Dance Parade
by Count Basie

Dance Parade by Count Basie
Year: 1949
Overall rank: 15,925th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 8 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1949 (11th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1940s (78th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,925th)

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Count Basie and his Orchestra - Dance Parade LP Columbia CL 6079 1949 Jazz Vinyl
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Count Basie bestography

Dance Parade is ranked 5th best out of 43 albums by Count Basie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Count Basie is Basie which is ranked number 1913 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 868.

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Overall rank: 15,925th | 1940s rank: 78th | 1949 rank: 11th

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Best Albums of 1949
1. Bird Blows The Blues by Charlie Parker
2. Guitar Solos by Andrés Segovia
3. La Guitarra by Pepe Badajoz
4. Charlie Parker No. 3 by Charlie Parker
5. You're My Thrill by Doris Day
6. Kiss Me Kate by The Original Broadway Cast
7. Crosscurrents by Lennie Tristano
8. Hawaiian Paradise by Les Paul And His Trio
9. El Flamenco by Carlos Montoya
10. Charlie Parker No. 2 by Charlie Parker
11. Dance Parade by Count Basie
12. Starlight Serenades by Glenn Miller
13. Music Of The Sioux And The Navajo by Various Artists
14. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 In E Minor / Messiaen: L'Ascension (Four Symphonic Meditations For Orchestra) by Leopold Stokowski / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York
15. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance by Isidore Godfrey / D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra With The New Promenade Orchestra
16. South Pacific by The Original Broadway Cast
17. Giant Of Jazz by Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen
18. Frankly Sentimental by Frank Sinatra
19. Cowboy Classics by The Sons Of The Pioneers
20. Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto by Ernest Ansermet / L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande / Ellen Ballon
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