Top Albums of 1957
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion and Bad Company Acoustic Blues, Gospel
Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Flies High Bebop
22
2324
 Duke Ellington Such Sweet Thunder Big Band
23
2476
 Count Basie At Newport Big Band
Dizzy Gillespie Birks' Works Big Band
10
1492
 Count Basie April in Paris Big Band, Swing
16
1889
 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Big Band, Vocal Jazz
Elvis Presley Elvis' Christmas Album Christmas Music, Gospel, Rock & Roll
13
1729
 The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling) Close Harmony, Pop, Rock & Roll
14
1756
 The Weavers The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Contemporary Folk
6
1038
 Miles Davis Miles Ahead Cool Jazz
8
1444
 Art Pepper Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Cool Jazz
20
2275
 Jimmy Giuffre Jimmy Giuffre 3 Cool Jazz
21
2300
 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! Country, Rockabilly
Henry "Red" Allen Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi/World on a String Dixieland
The "5" Royales Dedicated to You Doo-Wop
25
2584
 B.B. King Singin' the Blues Electric Blues
1
383
 Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus Hard Bop
4
531
 Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Hard Bop
7
1235
 Sonny Rollins Way Out West Hard Bop
9
1462
 Miles Davis Round About Midnight Hard Bop
15
1876
 Miles Davis Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Hard Bop
26
2938
 Thelonious Monk Thelonious Himself Hard Bop
Johnny Griffin A Blowin' Session Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins Hard Bop
17
1925
 George Russell The Jazz Workshop Jazz
Gerry Mulligan At Storyville Jazz
Charles Mingus The Clown Post-Bop
Sun Ra and His Arkestra Super-Sonic Jazz Post-Bop
2
393
 Little Richard Here's Little Richard Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
11
1568
 Chuck Berry After School Session Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Ray Charles Ray Charles/Hallelujah, I Love Her So Rhythm & Blues, Soul
19
2209
 Elvis Presley Loving You Rock & Roll
3
408
 The Crickets The "Chirping" Crickets Rockabilly
12
1581
 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps Rockabilly
5
685
 The Original Broadway Cast West Side Story Show Tunes
24
2520
 Anita O'Day Anita Sings the Most Standards, Vocal Jazz
Frank Sinatra A Swingin' Affair! Standards, Vocal Jazz
Frank Sinatra Where Are You? Standards, Vocal Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Ella and Louis Again Standards, Vocal Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald Like Someone in Love Standards, Vocal Jazz
Nat King Cole Love Is the Thing Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
18
1987
 Nat King Cole After Midnight Vocal Jazz
Anita O'Day Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day Vocal Jazz