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Albums in the Year 1959

This page lists the top albums of 1959 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 1959 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Miles Davis	Kind of Blue	1959	RYM 1 of 1959, Rolling Stone 12, Virgin 14, WXPN 14, WTMD 21, Guiness 28, NARM 34, Defin200 34, Acclaimed 37, Norway 40 - Jan 2003
2	Dave Brubeck	Time Out	1959	RYM 6 of 1959, US CashBox 9 of 1962, UK 11 - Jun 1960, Defin200 150, WXPN 203, WTMD 309, Acclaimed 324
3	Frank Sinatra	Come Dance With Me!	1959	Grammy in 1959, RYM 28 of 1959, US CashBox 34 of 1960, Acclaimed 1328
4	Ray Charles	The Genius of Ray Charles	1959	RYM 15 of 1959, US CashBox 37 of 1960, Guiness 87, Rolling Stone 263, Acclaimed 696
5	Original Soundtrack	Gigi	1959	UK 2 - Jan 1959, US 2 of 1959, US CashBox 10 of 1958
6	Marty Robbins	Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs	1959	RYM 5 of 1959, UK 20 - Aug 1960, US CashBox 23 of 1960, Acclaimed 1625
7	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	1959	RYM 2 of 1959, Acclaimed 384, WXPN 793
8	Harry Belafonte	Belafonte At Carnegie Hall	1959	US CashBox 3 of 1960, RYM 13 of 1959, Acclaimed 1480
9	Ornette Coleman	The Shape of Jazz to Come	1959	RYM 3 of 1959, Rolling Stone 246, Acclaimed 315
10	Elvis Presley	A Date With Elvis	1959	UK 4 - Aug 1959, RYM 56 of 1959, Acclaimed 1548
11	The Kingston Trio	At Large	1959	US 5 of 1959, RYM 140 of 1959, Acclaimed 2310
12	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' in the Moonlight	1959	RYM 12 of 1959, Rolling Stone 153, Acclaimed 551
13	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Irving Berlin	1959	UK 17 - Aug 1960, RYM 46 of 1958, Acclaimed 875
14	Sonny Boy Williamson	Down & Out Blues	1959	UK 20 - Jun 1964, RYM 35 of 1959, Acclaimed 2000
15	Frank Sinatra	No One Cares	1959	RYM 30 of 1959, US CashBox 37 of 1960, Acclaimed 2658
16	Cliff Richard	Cliff Sings	1959	UK 2 - Nov 1959, RYM 132 of 1959
17	Charles Mingus	Blues & Roots	1959	RYM 2 of 1960, Acclaimed 782
18	Cliff Richard	Cliff	1959	UK 4 - Apr 1959, RYM 106 of 1959
19	The Kingston Trio	...from the 'Hungry i'	1959	US 4 of 1959, RYM 108 of 1959
20	Tom Lehrer	An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer	1959	UK 7 - Jun 1960, RYM 17 of 1959
21	Original Soundtrack	Porgy & Bess	1959	UK 7 - Oct 1959, US CashBox 28 of 1960
22	Miles Davis	Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet	1959	RYM 7 of 1959, Acclaimed 1773
23	Chuck Berry	Chuck ..Berry Is on Top	1959	RYM 9 of 1959, Acclaimed 1270
24	Shirley Bassey	Fabulous Shirley Bassey	1959	UK 12 - Jan 1961, RYM 149 of 1959
25	Count Basie	Chairman Of The Board	1959	UK 17 - Apr 1960, RYM 82 of 1959
26	John Fahey	John Fahey / Blind Joe Death	1959	RYM 16 of 1959, Acclaimed 2776
27	Bill Evans	Portrait in Jazz	1959	RYM 18 of 1960, Acclaimed 1689
28	Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away	1959	RYM 19 of 1959, Acclaimed 1974
29	John Lee Hooker	House Of The Blues	1959	UK 34 - Feb 1967, RYM 57 of 1959
30	Cannonball Adderley	In San Francisco	1959	RYM 25 of 1959, Acclaimed 2742
31	Bill Evans	Everybody Digs Bill Evans	1959	RYM 26 of 1959, Acclaimed 1659
32	Dinah Washington	What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!	1959	RYM 37 of 1959, Acclaimed 2363
33	Art Pepper	Art Pepper & Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics	1959	RYM 39 of 1959, Acclaimed 2468
34	Ben Webster	Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson	1959	RYM 40 of 1960, Acclaimed 2775
35	John Cage	Indeterminacy	1959	RYM 42 of 1959, Acclaimed 2128
36	Elvis Presley	For LP Fans Only	1959	RYM 43 of 1959, Acclaimed 2025
37	Bo Diddley	Go Bo Diddley	1959	RYM 44 of 1959, Acclaimed 1349
38	Santo & Johnny	Santo & Johnny	1959	Italy 76 of 1976, RYM 145 of 1959
39	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall	1959	RYM 52 of 1959, Acclaimed 2031
40	Duke Ellington	Anatomy of a Murder	1959	RYM 54 of 1959, Acclaimed 2692
41	Wynton Kelly	Kelly Blue	1959	RYM 65 of 1959, Acclaimed 3000
42	Ricky Nelson	Ricky Sings Again	1959	RYM 66 of 1959, Acclaimed 2467
43	Esquivel	Exploring New Sounds in Hi-Fi	1959	RYM 68 of 1959, Acclaimed 2513
44	Gerry Mulligan	Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster	1959	RYM 69 of 1959, Acclaimed 2198
45	Babatunde Olatunji	Drums of Passion	1959	RYM 76 of 1959, Acclaimed 2047
46	Gerry Mulligan	What Is There To Say?	1959	RYM 93 of 1959, Acclaimed 1729
47	Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster	1959	RYM 97 of 1959, Acclaimed 2797
48	Harold Land	The Fox	1959	RYM 114 of 1959, Acclaimed 2661
49	Memphis Slim	At the Gate of Horn	1959	RYM 139 of 1959, Acclaimed 2552
50	Mel Torme	Swings Shubert Alley	1959	RYM 163 of 1960, Acclaimed 2418
51	Frank Sinatra & Billy May	Come Dance With Me!	1959	UK 2 - May 1959
52	Buddy Holly	The Buddy Holly Story	1959	UK 2 - May 1959
53	Russ Conway	Time To Celebrate	1959	UK 3 - Dec 1959
54	Peter Sellers	The Best Of Sellers	1959	UK 3 - Feb 1959
55	Russ Conway	Family Favourites	1959	UK 3 - Sep 1959
56	Peter Sellers	Songs For Swinging Sellers	1959	UK 3 - Dec 1959
57	Elvis Presley	Elvis (Rock 'N' Roll No 1)	1959	UK 4 - Apr 1959
58	Perry Como	Como's Golden Records	1959	UK 4 - Jan 1959
59	Mantovani	Continental Encores	1959	UK 4 - Feb 1959
60	Frank Sinatra	Look To Your Heart	1959	UK 5 - Aug 1959
61	Duane Eddy	Specially For You	1959	UK 6 - Oct 1959
62	Frankie Vaughan	Frankie Vaughan At The London Palladium	1959	UK 6 - Sep 1959
63	Paddy Roberts	Strictly For Grown-Ups	1959	UK 8 - Sep 1959
64	Russ Conway	Songs To Sing In Your Bath	1959	UK 8 - May 1959
65	The Goons	Best Of The Goons Shows	1959	UK 8 - Nov 1959
66	101 Strings	Gypsy Campfires	1959	UK 9 - Sep 1959
67	Joao Gilberto	Chega de Saudade	1959	RYM 10 of 1959
68	David Seville & The Chipmunks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	1959	UK 11 - Jul 1959
69	The Louvin Brothers	Satan Is Real	1959	RYM 14 of 1959
70	Allen Ginsberg	Howl & Other Poems	1959	RYM 18 of 1959
71	Ornette Coleman	Tomorrow Is the Question: The New Music of Ornette Coleman	1959	RYM 20 of 1959
72	Dorival Caymmi	Caymmi e seu Violao	1959	RYM 21 of 1959
73	Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago	1959	RYM 22 of 1959
74	John Lee Hooker	I'm John Lee Hooker	1959	RYM 23 of 1959
75	Johnny Cash	The Fabulous Johnny Cash	1959	RYM 24 of 1959
76	Cannonball Adderley	Things Are Getting Better	1959	RYM 27 of 1959
77	Duke Ellington	Back To Back	1959	RYM 29 of 1959
78	Horace Silver	Finger Poppin'	1959	RYM 31 of 1959
79	Duke Ellington	Side by Side	1959	RYM 32 of 1959
80	Jacques Brel	Jacques Brel ('59)	1959	RYM 33 of 1959
81	Bud Powell	The Scene Changes	1959	RYM 34 of 1959
82	Charles Mingus	Mingus in Wonderland	1959	RYM 36 of 1959
83	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	1959	RYM 38 of 1959
84	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	Diz 'n' Bird in Concert	1959	RYM 41 of 1959
85	Chet Baker	Chet	1959	RYM 45 of 1959
86	Donald Byrd	Byrd in Hand	1959	RYM 46 of 1959
87	Little Richard	The Fabulous Little Richard	1959	RYM 47 of 1959
88	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)	1959	RYM 48 of 1959
89	Bud Powell	Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 4	1959	RYM 49 of 1959
90	Enoch Light & His Orchestra	Persuasive Percussion	1959	RYM 50 of 1959
91	Curtis Fuller	Blues Ette	1959	RYM 51 of 1959
92	Johnny Cash	Songs of Our Soil	1959	RYM 53 of 1959
93	Percy Faith	Bouquet	1959	RYM 55 of 1959
94	Thelonious Monk	Five by Monk by Five	1959	RYM 58 of 1959
95	Cecil Taylor	Hard Driving Jazz	1959	RYM 59 of 1959
96	Martin Denny	Quiet Village	1959	RYM 60 of 1959
97	Oscar Peterson	Plays the Cole Porter Songbook	1959	RYM 61 of 1959
98	Johnny Cash	Hymns by Johnny Cash	1959	RYM 62 of 1959
99	Cecil Taylor	Love For Sale	1959	RYM 64 of 1959
100	Tom Lehrer	More of Tom Lehrer	1959	RYM 67 of 1959