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3673.

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

397

Rank in 1940:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

3,673

Average Rating:

73 (41 votes)

Comments:

4200.

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

341

Rank in 1947:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,200

Average Rating:

76 (23 votes)

Comments:

4206.

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

340

Rank in 1940:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,206

Average Rating:

72 (32 votes)

Comments:

4644.

The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs)

Lead Belly

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1941:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,644

Average Rating:

74 (26 votes)

Comments:

5120.

Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday

Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Featuring Billie Holiday

Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 1947:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

5,120

Average Rating:

73 (18 votes)

Comments:

5284.

An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements

Glenn Miller

Year of Release:

1944

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

257

Rank in 1944:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

5,284

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

Comments:

5633.

The Lonesome Road
Compilation

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

236

Rank in 1941:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

5,633

Average Rating:

74 (13 votes)

Comments:

5881.

The Voice Of Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

225

Rank in 1946:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

5,881

Average Rating:

68 (31 votes)

Comments:

6360.

Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

204

Rank in 1945:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

6,360

Average Rating:

72 (55 votes)

Comments:

6463.

Chansons Des Cafés De Paris

Édith Piaf

Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

200

Rank in 1948:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

6,463

Average Rating:

72 (53 votes)

Comments:

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	731	7%
1970s	1,457	15%
1980s	1,449	14%
1990s	1,631	16%
2000s	1,772	18%
2010s	2,018	20%
2020s	611	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	5,015	50%
	2,657	27%
	436	4%
	310	3%
	227	2%
	159	2%
	136	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,731	97%
Yes	269	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,725	97%
Yes	275	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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