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The Best Music of 1955
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1955. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1955, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock | ☆ |
Bing Crosby | Merry Christmas | ☆ |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Study in Brown | ☆ |
Count Basie & Joe Williams | Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | In The Wee Small Hours | ☆ |
Julie London | Julie is Her Name | ☆ |
Kenny Dorham | Afro-Cuban | ☆ |
Les Paul & Mary Ford | Les And Mary | ☆ |
Mahalia Jackson | The World's Greatest Gospel Singer | ☆ |
Miles Davis | Blue Moods | ☆ |
Pérez Prado | Voodoo Suite | ☆ |
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra | Mambo Mania | ☆ |
Sammy Davis Jr. | Just For Lovers | ☆ |
Sarah Vaughan | In the Land of Hi-Fi | ☆ |
Stan Getz | West Coast Jazz | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Arthur Smith & Don Reno | Feudin' Banjos | ☆ |
B. B. King | Every Day I Have The Blues | ☆ |
Big Joe Turner | Flip, Flop and Fly | ☆ |
Big Maybelle | Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On | ☆ |
Bill Hayes | The Ballad of Davy Crockett | ☆ |
Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | ☆ |
Bo Diddley | I'm a Man | ☆ |
Chuck Berry | Maybellene | ☆ |
Dean Martin | Memories are Made of This | ☆ |
El Dorados | At My Front Door | ☆ |
Elvis Presley | Mystery Train | ☆ |
Elvis Presley | Baby Let's Play House | ☆ |
Etta James | The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) | ☆ |
Etta James | W-O-M-A-N | ☆ |
Fats Domino | Ain't That a Shame | ☆ |
Fats Domino | All By Myself | ☆ |
Four Aces | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | I've Got You Under My Skin | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | Love And Marriage | ☆ |
Frank Sinatra | You Make Me Feel So Young | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Folsom Prison Blues | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Cry! Cry! Cry! | ☆ |
Julie London | Cry Me a River | ☆ |
Kay Starr | Rock And Roll Waltz | ☆ |
LaVern Baker | Tweedlee Dee | ☆ |
Les Paul & Mary Ford | Hummingbird | ☆ |
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti | ☆ |
Little Walter | My Babe | ☆ |
Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | ☆ |
Muddy Waters | Trouble No More | ☆ |
Pete Seeger | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | ☆ |
Ray Charles | A Fool for You | ☆ |
Sarah Vaughan | Whatever Lola Wants | ☆ |
Smiley Lewis | I Hear You Knockin' | ☆ |
Sonny Boy Williamson II | Don't Start Me Talkin' | ☆ |
Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons | ☆ |
The Cadillacs featuring The Jesse Powell Orchestra | Speedoo | ☆ |
The Crew-Cuts | Gum Drop | ☆ |
The Harptones | Life Is But a Dream | ☆ |
The Platters | The Great Pretender | ☆ |
The Platters | Only You (And You Alone) | ☆ |
The Robins | Smokey Joe's Cafe | ☆ |
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