Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
| ⇦ 1954 | 1956 ⇨ |
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 | ☆ |
| Chet Atkins | Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions | ☆ |
| Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Study in Brown | ☆ |
| Count Basie & Joe Williams | Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | In The Wee Small Hours | ☆ |
| Johnnie Ray | I Cry for You | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Bo Diddley | Pretty Thing | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | I Want You, I Need You, I Love You | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Helen Merrill | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Little Willie John | All Around the World | ☆ |
| Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | ☆ |
| Muddy Waters | Trouble No More | ☆ |
| Pete Seeger | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | ☆ |
| Ravi Shankar | Improvisations on the Theme Music from "Pather Panchali" | ☆ |
| 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 Moonglows | Most of All | ☆ |
| The Platters | The Great Pretender | ☆ |
| The Platters | Only You (And You Alone) | ☆ |
| The Robins | Smokey Joe's Cafe | ☆ |
| Tommy A. Dorsey | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | ☆ |
| Varetta Dillard | Johnny Has Gone | ☆ |
| ⇦ 1954 | 1956 ⇨ |