| # |
Artist |
Album Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
Jackie Gleason |
Music for Lovers Only |
1953 |
US BB 4 of 1955, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1962), RYM 32 of 1953 |
| 2 |
Peggy Lee |
Black Coffee |
1953 |
RYM 2 of 1953, UK 20 - Oct 1961 (1 week) |
| 3 |
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz at Massey Hall |
1953 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1953) |
| 4 |
Thelonious Monk |
Thelonious Monk Trio |
1953 |
RYM 1 of 1953 |
| 5 |
Tom Lehrer |
Songs By Tom Lehrer |
1953 |
UK 7 - Nov 1958 (19 weeks), RYM 7 of 1953 |
| 6 |
Duke Ellington |
Ellington Uptown |
1953 |
RYM 4 of 1953, Acclaimed 2442 (1953) |
| 7 |
Bud Powell |
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 2 |
1953 |
RYM 10 of 1954, Acclaimed 2905 (1953) |
| 8 |
Jackie Gleason |
Music to Make You Misty |
1953 |
US BB 19 of 1956, RYM 74 of 1953 |
| 9 |
Gerry Mulligan |
Gerry Mulligan Quartet |
1953 |
RYM 69 of 1953, Acclaimed 2718 (1953) |
| 10 |
Shelly Manne |
The West Coast Sound |
1953 |
RYM 86 of 1955, Acclaimed 2536 (1953) |
| 11 |
Giacomo Puccini |
Tosca |
1953 |
RYM 3 of 1953 |
| 12 |
Richard Wagner |
Tristan Und Isolde |
1953 |
RYM 5 of 1953 |
| 13 |
J J Johnson |
With Clifford Brown |
1953 |
RYM 6 of 1953 |
| 14 |
Georges Brassens |
Vol 1 - Georges Brassens chante les chansons poetiques |
1953 |
RYM 8 of 1953 |
| 15 |
Yma Sumac |
Inca Taqui |
1953 |
RYM 10 of 1953 |
| 16 |
Lee Konitz |
Konitz Meets Mulligan |
1953 |
RYM 11 of 1953 |
| 17 |
Bud Powell |
Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol 2 |
1953 |
RYM 12 of 1953 |
| 18 |
Richard Strauss |
Four Last Songs; Orchestral Songs; Also sprach Zarathustra |
1953 |
RYM 13 of 1953 |
| 19 |
Nat King Cole |
Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love |
1953 |
RYM 14 of 1953 |
| 20 |
Various Artists |
Kismet |
1953 |
RYM 15 of 1953 |
| 21 |
Nat King Cole |
Ballads of the Day |
1953 |
RYM 16 of 1953 |
| 22 |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No 10 |
1953 |
RYM 17 of 1953 |
| 23 |
Moondog |
Moondog & His Friends |
1953 |
RYM 18 of 1953 |
| 24 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Violin Concerto (Menuhin, Furtwangler) |
1953 |
RYM 19 of 1953 |
| 25 |
Hank Williams |
Honky-Tonkin' |
1953 |
RYM 20 of 1953 |
| 26 |
Eartha Kitt |
RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt |
1953 |
RYM 21 of 1953 |
| 27 |
Olivier Messiaen |
Catalogue d'Oiseaux |
1953 |
RYM 22 of 1953 |
| 28 |
Oscar Peterson |
Plays Duke Ellington |
1953 |
RYM 23 of 1953 |
| 29 |
Miklos Rozsa |
Julius Caesar |
1953 |
RYM 24 of 1953 |
| 30 |
Dave Brubeck |
Jazz at Oberlin |
1953 |
RYM 25 of 1953 |
| 31 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Kontra-Punkte |
1953 |
RYM 26 of 1953 |
| 32 |
Ogden Nash |
Reads Ogden Nash |
1953 |
RYM 27 of 1953 |
| 33 |
Kenny Drew |
New Faces - New Sounds |
1953 |
RYM 28 of 1953 |
| 34 |
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam |
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam |
1953 |
RYM 29 of 1953 |
| 35 |
Marilyn Monroe |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
1953 |
RYM 30 of 1953 |
| 36 |
Charles Aznavour |
Charles Aznavour chante... (Jezebel) |
1953 |
RYM 31 of 1953 |
| 37 |
Various Artists |
The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever |
1953 |
RYM 33 of 1953 |
| 38 |
Anna Russell |
Anna Russell Sings! Again? |
1953 |
RYM 34 of 1953 |
| 39 |
Hank Williams |
Memorial Album |
1953 |
RYM 35 of 1953 |
| 40 |
Edith Piaf |
Le bel indifferent |
1953 |
RYM 36 of 1953 |
| 41 |
Hank Jones |
Urbanity |
1953 |
RYM 37 of 1953 |
| 42 |
Paul Bley |
Introducing Paul Bley |
1953 |
RYM 38 of 1953 |
| 43 |
Wynton Kelly |
New Faces - New Sounds |
1953 |
RYM 39 of 1953 |
| 44 |
Barney Kessel |
Easy Like, Vol 1 |
1953 |
RYM 40 of 1953 |
| 45 |
Horace Silver |
New Faces - New Sounds |
1953 |
RYM 41 of 1953 |
| 46 |
Yves Montand |
Recital au Theatre de l'Etoile |
1953 |
RYM 42 of 1953 |
| 47 |
Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank |
Brazilliance, Vol 1 |
1953 |
RYM 44 of 1953 |
| 48 |
Ted Heath Orchestra |
Strike Up the Band / Fats Waller Album |
1953 |
RYM 45 of 1953 |
| 49 |
George Lewis |
Jazz Funeral In New Orleans |
1953 |
RYM 46 of 1953 |
| 50 |
Luis Mariano |
La Belle de Cadix |
1953 |
RYM 48 of 1953 |