1950s

Top 20

1. Kind Of Blue — Miles Davis (1959)
2. Mingus Ah Um — Charles Mingus (1959)
3. Time Out — The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
4. Blue Train — John Coltrane (1958)
5. Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley (1956)
6. In The Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra (1955)
7. Here's Little Richard — Little Richard (1957)
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come — Ornette Coleman (1959)
9. Berry Is On Top — Chuck Berry (1959)
10. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1958)
11. Lady In Satin — Billie Holiday (1958)
12. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! — Frank Sinatra (1956)
13. Brilliant Corners — Thelonious Monk (1957)
14. Somethin' Else — Cannonball Adderley (1958)
15. The "Chirping" Crickets — The Crickets (1957)
16. Saxophone Colossus — Sonny Rollins (1957)
17. Buddy Holly — Buddy Holly (1958)
18. Chet Baker Sings — Chet Baker (1954)
19. Birth Of The Cool — Miles Davis (1957)
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight — Howlin' Wolf (1959)

1950

• Voice Of The Xtabay — Yma Sumac
• The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert — Benny Goodman
• Charlie Parker With Strings — Charlie Parker
• Talking Dust Bowl — Woody Guthrie
• Ella Sings Gershwin — Ella Fitzgerald
• Billie Holiday Sings (1950) — Billie Holiday
• The New Sound — Les Paul
• Jazz Classics Vol. 1 — Sidney Bechet
• Chansons Parisiennes — Édith Piaf
• Sones Of Mexico — Trio Aguilillas
• Innovations In Modern Music — Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
• Dexter Gordon — Dexter Gordon
• Nat King Cole At The Piano — Nat King Cole
• Noel Rosa Vol. 1 — Aracy De Almeida
• Darling Corey — Pete Seeger
• Tea For Two — Doris Day
• Young Man With A Horn — Doris Day And Harry James
• Pearl Bailey Entertains — Pearl Bailey
• Music For Peace Of Mind — Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman
• Bizet: Carmen — André Cluytens & Orchestre Et Choeur Du Théâtre National De L'Opéra-Comique

1951

• Genius Of Modern Music — Thelonious Monk
• Masterpieces By Ellington — Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
• Hank Williams Sings — Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
• Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite — Machito
• Ritual Of The Savage — Les Baxter
• On Moonlight Bay — Doris Day
• Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. 2 — Les Paul & Mary Ford
• Satchmo At Symphony Hall — Louis Armstrong
• Lover Man — Billie Holiday
• The New Sounds — Miles Davis
• Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano By John Cage — Maro Ajemian
• Judy At The Palace — Judy Garland
• Encores — Édith Piaf
• 1ère Série: Félix Leclerc Chante Ses Derniers Succès — Félix Leclerc
• Lullaby Of Broadway — Doris Day
• Talking And Drum Solos — Baby Dodds
• George Gershwin: Porgy And Bess Soundtrack — Lehman Engel
• The Great Caruso — Mario Lanza
• Blessed Assurance — Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Alternate Masters Vol. 1 — Charlie Parker

1952

• Bird & Diz — Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
• Moanin' The Blues — Hank Williams
• Billie Holiday Sings — Billie Holiday
• The Amazing Bud Powell — Bud Powell
• Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 — Thelonious Monk
• La Vie En Rose — Édith Piaf
• Unforgettable — Nat King Cole
• Satchmo Serenades — Louis Armstrong
• Singin' In The Rain Soundtrack — Various Artists
• A Second Album Of Bahamian Songs — Blind Blake And His Royal Victoria Calypsos
• Dancers Of Bali — Anak Agung Gde Mandera
• Penthouse Serenade — Nat King Cole
• La Mauvaise Réputation — Georges Brassens
• Blazing Ballads — Dinah Washington
• Legend Of The Sun Virgin — Yma Sumac
• Vol. 1 — Charlie Parker
• South Of The Border — Charlie Parker
• Harmony Encores — The Chordettes
• Country Classics — Hank Snow The Singing Ranger & The Rainbow Ranch Boys
• Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring — Igor Markevitch & Vienna Philharmonic

1953

• Black Coffee With Peggy Lee — Peggy Lee
• Ellington Uptown — Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
• Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet — Sonny Rollins
• Chante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 — Georges Brassens
• Dean Martin Sings — Dean Martin
• The Great Artistry Of Django Reinhardt — Django Reinhardt
• Songs By Tom Lehrer — Tom Lehrer
• An Evening With Billie Holiday — Billie Holiday
• Jazz At Oberlin — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Inca Taqui — Yma Sumac
• Moondog And His Friends — Moondog
• Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love — Nat King Cole
• Calamity Jane Soundtrack — Doris Day
• Puccini: Tosca — Maria Callas & Victor De Sabata
• New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm — Stan Kenton
• Memorial Album — Hank Williams
• Vol. 2 — Georges Brassens
• The Duke Plays Ellington — Duke Ellington
• Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume One — Lead Belly
• Young Man With A Horn — Miles Davis

1954

• Chet Baker Sings — Chet Baker
• Clifford Brown And Max Roach — Clifford Brown & Max Roach
• Songs For Young Lovers — Frank Sinatra
• Canções Praieiras — Dorival Caymmi
• Mambo! — Yma Sumac
• Swing Easy! — Frank Sinatra
• Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy — Louis Armstrong
• A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 — Art Blakey
• Haitian Dances — Frantz Casseus
• Jazz Goes To College — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• N°3 — Georges Brassens
• Thelonious Monk Trio — Thelonious Monk Trio
• Jacques Brel Et Ses Chansons — Jacques Brel
• Honky-Tonkin' — Hank Williams
• Blue Haze — Miles Davis
• Charlie Parker — Charlie Parker
• Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins — Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
• Interprète Ses Dernières Compositions, 2ème Série — Georges Brassens
• Rock With Bill Haley And The Comets — Bill Haley And His Comets
• A Star Is Born Soundtrack — Judy Garland

1955

• In The Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra
• Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan
• Rock Around The Clock — Bill Haley And His Comets
• Julie Is Her Name — Julie London
• Ramblin' Man — Hank Williams
• Study In Brown — Clifford Brown & Max Roach
• Concert By The Sea — Erroll Garner
• Shake, Rattle And Roll — Bill Haley And His Comets
• Dinah Jams — Dinah Washington
• Satch Plays Fats — Louis Armstrong
• Lullabies Of Birdland — Ella Fitzgerald
• Blue Moods — Miles Davis
• Lennie Tristano — Lennie Tristano
• Diz And Getz — Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
• Helen Merrill — Helen Merrill
• Les And Mary — Les Paul & Mary Ford
• Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi — Sarah Vaughan
• Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill — Lotte Lenya
• Hamp & Getz — Stan Getz & Lionel Hampton
• Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions — Chet Atkins

1956

• Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley
• Songs For Swingin' Lovers! — Frank Sinatra
• Pithecanthropus Erectus — Charles Mingus
• Ellington At Newport — Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
• Ella & Louis — Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Lady Sings The Blues — Billie Holiday
• Elvis — Elvis Presley
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald
• J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) — Glenn Gould
• The Wildest! — Louis Prima
• This Is Fats Domino! — Fats Domino
• Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio — Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
• Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas) — Ravi Shankar
• Jazz At Massey Hall Live — The Quintet
• Bluejean Bop — Gene Vincent
• Calypso — Harry Belafonte
• Moondog — Moondog
• Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino — Fats Domino
• Gospel Train — Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Tragic Songs Of Life — The Louvin Brothers

1957

• Here's Little Richard — Little Richard
• Brilliant Corners — Thelonious Monk
• The "Chirping" Crickets — The Crickets
• Saxophone Colossus — Sonny Rollins
• Birth Of The Cool — Miles Davis
• 'Round About Midnight — Miles Davis
• With His Hot And Blue Guitar — Johnny Cash
• After School Session — Chuck Berry
• Ray Charles — Ray Charles
• Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet — Miles Davis Quintet
• Monk's Music — Thelonious Monk Septet
• Miles Ahead — Miles Davis + 19
• The Clown — Charles Mingus
• Dance Album — Carl Perkins
• After Midnight — Nat King Cole
• Singin' The Blues — B.B. King
• Way Out West — Sonny Rollins
• Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps — Gene Vincent
• Singin' To My Baby — Eddie Cochran With The Johnny Mann Orchestra And Chorus
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook — Ella Fitzgerald

1958

• Blue Train — John Coltrane
• Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• Lady In Satin — Billie Holiday
• Somethin' Else — Cannonball Adderley
• Buddy Holly — Buddy Holly
• Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
• Milestones — Miles Davis
• Ascenseur Pour L'Echaffaud — Miles Davis
• Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely — Frank Sinatra
• Little Richard — Little Richard
• One Dozen Berrys — Chuck Berry
• Come Fly With Me — Frank Sinatra
• The Everly Brothers — The Everly Brothers
• Jerry Lee Lewis — Jerry Lee Lewis
• Basie — Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti
• The Best Of Muddy Waters — Muddy Waters
• Elvis' Golden Records — Elvis Presley
• Please Please Please — James Brown And His Famous Flames
• Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet — Miles Davis Quintet
• Dance Mania — Tito Puente

1959

• Kind Of Blue — Miles Davis
• Mingus Ah Um — Charles Mingus
• Time Out — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• The Shape Of Jazz To Come — Ornette Coleman
• Berry Is On Top — Chuck Berry
• Moanin' In The Moonlight — Howlin' Wolf
• Little Girl Blue — Nina Simone
• The Genius Of Ray Charles — Ray Charles
• Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs — Marty Robbins
• Chega De Saudade — João Gilberto
• N° 4 — Jacques Brel
• What'd I Say — Ray Charles
• Porgy And Bess — Miles Davis
• Jazz In Silhouette — Sun Ra And His Arkestra
• Ritchie Valens — Ritchie Valens
• Go Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
• Chet — Chet Baker
• Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet — Miles Davis Quintet
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook — Ella Fitzgerald
• I'm John Lee Hooker — John Lee Hooker