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THE 100 ESSENTIAL ALBUMS OF THE 1950's (CHRONOLOGICAL)

The must-hear records from Elvis Presley, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Thelonious Monk, and other greats of the 1950's in chronological order.
1
Charlie Parker / Charlie Parker Septet / Charlie Parker with Strings
April in Paris: Charlie Parker with Strings
April in Paris: Charlie Parker with Strings
2
Benny Goodman
Live at Carnegie Hall (1938)
Live at Carnegie Hall (1938)
3
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / Duke Ellington
Masterpieces by Ellington
Masterpieces by Ellington
4
Thelonious Monk
Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
5
Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
6
Various Artists
Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3
Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3
7
Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie
Bird and Diz
Bird and Diz
8
Tom Lehrer
Songs by Tom Lehrer
Songs by Tom Lehrer
9
Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie / Bud Powell / The Quintet / Max Roach / Charles Mingus
Jazz at Massey Hall
Jazz at Massey Hall
10
Art Blakey Quintet / Art Blakey
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1
11
Frank Sinatra
Songs for Young Lovers
Songs for Young Lovers
12
Dinah Washington
Dinah Jams
Dinah Jams
13
Roy Eldridge / Dizzy Gillespie
Roy and Diz
Roy and Diz
14
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
15
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet / Clifford Brown / Max Roach
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
16
Frank Sinatra
In the Wee Small Hours
In the Wee Small Hours
17
Louis Armstrong
Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller
Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller
18
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown with Strings
Clifford Brown with Strings
19
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet / Clifford Brown / Max Roach
Study in Brown
Study in Brown
20
Erroll Garner
Concert by the Sea
Concert by the Sea
21
Julie London
Julie Is Her Name, Vol. 1
Julie Is Her Name, Vol. 1
22
Bill Haley / Bill Haley & His Comets
Rock Around the Clock [1955]
Rock Around the Clock [1955]
23
Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
24
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley [1956]
Elvis Presley [1956]
25
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
26
Count Basie / Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
27
Fats Domino
Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino
Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino
28
Peggy Lee
Black Coffee
Black Coffee
29
B.B. King
Singin' the Blues
Singin' the Blues
30
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
Saxophone Colossus
31
Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport [1999]
Ellington at Newport [1999]
32
Gene Vincent / Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
Bluejean Bop!
Bluejean Bop!
33
Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis
Ella and Louis
34
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
35
Elvis Presley
Elvis [1956]
Elvis [1956]
36
Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Rock 'n' Roll Trio
37
Billie Holiday
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues
38
Tal Farlow
The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow
The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow
39
Louis Prima
The Wildest!
The Wildest!
40
Miles Davis
Birth of the Cool
Birth of the Cool
41
Miles Davis
'Round About Midnight
'Round About Midnight
42
Gene Vincent / Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
43
Sonny Rollins
Way out West
Way out West
44
Little Richard
Here's Little Richard
Here's Little Richard
45
Fats Domino
This Is Fats
This Is Fats
46
Frank Sinatra
A Swingin' Affair!
A Swingin' Affair!
47
Chuck Berry
After School Session
After School Session
48
Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente
Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature
Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature
49
Nat King Cole
After Midnight
After Midnight
50
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book [Verve]
Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book [Verve]
51
Sabu Martinez
Palo Congo
Palo Congo
52
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Himself
Thelonious Himself
53
Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners
Brilliant Corners
54
Carl Perkins
Dance Album
Dance Album
55
Miles Davis Quintet / Miles Davis
Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
56
Ray Charles
Ray Charles [1957]
Ray Charles [1957]
57
Sarah Vaughan / Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio
At Mister Kelly's
At Mister Kelly's
58
Charles Mingus
The Clown
The Clown
59
Flatt & Scruggs
Foggy Mountain Jamboree
Foggy Mountain Jamboree
60
Johnny Cash
With His Hot and Blue Guitar
With His Hot and Blue Guitar
61
Thelonious Monk Septet / Thelonious Monk
Monk's Music
Monk's Music
62
Miles Davis
Miles Ahead
Miles Ahead
63
Count Basie
At Newport
At Newport
64
Buddy Holly & the Crickets / The Crickets / Buddy Holly
The "Chirping" Crickets
The "Chirping" Crickets
65
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin'
Cool Struttin'
66
Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me
Come Fly with Me
67
Count Basie / Count Basie & His Orchestra
The Atomic Mr. Basie
The Atomic Mr. Basie
68
John Coltrane
Blue Train
Blue Train
69
Jimmy Smith
The Sermon!
The Sermon!
70
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
71
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else
Somethin' Else
72
Chuck Berry
One Dozen Berrys
One Dozen Berrys
73
Miles Davis Quintet / Miles Davis
Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
74
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Jack Takes the Floor
Jack Takes the Floor
75
Machito
Kenya
Kenya
76
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley [1958]
Bo Diddley [1958]
77
Miles Davis
Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
78
Ahmad Jamal / Ahmad Jamal Trio
At the Pershing: But Not for Me
At the Pershing: But Not for Me
79
Tito Puente / Tito Puente & His Orchestra
Dance Mania
Dance Mania
80
Jimmy Reed
I'm Jimmy Reed
I'm Jimmy Reed
81
Miles Davis
Milestones
Milestones
82
Frank Sinatra
Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely
83
Frank Sinatra
Come Dance with Me!
Come Dance with Me!
84
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Art Blakey
Moanin'
Moanin'
85
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins [Smithsonian/Folkways]
Lightnin' Hopkins [Smithsonian/Folkways]
86
Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
87
Bobby Darin
That's All
That's All
88
Lester Young / Teddy Wilson
Pres & Teddy
Pres & Teddy
89
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
90
Howlin' Wolf
Moanin' in the Moonlight
Moanin' in the Moonlight
91
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Is on Top
Chuck Berry Is on Top
92
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Blues
T-Bone Blues
93
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
94
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
Mingus Ah Um
95
Miles Davis Quintet / Miles Davis
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
96
Marty Robbins
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
97
Harry Belafonte
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
98
Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Shape of Jazz to Come
99
Coleman Hawkins / Ben Webster
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
100
The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Dave Brubeck
Time Out
Time Out