Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s by jhuik

I wasn't there. This is music from this decade that I still can't help but like. And I love the blues.

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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1955
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4,581
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1959
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1,690
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1960*
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31
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4. (17) Up13
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1958
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792
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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1956
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261
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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1956
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5,028
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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1957
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166
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Last Sessions 
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1994*
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29
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Singin' The Blues 
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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1957
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487
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[First added to this chart: 10/06/2012]
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1956
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552
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition

Year Albums %


1950 2 2%
1951 1 1%
1952 2 2%
1953 1 1%
1954 4 4%
1955 6 6%
1956 15 15%
1957 15 15%
1958 27 27%
1959 22 22%
Artist Albums %


Frank Sinatra 9 9%
Ray Charles 5 5%
Elvis Presley 5 5%
Miles Davis 3 3%
Chuck Berry 3 3%
Fats Domino 3 3%
Johnny Cash 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 94 94%
Canada 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 86 86%
Yes 14 14%
Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 96 96%
Yes 4 4%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 26 from 34th to 8th
Last Sessions
by Lead Belly
Climber Up 22 from 32nd to 10th
Calypso
by Harry Belafonte
Climber Up 13 from 17th to 4th
The Best Of Muddy Waters
by Muddy Waters
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 5 from 8th to 13th
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
by Frank Sinatra
Faller Down 5 from 9th to 14th
The "Chirping" Crickets
by The Crickets
Faller Down 4 from 2nd to 6th
Elvis Presley
by Elvis Presley
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Best Albums of 1956
1. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
2. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
3. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus
4. Ellington At Newport by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
5. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
6. Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday
7. Elvis by Elvis Presley
8. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald
9. J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) by Glenn Gould
10. The Wildest! by Louis Prima
11. This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino
12. Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
13. Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas) by Ravi Shankar
14. Jazz At Massey Hall by The Quintet
15. Calypso by Harry Belafonte
16. Bluejean Bop by Gene Vincent
17. Moondog by Moondog
18. Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino by Fats Domino
19. Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20. Tragic Songs Of Life by The Louvin Brothers
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