Harlem Blues
by Josh White

Harlem Blues by Josh White
Year: 1940
Overall rank: 21,576th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 9 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1940 (11th)
Award Top albums of the 1940s (103rd)
Award Best albums of all time (21,576th)

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Josh White bestography

Harlem Blues is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Josh White on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Josh White is Southern Exposure which is ranked number 6332 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 206.

Josh White album bestography « Higher ranked (19,552nd)
Chain Gang
This album (21,576th)
Harlem Blues
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Overall rank: 21,576th | 1940s rank: 103rd | 1940 rank: 11th

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Best Albums of 1940
1. Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 by Woody Guthrie
2. Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2 by Woody Guthrie
3. Empress Of The Blues by Bessie Smith
4. King Louis by Louis Armstrong
5. Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch
6. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor by Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov
7. Blues On Parade by Woody Herman And His Orchestra
8. Marlene Dietrich by Marlene Dietrich
9. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York
10. Chain Gang by Joshua White And His Carolinians
11. Harlem Blues by Josh White
12. Harlem Seen Through Calypso Eyes by Wilmoth Houdini & His Royal Calypso Orchestra
13. The South American Way by Carmen Miranda
14. At The Piano by Count Basie
15. Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 In D Minor For Piano & Orchestra by Albert Coates / The London Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Horowitz
16. Piano Solos by Art Tatum
17. Decca Presents Selections From George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy And Bess by Various Artists
18. Beethoven: Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra by Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Jascha Heifetz
19. Jazz As It Should Be Played by Bix Beiderbecke
20. The Voice Of Ma Rainey by Ma Rainey
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