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Most Acclaimed Albums of the 1950s Beta

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#1 Kind of Blue (1959)

Miles Davis | 13 lists

#2 Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)

Frank Sinatra | 6 lists

#3 Here's Little Richard (1957)

Little Richard | 5 lists

#4 Lady in Satin (1958)

Billie Holiday | 5 lists

#5 In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

Frank Sinatra | 5 lists

#6 Elvis Presley (1956)

Elvis Presley | 5 lists

#7 The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

Ornette Coleman | 4 lists

#8 The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)

The Crickets | 3 lists

#9 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)

Marty Robbins | 2 lists

#10 Anthology of American Folk Music (1952)

Various Artists | 2 lists

#11 The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)

Ray Charles | 2 lists

#12 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)

Ella Fitzgerald | 2 lists

#13 Ellington at Newport (1956)

Duke Ellington | 2 lists

#14 Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)

Howlin' Wolf | 2 lists

#15 Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Charles Mingus | 2 lists

#16 Bo Diddley (1958)

Bo Diddley | 2 lists

#17 Go Bo Diddley (1959)

Bo Diddley | 2 lists

#27

Miles Davis

Jazz / Modal Jazz

13 lists

Kind of Blue 1959

#260

Frank Sinatra

Pop / Jazz / Big Band / Traditional Pop / Vocal Jazz

6 lists

Songs for Swingin' Lovers! 1956

#280

Little Richard

Rock / R&B / Rhythm & Blues / Rock & Roll

5 lists

Here's Little Richard 1957

#294

Billie Holiday

Jazz / Vocal Jazz

5 lists

Lady in Satin 1958

#325

Frank Sinatra

Pop / Jazz / Big Band / Traditional Pop

5 lists

In the Wee Small Hours 1955

#342

Elvis Presley

Rock / Pop / Rock & Roll

5 lists

Elvis Presley 1956

#454

Ornette Coleman

Jazz / Free Jazz

4 lists

The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959

#591

The Crickets

Rock / Pop / Rock & Roll

3 lists

The "Chirping" Crickets 1957

#778

Marty Robbins

Country

2 lists

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs 1959

#10

#783

Various Artists

Soul / Blues / Folk / Country / World / Delta Blues / Gospel

2 lists

Anthology of American Folk Music 1952

#11

#805

Ray Charles

Pop / Soul / Jazz / Big Band / Soul-Jazz / Traditional Pop

2 lists

The Genius of Ray Charles 1959

#12

#823

Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz / Cool Jazz

2 lists

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 1959

#13

#830

Duke Ellington

Jazz / Big Band

2 lists

Ellington at Newport 1956

#14

#849

Howlin' Wolf

Blues / Chicago Blues

2 lists

Moanin' in the Moonlight 1959

#15

#862

Charles Mingus

Jazz / Post-Bop

2 lists

Mingus Ah Um 1959

#16

#880

Bo Diddley

Rock / R&B / Blues / Chicago Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Rock & Roll

2 lists

Bo Diddley 1958

#17

#881

Bo Diddley

Rock / Rock & Roll

2 lists

Go Bo Diddley 1959

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