Top Albums of 1958





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
615
Billie Holiday Lady in Satin Vocal Jazz
2
698
Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else Hard Bop
3
704
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
4
714
John Coltrane Blue Train Hard Bop
5
731
Count Basie Basie/The Atomic Mr. Basie/The Complete Atomic Basie Big Band, Swing
6
905
Tito Puente Dance Mania Guaguancó, Mambo
7
930
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Standards, Vocal Jazz
8
1165
Miles Davis Milestones Hard Bop
9
1250
Sonny Rollins A Night at the "Village Vanguard" Hard Bop
10
1438
Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Rock & Roll
11
1593
The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet/The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 Cool Jazz, Stride
12
1633
Thelonious Monk Monk's Music Hard Bop
13
1681
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly Rockabilly
14
1688
Sun Ra Jazz in Silhouette Post-Bop
15
1691
Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' Hard Bop
16
1855
Frank Sinatra Come Fly with Me Standards, Vocal Jazz
17
1920
Ahmad Jamal At the Pershing: But Not for Me Jazz
18
1934
Sonny Rollins Freedom Suite Hard Bop
19
1956
Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l'échafaud/Jazz Track Cool Jazz, Film Score
20
2029
Ornette Coleman Something Else!!!! Hard Bop
21
2072
Miles Davis Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Hard Bop
22
2104
Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys Rock & Roll
23
2156
The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Close Harmony, Country Pop, Folk Pop
24
2328
Billie Holiday Songs for Distingué Lovers Standards, Vocal Jazz
25
2627
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Sing a Song of Basie Vocal Jazz
26
2677
Ray Charles Ray Charles at Newport Rhythm & Blues, Soul Jazz
27
2735
Elvis Presley King Creole Film Soundtrack, Rock & Roll
28
2912
Art Blakey Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Hard Bop
29
2939
Mahalia Jackson Newport 1958 Gospel

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt Sonny Side Up Bebop
John Coltrane Soultrane/John Coltrane 2-LP Hard Bop
Dizzy Gillespie At Newport Bebop, Big Band
Thelonious Monk Misterioso Post-Bop
Tito Puente Top Percussion Afro-Cuban Jazz
Duke Ellington Indigos Big Band
Nina Simone Little Girl Blue/Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club Vocal Jazz
Thelonious Monk Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, New York City Hard Bop
Little Richard Little Richard (Volume 2) Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Duane Eddy Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel Rock & Roll
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House Hard Bop
B.B. King The Blues Electric Blues
Hampton Hawes Four! Jazz
LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith Rhythm & Blues
Don Gibson Oh Lonesome Me Nashville Sound
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook Big Band, Standards, Vocal Jazz
Ben Webster Soulville Cool Jazz
Ravi Shankar The Sounds of India Hindustani Classical Music
Art Farmer Farmer's Market Hard Bop
Chet Baker It Could Happen to You Cool Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie Duets/Dizzy, Rollins & Stitt Bebop
Oscar Peterson The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertgebouw Jazz
Sonny Rollins Newk's Time Hard Bop
Wanda Jackson Wanda Jackson Rockabilly
Duke Ellington Newport 1958 Big Band
Anita O'Day Anita O'Day Sings the Winners Vocal Jazz
Fats Domino The Fabulous Mr. D New Orleans R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Swings Lightly Standards, Vocal Jazz
Lee Morgan The Cooker Hard Bop