Best Albums of 1960

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Listed below are the best albums of 1960 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1960 year summaryThe best artists of 1960 were John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Etta James, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Max Roach, The Everly Brothers, Muddy Waters and Wes Montgomery.

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A Girl And Her Guitar

Mary Osborne

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1960

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11 charts

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122.

Quiet Kenny

Kenny Dorham

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1960

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36 charts

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Stereo Check Out

Unknown Artist

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1960

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3 charts

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Rhapsody

101 Strings

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1960

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2 charts

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Symphony Of The Birds

Jim Fassett

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1960

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8 charts

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Bing & Satchmo

Bing Crosby And Louis Armstrong

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1960

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9 charts

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Second Genesis

Wayne Shorter

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1960

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10 charts

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The One Rose

Rose Maddox

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1960

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4 charts

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Saxophone Supremacy

The Sonny Stitt Quartet

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1960

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5 charts

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Jazz In The Space Age

George Russell

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1960

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14 charts

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Best Albums of 1960 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	5	1%
Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	4	1%
Bruno Walter / Columbia Symphony Orchestra	4	1%
Wes Montgomery	3	1%
John Lee Hooker	3	1%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	3	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	338	72%
	30	6%
	13	3%
	11	2%
	10	2%
	7	1%
	7	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	457	97%
Yes	15	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	461	98%
Yes	11	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	466	99%
Yes	6	1%

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