Best Albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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1950s decade 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 Duke Ellington.
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1959
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1958
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1958
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1954
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"Well this was a lot of fun! It feels like lots of noises made with mouths. Or perhaps birds turned into people or bird people or something else as equally frigtening."  Reply
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1953
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1950
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147
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1959
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"One of the best jazz vocal albums of the early 1950's. Sarah's interpretations of these songs is 2nd to none, I am a big fan of Sarah Vaughan because of my father she and Frank Sinatra were the earliest memories I have of music because they were his favourite vocalists and this album contains so ..."  [+]  Reply
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1955
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146
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1957
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