Blues Timeline: 1950-59
1950
- [Uncertain Year]: Death of Bill Gaither (aka Leroy's Buddy). Also see 1970
1950 January
- 28: Death of Jaybird Coleman (full name: Burl C. Coleman, a.k.a. Rabbit's Foot Williams) in Tuskegee, Alabama
- 28: Death of Joe McCoy (aka Kansas Joe, Big Joe, Georgia Pine Boy, Hamfoot Ham, Mississippi Mudder, Bill Wilber) in Chicago, Illinois
1950 May
- 07: Death of Bertha "Chippie" Hill (real name: Bertha Hill) in New York
1950 July
- 26: Death of "Papa" Charlie McCoy (aka Mississippi Mudder) in Chicago, Illinois
1951
1951 October
- 03: Birth of Keb' Mo' (real name: Kevin Moore) in South Central Los Angeles, California
1951 November
- 22: Death of William Moore (aka Bill Moore) in Warrenton, Virginia
1952
1952 February
- 23: Death of Herb Morand in New Orleans, Louisiana
1952 June
- 25: Death of Luke Jordan in Lynchburg, Virginia
1952 December
- 30: Death of Willie Brown in Tunica, Mississippi
1953
1953 August
- 01: Birth of Robert Cray in Columbus, Georgia
1954
1954 April
- 14: Death of Lil Green (full name: Lilian Green) in Chicago, Illinois
- 16: Death of Alger "Texas" Alexander in Richard, Texas
- 16: Death of Will Batts in Memphis, Tennessee
1954 November
- 15: Death of Charley Jordan (a.k.a. "Uncle Skipper") in St. Louis, Missouri
1955
1955 May
- 24: Death of Sara Martin in Louisville, Kentucky
1955 September
- 12: Death of Frank Stokes in Memphis, Tennessee
1955 December
- 03: Death of Cow Cow Davenport (real name: Charles Davenport) in Cleveland, Ohio
1956
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[Approx. Date]: Death of Buddy Woods (real name: Oscar Woods)
1956 February
- 18: Death of Dan Sane (or Dan Sing) in Memphis, Tennessee
1956 November
- 01: Death of Tommy Johnson in Crystal Springs, Mississippi
1957
1957 January
- 09: Death of Cripple Clarence Lofton (real name: Clarence Lofton) in Chicago, Illinois
1958
1958 August
- 15: Death of Big Bill Broonzy (full name: William Lee Conley Broonzy) in Chicago, Illinois
1958 October
- 10: Death of Wesley Wilson (real name: Harry McDaniels; a.k.a. Kid Wilson, Socks Wilson, Sox Wilson, Jenkins, Pigmeat Pete) in Cape May Court House, New Jersey
1958 December
- 23: Death of Henry Son Sims (real name: Henry Sims) in Memphis, Tennessee
1959
- [Approx. Date]: Death of Tony Hollins
- Death of Garfield Akers
1959 August
- 19: Death of Blind Willie McTell in Milledgeville, Georgia