Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame

| ⇦ 1957 | 1959 ⇨ |
The Best Music of 1958
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1958. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1958, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers | A Night in Tunisia | ☆ |
| Big Maybelle | Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle | ☆ |
| Billie Holiday | Lady in Satin | ☆ |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | ☆ |
| Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly | ☆ |
| Cannonball Adderley | Somethin' Else | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | One Dozen Berrys | ☆ |
| Connie Francis | Who's Sorry Now? | ☆ |
| Count Basie | The Atomic Mr. Basie | ☆ |
| Duane Eddy | Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | King Creole | ☆ |
| Esquivel and His Orchestra | Other Worlds Other Sounds | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | Come Fly With Me | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely | ☆ |
| James Brown and His Famous Flames | Please Please Please | ☆ |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Jerry Lee Lewis | ☆ |
| Jimmy Reed | I'm Jimmy Reed | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | ☆ |
| Lenny Bruce | Interviews of Our Times | ☆ |
| Little Richard | Little Richard | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Milestones | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | ☆ |
| Ravi Shankar | The Sounds of India | ☆ |
| Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | ☆ |
| Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio | At Mister Kelly's | ☆ |
| Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin' | ☆ |
| The Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers | ☆ |
| The Everly Brothers | Songs Our Daddy Taught Us | ☆ |
| The Kingston Trio | The Kingston Trio | ☆ |
| Tito Puente | Dance Mania | ☆ |
| Wanda Jackson | Wanda Jackson | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Bo Diddley | Before You Accuse Me | ☆ |
| Bobby Darin | Splish Splash | ☆ |
| Bobby Day | Rockin' Robin | ☆ |
| Bobby Freeman | Do You Want To Dance | ☆ |
| Brenda Lee | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree | ☆ |
| Buddy Holly | Rave On! | ☆ |
| Buddy Holly | It Doesn't Matter Anymore | ☆ |
| Buddy Holly & the Crickets | Maybe Baby | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Sweet Little Sixteen | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Run Rudolph Run | ☆ |
| Chuck Willis | Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes | ☆ |
| Cliff Richard with the Drifters | Move It | ☆ |
| Clyde McPhatter | A Lover's Question | ☆ |
| Connie Francis | Who's Sorry Now | ☆ |
| Connie Francis | Stupid Cupid | ☆ |
| Conway Twitty | It's Only Make Believe | ☆ |
| Danny & The Juniors | Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay | ☆ |
| David Seville | The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) | ☆ |
| David Seville | Witch Doctor | ☆ |
| Dion & The Belmonts | I Wonder Why | ☆ |
| Dion & The Belmonts | No One Knows | ☆ |
| Duane Eddy | Rebel Rouser | ☆ |
| Duane Eddy | Cannonball | ☆ |
| Earl Grant | The End | ☆ |
| Eddie Cochran | Summertime Blues | ☆ |
| Eddie Cochran | C'mon Everybody | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | Hard Headed Woman | ☆ |
| Fats Domino | Whole Lotta Loving | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | Come Fly With Me | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | The Lady Is a Tramp | ☆ |
| Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps | Say Mama | ☆ |
| Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns | Don't You Just Know It | ☆ |
| Jackie Wilson | Lonely Teardrops | ☆ |
| Jackie Wilson | To Be Loved | ☆ |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Breathless | ☆ |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | High School Confidential | ☆ |
| John Coltrane | Blue Train | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Guess Things Happen That Way | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | I Still Miss Someone | ☆ |
| Johnny Otis | Willie and the Hand Jive | ☆ |
| Link Wray & His Ray Men | Rumble | ☆ |
| Little Anthony & The Imperials | Tears On My Pillow | ☆ |
| Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly | ☆ |
| Louis Armstrong | Mack the Knife | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | My Baby Just Cares for Me | ☆ |
| Peggy Lee | Fever | ☆ |
| Ricky Nelson | Poor Little Fool | ☆ |
| Ricky Nelson | Lonesome Town | ☆ |
| Ritchie Valens | La Bamba | ☆ |
| Ritchie Valens | Donna | ☆ |
| Ritchie Valens | Come On, Let's Go | ☆ |
| Robert Mitchum | The Ballad of Thunder Road | ☆ |
| Sheb Wooley | The Purple People Eater | ☆ |
| The "5" Royales | The Slummer The Slum | ☆ |
| The "5" Royales | Tell the Truth | ☆ |
| The Big Bopper | Chantilly Lace | ☆ |
| The Champs | Tequila | ☆ |
| The Champs | El Rancho Rock | ☆ |
| The Chordettes | Lollipop | ☆ |
| The Coasters | Yakety Yak | ☆ |
| The Crests | 16 Candles | ☆ |
| The Edsels | Rama Lama Ding Dong | ☆ |
| The Everly Brothers | All I Have To Do Is Dream | ☆ |
| The Everly Brothers | Bird Dog | ☆ |
| The Everly Brothers | Claudette | ☆ |
| The Harry Simeone Chorale | The Little Drummer Boy | ☆ |
| The Kingston Trio | Tom Dooley | ☆ |
| The Kingston Trio | Scotch and Soda | ☆ |
| The Monotones | Book of Love | ☆ |
| The Moonglows | Ten Commandments of Love | ☆ |
| The Platters | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | ☆ |
| The Platters | Twilight Time | ☆ |
| The Royal Teens | Short Shorts | ☆ |
| The Skyliners | Since I Don't Have You | ☆ |
| The Teddy Bears | To Know Him, is to Love Him | ☆ |
| Wanda Jackson | Let's Have A Party | ☆ |
| ⇦ 1957 | 1959 ⇨ |