⇦ 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	☆
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	☆
Cliff Richard with the Shadows	Cliff Sings	☆
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	☆
Dizzy Reese	Blues in Trinity	☆
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	☆
Jimmy Smith	The Sermon	☆
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	☆
Lloyd Price	The Exciting Lloyd Price	☆
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	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Antônio Carlos Jobim	Samba de Uma Nota Só (One Note Samba)	☆
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	☆
Brook Benton	Endlessly	☆
Charles Mingues	Fables of Fabubus	☆
Charles Mingus	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	☆
Charles Mingus	Moanin'	☆
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	☆
Edith Piaf	Milord	☆
Elvis Presley	A Big Hunk O' Love	☆
Elvis Presley	I Need Your Love Tonight	☆
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 Cash	I Got Stripes	☆
Johnny Horton	Battle of New Orleans	☆
Johnny Mathis	Misty	☆
Link Wray And The Wray Men	Raw-Hide	☆
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop	☆
Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	☆
Lloyd Price	Personality	☆
Lloyd Price	I'm Gonna Get Married	☆
Marty Robbins	El Paso	☆
Marty Robbins	Big Iron	☆
Marv Johnson	You Got What It Takes	☆
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 Kingston Trio	A Worried Man	☆
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	☆
Vince Taylor & His Playboys	Brand New Cadillac	☆
Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	☆

⇦ 1958

1960 ⇨