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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s

My personal favorite albums from throughout the 1950's. Admittedly, this isn't my favorite decade, but the music from this decade has its charm.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
1
Mingus Ah Um
Mingus Ah Um
2
Lady in Satin
Lady in Satin
3
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
4
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Marty Robbins, 1959)
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Marty Robbins, 1959)
5
Time Out
Time Out
6
Blue Train
Blue Train
7
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Shape of Jazz to Come
8
Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar
9
Elvis
Elvis
10
Jacques Brel - N° 4 (1959)
Jacques Brel - N° 4 (1959)
11
Buddy Holly (Buddy Holly, 1958)
Buddy Holly (Buddy Holly, 1958)
12
Ray Charles - Ray Charles (1957)
Ray Charles - Ray Charles (1957)
13
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues
14
Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette
Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette
15
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
16
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings Percussion, and Cele
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings Percussion, and Cele
17
Ravi Shankar Music of India
Ravi Shankar Music of India
18
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
19
Frank Sinatra- Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra- Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
20
Chuck Berry Is on Top
Chuck Berry Is on Top
21
Elvis' Golden Records- Elvis Presley
Elvis' Golden Records- Elvis Presley
22
Little Girl Blue (Nina Simone, 1958)
Little Girl Blue (Nina Simone, 1958)
23
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
24
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
25
Bird & Diz - Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie
Bird & Diz - Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie
26
New World Symphony Fritz Reiner
New World Symphony Fritz Reiner
27
Elvis Presley - King Creole
Elvis Presley - King Creole
28
Buddy Holly and the Crickets- The "Chirping" Crickets
Buddy Holly and the Crickets- The "Chirping" Crickets
29
Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
30
Somethin' Else
Somethin' Else
31
Elvis Presley - Loving You
Elvis Presley - Loving You
32
Chet Baker Sings (Chet Baker, 1956)
Chet Baker Sings (Chet Baker, 1956)
33
Ella and Louis (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
Ella and Louis (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
34
Moanin' in the Moonlight (Howlin' Wolf, 1959)
Moanin' in the Moonlight (Howlin' Wolf, 1959)
35
Here's Little Richard
Here's Little Richard
36
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
37
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
38
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
39
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
40
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