Top Albums of 1960
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
331
 John Coltrane Giant Steps Hard Bop
2
379
 Miles Davis Sketches of Spain Modal Jazz, Third Stream
3
697
 Muddy Waters Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 Chicago Blues
4
857
 Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Hard Bop
5
992
 Elvis Presley Elvis Is Back! Pop, Rock & Roll
6
1001
 Etta James At Last! Rhythm & Blues, Soul
7
1047
 Charles Mingus Blues and Roots Post-Bop
8
1291
 Joan Baez Joan Baez Folk Revival
9
1338
 Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Avant-Garde Jazz
10
1361
 Ornette Coleman Change of the Century Avant-Garde Jazz
11
1407
 Hank Mobley Soul Station Hard Bop
12
1624
 Babatunde Olatunji Drums of Passion Apala
13
1774
 Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontakte Electroacoustic, Serialism
14
2177
 Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack Soul Jazz
15
2515
 Bill Evans Portrait in Jazz Cool Jazz
16
2644
 The Everly Brothers It's Everly Time Close Harmony, Pop
17
2738
 Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley Vocal Jazz
18
2816
 Art Pepper Smack-Up Cool Jazz
19
2817
 Billy Fury The Sound of Fury Rock & Roll
20
2820
 Ella Fitzgerald Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Vocal Jazz
21
2877
 Wanda Jackson Rockin' with Wanda Rockabilly
22
2953
 Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden Blues and Ballads Acoustic Blues

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Ray Charles Ray Charles in Person Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Bobby Timmons This Here Is Bobby Timmons Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Otis Spann Otis Spann Is the Blues Piano Blues
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart Stand-up Comedy
Eric Dolphy Out There Post-Bop
Eric Dolphy Outward Bound Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Jazz
Frank Sinatra Nice 'N' Easy Standards, Vocal Jazz
Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame Hard Bop
John Coltrane Lush Life Modal Jazz
Elvis Presley His Hand in Mine Gospel, Pop
Chuck Berry Rockin' at the Hops Rock & Roll
The Modern Jazz Quartet European Concert Jazz
Tina Brooks True Blue Hard Bop
Sammy Davis Jr. I Gotta Right to Swing Jazz
George Russell Jazz in the Space Age Avant-Garde Jazz, Modal Jazz
Gigi Gryce The Rat Race Blues Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie Gillespiana Jazz
Ben Webster Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Jazz
Charles Mingus Mingus Dynasty Post-Bop
Helen Humes Songs I Like to Sing! Vocal Jazz
João Gilberto O amor, o sorriso e a flor/Brazil's Brilliant Bossa Nova
Thelonious Monk At the Blackhawk Hard Bop
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas Christmas Music, Vocal Jazz
Joe Harriott Free Form Avant-Garde Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook Standards, Vocal Jazz
The Everly Brothers A Date with The Everly Brothers Close Harmony, Pop
Mongo Santamaría Sabroso! Pachanga