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The Best Music of 1959

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1959. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1959, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin']	☆
Arthur Lyman	Taboo	☆
Bernard Hermann	North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	☆
Bo Diddley	Go Bo Diddley	☆
Bobby Darin	That's All	☆
Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	☆
Chuck Berry	Is On Top	☆
Dave Brubeck	Time Out	☆
Dean Martin	A Winter Romance	☆
Dinah Washington	What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!	☆
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt	Sonny Side Up	☆
Duane Eddy	Especially for You	☆
Duke Ellington	Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture	☆
Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook	☆
Frank Sinatra	Come Dance with Me!	☆
Henry Mancini	The Music from Peter Gunn	☆
Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' in the Moonlight	☆
Karlheinz Stockhausen	Kontakte	☆
Link Wray & The Ray Men	Link Wray & The Ray Men	☆
Marty Robbins	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs	☆
Miles Davis	Kind of Blue	☆
Miles Davis	Porgy and Bess	☆
Original Broadway Cast	The Sound of Music	☆
Ornette Coleman	The Shape of Jazz To Come	☆
Ray Charles	The Genius of Ray Charles	☆
Ricky Nelson	Ricky Sings Again	☆
Ritchie Valens	Ritchie Valens	☆
T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Blues	☆
The Kingston Trio	At Large	☆
The Kingston Trio	Here We Go Again!	☆
Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Alone in San Francisco	☆
Thelonious Monk	5 by Monk by 5	☆
Tom Lehrer	An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Moanin'	☆
Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want)	☆
Bo Diddley	Say Man	☆
Bobby "Blue" Bland	I'll Take Care of You	☆
Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	☆
Bobby Darin	Beyond the Sea	☆
Bobby Darin	Dream Lover	☆
Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin's	☆
Brook Benton	It's Just a Matter of Time	☆
Charles Mingus	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	☆
Chuck Berry	Little Queenie	☆
Chuck Berry	Back in the USA	☆
Chuck Berry	Memphis,Tennessee	☆
Connie Francis	Lipstick on Your Collar	☆
Dave "Baby" Cortez	The Happy Organ	☆
Dave Brubeck	Take Five	☆
Dean Martin	Baby, It's Cold Outside	☆
Dinah Washington	What A Difference A Day Made	☆
Dion and the Belmonts	A Teenager in Love	☆
Duane Eddy	Peter Gunn	☆
Eddie Cochran	Somethin' Else	☆
Elvis Presley	A Big Hunk O' Love	☆
Fats Domino	I'm Ready	☆
Frank Sinatra	High Hopes	☆
Frankie Avalon	Venus	☆
Frankie Ford	Sea Cruise	☆
George Jones	White Lightning	☆
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	The Twist	☆
Henry Mancini	Peter Gunn	☆
Jackie Wilson	That's Why (I Love You)	☆
Johnny Horton	Battle of New Orleans	☆
Link Wray And The Wray Men	Raw-Hide	☆
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop	☆
Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	☆
Lloyd Price	Personality	☆
Marty Robbins	El Paso	☆
Marty Robbins	Big Iron	☆
Miles Davis	So What	☆
Miles Davis	Flamenco Sketches	☆
Miles Davis	All Blues	☆
Miles Davis	Freddie Freeloader	☆
Neil Sedaka	Oh Carol	☆
Paul Anka	Put Your Head on My Shoulder	☆
Percy Faith	Theme From A Summer Place	☆
Phil Phillips	Sea of Love	☆
Ray Charles	What'd I Say (Pt. 1 & 2)	☆
Ray Charles	Night Time is the Right Time	☆
Ricky Nelson	It's Late	☆
Ricky Nelson	Never Be Anyone Else But You	☆
Roy Orbison	Only The Lonely	☆
Santo & Johnny	Sleep Walk	☆
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Frenzy	☆
The Clovers	Love Potion No. 9	☆
The Coasters	Charlie Brown	☆
The Coasters	Poison Ivy	☆
The Coasters	Along Came Jones	☆
The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	☆
The Drifters	Dance With Me	☆
The Everly Brothers	('Till) I Kissed You	☆
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You	☆
The Flamingos	Lovers Never Say Goodbye	☆
The Isley Brothers	Shout (Pt. 1 & 2)	☆
The Kingston Trio	M.T.A.	☆
Tom Lehrer	Poisoning Pigeons in the Park	☆
Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	☆

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