The Best Music of 1953

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1953. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1953, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Billie Holiday	An Evening with Billie Holiday	☆
Django Reinhardt	Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes	☆
Duke Ellington	The Duke Plays Ellington	☆
Lead Belly	Leadbelly's Last Sessions	☆
Les Paul & Mary Ford	The Hit Makers!	☆
Moondog	Moondog and His Friends	☆
Peggy Lee	Black Coffee	☆
The Quintet	Jazz at Massey Hall	☆
Thelonious Monk	Thelonious	☆

Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	☆
Big Joe Turner	Honey Hush	☆
Billy Haley & The Comets	Crazy Man, Crazy	☆
Brother Claude Ely	There Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)	☆
Dean Martin	That's Amore	☆
Dean Martin	Love Me, Love Me	☆
Dinah Washington	TV is the Thing (This Year)	☆
Doris Day	Secret Love	☆
Eartha Kitt	Santa Baby	☆
Eartha Kitt	I Want to be Evil	☆
Frank Sinatra	I Get a Kick Out of You	☆
Frank Sinatra	I've Got The World On A String	☆
Guitar Slim	The Things That I Used to Do	☆
Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	☆
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford & His Cane Cutters	Jock-A-Mo	☆
Johnny Ace	The Clock	☆
Junior Parker	Mystery Train	☆
LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire	☆
Les Paul & Mary Ford	Vaya Con Dios	☆
Les Paul and Mary Ford	Bye Bye Blues	☆
Marilyn Monroe	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	☆
Nat King Cole	Pretend	☆
Professor Longhair	Tipitina	☆
Ray Anthony	Dragnet	☆
Ray Charles	Mess Around	☆
Rosalind Russell	One Hundred Easy Ways	☆
Ruth Brown	(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean	☆
T-Bone Walker	Tell Me What's the Reason	☆
The "5" Royales	Help Me Somebody	☆
The Crows	Gee	☆
The Drifters	Money Honey	☆
The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	☆
The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel	☆
Tony Bennett	Rags to Riches	☆

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