Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Tamthebam 
- Chart updated: 12/12/2025 16:15
- (Created: 04/10/2016 13:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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One of the best jazz vocal albums of the early 1950's. Sarah's interpretations of these songs is 2nd to none, I am a big fan of Sarah Vaughan because of my father she and Frank Sinatra were the earliest memories I have of music because they were his favourite vocalists and this album contains so many great memories. Apart from the sentimental memories, this album still stands out as one of my favourites because of the orchestration and Sarah's extraordinary vocals .
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[First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1958
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3,214
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1958
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1,294
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[First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,218
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1955
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4,615
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[First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
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1958
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5,552
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[First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
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1959
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7,060
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1959
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2,276
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[First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
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1955
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1,143
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[First added to this chart: 07/23/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,408
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1955 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1958 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1959 | 25 | 25% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Frank Sinatra | 8 | 8% | |
| Billie Holiday | 6 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 5% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 4% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 4 | 4% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 4 | 4% | |
| Charles Mingus | 3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 03/14/2025 12:20 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2020 04:44 | TheKing | 78 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2020 11:01 | Seventiesfan | 26 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2020 09:42 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2020 05:35 |  Rhyner | 1,456 | 99/100 |
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From Seventiesfan 04/12/2020 11:01 | #249836
Great 1950s chart! I haven't made my own chart for this decade yet but I would imagine I would have many of the same albums. Really good to see Sarah Vaughan doing well too.
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