunky" Redding, Sonny Cohn, Morris Brice, Frank Strozier, Von Freeman, McKinley Easton, Floyd Morris, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Marshall Thompson...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Atomic-H - Clear Waters (Eddie Clearwater) & His Orchestra (Chuck Smith, H.B. Rayburn Williams, Jimmy Lee Robinson, Richard Rogers) / Mighty Joe Young, Abb Locke, Mickey Boss, Mack Thompson, S.P. Leary...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Bea & Baby - L.C. McKinley...
• US: Illinois: Chiacgo - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green... / Bod Diddley, Lafayette Leake, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green... / Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Pat Hare, Otis Spann, Andrew Stephenson, Willie Smith / Sonny Boy Williamson Otis Spann, Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for C.J. - Earl Hooker & His Road Masters (Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Jack Meyers, Harold Tidwell) / Little Mac & His Boys (or as Mack Simmon (Little Mack Simmons (Malcolm Simmons)), James Cotton, Detroit Junior, Eddie King, Bob Anderson, Robert Whitehead) / Lorenzo Smith & His Swinging Changes (Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Earl Hooker, Harold Tidwell)
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Cobra - Ike Turner, Billy Gayles
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Delmark? - Harmonica George (George W. Robinson), Eddie Clearwater, Willie Johnson, J.C. Herb, Jo Jo Williams, Bob Richey
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Federal - Syl Johnson, Sonny Thompson, Lefty Bates... / Tiny Topsy...
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for La Salle - Sunnyland Slim, Corky Robertson, Jump Jackson
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Profile - Junior Wells, Willie Dixon, Lafayette Leake, Earl Hooker, David Myers, Eugene Lounge, Mel London
• US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Shep - Danny Overbea...
• US: Illinois: Cicero - recordings for Aromic H - Jo Jo Williams (Joseph Williams), Mojo Buford, Lazy Bill Lucas, David Myers, Sammy Burden / Jo Jo Burden, P.T. Hayes, Tommy Reader, Abraham "Little Smokey" Smothers, Robert Whitehead, Elijah Jordan, Richard Fisher
• US: Illinois: East St. Louis - recordings for Stevens - Icky Renrut (Ike Turner), Jimmy Thomas, Tommy Hodges, Carlson Oliver, Fred Sample, Jesse Knight Jr., John Wings
• US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Jesse Butcher, Guitar Welch
• US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Big Louisiana (Rodney Mason), Rev. Rogers, Jose Smith, Roosevelt Charles, Arthur Davis, Willie Rafus, Andy Mosely, Johnny Butler, Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey, Robert Pete Williams, James Russell, Murray Macon, Odea Matthews
• US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Sv? - John Henry Jackson, A.C. Craig
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Decca - Katie Webster & The Songettes...
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Carol Fran, John Johnson?, Guitar Gable, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne / Leroy Washington, Johnny Johnson, Lonesome Sundown, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Flyright - Leroy Washington, Lionel Torrence, Katie Webster, Al Foreman, Bobby McBride, Warren Storm
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Jin - Otis Smith...
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Rocko - Charles Sheffield, Big Sambo's Swingsters (Lionel Prevost...) / Tabby Thomas...
• US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Zynn - Jimmy Dotson & the Blue Boys (Sylvester Buckley, Silas Hogan, Isaiah Chattman) / Vince Monroe (or as Mr. Calhoun), Guitar Gable, Clarence Etienne)
• US: Louisiana: Fayetteville - recordings for Duplex - Jesse Allen...
• US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Folk Star - Clifton White...
• US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Goldband - Guitar Jr. (Lee Baker Jr.), Leroy James?. Katie Webster, Sid Lawrence, Little Brother Griffin / Al Smith...
• US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Hollywood - Blues Boy Palmer (Jesse Palmer), The Bill Parker Band (Roosevelt Dickenson?, Chester Randle, "Ice Water"...)
• US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Mercury - Guitar Jr. (Lee Baker Jr.)...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings by Jay Miller - Lester Robertson, Joe Hudson...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ace - Charles Brown, Amos Milburn. Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Earl King (Earl Johnson), Melvin Lastie, Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Allen Toussaint, Chuck Badie, Charles Williams, Gerri Hall, James Black, John Williams / Bobby Marchan & The Clowns (Huey Smith...) / Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns (Bobby Marchan, Melvin Lastie?...) / Earl Williams, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Lee Allen, Roy Montrell...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for - Joe Gaines, Music by the Original Hi-Lites
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Carlton - Big Al Downing, Charles Fairley, Red Tyler, Mac Rebenack, "Preacher", Charles William
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ember - Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Allen Toussaint, Justin Adams, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Federal - Herb Hardesty...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Fire - Bobby Marchan & The Tick Tocks
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Folk Lyric - Snooks Eaglin (Ford (Fird) Eaglin), Percy Randolph, Lucius Bridges...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Herald - (Thomas) Tommy Ridgley...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Jin - James (Sugar Boy) Crawford...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Montel - Lester Robertson & The Upsetters
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ric - Eddie Bo (Edwin J. Bocage), Ike Williams, Robert Parker, James Rivers, Edgar Blanchard, Chuck Badie, John Boudreaux / Al Johnson (Alvin Johnson), Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Huey Smith, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Charles Williams / Al Johnson (Alvin Johnson), Lee Allen, Red Tyler, James Booker, Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Charles Williams
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Ron - Professor Longhair (Roy Byrd), Eddie Hines, Robert Parker, Justin Adams, Mac Rebenack, Otis DeVernie, John Boudreaux / Robert Parker, Dimes Dupont, Eddie Bo, Frank Fields, Charles Williams...
• US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Specialty - Dave (Fat Man) Williams...
• US: Louisiana: Ville Platte - recordings for Fame - Rockin' Sidney (Sidney Semien) & His All Stars (Francis Semien, Roger Semien...)
• US: Michigan: Detroit? - recordings for Anna - Paul Gayten...
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Bumble Bee - Delores Maxwell...
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Fortune - Earl Chatman... / Walter Hamilton Combo (Wallace Stevens) / Eddie Kirkland & His Houserockers (Johnny Hooks, Joe Dooms, "Head", Jimmy Parner / Doctor Ross & The Orbits
• US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for JVB - Little Sonny (Aaron Willis), Eddie Burns, James "Brer Rabbit" Johnson, Jim Due Crawford / Emmitt Slay's Slayriders with Sweetie Delores (Dolores McKee)
• US: Mississippi: Como - recordings for Atlantic - Lonnie Young, Ed Young, Lonnie Young Jr. ...
• US: Mississippi: Como - recordings for New World? - Rose Hemphill (Rosa Lee Hill)
• US: Mississippi: Como - recordings for Prestige? (Alan Lomax) - Mattie Gardner / Mississippi Fred McDowell, Fannie Davis, Miles Pratcher / Miles Pratcher, Bob Pratcher
• US: Mississippi: Lambert - recordings for ? - James Carter... / Leroy Gary / Ed Lewis / Ed Lewis, Johny Lee Moore, James Carter, Henry Mason / Johnny Lee Moore & 12 Mississippi (Penitentiary) Convicts
• US: Mississippi: Parchman (State Penitentiary) - recordings for ? - John Dudley / Leroy Miller... / Henry Ratcliff / Ervin Webb...
• US: Mississippi: Senatobia - recordings for Atlantic? - Rosalie Hill (Rosa Lee Hill)
• US: Mississippi: Senatobia - recordings for Prestige? - Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith
• US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Bobbin - Little Milton (Campbell), Larry Protho, Oliver Sain, James Carr, Vernon Harrell, Willie Dotson, Jerry Walker / Fred Green, Milton Campbell?... / Albert King, Wilbur Thomson, Hal White, Freddie Robinette, Sam Wallace, Lee Otis, Theodis Morgan / Robert T. Smith, Toby Pride's Orchestra (Cecil Travis...) / Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom Five (Hubert Wings...)
• US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Stevens - Icky Renrut (Ike Turner), Fred Sample, Jimmy Thomas, Carlson Oliver, Jesse Knight Jr., John Wings?
• US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Red Lightnin'? - Ike Turner's KIngs Of Rhythm (Tommy Hodge, Jimmy Thomas, Carlson Oliver, Fred Sample, Jesse Knigth Jr., John Wings)
• US: New York City - recordings for 3D, OKeh - Billy Lamont...
• US: New York City - recordings for Atlas - Harold Austin's Orchestra / Mae Mercer...
• US: New York City - recordings for Baton - Noble "Thin Man" Watts And His Rhythm Sparks
• US: New York City - recordings for Chelsea - Rollee McGill...
• US: New York City - recordings for Choice - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
• US: New York City - recordings for Cub - Mamie Webster (Big Maybelle), Sidney De Paris, Henderson Chambers, Omer Someon, Jesse Powell, Danny Smalls...
• US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Johnny Darling...
• US: New York City - recordings for End - Emett Davis...
• US: New York City - recordings for Fire - Johnny Acey, Jimmy Spruill... / Riff Ruffin... / Wild Jimmy Spurrill (James Spruill)...
• US: New York City - recordings for Folkways - Brownie McGhee / Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon
• US: New York City - recordings for Fury - Tarheel Slim (Allen (Alden) Bunn), Horace Lee Cooper, Jimmy Spruill, Jimmy Lewis?, John Robertson / Clarence (Junior) Lewis...
• US: New York City - recordings for Glad - Pinnochio James & Orchestra (Ram Ramirez, Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson)
• US: New York City - recordings for Grey Cliff - Tender Slim (Joe Richardson), Teddy Vann, Abie Baker...
• US: New York City - recordings for Harlem Hit Parade - Bobby Zilmus...
• US: New York City - recordings for Hull - The Blonde Bomber (Walter Rhodes)...
• US: New York City - recordings for Jaro - Big Bob (Kornegay)...
• US: New York City - recordings for Mascot - Walter Rhodes (Little Red Walter(s))...
• US: New York City - recordings for Memo - Little Eddie Mint (Danny "Run Joe" Taylor), Buddy Lucas, Heywood Henry, Harry Van Walls, Skeeter Best, Gene Brooks...)
• US: New York City - recordings for Metrojazz - Helen Merrill, Kenny Dorham, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Jones, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Johnny Cresci, Al Hall, Frank Wess,
• US: New York City - recordings for Sharp - Kip Anderson, Howard Biggs Orchestra (Mickey Baker...)
• US: New York City - recordings for Sir - Ann Cole, Sammy Lowe Orchestra
• US: New York City - recordings for Todd - Annisteen (Ernestine) Allen, Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (Melvin Moore...)
• US: New York City - recordings for Triumph - Varetta Dillard...
• US: New York City - recordings for Warwick - Larry Darnell...
• US: New York City - recordings for Winley - Dickie Thompson...
• US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Lonnie Johnson...
• US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - recordings for Atco, Red Top - Sonny Forriest, Ellsworth Gooding, Kirk Davis, Jerome Stinett, James Harris
• US: Tennessee: Fayetteville - recordings for Duplex - Mattie Jackson, The Blues Nighthawks Orchestra (Jimmy Liggins...) / (Bobbi) Bobby Williams...
• US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Audiodisc - Memphis Minnie, Ernest Lawlar...
• US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Satellite - Carla & Rufus (Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas), Bob Talley, Alfred Rudd, Booner Faster, Booker T. Jones, Marvell Thomas, Wilbur Steinberg, Howard Grimes
• US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Champion - Christine Kittrell, Jimmy Beck's Orchestra
• US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Derrick - Kip Anderson
• US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Duplex - Sonny Boy Williams, Big Daddy Rucker...
• US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Excello - Eddie Williams...
• US: Texas: Baytown? - recordings for Hitt - Big Charles Green, Dusty Fletcher & His Front Page Clefs
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for C&P - Piano Slim (Willard Burton) & His Rockin' Four / Clarence Green, The High Type Five
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Candid? - Andrew Everett / Dennis Gainus
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Duke - Bobby "Blue" Bland, Joe Scott?, Rayfield Davers, Teddy Reynolds, Clarence Holloman, Hamp Simmons, Sonny Freeman... / Bobby "Blue" Bland, Teddy Reynolds, Wayne Bennett, John "Jabo" Starks... / Bobby "Blue" Bland, Joe Scott?. Melvin Jackson, Pluma Davis, Robert Skinner, L.R. Hill, Rayfield Davers, Teddy Reynolds, Wayne Bennett, Hamp Simmons, John "Jabo" Starks... / Larry Davis, David Dean, James Booker, Johnny Brown, Earl Grant, Hamp Simmons, Nat Kendricks?... / (Little) Junior Parler, John Brownie, Joe Bridgewater, Richard Waters, Arnett Cobb, Conrad Johnson, James Booker, Clarence Holloman, Sonny Freeman... / Fention Robinson, David Dean, James Booker, Johnny Brown, Hamp Simmons, Nat Kendricks?...
• US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Peacock - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Arnett Cobb, Edward Frank, Duke Barker...
• US: Texas: San Antonio - recordings for Harlem - Royal Earl & The Swingin' Kools (Royal (Texas Slim) Bell)

• 1959.01.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Crown - B.B. King, Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
• 1959.01.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter & His Jukes (Otis Spann, Luther Tucker, Fred Robinson, George Hunter)
• 1959.01.00 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim, Tal Miller, Guitar Gable, Clarence Etienne...
• 1959.01.00 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Stevens - Johnny Wright, Joe Whitfield, Joe Hunt...
• 1959.01.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Luther Tucker, Andrew Stephens, Francis Clay
• 1959.01.04 -- US: Missouri: Kansas City - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Witherspoon, Harold Ashby, Jay McShann...
• 1959.01.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott, Johnny Kirkwood
• 1959.01.13 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Murry Harman, Marvin Hughes, Luther Perkins...
• 1959.01.15 -- US: Louisiana: New Orelans - recordings by Harry Oster - Lemon Nash (Lemoine Nash)
• 1959.01.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay
• 1959.01.16 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Witherspoon, Riley Hampton Orchestra (John Avant, Von Freeman, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Lefty Bates, Earl Backus, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan)
• 1959.01.16 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Folkways - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.01.19 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Roy Brown, Osborne Whitfiled, Ray Felder, John Thomas, Charles Grayson, Ed Conley, Edison Gore
• 1959.01.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty, Fidelity - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry), Jackie Kelso...
• 1959.01.22 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
• 1959.01.23 -- Elvis Presley: For LP Fans Only released
• 1959.01.26 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.01.27 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams / Robert "Guitar" Welch
• 1959.01.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Richard Wess' Orchestra
• 1959.01.28 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.01.29 -- US: Louisiana: New Orelans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Roy Montrell, Jimmie Davis, Cornelius Coleman or with Walter Nelson, Cornelius Coleman

• 1959.02.00 -- Europe: UK: London - BBC-Studio? - Billie Holiday, Peter Knight Orchestra, Mal Waldron
• 1959.02.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Argo - Lula Reed, Sonny Thompson & His Orchestra
• 1959.02.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Sonny Lance (Sonny Lantz)
• 1959.02.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Rogers, Reggie Boyd, Otis Spann, S.P. Leary
• 1959.02.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Barclay - Curley Hamner Orchestra (Margie Day, Buster Cooper, Eric Dixon, Lloyd Mayers, Steve Cooper)
• 1959.02.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Fury, Goldies... - Wilbert Harrison, Jimmy Spruill...
• 1959.02.02 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey
• 1959.02.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Bob Alexander, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch, Hank Jones, Mundell Lowe, Milt Hinton, Don Lamond, Richard Wess
• 1959.02.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Teacho Wilshire Orchestra
• 1959.02.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Romeo Penque, George Berg, Hank Jones, Al Caiola, Milt Hinton, Don Lamond, Richard Wess...
• 1959.02.07? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Kent - B.B. King...
• 1959.02.09? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Kent - B.B. King...
• 1959.02.10 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.02.10 -- US: Louisiana: Scotlandville - recordings by ? - Smoky Babe (Robert Brown)
• 1959.02.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Earl (Connelly) King, Hal Singer, Herman Foster, Mickey Baker, Carl Pruitt, Clarence Donaldson / Titus Turner, Hal Singer, Herman Foster, Mickey Baker, Carl Pruitt, Bobby Donaldson
• 1959.02.12 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.02.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Bert Keyes, Everett Barksdale, John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, Doles Dickens, Belton Evans, Elise Bretton, Anita Darian, Corinne Manetto, Louis Hurst, Robert Harter, Rudy Williams, Robert Flavelle
• 1959.02.14 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings by Harry Oster - Robert "Guitar" Welch
• 1959.01.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay
• 1959.02.16 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins, Luke Miles
• 1959.02.17 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below, The Moonglows (Chuck Barksdale, Harvey Fuqua, Marvin Gaye, James Nolan)
• 1959.02.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Dave Newman, Bennie Crawford, Edgar Willis, Milton Turner, The Raelettes...
• 1959.02.18 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Folkways - Furry Lewis (Walter Lewis)
• 1959.02.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Little Esther, Sam Taylor, Mickey Baker...
• 1959.02.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for DeLuxe - Annie Laurie, George Dorsey, Count Hastings, Hal Singer, Dave McRea, Jimmy Jones, Mickey Baker, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis
• 1959.02.22 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.02.23 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Percy Mayfield...
• 1959.02.24 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Carol Fran, John Johnson?, Guitar Gable, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
• 1959.02.24 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Folkways - Furry Lewis (Walter Lewis)
• 1959.02.25 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter, Luther Tucker, Jimmy Lee Robinson, Willie Dixon, George Hunter
• 1959.02.26 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins, Luke Miles
• 1959.02.27 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings by Harry Oster - Robert "Guitar" Welch
• 1959.02.27 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey

• 1959.03.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Argo - Charles Clark...
• 1959.03.00 -- US: Illinois: Chiacgo - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green...
• 1959.03.00 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Candid? - R.C. Forest, Gozy Kilpatrick / Gozy Kilpatrick
• 1959.03.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis Sextet (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, James Cobb)
• 1959.03.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis and his orchestra (Jimmy Cleveland, Romeo Penque, Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell, Joe Benjamin, Osie Johnson, Janet Putnam...)
• 1959.03.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis and his orchestra (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Cleveland, Gene Quill, Hank Jones, Barry Galbraight, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Janet Putnam...)
• 1959.03.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick - Faye Adams...
• 1959.03.06 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for DeLuxe - Tiny Tim...
• 1959.03.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Mike Stoller, Al Caiola, Abie Baker, Joe Mashall
• 1959.03.08 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash
• 1959.03.10 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - King Karl (Bernard Jolivette), Guitar Gables, Fats Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne...
• 1959.03.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Verve - Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis and his orchestra (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Wilder, Billy Byers, Al Cohn, Danny Bank, Hank Jones, Barry Galbraight, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson)
• 1959.03.11 -- US: California: Hollywood – recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Nat Perrilliat, Charles Fairley, Alvin Tyler, Lloyd Whitley, Roy Montrell, Jesse Fairman, Charles Williams
• 1959.03.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, John Johnson, Bobby Donaldson
• 1959.03.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Howard Biggs, Mickey Baker, Wally Richardson, Neil Sedaka, Wendell Marshall, Sticks Evans, Phil Kraus, Elise Bretton, Marie-Neil Patterson, Marilyn Palmer, Leon Hurst, Gene Cowell, Richard Williams, Gene Steck
• 1959.03.12 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Murry Harman, Marvin Hughes, Luther Perkins...
• 1959.03.13 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Aladdin - Shirley & Lee (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)...
• 1959.03.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle...
• 1959.03.20 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Harold Burrage, Cliff Davis, McKinley Waston, Earl Washington, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1959.03.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Mickey (Baker) & Kitty (Noble), King Curtis, Ernie Hayes, Wally Richardson, Everett Barksdale, Abie Baker, Sticks Evans
• 1959.03.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick - Faye Adams...
• 1959.03.21 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey
• 1959.02.21 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings by Harry Oster - Robert "Guitar" Welch
• 1959.03.21 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Folk Lyric - Andy Mosely
• 1959.03.21 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.03.24 -- US: California: Hollywood – recordings for Specialty - Larry Williams, Gerald Wilson, Williams E. Green, Harold Battiste, Jewell Grant, Rene Hall, Ted Brinson, Earl Palmer
• 1959.03.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• 1959.03.24 -- US: California: Los Angeles – recordings for Kent - B.B. King, Members of the Count Basie Orchestra (John Anderson, Pete Candoli, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Henry Coker, Dick Nash, Tommy Peterson, Jewel Grant, Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Charlie Fowlkes, Milt Raskin, Herman Mitchell, Eddie Jones, Sonny Payne)
• 1959.03.24 -- US: New Jersey: Hackensack - recordings for Savoy - Sam Price & His Orchestra (Mickey Baker, Al Casey, Al Lucas, Panama Francis)
• 1959.03.25 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• 1959.03.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra
• 1959.03.26 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
• 1959.03.26 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Rocko - Katie Webster, Lionel Prevost, Danny George, Ben Singleton, Sherman Webster, Lightnin Mitchell
• 1959.03.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, Les Humphries
• 1959.03.27 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey
• 1959.02.27 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings by Harry Oster - Robert "Guitar" Welch

• 1959.04.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for King - Beverly Ann Gibson...
• 1959.04.00? - US: Illinois: Granite City - recordings for Stevens - Little Bobby Foster with Premiers (Joe Whitfield, Johnny Wright, Joe Hunt...)
• 1959.04.00 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles, Otis Webster
• 1959.04.00 -- US: Massachsuetts: Boston - Storyville Club - Billie Holiday And Her Trio (Mal Waldron, Champ Jones, Roy Haynes)
• 1959.04.00 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Riverside - John Lee Hooker
• 1959.04.00 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Candid - Dudley Alexander, Alex Robert, Vincent Frank
• 1959.04.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Billy May and his orchestra
• 1959.04.03? - US: California: Los Angeles – recordings for Kent - B.B. King, The Charioteers (The Southern California Community Choir), Sonny Freeman...
• 1959.04.03 -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall (Alan Lomax: Folk Song Festival) - Muddy Waters, Isaac Washington, Otis Spann, Al Hall, Shep Sheppard / Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters, Al Hall, Shep Sheppard / Stormy Mountain Boys / Jimmy Driftwood
• 1959.04.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins Sextet (Charlie Shavers, Ray Bryant, Tiny Grimes, George Duvivier, Osie Johnson)
• 1959.04.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Barclay - Curley Hamner Orchestra (Frankie Tucker, Buster Cooper, Eric Dixon, Lloyd Mayers, Carl Lynch, Steve Cooper)
• 1959.04.04 -- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Storyville - Ashton Savoy & His Combo (Danny George, Lazy Lester, Katie Webster, Sherman Webster, Lightnin' Mitchell)
• 1959.04.06 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Jimmy Giuffre's orchestra
• 1959.04.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Jimmy Giuffre's orchestra
• 1959.04.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Jimmy Giuffre's orchestra
• 1959.04.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Jimmy McCracklin, Earl Warren?, David Brooks, Johnny Parker, Memphis Slim, Everett Barksdale, Panama Francis
• 1959.04.09 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Billy May and his orchestra
• 1959.04.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Mercury - Jimmy McCracklin, Earl Warren?, David Brooks, Johnny Parker, Memphis Slim, Everett Barksdale, Panama Francis
• 1959.04.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Th Famous Castle Jazz Band (Monte Ballou, Don Kinch, George Bruns, Bob Gilbert, Dreddie Crews, Bob Short, Homer Welch)
• 1959.04.14 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey
• 1959.04.21 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Roscoe Gordon, Earl Washington, Lefy Bates, Classie Ballou, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1959.04.22 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Columbia - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello)
• 1959.04.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis Sextet (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, James Cobb)
• 1959.04.23 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Columbia - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello)

• 1959.05.00? - US: Illinois: Alton - recordings for Stevens - Little Cooper (Timothy Cooper) & The Drifters (Glenn Cooper...)
• 1959.05.00? - US: Illinois: Chiacgo - recordings for Chess - Joe Weaver...
• 1959.05.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Billy Emerson, Sonny Cohn, Cliff Davis, McKinley Easton, Sleepy Anderson, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1959.05.00 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles, Matthew "Hogman" Maxey / Roosevelt Charles, Otis Webster
• 1959.05.00 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lonesome Sundown (Cornelius Green), Lazy Lester, John Johnson, Leroy Washington, John "Fats" Perrodin, Clarence Etienne, Lionel Torrence / Slim Harpo, Sonny Martin?, Fats Parrodin, Clarence Etienne
• 1959.05.00 -- US: Louisiana: St. Louis - recordings for Stevens - Little Bobby Foster with Premiers (Joe Whitfield, Johnny Wright, Robert Henderson, Carl Brown, Johnny Foster...)
• 1959.05.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Monitor - Brother John Sellers, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis
• 1959.05.04 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Zynn - Clifton Chenier, Lionel Prevost, Katie Webster, Travis Phillips, Francis Candy, Wilson Semien, Lazy Lester / Wonder Boy Travis Phillips, Lionel Torrence, Katie Webster, Francis Candy, Wilson Semien
• 1959.05.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
• 1959.05.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Charles Mingus, John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi, Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan, Dannoe Richmond
• 1959.05.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
• 1959.05.06 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Leroy Washington...
• 1959.05.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Ralph Burns Orchestra (Bob Brookmeyer, Allen Henlin, Wendell Marshall, Ted Sommer...)
• 1959.05.07 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Roy Brown, Johnny Griffin, Ray Felder, John Thomas, John Faire, Fred Jordan, Ed Conley, ? McRudy
• 1959.05.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
• 1959.05.10 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Cool Cats (Robert Young, Cyprien Houston, Arthur Williams, Edward Davenport, Robert Milton, Philip Armour, Fred Hollinsworth, Junior Jones)
• 1959.05.10 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles
• 1959.05.12 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles
• 1959.05.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Charles Mingus, John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi, Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan, Dannoe Richmond
• 1959.05.12 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.05.14 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Capitol - Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
• 1959.05.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Budd Johnson, Mickey Baker, Bill Suyker, Milt Hinton, Sticks Evans...
• 1959.05.22 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Federal - Cliff Davis & The Turbo-Jets (McKinley Easton, Claude Jones, Reggie Boyd, Walter Cole, Gil Day)
• 1959.05.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Titus Turner, King Curtis...
• 1959.05.23 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for C.J. - Earl Hooker, Harold Tidwell, Lorenzo Smith?, Tall Paul Hankins, Jack Meyers
• 1959.05.25 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - ? - Junior Wells, Earl Hooker, L. Leake, D Myers, W. Dixon, E. Lounge
• 1959.05.28 -- US: New York City - Hemdon Stadium - Ruth Brown...
• 1959.05.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Marcus Redgrave, John Hunt, Dave Newman, Bennie Crawford, Edgar Willis, Teagle Fleming, The Raelettes

• 1959.06.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Pat Hare, Otis Spann, Andrew Stephenson, Francis Clay
• 1959.06.00 -- US: Louisiana: Baton Rouge - recordings for Minit - Boogie Jake (Matthew Jacobs), Joe Dardin, Big Jo Melvin, "Pee Wee", "Tango"
• 1959.06.01 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Folkways - Snooks Eaglin (or Blind Snooks Eaglin (Ford (Fird) Eaglin))
• 1959.06.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Alfred Cobbs, Bellino Ramaglia, Skippy Williams, Pinky Williams, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Emile Russell...
• 1959.06.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Bill Suyker, Abie Baker, Sticks Evans, Prof. Alex Bradford Singers
• 1959.06.05 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Tom Dutson, Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.06.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Bill Suyker, Abie Baker, Belton Evans, Prof. Alex Bradford Singers
• 1959.06.11 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Gene Allison, Cliff Davis, McKinley Easton, Sonny Thompson, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan, Sax Kari
• 1959.06.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Jimmy Rushing, Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson, Ray Bryant, Skeeter Best, Jo Jones
• 1959.06.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Gene Allison, Cliff Davis, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Lefty Bates, Sax Kari, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1959.06.12 -- US: Texas: Dickinson - recordings for Heritage? - Joel Hopkins
• 1959.06.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Jimmy Rushing, Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson, Ray Bryant, Skeeter Best, Jo Jones
• 1959.06.18 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Buddy Hagans, Clarence Ford, Roy Montrell, Jimmie Davis, Cornelius Coleman or with Buddy Hagans, Herb Hardesty, Walter Nelson, Cornelius Coleman
• 1959.06.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Mickey (Baker) & Kitty (Noble), Hermann Foster, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis / Joe Turner, King Curtis, Leon Cohen, Marlowe Morris, Bill Suyker, Abie Baker, Sticks Evans, Abel DeCosta, Nathaniel Smith, Maria Young, Gloria Preston, Martha Flowers
• 1959.06.19 -- US: Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for Stevens - Timothy Cooper, Dennis DeRoy, Glenn Cooper...
• 1959.06.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Jimmy Rushing, Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson, Ray Bryant, Skeeter Best, Jo Jones
• 1959.06.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Quincy Jones Orchestra (Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Melba Liston, Al Grey, Quentin Jackson, Tom Mitchell, Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Billy Mitchell, Dave Newman, Paul Gonsalves, Zoot Sims, Bennie Crawford, Charlie Fowlkes, Freddie Green, Edgar Willis, Eddie Jones, Teagle Fleming, Charles Persip)
• 1959.06.25? - US: Rhode Island: Newport - Newport Folk Festival - Butch Cage (James Cage), Willie Thomas
• 1959.06.25 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello)
• 1959.06.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ray Charles, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt, Dave Newman, Bennie Crawford, Edgar Willis, Teagle Fleming, The Raelettes...

• 1959.07.00 -- Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry Is on Top released
• 1959.07.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle's Orchestra (Don Fagerquist, Bob Cooper, Alvin Stoller...)
• 1959.07.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Billy Emerson, Joe Jones, Vincent Duling, Willie Dixon, Phil Thomas, The Dells / Howlin' Wolf, Abb Locke, Hosea Lee Kennard, Hubert Sumlin, Abraham Smothers, S.P. Leary / Larry Williams, Billy Emerson?, Willie Dixon...
• 1959.07.00 -- US: Illinois: Granite City - recordings for Stevens - Bobby Foster, Raymond Hill, Carlson Oliver, Ike Turner, Jesse Knight, John "Bootie Lip" Wings
• 1959.07.00 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lazy Lester, Guitar Gable, Fats Perrodin, Bruce Broussard
• 1959.07.00? - US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Argo - Clarence "Frogman" Henry...
• 1959.07.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello)
• 1959.07.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Lafayette Thomas, Sammy Price, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Belton
• 1959.07.11 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Ella Fitzgerald, Frank De Vol's Orchestra
• 1959.07.11 -- US: Rhode Island: Newport - Newport Folk Festival - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry / Pete Seeger / Martha Schlamme, Frank Hamilton / Tony Makem, Pat Clancy, Pete Seeger / Leon Bibb, John Stauber, Eric Weisberg
• 1959.07.12 -- US: Rhode Island: Newport - Newport Folk Festival - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry / Pete Seeger / Martha Schlamme, Frank Hamilton / Tony Makem, Pat Clancy, Pete Seeger / Leon Bibb, John Stauber, Eric Weisberg
• 1959.07.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for Antler - Ray Scott (Walter Spriggs) & The Ramrocks (Harold Ousley, LeRoy Glover, Jimmy Breedlove, Pola Roberts)
• 1959.07.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Imperial - Percy Mayfield...
• 1959.07.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Antler - Ray Scott (Walter Spriggs) & The Ramrocks (Harold Ousley, LeRoy Glover, Jimmy Breedlove, Pola Roberts)
• 1959.07.13 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Candid - Jealous James Stanchell
• 1959.07.13 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.07.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Antler - Ray Scott (Walter Spriggs) & The Ramrocks (Harold Ousley, LeRoy Glover, Jimmy Breedlove, Pola Roberts)
• 1959.07.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Antler - Ray Scott (Walter Spriggs) & The Ramrocks (Harold Ousley, LeRoy Glover, Jimmy Breedlove, Pola Roberts)
• 1959.07.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Beverly Ann Gibson, Dick Vance, Richard Harris, Sam Taylor, Frank Henry, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Carl Pruitt, Panama Francis...
• 1959.07.16 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins, Luke Miles
• 1959.07.17 -- US: New York City - Billie Holiday (†)
• 1959.07.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for Folkways - Memphis Slim
• 1959.07.20 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Tradition - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.07.21 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter, Otis Spann, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Billy Stepney
• 1959.07.24 -- Elvis Presley: A Date With Elvis Presley released
• 1959.07.27 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Leroy C. Davis, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below, The Ecuadors
• 1959.07.29 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Leroy C. Davis, Johnny Johnson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below, The Ecuadors
• 1959.07.30 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Abner - Priscilla Bowman, Riley Hampton Orchestra (Sonny Cohn, Cliff Davis, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan, The Spaniels)

• 1959.08.00 -- Elvis Presley: A Date With Elvis released
• 1959.08.00 -- US: Arkansas: Hughes - recordings for Atlantic - Boy Blue (Roland Hayes), Willie Jones, Joe Lee / Forest City Joe (Joe Bennie Pugh), Sonny Boy Rogers, Thomas Martin
• 1959.08.00 -- US: Louisiana: Lake Charles - recordings for Goldband - Jimmy Wilson, Elton Anderson...
• 1959.08.00 -- US: Missouri: Brentwood - recordings for Stevens - Bobby Foster, Fred Sample, Ike Turner, Jesse Knight, John Wings
• 1959.08.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Mama Reed, Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor, Marcs Johnson, Earl Phillips
• 1959.08.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Little Walter, Luther Tucker, George Hunter...
• 1959.08.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Big Maybelle, Robert Banks, Paul Winter, Julius Held, Seymour Miroff, Felix Orlewitz...
• 1959.08.14 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, Bob Johnson, Michael Kazak, Luther Perkins, Johnny Western, James Carter Wilson, Anita Kerr Singers
• 1959.08.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Memphis Slim & His Orchestra (Alex Atkins, John Calvin, Ernest Cotton, Matt Murphy, Sam Chatman, Billie Stepney)
• 1959.08.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello)
• 1959.08.19 -- US: Georgia: Milledgeville - Blind Willie McTell (†)
• 1959.08.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Aladdin - Lloyd Glenn...
• 1959.08.25 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Philip Upchurch, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips

• 1959.09.00 -- Fats Domino: Let's play Fats Domino released
• 1959.09.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Elko - Philip Walker Band (Ina Walker, Willie Gresham, Peter Brandbull, Pauline "Lindy Lou" Adams, Bob Tinsley)
• 1959.09.00 -- US: Illinois: Chiacgo - recordings for Checker/Chess - Bo Diddley, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Clifton James, Frank Kirkland, Jerome Green...
• 1959.09.00 -- US: Indiana: Indianapolis - recordings for 77 - Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell
• 1959.09.00 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, Kennth "Sam" Sample
• 1959.09.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Ace - Arnold Wiley's Band (Johnny Letman, Buster Bailey, George Kelly, Sammy Price, Ralph Williams, Gene Ramey, "Speedy"
• 1959.09.02 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Minit - Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador), Robert Parker, Walter Kimble, Lee Allen, Allen Toussaint, Roy Montrell...
• 1959.09.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for King - Bubber Johnson, David Van Dyke, George Kelly, Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell, Carl Pruitt, Clarence "Fats" Donaldson...
• 1959.09.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner & His All Stars ("Fip" Ricard, Vic Dickenson, Jerome Richardson, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Jones, Jim Hall, Doug Watkins, Charlie Persip)
• 1959.09.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner & His All Stars (Ernie Royal, Vic Dickenson, Jerome Richardson, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Jones, Jim Hall, Doug Watkins, Charlie Persip)
• 1959.09.16 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Roscoe Gordon, Cliff Davis, McKinley Easton, Earl Washington, Lefty Bates, Quinn Wilson, Al Duncan
• 1959.09.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Bluesville - Al Smith, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quartet (Eddie Davis, Shirley Scott, Wendell Marshall, Arthur Edgehill)
• 1959.09.22 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.09.26 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Imperial - Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Buddy Hagans, Clarence Ford, Roy Montrell, Jimmie Davis, Cornelius Coleman
• 1959.09.28 -- Europe: Italy: Milan - recordings for ? - Chet Baker, Len Mercer's Orchestra (Mario Pezzotta, Glauco Masetti, Gianni Basso, Fausto Papetti, Giulio Libani, Franco Cerry, Gene Victory, Len Mercer (Ezio Leoni)...)
• 1959.09.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings (Taft Jordan, King Curtis, Big Al Sears, Budd Johnson, Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker, Wally Richardson, Paul Winter, Lloyd Trotman, Belton Evans, Helen Way, Doryce Brown, Christine Spenser)
• 1959.09.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Ruth Brown, Richard Wess...

• 1959.10.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Larry Williams, Johnny Pate Orchestra
• 1959.10.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Checker - Bo Diddley, Gene Barge, Jesse James Johnson, Billy Downing, Jerome Green...
• 1959.10.02 -- US: California: Monterey - Monterey Jazz Festival - Jimmy Witherspoon, Roy Eldrige, Urbie Green, Woody Herman, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Earl Hines, Vernon Ailey, Mel Lewis
• 1959.10.03 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Folkways - Furry Lewis (Walter Lewis)
• 1959.10.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, Teacho Wilshire Orchestra
• 1959.10.07 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Columbia - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Dave Lee
• 1959.10.10 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Matthew "Hogman" Maxey
• 1959.10.10 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles, Hogman Maxey
• 1959.10.15 -- Europe: Germany: Freiburg - Stadthalle - Benny Goodman, Anita O'Day, Russ Freeman, Red Norvo, Jack Sheldon, Flip Phillips, Bill Harris, Jerry Dodgion, Jimmy Wyble, Red Wootton, John Markham
• 1959.10.15 -- US: Louisiana: New Orelans - recordings by Harry Oster - Lemon Nash (Lemoine Nash), Lazy Lester (as "Henry Thomas")
• 1959.10.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Mickey (Baker) & Kitty (Noble), Urbie Green, Sam Taylor, Budd Johnson, Daniel Quill, Charles Macey, George Barnes, Allen Hansen, Lloyd Trotman, Panama Francis, Gloria Agostini, Phil Kraus, Myriam Workman, Lillian Clark, Rosemary June
• 1959.10.20 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for ? - Otis Webster
• 1959.10.20 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Vanguard - Roosevelt Charles, Hogman Maxey
• 1959.10.21 -- US: Louisiana: Angola - recordings for Louisiana Folklore Society - Robert Pete Williams
• 1959.10.21 -- US: Louisiana: New Orelans - recordings by Harry Oster - Lemon Nash (Lemoine Nash)
• 1959.10.25 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Harold Bradley, Roy Cash, Marshall Grant, Michael Kazak, Luther Perkins, Anita Kerr Singers?
• 1959.10.26 -- US: California: Los Angeles – recordings for Kent - B.B. King...
• 1959.10.26 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordigns for Duke - Chester McDowall (McDowell)
• 1959.10.27 -- US: Louisiana: Zachary - recordings for ? - Clarence Edwards, Butch Cage, Cornelius Edwards
• 1959.10.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy - Nappy Brown, The Gibralters
• 1959.10.31 -- US: Texas: Dickinson - recordings for Heritage? - Joel Hopkins

• 1959.11.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Elko, E.M. - Elmon Mickle, Philip Walker, Bobby Tinsley
• 1959.11.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Hi Fi - Jimmy Witherspoon, The Randy Van Horn Singers...
• 1959.11 00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Checker - Earl Brown... / Little Walter, Luther Tucker, George Hunter, Otis Spann, Fred Robinson?...
• 1959.11 00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Fred Robinson, Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, George Hunter
• 1959.11 00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Eddie Boyd, Willie Cobbs, Eddie King, Willie Jones, Chick Evans... / Larry Williams, Johnny Pate Orchestra
• 1959.11.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Fire - Elmore James & His Broomdusters (& His Broom Dusters) (J.T. Brown, Johnny Jones, Homesick James, Odie Payne)
• 1959.11.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atco - Linda Hopkins, Bobby Byrne, Frank Rehak, Urbie Green, Jerome Richardson, Don Arnone, Lloyd Trotman, Berisford Shepherd...
• 1959.11.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thiegpen), Ben Webster
• 1959.11.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Savoy/Sharp - Dud Bascomb, Taft Jordan, Dickie Harris, Arthur Clark, Sam Taylor, Heywood Henry, Ernie Hayes, Carl Lynch, Teddy Cromwell, Shep Shepherd
• 1959.11.11 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Boxer - McKinley Mitchell, Willie Johnson, Billy Davenport...
• 1959.11.12 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Specialty, Fidelity - Don & Dewey (Don Harris, Dewey Terry)...
• 1959.11.13 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2 released
• 1959.11.16 -- US: California: Burbank - The Steve Allen Plymoth Show - Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen
• 1959.11.19 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Heritage - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.11.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Miles Davis, Gil Evans...
• 1959.11.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Sharp - Drink Small...
• 1959.11.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb
• 1959.11.27 -- US: Louisiana: Killona - recordings for ? - Leon Strickland, Lucius Bridges

• 1959.12.00 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 2 released
• 1959.12.00 -- US: ? - recordings for Savoy - Jesse Perkins & The Bad Boys (Buzzy Lubinsky...)
• 1959.12.00 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Anita O'Day, Gene Krupa and his orchestra
• 1959.12.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Jimmy Nelson...
• 1959.12.00 -- US: Indiana: Indianapolis - recordings for Bluesville - Brooks Berry, Scrapper Blackwell
• 1959.12.00 -- US: Louisiana: Crowley - recordings for Excello - Slim Harpo, Sonny Martin?, Rudolph Richard, James Johnson, T.J. Kitchen, Sammy K. Brown
• 1959.12.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Renaissance Club - Jimmy Witherspoon, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Lewis
• 1959.12.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb
• 1959.12.03 -- US: New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs - recordings for Bluesville - Willie Dixon, Harold Ashby, Memphis Slim, Wally Richardson, Gus Johnson
• 1959.12.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Mundell Lowe, John Pizzarelli, Abie Baker, Sticks Evans, Elise Bretton, James McGilliuroy, Louis Hurst, Charles Magruder...
• 1959.12.08 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Reprise - Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerald Wilson, Herbie Harper, Si Zentner, Lanny Morgan, Teddy Edwards, Gerald Wiggins, Al Caiola, Jimmy Bond, Earl Palmer
• 1959.12.08 -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Heritage - Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1959.12.09 -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Verve - Jimmy Witherspoon, Ben Webster, Vince Guaraldi, Marty Budwig, Colin Bailey
• 1959.12.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - LaVern Baker, Doc Severinson, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Moe Wechsler, Mundell Lowe, John Pizzarelli, Abie Baker, Sticks Evans, Stephen Berrios, Jose Martinez, Elise Bretton, Gretchen Rhodes, Dave Vogel, Alan Sokoloff, Don McLeod, Jerome Graff
• 1959.12.14 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Floyd Cramer, Marshall Grant, Murry Harman, Luther Perkins...
• 1959.12.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vee Jay - Jimmy Reed, Mary Lee "Mama" Reed, Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips
• 1959.12.23 -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for King - Little Willie John, Sonny Thompson, John Faire, Edwyn Conley, Philip Paul...
• 1959.12.29 -- Europe: Denmark: Copenhagen - recordings for Atlantic - Champion Jack Dupree
• 1959.12.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for World Pacific - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry

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