Acclaimed Music's Top 100 Albums of the 1950s

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Hi fellow music nerds,

this list should be an excellent starting point to discover more music from the 1950s. The dominant genres in this list are Rock & Roll, Vocal Jazz and Cool Jazz. Additionally, you can experience some good Big Band, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop and Blues records.

I wish you fun at experiencing new music or revisiting old gems. Do not forget to rate the records to help to extent the database of this website.

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http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/year/1950-59a.htm

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Where can I find the sources for this list?
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/all_critics_lists.htm

1.

Miles Davis

Kind of Blue1959

90

2.

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley1956

30

3.

Frank Sinatra

Songs for Swingin' Lovers!1956

20

4.

Frank Sinatra

In the Wee Small Hours1955

40

5.

Ornette Coleman

The Shape of Jazz To Come1959

90

6.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Time Out1959

70

7.

Miles Davis

Birth of the Cool1957

80

8.

Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus1957

90

9.

Little Richard

Here's Little Richard1957

40

10.

Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um1959

90

11.

The Crickets

The "Chirping" Crickets1957

30

12.

Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 11951

80

13.

Thelonious Monk

Brilliant Corners1957

90

14.

Duke Ellington

Ellington at Newport1956

70

15.

Benny Goodman

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert1950

50

16.

Billie Holiday

Lady in Satin1958

80

17.

Elvis Presley

Elvis1956

10

18.

Howlin' Wolf

Moanin' in the Moonlight1959

80

19.

The Quintet

Jazz at Massey Hall1956

70

20.

Various Artists

West Side Story [Original Broadway Cast Recording]1957

40

21.

Cannonball Adderley

Somethin' Else1958

70

22.

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book1956

50

23.

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley1958

40

24.

John Coltrane

Blue Train1958

70

25.

Count Basie and His Orchestra

The Atomic Mr. Basie1958

60

26.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Moanin'1959

80

27.

Miles Davis

Porgy and Bess1959

50

28.

Erroll Garner

Concert by the Sea1955

60

29.

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio1956

20

30.

Bud Powell

The Amazing Bud Powell1952

60

31.

Tito Puente

Dance Mania1958

20

32.

The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop

Pithecanthropus Erectus1956

80

33.

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely1958

40

34.

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry Is on Top1959

40

35.

Miles Davis

Miles Ahead1957

60

36.

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano1956

60

37.

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Ella and Louis1956

40

38.

Ray Charles

The Genius of Ray Charles1959

40

39.

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan1955

80

40.

Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern Music Vol. 21952

60

41.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach1954

50

42.

Miles Davis

Milestones1958

70

43.

Marty Robbins

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs1959

30

44.

Sonny Rollins

Way Out West1957

70

45.

Sonny Rollins

A Night at the Village Vanguard1957

60

46.

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book1959

30

47.

Harry Belafonte

Calypso1956

50

48.

Art Blakey Quintet

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 11954

60

49.

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Fontessa1956

90

50.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis1958

20