An outstanding playlist of 1950s R&B songs, first posted in 2004, but
now with added YouTube links:

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=XWLvm11MAaM,qdzQopKgowI,iYcamSHtW2U,pBBnZ2mrg-k,xD4Kx5xHL4k,mZujmuFqh_s,BnHTKondaPo,zM1w9NxvAiY,gTZXwuQkfCk,Ll7TtlV6sMQ,EVzm4GQk8Ak,1hUXkEitiRU,1UtzA_v64bU,WESm-X_RaVs,Cfg-U5lJTEg,82cdnAUvsw8,9TGkeB4LZWU,
GfZMrl5VT48,

Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (Excello 2113) - 1957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWLvm11MAaM

Big Danny Oliver - Sapphire - (Trend 30-012) - 1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdzQopKgowI

Big Sambo & The House Wreckers - The Rains Came (Eric 7003) - 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcamSHtW2U

Percy Mayfield - Lost Love (Specialty 390) - 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBBnZ2mrg-k

Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow AHO - Route 90 (Flair 1021) - 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4Kx5xHL4k

The Prisonaires - Just Walkin' In The Rain - 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZujmuFqh_s

The Hi-Lighters - I Ain't Givin' Up Nothin' (Celeste) - 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnHTKondaPo

Ann Cole - Are You Satisfied (Baton 215) - 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1w9NxvAiY

Billy La Mont - Country Boy (Okeh 7125) - 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZXwuQkfCk

Johnny Till & Group - Ding Dong Bells (Sanleon) - 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7TtlV6sMQ

Bobby Hendricks - Itchy Twitchy Feeling - 1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzm4GQk8Ak

Elmore James - Dust My Blues (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hUXkEitiRU

Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Specialty 626) - Mar 1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UtzA_v64bU

Dinah Washington - Silent Night (Mercury 70263) - 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESm-X_RaVs

The Thrillers - Lizabeth (Herald 432) - 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfg-U5lJTEg

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Okeh 7072) - 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82cdnAUvsw8

Smiley Lewis - Real Gone Lover - 1955 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TGkeB4LZWU

Mercy Dee (Walton) - Come Back Maybellene (Flair 1077) - 1955 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZMrl5VT48

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