Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
| ⇦ 1958 | 1960 ⇨ |
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 | |
| Al Martino | Al Martino | ☆ |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] | ☆ |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Jimmy Reed | Rockin' with Reed | ☆ |
| João Gilberto | Chega de saudade | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Hymns by Johnny Cash | ☆ |
| Johnny Mathis | Open Fire, Two Guitars | ☆ |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | Kontakte | ☆ |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Lightnin' Hopkins | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Mongo Santamaria | Mongo | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | Little Girl Blue | ☆ |
| 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 Flamingos | Flamingo Serenade | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| April Stevens | Teach Me Tiger | ☆ |
| 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 Mingues | Fables of Fabubus | ☆ |
| Charles Mingus | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | ☆ |
| Chubby Checker | The Class | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Little Queenie | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Back in the USA | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | Memphis,Tennessee | ☆ |
| Cliff Richard and the Drifters | Living Doll | ☆ |
| Cliff Richard and the Shadows | Travellin' Light | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Fats Domino | Be My Guest | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | High Hopes | ☆ |
| Frankie Avalon | Venus | ☆ |
| Frankie Ford | Sea Cruise | ☆ |
| Freddy Cannon | Tallahassee Lassie | ☆ |
| George Jones | White Lightning | ☆ |
| Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | The Twist | ☆ |
| Henry Mancini | Peter Gunn | ☆ |
| Jackie Wilson | That's Why (I Love You) | ☆ |
| Joan Baez | Banks of the Ohio | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair | ☆ |
| Paul Anka | Put Your Head on My Shoulder | ☆ |
| Paul Anka | Lonely Boy | ☆ |
| 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 Everly Brothers | Take a Message to Mary | ☆ |
| 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. | ☆ |
| The Kingston Trio | The Tijuana Jail | ☆ |
| The Knockouts | Darling Lorraine | ☆ |
| Tom Lehrer | Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | ☆ |
| Tom Lehrer | The Elements | ☆ |
| Tom Lehrer | The Masochism Tango | ☆ |
| Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go | ☆ |
| Wilbert Harrison | Kansas City | ☆ |
| ⇦ 1958 | 1960 ⇨ |