Best Albums of 1955

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Listed below are the best albums of 1955 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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1955 year summaryThe best artists of 1955 were Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Haley And His Comets, Julie London, Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Hank Williams, Erroll Garner, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis.

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201.

A New Star...

Dizzy Reece Quintet

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1955

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Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank

Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank

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1955

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3 charts

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203.

Tjader Plays Mambo

Cal Tjader Quintet

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1955

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2 charts

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Telefunken Blues

Kenny Clarke

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1955

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3 charts

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Lester Young

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1955

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Anthology Of Negro Poets In The U.S.A. - 200 Years

Arna Bontemps

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1955

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Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble

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1955

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Ritmo Caliente!

Cal Tjader Mambo Quintet

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1955

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Mambo With Tjader

Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet

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1955

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209

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2,170

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72 (4 votes)

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210.

The Japanese Koto

Shinichi Yuize

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1955

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2 charts

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210

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2,178

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71 (3 votes)

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Best Albums of 1955 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	2%
Frank Sinatra	4	1%
Bill Haley And His Comets	3	1%
Erroll Garner	3	1%
Miles Davis	3	1%
Stan Getz	3	1%
Chris Barber's Jazz Band	3	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	177	65%
	21	8%
	16	6%
	13	5%
	6	2%
	6	2%
	6	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	257	94%
Yes	17	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	266	97%
Yes	8	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	272	99%
Yes	2	1%

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