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The Best Music of 1957
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1957. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1957, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Billie Holiday | Songs for Distingué Lovers | ☆ |
| Buddy Holly & The Crickets | The "Chirping" Crickets | ☆ |
| Cannonball Adderley | Sophisticated Swing | ☆ |
| Carl Perkins | Dance Album | ☆ |
| Charles Mingus | The Clown | ☆ |
| Chuck Berry | After School Session | ☆ |
| Count Basie | April in Paris | ☆ |
| Dinah Washington | The Swingin' Miss 'D' | ☆ |
| Elizabeth Cotten | Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | Elvis' Christmas Album | ☆ |
| Fats Domino | This is Fats | ☆ |
| Fats Domino | Here Stands Fats Domino | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | A Swingin' Affair! | ☆ |
| Harry Belafonte | Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean | ☆ |
| John Coltrane | Blue Train | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | ☆ |
| Little Richard | Here's Little Richard | ☆ |
| Martin Denny | Exotica | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Birth of the Cool (compilation) | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Round About Midnight | ☆ |
| Miles Davis Quintet | Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | ☆ |
| Odetta | Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues | ☆ |
| Original Broadway Cast | West Side Story | ☆ |
| Patsy Cline | Patsy Cline | ☆ |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles | ☆ |
| Ricky Nelson | Ricky | ☆ |
| Sarah Vaughan | Swingin' Easy | ☆ |
| The Platters | The Platters Volume 2 | ☆ |
| Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners | ☆ |
| Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music | ☆ |
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