Top 3 Music Albums of 1955
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Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 09/13/2025 23:45
- (Created: 08/05/2012 18:38).
- Chart size: 3 albums.
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1955-MCA
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1. Pledging My Love
2. Don’t You Know
3. Never Let Me Go
4. So Lonely
5. I’m Crazy Baby
6. My Song
7. Saving My Love For You
8. The Clock
9. How Can You Be So Mean
10. Still Love You So
11. Cross My Heart
12. Anymore
One of the more curious stories in music. Johnny Ace was a pianist who played with BB King and Bobby Bland before signing as a solo artist in 1952. He had eight hits in the next two years, and was touring with Big Mama Thornton in Houston on Christmas 1954 when he accidentally shot himself in the head (sometimes reported as a game of Russian Roulette). Ace became known forever as the first casualty of rock & roll. The Memorial Album was released the following year as a tribute, and to plug the posthumous single “Pledging My Love”.
Since 1955, the album has been re-released numerous times with different track lists. This list is the original, and it contains pretty much everything he recorded during his short life. Most of the songs are ballads, and his promise is evident. Of particular interest is “How Can You Be So Mean”, which has a very BB King sounding guitar solo. While lacking session notes and a decent biography, The Memorial Album has been almost all there is of Ace over the years, and it remains an important document of the formative years of rock & roll, and a sad picture of what might have been. [First added to this chart: 02/18/2019]
NO PRODUCTION CREDITS
1. Pledging My Love
2. Don’t You Know
3. Never Let Me Go
4. So Lonely
5. I’m Crazy Baby
6. My Song
7. Saving My Love For You
8. The Clock
9. How Can You Be So Mean
10. Still Love You So
11. Cross My Heart
12. Anymore
One of the more curious stories in music. Johnny Ace was a pianist who played with BB King and Bobby Bland before signing as a solo artist in 1952. He had eight hits in the next two years, and was touring with Big Mama Thornton in Houston on Christmas 1954 when he accidentally shot himself in the head (sometimes reported as a game of Russian Roulette). Ace became known forever as the first casualty of rock & roll. The Memorial Album was released the following year as a tribute, and to plug the posthumous single “Pledging My Love”.
Since 1955, the album has been re-released numerous times with different track lists. This list is the original, and it contains pretty much everything he recorded during his short life. Most of the songs are ballads, and his promise is evident. Of particular interest is “How Can You Be So Mean”, which has a very BB King sounding guitar solo. While lacking session notes and a decent biography, The Memorial Album has been almost all there is of Ace over the years, and it remains an important document of the formative years of rock & roll, and a sad picture of what might have been. [First added to this chart: 02/18/2019]
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1955- SAVOY JAZZ
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1. Blue ‘N’ Boogie
2. Groovin’ High
3. Dizzy Atmosphere
4. All The Things You Are
5. Salt Peanuts
6. Hot House
7. Oop Bop Sh’ Bam
8. That’s Earl Brother
9. Our Delight
10. One Bass Hit Part 2
11. Things To Come
12. Ray’s Idea
13. Emanon
Groovin’ High looks like it’s really old. And the music itself is…all of it recorded between 1945 and 1947. Featuring some of the greats of jazz of the time (including Charlie Parker), this 1992 compilation consists of a mix of material recorded by Gillespie with both small combos and big bands. The music itself is pristine: Gillespie is an often forgotten master of the genre. The songs are short and direct, so you don’t get lost in the mix, and the playing is light and a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, this does not represent anywhere near all of the great material Gillespie recorded during this time: there could be a lot more than just 36 minutes. And the liner notes are old and redundant. Savoy did a good job of making this appear as if it were from the 40’s, but because it’s more modern than that, it would be better with more information…and more music. Still, what is here is beautiful.
(Update: This album was actually released in 1955. 1992 was a reissue date.)
NO PRODUCTION CREDIT
1. Blue ‘N’ Boogie
2. Groovin’ High
3. Dizzy Atmosphere
4. All The Things You Are
5. Salt Peanuts
6. Hot House
7. Oop Bop Sh’ Bam
8. That’s Earl Brother
9. Our Delight
10. One Bass Hit Part 2
11. Things To Come
12. Ray’s Idea
13. Emanon
Groovin’ High looks like it’s really old. And the music itself is…all of it recorded between 1945 and 1947. Featuring some of the greats of jazz of the time (including Charlie Parker), this 1992 compilation consists of a mix of material recorded by Gillespie with both small combos and big bands. The music itself is pristine: Gillespie is an often forgotten master of the genre. The songs are short and direct, so you don’t get lost in the mix, and the playing is light and a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, this does not represent anywhere near all of the great material Gillespie recorded during this time: there could be a lot more than just 36 minutes. And the liner notes are old and redundant. Savoy did a good job of making this appear as if it were from the 40’s, but because it’s more modern than that, it would be better with more information…and more music. Still, what is here is beautiful.
(Update: This album was actually released in 1955. 1992 was a reissue date.)
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2025]
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1955
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Top 3 Music Albums of 1955 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Johnny Ace | 1 | 33% | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | 1 | 33% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 1 | 33% |
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