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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Subconscious-Lee

Lee Konitz

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

10 charts

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871

Overall Rank:

30,382

Average Rating:

70 (19 votes)

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872.

Pretty Baby

Dean Martin

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

9 charts

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873.

The Bewitching Miss Bassey

Shirley Bassey

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

7 charts

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874.

Rollins Plays For Bird

Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

12 charts

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875.

Smoky Mountain Ballads

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

10 charts

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875

Overall Rank:

30,552

Average Rating:

67 (7 votes)

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876.

Silver's Blue

Horace Silver Quintet

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

8 charts

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877.

Folk Music Of Rumania
Compilation

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

6 charts

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877

Overall Rank:

30,597

Average Rating:

69 (7 votes)

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878.

And God Created Woman

Brigitte Bardot

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

8 charts

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879.

The Jazz Workshop

George Russell

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

7 charts

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880.

After Lights Out

The Tubby Hayes Quintet

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

3 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%
Miles Davis	15	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Various Artists	14	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Doris Day	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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