Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and John Coltrane.

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Boogie Woogie Classics

Albert Ammons

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

7 charts

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991

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34,381

Average Rating:

71 (5 votes)

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992.

The Big Sound

Gene Ammons' All-Stars

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

5 charts

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993.

At Large

The Kingston Trio

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

15 charts

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994.

Warm Woods

Phil Woods Quartet

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

4 charts

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995.

Six Montreal Poets

A.J.M. Smith / Leonard Cohen / Irving Layton / F.R. Scott / Louis Dudek / A.M. Klein

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

2 charts

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996.

An Evening With John Jacob Niles

John Jacob Niles

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1959

Appears in:

4 charts

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997.

Moby Dick (Music From The Sound Track)
Soundtrack

Philip Sainton

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

3 charts

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998.

Una Voz Y Una Guitarra

Atahualpa Yupanqui

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

2 charts

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998

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34,624

Average Rating:

70 (2 votes)

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999.

Newport 1958

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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1000.

Day By Night

Doris Day

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

12 charts

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	41	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	57	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	73	7%
1955	85	9%
1956	114	11%
1957	154	15%
1958	178	18%
1959	196	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Billie Holiday	18	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Miles Davis	15	2%
Various Artists	14	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	782	78%
	35	4%
	31	3%
	26	3%
	18	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	944	94%
Yes	56	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

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