Top 4 Music Albums of 1960
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- Chart updated: 04/29/2026 15:15
- (Created: 12/28/2019 01:31).
- Chart size: 4 albums.
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1961-CHESS
Produced By PHIL & LEONARD CHESS
1. Anything To Say You're Mine
2. My Dearest Darling
3. Trust In Me
4. A Sunday Kind Of Love
5. Tough Mary
6. I Just Want To Make Love To You
7. At Last
8. All I Could Do Is Cry
9. Stormy Weather
10. Girl Of My Dreams (Rendered aAs Boy Of My Dreams)
Bonus Tracks
11. My Heart Cries
12. Spoonful
13. It's A Crying Shame
14. If I Can't Have You
Aretha Franklin's only real competition in the 60's was Etta James. At Last, her debut album, was actually a comeback for her. She'd had a number one hit in 1955, and then nothing until this came out in 1961. The title track is a song that she will own forever...no one will ever outdo what she did with it, and it's a song that will live forever. But this isn't a one song wonder. "Stormy Weather" is just as great, and there are many other stunning tracks. And it's not just blues ballads...check out her gritty performance on "I Just Want To Make Love To You", which sounds like it may be the version the Rolling Stones decided to cover. Etta James gets lost in the shuffle sometimes, but she should not be forgotten. And At Last deserves to be heard.
The bonus tracks are all duets with Harvey Fuqua, and are all worthwhile, particularly Willie Dixon's "Spoonful". [First added to this chart: 04/29/2026]
Produced By PHIL & LEONARD CHESS
1. Anything To Say You're Mine
2. My Dearest Darling
3. Trust In Me
4. A Sunday Kind Of Love
5. Tough Mary
6. I Just Want To Make Love To You
7. At Last
8. All I Could Do Is Cry
9. Stormy Weather
10. Girl Of My Dreams (Rendered aAs Boy Of My Dreams)
Bonus Tracks
11. My Heart Cries
12. Spoonful
13. It's A Crying Shame
14. If I Can't Have You
Aretha Franklin's only real competition in the 60's was Etta James. At Last, her debut album, was actually a comeback for her. She'd had a number one hit in 1955, and then nothing until this came out in 1961. The title track is a song that she will own forever...no one will ever outdo what she did with it, and it's a song that will live forever. But this isn't a one song wonder. "Stormy Weather" is just as great, and there are many other stunning tracks. And it's not just blues ballads...check out her gritty performance on "I Just Want To Make Love To You", which sounds like it may be the version the Rolling Stones decided to cover. Etta James gets lost in the shuffle sometimes, but she should not be forgotten. And At Last deserves to be heard.
The bonus tracks are all duets with Harvey Fuqua, and are all worthwhile, particularly Willie Dixon's "Spoonful". [First added to this chart: 04/29/2026]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
2,193
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[First added to this chart: 07/11/2020]
[First added to this chart: 01/12/2020]
1960 – RIVERSIDE
Produced By ORRIN KEEPNEWS
1. Airegin
2. D-Natural Blues
3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. Four On Six
5. West Coast Blues
6. In Your Own Sweet Way
7. Mr. Walker (Renie)
8. Gone With The Wind
Before there was Jimi or Eric or Beck or Page or any of the other famous guitar heroes who emerged in the late 1960’s, there was this guy. Wes Montgomery wasn’t the first to make the electric guitar a lead instrument, but he did open the door to its many possibilities. Woefully underrated, this is Montgomery’s greatest work. It is, in fact, maybe the greatest jazz guitar album of all time. His career began in the late 1940’s, with his first albums appearing in the late fifties. In the sixties, Montgomery was a machine. Between 1960 and 1968, he released nearly twenty albums. He made some of the greatest guitar music in the decade, and all of it was led by this amazing album. He would be a legend had he stopped recording after this record…fortunately, he did not.
Montgomery used a unique picking style in which he used his thumb, which is what gave him his unique sound. You can hear him burning through each track, the best of which are “Gone With The Wind”, “Polka Dots And Moonbeams” and “In Your Own Sweet Way”, but Montgomery also shows his talent as a writer…half of the tracks here are Wes originals. The album was recorded in just two days, and features the exceptional playing of Tommy Flanagan (piano), Albert Heath (drums), and Percy Heath (bass). This is a truly amazing jazz album…and if you’re a fan of great guitar playing, that’s exactly what you get here. Montgomery unfortunately died of a heart attack in 1968 at the young age of 45. He was truly one of the very best guitarists of all time. This album is proof of that. [First added to this chart: 12/28/2025]
Produced By ORRIN KEEPNEWS
1. Airegin
2. D-Natural Blues
3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. Four On Six
5. West Coast Blues
6. In Your Own Sweet Way
7. Mr. Walker (Renie)
8. Gone With The Wind
Before there was Jimi or Eric or Beck or Page or any of the other famous guitar heroes who emerged in the late 1960’s, there was this guy. Wes Montgomery wasn’t the first to make the electric guitar a lead instrument, but he did open the door to its many possibilities. Woefully underrated, this is Montgomery’s greatest work. It is, in fact, maybe the greatest jazz guitar album of all time. His career began in the late 1940’s, with his first albums appearing in the late fifties. In the sixties, Montgomery was a machine. Between 1960 and 1968, he released nearly twenty albums. He made some of the greatest guitar music in the decade, and all of it was led by this amazing album. He would be a legend had he stopped recording after this record…fortunately, he did not.
Montgomery used a unique picking style in which he used his thumb, which is what gave him his unique sound. You can hear him burning through each track, the best of which are “Gone With The Wind”, “Polka Dots And Moonbeams” and “In Your Own Sweet Way”, but Montgomery also shows his talent as a writer…half of the tracks here are Wes originals. The album was recorded in just two days, and features the exceptional playing of Tommy Flanagan (piano), Albert Heath (drums), and Percy Heath (bass). This is a truly amazing jazz album…and if you’re a fan of great guitar playing, that’s exactly what you get here. Montgomery unfortunately died of a heart attack in 1968 at the young age of 45. He was truly one of the very best guitarists of all time. This album is proof of that. [First added to this chart: 12/28/2025]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
577
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Top 4 Music Albums of 1960 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Etta James | 1 | 25% | |
| Art Blakey | 1 | 25% | |
| Link Wray | 1 | 25% | |
| Wes Montgomery | 1 | 25% |
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