Best Albums of the 1950s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,700 greatest album charts.

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1950s 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.
1950	15	1,248	The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (2,791st) by Benny Goodman
1951	12	539	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (4,748th) by Thelonious Monk
1952	18	1,667	Anthology Of American Folk Music (2,427th) by Various Artists
1953	15	1,417	Ellington Uptown (3,390th) by Duke Ellington
1954	26	2,017	Sarah Vaughan (1,857th) by Sarah Vaughan
1955	34	3,076	In The Wee Small Hours (620th) by Frank Sinatra
1956	56	11,078	Elvis Presley (339th) by Elvis Presley
1957	88	11,707	Here's Little Richard (602nd) by Little Richard
1958	95	8,355	Lady In Satin (1,015th) by Billie Holiday
1959	96	34,915	Kind Of Blue (43rd) by Miles Davis
Total	455	76,021

The best bands of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Little Richard, Billie Holiday, Ornette Coleman Trio, John Coltrane and Chuck Berry.

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Band

231.

Dakar

John Coltrane

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1957:	49	Rank Score:	23
Rank in 1950s	231	Overall Rank:	14,911
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232.

Stay With Me

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:	1955	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1955:	15	Rank Score:	23
Rank in 1950s	232	Overall Rank:	14,926
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233.

West Side Story

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 1957:	50	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	233	Overall Rank:	15,007
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234.

Ernest Tubb Favorites

Ernest Tubb

Year of Release:	1952	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1952:	11	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	234	Overall Rank:	15,028
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235.

Sound Of Joy

Sun Ra

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1956:	31	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	235	Overall Rank:	15,034
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236.

Gospel Train

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 1956:	32	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	236	Overall Rank:	15,063
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237.

Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:	1955	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 1955:	16	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	237	Overall Rank:	15,136
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238.

Hamp & Getz

Stan Getz / Lionel Hampton

Year of Release:	1955	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1955:	17	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	238	Overall Rank:	15,144
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239.

Fabulous Mr. D

Fats Domino

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1958:	49	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	239	Overall Rank:	15,159
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240.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 ('Year 1905')

Leopold Stokowski / Houston Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1958:	50	Rank Score:	22
Rank in 1950s	240	Overall Rank:	15,168
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	14	1%
1951	10	1%
1952	16	2%
1953	14	1%
1954	22	2%
1955	29	3%
1956	46	5%
1957	75	8%
1958	85	9%
1959	88	9%

Band	Albums	%

Miles Davis	16	2%
Frank Sinatra	12	1%
Thelonious Monk	11	1%
Elvis Presley	9	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	9	1%
Billie Holiday	9	1%
Nat King Cole	6	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	353	35%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	4	0%
	3	0%
	3	0%
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