Greatest Folkways Records Albums
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Chart updated: 11/09/2020 13:45
(Created: 08/20/2015 03:00).
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Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson At Folk City

Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson

[First added to this chart: 08/21/2015]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

10 charts

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Music For The Classical Oud

Khamis El Fino

[First added to this chart: 08/31/2015]

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

1,188

Overall Rank:

17,960

Average Rating:

69 (15 votes)

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Negro Folk Songs For Young People

Lead Belly

[First added to this chart: 10/11/2020]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank in 1967:

None

Rank in 1960s:

None

Average Rating:

Not enough data

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First Songs

Michael Hurley

[First added to this chart: 08/21/2015]

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

1,203

Overall Rank:

18,183

Average Rating:

70 (16 votes)

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Haitian Dances

Frantz Casseus

[First added to this chart: 10/11/2020]

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

185

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

202

Overall Rank:

6,870

Average Rating:

72 (38 votes)

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Smoky Mountain Ballads

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

[First added to this chart: 04/20/2016]

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

9 charts

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Rank in 1950s:

926

Overall Rank:

31,711

Average Rating:

66 (8 votes)

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Electronic Music, Tar And Sehtar

Dariush Dolat-Shahi

[First added to this chart: 10/11/2020]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

7 charts

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Haitian Folk Songs

Lolita Cuevas & Frantz Casseus

[First added to this chart: 10/11/2020]

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

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Rank in 1950s:

548

Overall Rank:

19,068

Average Rating:

67 (15 votes)

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American Folk Songs For Christmas

The Seeger Sisters

[First added to this chart: 08/21/2015]

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

5 charts

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Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume Two

Lead Belly

[First added to this chart: 10/11/2020]

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

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Rank in 1950s:

1,162

Overall Rank:

40,214

Average Rating:

71 (4 votes)

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Greatest Folkways Records Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	1	1%
1950s	44	45%
1960s	35	36%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	4	4%
1990s	1	1%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	2	2%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	18	18%
Lead Belly	8	8%
Woody Guthrie	5	5%
Pete Seeger	4	4%
The New Lost City Ramblers	3	3%
Peggy Seeger	2	2%
Red Camp	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	61	62%
	20	20%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	75	77%
Yes	23	23%

Greatest Folkways Records Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 47 from 51st to 98th 900 Miles And Other R.R. Songs by Cisco Houston
Down 46 from 49th to 95th American Moonshine & Prohibition by The New Lost City Ramblers
Down 46 from 50th to 96th Children's Stories And Songs by Ed McCurdy

New entries
The Yaqui Dances: Pascola Music Of The Yaqui Indians Of Northern Mexico by Various Artists
Leadbelly's Last Sessions Part Four by Lead Belly
Camp Has A Ball by Red Camp
Sones Of Mexico by Trio Aguilillas
Spanish Guitar Solos by Carlos Montoya
Sings Folk Songs by Lead Belly
Koto: Music Of The One-String Ichigenkin by Isshi Yamada & Fuzan Sato
Argentine Folk Songs by Octavio Corvalan
Letters From Iraq: Oud And String Quintet by Rahim AlHaj
Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume One by Lead Belly
Upright by Red Camp
Songs To Grow On Volume One - Nursery Days by Woody Guthrie
Cambodia - Traditional Music Volume 1: Instrumental & Vocal Pieces by Chinary Ung
Get On Board: Negro Folksongs By The Folkmasters by Sonny Terry / Brownie McGhee / Coyal McMahan
Music Of The Ukraine by Various Artists
Cambodia - Traditional Music Volume 2: Tribe Music, Folk Music & Popular Dances by Various Artists
Lightnin' Hopkins by Lightnin' Hopkins
The Freedom Songs Of The Somali Republic by Abdullah Kershi & Ahmed Sherif
Leadbelly's Last Sessions Part One by Lead Belly
Korea: Vocal And Instrumental Music by Various Artists
Haitiana by Barbara Perlow & Frantz Casseus
Hanunoo Music From The Philippines by Various Artists
A Dead Beat Guitar And The Mississippi Blues by K.C. Douglas
Talking Dust Bowl by Woody Guthrie
Ecuador by Benitez-Valencia Trio
The Women Blues Of Champion Jack Dupree by Champion Jack Dupree
Memphis Slim & The Real Honky Tonk by Memphis Slim
The Songs Of Mark Spoelstra With 12-String Guitar by Mark Spoelstra
American Indian: Music Of The Sioux And Navajo by Various Artists
The End Of An Old Song by Dillard Chandler
Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts by Sam Hinton
New York 19 by Tony Schwartz
Festival Of Japanese Music In Hawaii by Various Artists
A Perspective Of Beethoven-Pianoforte by Leonid Hambro
Hawaiian Chant, Hula, And Music by Kaulaheaonamiku Hiona
Tunisia, Vol. 2: Religious Songs And Cantillations by Various Artists
Folk Songs Of France And French Canada by Jacques Labrecque
Calypso Jamaica by Various Artists
Folk & Classical Music Of Korea by Various Artists
Folk Music Of The Western Congo by Various Artists
Popular Scottish Songs by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Folksongs From Martha's Vineyard by E.G. Huntington
Gospel Songs by The Missionary Quintet
Songs Of Hanns Eisler - Sung And Accompanied By Eric Bentley by Eric Bentley
Religious Music Of The Falashas (Jews Of Ethiopia) by Various Artists
Music From The South, Vol. 1: Country Brass Bands by Various Artists
Folk Music Of Ethiopia by Various Artists

Leavers
Sea Songs: Louis Killen, Stan Hugill And The X Seamen's Institute Sing Of Cape Horn Sailing At The Seattle Chantey Festival by Louis Killen / Stan Hugill / The X-Seamen's Institute
Clawhammer Banjo by David Johnson
Colonial And Revolutionary War Sea Songs And Shanties by Cliff Haslam And John Millar
French Folk Songs For Children by Alan Mills
Broadside Ballads, Vol. 8: Song For Patty by Sammy Walker
The Original Talking Union With The Almanac Singers And Other Union Songs With Pete Seeger & Chorus by Pete Seeger & Chorus / The Almanac Singers
Fasola 53 Shape Note Folk Hymns All Day Sacred Harp Singing At Stewart's Chapel In Houston, Mississippi by Various Artists

Title	Source	Type	Published
Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s	PatrickD	1950s decade chart	2017
Top 50 Music Albums of 1964	PatrickD	1964 year chart	2020
Top 25 Music Albums of 1957	PatrickD	1957 year chart	2017
Top 39 Music Albums of 1959	AlienCinema	1959 year chart	2021
Top 25 Music Albums of 1953	stereo_mike	1953 year chart	2019
Top 25 Music Albums of 1959	PatrickD	1959 year chart	2017
Top 24 Music Albums of 1962	PatrickD	1962 year chart	2019
Top 25 Music Albums of 1963	PatrickD	1963 year chart	2017
Top 15 Music Albums of 1950	AlienCinema	1950 year chart	2018
Top 20 Music Albums of 1953	AlienCinema	1953 year chart	2017

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