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Albums in the Year 1956

This page lists the top albums of 1956 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 1956 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	1956	US num 1 for 10 weeks - May 1956, RYM 4 of 1956, US 5 of 1956, Norway 20 - Sep 1977, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1966), Guiness 49, Rolling Stone 55, Acclaimed 120, Defin200 147, WXPN 470, WTMD 701
2	Frank Sinatra	Songs For Swingin' Lovers	1956	RYM 1 of 1956, UK 20 - Apr 1960, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1962), Guiness 22, Channel4 43, Virgin 100, Acclaimed 210, Rolling Stone 306, WXPN 406, WTMD 640
3	Harry Belafonte	Calypso	1956	US 1 of 1956, US num 1 for 11 weeks - Sep 1956, US CashBox 4 of 1957, RYM 13 of 1955, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1963), Acclaimed 1252
4	Elvis Presley	Elvis	1956	US num 1 for 4 weeks - Dec 1956, RYM 9 of 1956, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 1992), US CashBox 13 of 1957, UK 16 - Sep 1973, Acclaimed 410
5	Original Soundtrack	The King & I	1956	US num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1956, US 3 of 1956, US CashBox 9 of 1957, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1964)
6	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis	1956	RYM 2 of 1956, WXPN 759, WTMD 785, Acclaimed 1370
7	Bill Haley & His Comets	Rock Around The Clock	1956	Australia Goset 14 - Mar 1971, RYM 21 of 1956, UK 34 - May 1968, Acclaimed 2042
8	Sonny Rollins	Saxophone Colossus	1956	RYM 1 of 1957, Acclaimed 370
9	Carmen Cavallaro	The Eddy Duchin Story	1956	US num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1956
10	Original Soundtrack	The Eddy Duchin Story	1956	US 4 of 1956, US CashBox 12 of 1957
11	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Cole Porter	1956	RYM 5 of 1956, Acclaimed 617
12	Duke Ellington	Ellington at Newport	1956	RYM 6 of 1956, Acclaimed 385
13	Charles Mingus	Pithecanthropus Erectus	1956	RYM 7 of 1956, Acclaimed 748
14	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Rodgers & Hart	1956	RYM 11 of 1956, Acclaimed 888
15	Original Soundtrack	High Society	1956	UK 16 - Jul 1960, RYM 57 of 1956
16	Sonny Rollins	Tenor Madness	1956	RYM 13 of 1956, Acclaimed 1104
17	Count Basie	April in Paris	1956	RYM 15 of 1956, Acclaimed 1000
18	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	At Basin Street	1956	RYM 19 of 1956, Acclaimed 2209
19	Modern Jazz Quartet	Django	1956	RYM 20 of 1956, Acclaimed 1352
20	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis Again	1956	RYM 21 of 1957, Acclaimed 2967
21	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Porgy & Bess	1956	RYM 25 of 1958, Acclaimed 1373
22	Modern Jazz Quartet	Fontessa	1956	RYM 27 of 1956, Acclaimed 1332
23	Nat King Cole	After Midnight	1956	RYM 30 of 1956, Acclaimed 2156
24	Jimmy Giuffre	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	1956	RYM 32 of 1956, Acclaimed 2083
25	Lester Young & Teddy Wilson	Pres & Teddy	1956	RYM 33 of 1956, Acclaimed 1740
26	Johnny Smith	Moonlight in Vermont	1956	RYM 34 of 1956, Acclaimed 2578
27	Art Blakey	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1956	RYM 37 of 1958, Acclaimed 1275
28	Johnny Burnette	Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio	1956	RYM 41 of 1956, Acclaimed 637
29	Serge Chaloff	Blue Serge	1956	RYM 44 of 1956, Acclaimed 2508
30	Lester Young	The Jazz Giants	1956	RYM 54 of 1956, Acclaimed 1931
31	The Weavers	The Weavers At Carnegie Hall	1956	RYM 68 of 1956, Acclaimed 1578
32	Max Roach	Max Roach Plus Four	1956	RYM 68 of 1957, Acclaimed 2438
33	Big Joe Turner	The Boss Of The Blues	1956	RYM 73 of 1956, Acclaimed 1094
34	Anita O'Day	Pick Yourself Up With Anita O'Day	1956	RYM 77 of 1957, Acclaimed 2194
35	Louis Prima	The Wildest!	1956	RYM 80 of 1956, Acclaimed 2452
36	Fats Domino	This Is Fats Domino!	1956	RYM 92 of 1956, Acclaimed 2457
37	Art Tatum	Group Masterpieces Vol 8	1956	RYM 95 of 1956, Acclaimed 1581
38	George Russell	Jazz Workshop	1956	RYM 180 of 1956, Acclaimed 2137
39	The Quintet	Jazz at Massey Hall	1956	RYM 3 of 1956
40	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar!	1956	RYM 8 of 1956
41	Miles Davis	Walkin'	1956	RYM 10 of 1956
42	Ravi Shankar	Three Ragas	1956	RYM 12 of 1956
43	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins	1956	RYM 14 of 1956
44	Dizzy Gillespie	For Musicians Only	1956	RYM 16 of 1956
45	Moondog	Moondog	1956	RYM 17 of 1956
46	Sonny Rollins	Plus 4	1956	RYM 22 of 1956
47	Gene Vincent	Bluejean Bop!	1956	RYM 23 of 1956
48	Charles Mingus	Mingus at the Bohemia	1956	RYM 24 of 1956
49	Various Artists	My Fair Lady	1956	RYM 25 of 1956
50	Karlheinz Stockhausen	Gesang der Junglinge	1956	RYM 26 of 1956
51	Moondog	More Moondog	1956	RYM 28 of 1956
52	Art Blakey	The Jazz Messengers	1956	RYM 29 of 1956
53	Odetta	Odetta Sings Ballads & Blues	1956	RYM 31 of 1956
54	Bud Powell	Jazz Giant	1956	RYM 35 of 1956
55	Maurice Ravel	Daphnis & Chloe	1956	RYM 36 of 1956
56	Miles Davis	Dig	1956	RYM 37 of 1956
57	Martin Denny	Exotica	1956	RYM 38 of 1956
58	Miles Davis	Blue Haze	1956	RYM 39 of 1956
59	Kenny Burrell	Introducing Kenny Burrell	1956	RYM 40 of 1956
60	Art Blakey	The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1	1956	RYM 42 of 1956
61	Sonny Rollins	With The Modern Jazz Quartet	1956	RYM 43 of 1956
62	Miles Davis	Miles	1956	RYM 45 of 1956
63	Miles Davis	Quintet/Sextet	1956	RYM 46 of 1956
64	Thelonious Monk	The Unique	1956	RYM 47 of 1956
65	Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose	1956	RYM 48 of 1956
66	Fats Domino	Fats Domino Rock & Rollin'	1956	RYM 49 of 1956
67	Elmer Bernstein	The Man with the Golden Arm	1956	RYM 50 of 1956
68	Miles Davis	And Horns	1956	RYM 51 of 1956
69	Paul Clayton	Whaling & Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick	1956	RYM 52 of 1956
70	Bill Evans	New Jazz Conceptions	1956	RYM 53 of 1956
71	Miles Davis	Collectors' Items	1956	RYM 55 of 1956
72	Maxine Sullivan	Tribute to Andy Razaf	1956	RYM 56 of 1956
73	Chet Baker	Quartet: Russ Freeman & Chet Baker	1956	RYM 58 of 1956
74	Paul Chambers	Whims of Chambers	1956	RYM 59 of 1956
75	Gerry Mulligan	Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet	1956	RYM 60 of 1956
76	Elmer Bernstein	The Ten Commandments	1956	RYM 62 of 1956
77	Victor Young	Around The World In 80 Days	1956	RYM 63 of 1956
78	BB King	My Kind of Blues	1956	RYM 64 of 1956
79	Art Blakey	The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 2	1956	RYM 65 of 1956
80	Shelly Manne	Shelly Manne & his Friends' Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady	1956	RYM 66 of 1956
81	Frank Wess, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones & Kenny Clarke	Opus de Jazz	1956	RYM 67 of 1956
82	Stan Kenton	Kenton in Hi-Fi	1956	RYM 69 of 1956
83	Blossom Dearie	Blossom Dearie	1956	RYM 70 of 1956
84	Oscar Peterson	At the Stratford Shakesperean Festival	1956	RYM 71 of 1956
85	Pete Seeger	American Industrial Ballads	1956	RYM 72 of 1956
86	Marty Robbins	Rock'n Roll'n Robbins	1956	RYM 74 of 1956
87	Count Basie	Basie in London	1956	RYM 75 of 1956
88	Ahmad Jamal	Chamber Music of the New Jazz	1956	RYM 76 of 1956
89	Georges Brassens	Collection 25 cm - Georges Brassens Vol 4	1956	RYM 77 of 1956
90	Stan Kenton	Cuban Fire !	1956	RYM 78 of 1956
91	Julie London	Calendar Girl	1956	RYM 79 of 1956
92	Kenny Dorham	'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia	1956	RYM 81 of 1956
93	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown Memorial	1956	RYM 82 of 1956
94	Modern Jazz Quartet	The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn	1956	RYM 83 of 1956
95	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	More Study in Brown	1956	RYM 84 of 1956
96	Kenny Drew	The Kenny Drew Trio	1956	RYM 85 of 1956
97	Chet Baker	Chet Baker & Crew	1956	RYM 86 of 1956
98	Jackie McLean	4, 5 & 6	1956	RYM 87 of 1956
99	Thad Jones	Detroit - New York Junction	1956	RYM 88 of 1956
100	Clifford Brown	Jazz Immortal	1956	RYM 89 of 1956