| # |
Artist |
Album Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
Mario Lanza |
The Student Prince |
1954 |
US num 1 for 36 weeks - Aug 1954, US BB 1 of 1955, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1960), UK 5 - Aug 1956 (1 week), US CashBox 32 of 1960, US Longest Running Album 103 1954 (151 weeks), RYM 68 of 1954 |
| 2 |
Miles Davis |
Birth Of The Cool |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982 (1957), BEA 1 of 1954, Guiness 42, Acclaimed 325 (1954), WTMD 429, WXPN 529 (1956), KEXP 609 |
| 3 |
Art Blakey |
A Night At Birdland, Vol 1 |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2013 (1954), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1954), Acclaimed 1236 (1954), RYM 5 of 1954 |
| 4 |
Chet Baker |
Chet Baker Sings |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1956), BEA 1 of 1953, Acclaimed 1970 (1954), RYM 8 of 1954 |
| 5 |
Jackie Gleason |
Music, Martinis, & Memories |
1954 |
US num 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1954, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1962), US BB 5 of 1955, RYM 81 of 1954 |
| 6 |
Louis Armstrong |
Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1954), BEA 6 of 1954, Acclaimed 1036 (1954), RYM 2 of 1954 |
| 7 |
Billie Holiday |
Lady Sings The Blues |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017 (1956), Channel4 38, RYM 4 of 1954 |
| 8 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1954), Acclaimed 1229 (1954), RYM 1 of 1954 |
| 9 |
Frank Sinatra |
Songs for Young Lovers |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1954), Acclaimed 1533 (1954), RYM 3 of 1954 |
| 10 |
Art Blakey |
A Night At Birdland, Vol 2 |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2013 (1954), Acclaimed 2296 (1954), RYM 11 of 1954 |
| 11 |
June Christy |
Something Cool |
1954 |
BEA 7 of 1954, US BB 37 of 1955, Acclaimed 1606 (1954), RYM 9 of 1953 |
| 12 |
Max Steiner |
Gone with the Wind |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1967), RYM 19 of 1954 |
| 13 |
Richard Strauss |
Also sprach Zarathustra |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2011 (1954), RYM 73 of 1954 |
| 14 |
Various Artists |
The Threepenny Opera |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994 (1954), RYM 157 of 1954 |
| 15 |
Art Tatum |
The Genius of Art Tatum, Vols. 1-13 |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978 (1954) |
| 16 |
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
Damnation of Faust |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1954) |
| 17 |
Andres Segovia |
An Evening with Andres Segovia |
1954 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1954) |
| 18 |
Choir of King's College Cambridge |
Christmas At King's |
1954 |
Library of Congress artifact added 2008 (1954) |
| 19 |
Dinah Washington |
Dinah Jams |
1954 |
BEA 5 of 1954, Acclaimed 1509 (1955), RYM 14 of 1954 |
| 20 |
Judy Garland |
A Star Is Born Her Greatest Hits |
1954 |
BEA 8 of 1954, US BB 45 of 1955, RYM 15 of 1954 |
| 21 |
Dave Brubeck |
Jazz Goes to College |
1954 |
US BB 30 of 1955, Acclaimed 2843 (1954), RYM 13 of 1954 |
| 22 |
Eartha Kitt |
That Bad Eartha |
1954 |
BEA 2 of 1954, RYM 16 of 1954 |
| 23 |
Richard Rodgers |
Victory At Sea |
1954 |
US BB 5 of 1959, RYM 24 of 1954 |
| 24 |
Michel Legrand |
I Love Paris |
1954 |
US BB 7 of 1955, RYM 23 of 1954 |
| 25 |
Yma Sumac |
Mambo! |
1954 |
BEA 9 of 1954, RYM 7 of 1954 |
| 26 |
Dave Brubeck |
Brubeck Time |
1954 |
US BB 11 of 1955, RYM 31 of 1954 |
| 27 |
Benny Goodman |
BG In Hi-Fi |
1954 |
US BB 19 of 1955, RYM 79 of 1954 |
| 28 |
Harry Belafonte |
Mark Twain (And Other Folk Favorites) |
1954 |
US BB 20 of 1956, RYM 77 of 1954 |
| 29 |
Charles Aznavour |
Viens Au Creux De Mon Epaule |
1954 |
BEA 4 of 1954 |
| 30 |
Dave Brubeck |
Jazz: Red Hot & Cool |
1954 |
US BB 48 of 1955, RYM 25 of 1954 |
| 31 |
Charles Mingus |
Charlie Mingus |
1954 |
Acclaimed 935 (1960), RYM 65 of 1954 |
| 32 |
Sarah Vaughan |
Swingin' Easy |
1954 |
Acclaimed 1298 (1954), RYM 49 of 1957 |
| 33 |
Miles Davis |
Miles Davis All Star Sextet |
1954 |
Acclaimed 2525 (1954), RYM 45 of 1954 |
| 34 |
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie |
Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge |
1954 |
Acclaimed 1572 (1954), RYM 134 of 1954 |
| 35 |
Lester Young |
With The Oscar Peterson Trio |
1954 |
RYM 6 of 1954 |
| 36 |
Georges Brassens |
Vol 2 - 'Le vent' |
1954 |
RYM 12 of 1954 |
| 37 |
Ben Webster |
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster |
1954 |
RYM 17 of 1954 |
| 38 |
Charles Mingus |
The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus |
1954 |
RYM 18 of 1954 |
| 39 |
Chet Baker |
Chet Baker & Strings |
1954 |
RYM 20 of 1954 |
| 40 |
Erroll Garner |
Misty |
1954 |
RYM 21 of 1954 |
| 41 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Songs in a Mellow Mood |
1954 |
RYM 22 of 1954 |
| 42 |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Afro |
1954 |
RYM 26 of 1954 |
| 43 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Fidelio (Martha Modl,Wolfgang Windgassen,Sena Jurinac,Gottlob Frick;Wiener Philharmoniker;Wilhelm Furtwangler) |
1954 |
RYM 27 of 1954 |
| 44 |
King Pleasure |
King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross Sings |
1954 |
RYM 28 of 1954 |
| 45 |
Jacques Brel |
Jacques Brel & Ses Chansons |
1954 |
RYM 29 of 1954 |
| 46 |
Dave Brubeck |
Jazz at College of the Pacific |
1954 |
RYM 30 of 1954 |
| 47 |
Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique |
1954 |
RYM 33 of 1954 |
| 48 |
Caj Tjader |
Mambo With Tjader |
1954 |
RYM 34 of 1954 |
| 49 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Cosi Fan Tutte (Schwarzkopf, Otto, Merriman, Simoneau, Panerai, Bruscantini; Karajan w/Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra |
1954 |
RYM 35 of 1954 |
| 50 |
Erroll Garner |
Contrasts |
1954 |
RYM 36 of 1954 |
The comments here are from the the MusicID impact site site. This version is not able to accept comments yet
17 Nov 2024
Possible Double Listing
I believe Erroll Garners' 'Contrasts' was later rereleased under the name 'TheOriginal Misty'. I'm therefore wondering if entries 40 and 50 are the same album.+
Possibly, but we don't have enough evidence to force the change.