Acclaimed Music

**The Most Recommended Artists of 1950-1959 (Albums)**

Top Artists of
1950-1959 (Albums)
		1950-1959 (Albums)	1950-1959 (Songs)	1890-1949	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	All Time
1	Miles Davis	1	20	90	2	24	46	389				16
2	Frank Sinatra	2	11	55	4	60		625				67
3	Thelonious Monk	3	101	24	7	159						121
4	Elvis Presley	4	1		1	17	257					12
5	Ella Fitzgerald	5	38	42	8	336						172
6	Sonny Rollins	6	40		9	207						202
7	Charles Mingus	7	37		12	34	429					93
8	Count Basie	8	69	17	18							234
9	Art Blakey	9	51		17	412						353
10	Ornette Coleman	10	84		19	55	268	512				156
11	Billie Holiday	11	262	3	27							131
12	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	12	4		5							146
13	Charlie Parker	13	276	6	28							193
14	Clifford Brown	14	116		23							491
15	Duke Ellington	15	128	1	24	79						62
16	Chuck Berry	16	2		3	139	631					68
17	Dizzy Gillespie	17		11	34							275
18	Dave Brubeck	18	42		21							455
19	Bo Diddley	19	8		11	466						236
20	Bud Powell	20	115		29							592
21	Little Richard	21	3		6	534						142
22	Max Roach	22	175		37	126						379
23	Louis Armstrong	23	124	2	35	193						111
24	Sarah Vaughan	24	158	122	39							601
25	Benny Goodman	25		5	52							235
26	The Modern Jazz Quartet	26	67		32							642
27	Howlin' Wolf	27	24		22	66						218
28	Cannonball Adderley	28	204		50	210						579
29	John Coltrane	29	246		54	9	435					39
30	Harry Belafonte	30	146		45							806
31	Ray Charles	31	5		10	35	741					88
32	Erroll Garner	32	135		49							844
33	Johnny Burnette	33	92		42							775
34	Tito Puente	34			66	679						1043
35	The Everly Brothers	35	10		13	122		738				219
36	Lennie Tristano	36	65	132	44	712						664
37	George Russell	37			77	386						998
38	Marty Robbins	38	70		47	522						761
39	Horace Silver	39	192		68	151						572
40	Lambert, Hendricks and Ross	40			85							1339
41	Jerry Lee Lewis	41	9		15	184						276
42	Art Pepper	42			90	448						1194
43	Lester Young	43		75	98							909
44	Gene Vincent	44	25		30							612
45	Art Tatum	45		98	102							964
46	Big Joe Turner	46	32	110	40							587
47	Ben Webster	47			113							1559
48	Sun Ra	48			116	109	359	797				434
49	Sonny Clark	49			119							1572
50	João Gilberto	50	96		63	131	250					365
51	The Weavers	51	87		61							996
52	Jimmy Smith	52	219		91	331						1037
53	Ahmad Jamal	53	194		87							1335
54	J. J. Johnson	54			139							1757
55	Dinah Washington	55	59	242	59							918
56	Fats Domino	56	7		14	316						294
57	Nat King Cole	57	30	10	43							273
58	Lightnin' Hopkins	58			148							1866
59	Stan Kenton	59	224	94	111							968
60	Louis Prima	60	170		89							1361
61	Henry Mancini	61	215		123	279						1028
62	Jimmy Giuffre	62			167	167						848
63	Johnny Cash	63	12		20	32			124	53		56
64	Wynton Kelly	64			182	349						1410
65	Rick Nelson	65	178		109	262	475					845
66	Chet Baker	66	46		57							939
67	Anita O'Day	67			191							2258
68	The Louvin Brothers	68	121		88							1321
69	Oscar Peterson	69			194	251						1181
70	B.B. King	70	35		53	65	365	812				270
71	Champion Jack Dupree	71			200							2350
72	Sonny Boy Williamson (II)	72	139		106	312						1047
73	Bill Haley and His Comets	73	18		33							624
74	Steve Lacy [New York]	74			221							2657
75	June Christy	75			228							2706
76	Mahalia Jackson	76	107	48	93							719
77	Roy Eldridge	77			232							2776
78	Coleman Hawkins	78		27	233							670
79	Julie London	79	56		70							1112
80	Stan Getz	80			239	41						283