Best Albums of the 1940s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1940s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1940s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 greatest album charts.

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1940s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1940	3	493	Dust Bowl Ballads (1,904th) by Woody Guthrie
1941	1	0	default album title (-) by default band name
1942	3	395	Fantasia (3,075th) by Leopold Stokowski And Philadelphia Orchestra
1943	2	109	Birth Of The Bebop: Bird On Tenor (6,217th) by Charlie Parker
1945	2	55	Merry Christmas (11,001st) by Bing Crosby
1946	2	0	default album title (-) by default band name
1947	2	124	Bird & Diz (5,603rd) by Charlie Parker
1949	1	162	Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 14: Crosscurrents (4,570th) by Lennie Tristano & Buddy Defranco
Total	16	1,337

The best bands of the 1940s were Woody Guthrie, Leopold Stokowski And Philadelphia Orchestra, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano & Buddy Defranco, Son House, Bing Crosby, The Original Broadway Cast, Judy Garland, Almanac Singers and The King Cole Trio.

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Band

Dust Bowl Ballads

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:	1940	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1940:	1	Rank Score:	493
Rank in 1940s	1	Overall Rank:	1,904
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Fantasia

Leopold Stokowski And Philadelphia Orchestra

Year of Release:	1942	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1942:	1	Rank Score:	264
Rank in 1940s	2	Overall Rank:	3,075
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Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 14: Crosscurrents

Lennie Tristano & Buddy Defranco

Year of Release:	1949	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1949:	1	Rank Score:	162
Rank in 1940s	3	Overall Rank:	4,569
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Bird & Diz

Charlie Parker

Year of Release:	1947	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1947:	1	Rank Score:	124
Rank in 1940s	4	Overall Rank:	5,603
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Birth Of The Bebop: Bird On Tenor

Charlie Parker

Year of Release:	1943	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1943:	1	Rank Score:	109
Rank in 1940s	5	Overall Rank:	6,215
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The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions 1941-1942

Son House

Year of Release:	1942	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1942:	2	Rank Score:	87
Rank in 1940s	6	Overall Rank:	7,745
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Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby

Year of Release:	1945	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1945:	1	Rank Score:	55
Rank in 1940s	7	Overall Rank:	11,003
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Bambi Original Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:	1942	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 1942:	3	Rank Score:	44
Rank in 1940s	8	Overall Rank:	12,111
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Total albums: 8. Page 1 of 1

Best Albums of the 1940s composition

Year	Albums	%

1940	1	0%
1941	0	0%
1942	3	0%
1943	1	0%
1944	0	0%
1945	1	0%
1946	0	0%
1947	1	0%
1948	0	0%
1949	1	0%

Band	Albums	%

Charlie Parker	2	0%
Son House	1	0%
Bing Crosby	1	0%
Various Artists	1	0%
Woody Guthrie	1	0%
Leopold Stokowski And Philadelphia Orchestra	1	0%
Lennie Tristano & Buddy Defranco	1	0%

Country	Albums	%

	7	1%
	1	0%

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