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Albums in the Year 1955

This page lists the top albums of 1955 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the here. Before 1960 quality chart information for albums is sparse, the result should therefore be assumed to be subjective and liable to be biased. A list of biggest hit songs of 1955 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours	1955	RYM 2 of 1955, Rolling Stone 100, Defin200 140, Acclaimed 224, WXPN 434, WTMD 621
2	Glenn Gould	Goldberg Variations	1955	RYM 1 of 1955
3	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	Study In Brown	1955	RYM 4 of 1955, Acclaimed 1979
4	The Louvin Brothers	Tragic Songs of Life	1955	RYM 6 of 1955, Acclaimed 1876
5	Julie London	Julie Is Her Name	1955	RYM 8 of 1955, Acclaimed 2998
6	Lennie Tristano	Lennie Tristano	1955	RYM 15 of 1955, Acclaimed 1667
7	Erroll Garner	Concert By The Sea	1955	RYM 18 of 1956, Acclaimed 683
8	Four Freshmen	4 Freshmen & 5 Trombones	1955	US CashBox 37 of 1957, RYM 38 of 1955
9	Dizzy Gillespie	Groovin' High	1955	RYM 22 of 1955, Acclaimed 1547
10	Sarah Vaughan	In the Land of Hi-Fi	1955	RYM 36 of 1955, Acclaimed 2239
11	Sonny Rollins	Work Time	1955	RYM 61 of 1956, Acclaimed 2960
12	Stan Getz & Lionel Hampton	Hamp & Getz	1955	RYM 77 of 1955, Acclaimed 2186
13	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan	1955	RYM 3 of 1955
14	Louis Armstrong	Satch Plays Fats	1955	RYM 5 of 1955
15	Kenny Dorham	Afro-Cuban	1955	RYM 7 of 1955
16	Georges Brassens	Vol 3 - 'Les sabots d'Helene'	1955	RYM 9 of 1955
17	Thelonious Monk	Plays Duke Ellington	1955	RYM 10 of 1955
18	Lotte Lenya	Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill	1955	RYM 11 of 1955
19	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	Brown & Roach, Incorporated	1955	RYM 12 of 1955
20	Count Basie & Joe Williams	Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings	1955	RYM 14 of 1955
21	Louis Armstrong	Ambassador Satch	1955	RYM 16 of 1955
22	Miles Davis	Miles Davis Volume 1	1955	RYM 17 of 1955
23	Hank Williams	Ramblin' Man	1955	RYM 18 of 1955
24	Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz	Diz & Getz	1955	RYM 19 of 1955
25	Miles Davis	Blue Moods	1955	RYM 20 of 1955
26	Miles Davis	Miles Davis Volume 2	1955	RYM 21 of 1955
27	Miles Davis	The Musings of Miles	1955	RYM 23 of 1955
28	Modern Jazz Quartet	Concorde	1955	RYM 24 of 1955
29	J J Johnson	The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol 2	1955	RYM 25 of 1955
30	Nat King Cole	The Piano Style of Nat King Cole	1955	RYM 26 of 1955
31	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown With Strings	1955	RYM 27 of 1955
32	Charlton Heston	Charlton Heston Reads The Five Books Of Moses	1955	RYM 28 of 1955
33	Stan Getz	West Coast Jazz	1955	RYM 29 of 1955
34	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi	1955	RYM 30 of 1955
35	Jackie Gleason	Merry Christmas	1955	RYM 32 of 1955
36	Chris Connor	Chris	1955	RYM 33 of 1955
37	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Quartet Vol 2	1955	RYM 34 of 1955
38	Hank Williams	Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter	1955	RYM 35 of 1955
39	Billie Holiday	All or Nothing at All	1955	RYM 37 of 1955
40	Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie	Roy & Diz	1955	RYM 40 of 1955
41	Cannonball Adderley	Presenting Cannonball	1955	RYM 41 of 1955
42	Milt Jackson	The Milt Jackson Quartet	1955	RYM 42 of 1955
43	Horace Silver	Horace Silver Quintet Vol 2	1955	RYM 43 of 1955
44	Doris Day	Love Me or Leave Me	1955	RYM 44 of 1955
45	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	1955	RYM 45 of 1955
46	Horace Silver	Horace Silver Quintet	1955	RYM 46 of 1955
47	Dinah Washington	For Those in Love	1955	RYM 47 of 1955
48	Bill Haley & His Comets	Shake Rattle & Roll	1955	RYM 48 of 1955
49	Donald Byrd	Byrd's Word	1955	RYM 49 of 1955
50	Charles Mingus	Jazz Composers Workshop	1955	RYM 50 of 1955
51	Dean Martin	Swingin' Down Yonder	1955	RYM 51 of 1955
52	William Walton	Facade	1955	RYM 52 of 1955
53	Gustav Mahler	Symphonie No. 1 'Titan'	1955	RYM 53 of 1955
54	Mel Torme	It's a Blue World	1955	RYM 54 of 1955
55	Barney Kessel	To Swing or Not to Swing	1955	RYM 55 of 1955
56	Pete Seeger	Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Bigger Fishes	1955	RYM 56 of 1955
57	Stan Getz	Stan Getz at The Shrine	1955	RYM 57 of 1955
58	Anita O'Day	This Is Anita	1955	RYM 58 of 1955
59	Charles Munch	Beethoven 5th Symphony/6th Symphony 'Pastoral'	1955	RYM 59 of 1955
60	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Quartet	1955	RYM 60 of 1955
61	Modern Jazz Quartet	With The Modern Jazz Quartet	1955	RYM 61 of 1955
62	Chet Baker	Jazz at Ann Arbor	1955	RYM 62 of 1955
63	Franz Schubert	Winterreise (Hans Hotter,Gerald Moore)	1955	RYM 63 of 1955
64	Chet Baker	Sings & Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings	1955	RYM 64 of 1955
65	Billie Holiday	Music for Torching	1955	RYM 65 of 1955
66	Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh	Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh	1955	RYM 66 of 1955
67	Hampton Hawes	Trio	1955	RYM 67 of 1955
68	Nelson Riddle	Oklahoma!	1955	RYM 68 of 1955
69	Andrew Hill	So in Love with the Sound of Andrew Hill	1955	RYM 69 of 1955
70	Urbie Green	East Coast Jazz, Volume 6	1955	RYM 70 of 1955
71	Wardell Gray	Memorial, Volume Two	1955	RYM 71 of 1955
72	Clark Terry	Clark Terry	1955	RYM 72 of 1955
73	Art Tatum	Group Masterpieces Vol 4	1955	RYM 73 of 1955
74	Dean Martin	Dean Martin Sings	1955	RYM 74 of 1955
75	Joe Sullivan	Mr Piano Man	1955	RYM 75 of 1955
76	Sarah Vaughan	Summertime	1955	RYM 78 of 1955
77	Tito Puente	Mamborama	1955	RYM 79 of 1955
78	Gustav Mahler	Kindertotenlieder	1955	RYM 80 of 1955
79	Lee Konitz	With Tristano, Marsh & Bauer	1955	RYM 81 of 1955
80	Herbie Nichols	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol 2	1955	RYM 82 of 1955
81	Stan Getz	Quartets	1955	RYM 83 of 1955
82	Denis Brain	WA Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos 1-4 Qunitet K452	1955	RYM 84 of 1955
83	Ernesto Lecuona	Lecuona plays Lecuona	1955	RYM 85 of 1955
84	Carmen McRae	Here to Stay	1955	RYM 87 of 1955
85	Wardell Gray	Memorial, Volume One	1955	RYM 88 of 1955
86	Dexter Gordon	Dexter Blows Hot & Cool	1955	RYM 89 of 1955
87	Hank Jones	The Jazz Trio of Hank Jones	1955	RYM 90 of 1955
88	Johnny Ace	Memorial Album	1955	RYM 91 of 1955
89	Various Artists	Damn Yankees	1955	RYM 92 of 1955
90	Nat Adderley	Introducing Nat Adderley	1955	RYM 93 of 1955
91	Billy May Orchestra	Naughty Operetta	1955	RYM 94 of 1955
92	June Christy	Duet	1955	RYM 95 of 1955
93	Kenny Clarke	Bohemia After Dark	1955	RYM 96 of 1955
94	Les Baxter	Kaleidoscope	1955	RYM 97 of 1955
95	Wild Bill Davis	Wild Bill Davis at Birdland	1955	RYM 98 of 1955
96	Phil Woods	Woodlore	1955	RYM 99 of 1955
97	Helen Merrill	Helen Merrill with Strings	1955	RYM 100 of 1955
98	Lester Young	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	1955	RYM 101 of 1955
99	George Wallington	George Wallington Quintet at The Bohemia	1955	RYM 102 of 1955
100	Benjamin Britten	The Turn Of The Screw	1955	RYM 103 of 1955