Top Albums 1961 (not ranked)
Runaround Sue - Dion
Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland
The Shadows - The Shadows
Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King - Freddy King
Hi! We're The Miracles - The Miracles
The Genius Sings The Blues - Ray Charles
The Genius After Hours - Ray Charles
The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner
Freddy King Sings - Freddy King
Showcase - Patsy Cline
Surfers Choice - Dick Dale & his Del-Tones
Foggy Mountain Banjo - Flatt & Scruggs
Burnin' - John Lee Hooker
Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard - Buck Owens
Rick Is 21 - Rick Nelson
Swing Low Sweet Chariot - The Staple Singers
Dance 'Til Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds
Top Jazz Albums 1961 (not ranked)
Midnight Special - Jimmy Smith
Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis Quintet / Miles Davis
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - Count Basie & Duke Ellington
Out Front - Booker Little
Further Definitions - Benny Carter & His Orchestra / Benny Carter
Percussion Bitter Sweet - Max Roach
Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio / Bill Evans
Rights of Swing - Phil Woods
The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans
Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
Out There - Eric Dolpy
Songs of 1961 Playlist (not ranked)
Ace Cannon - Tuff
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (Remastered 2005)
Barbara George - I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
Barry Mann - Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Crazy Rhythm
Bill Evans Trio - My Man's Gone Now (Live At The Village Vanguard, 1961)
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is Loose
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Cry, Cry, Cry
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Don't Cry No More
Bobby "Blue" Bland - I Pity The Fool
Bobby Darin - You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
Bobby Darin - Lazy River
Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby
Bobby Vee - Run To Him
Booker Little and his Quintet, Max Roach - We Speak (Remastered)
Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song
Buck Owens - Heartaches By the Number
Buck Owens - Foolin' Around
Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra - African Waltz
Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That - Part 1
Chubby Checker - Pony Time
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - I Don't Know Why (I Love You) but I Do
Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are
Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Dee Clark - Raindrops
Del Shannon - Runaway
Del Shannon - Hats off to Larry
Dick Dale - Let's Go Trippin'
Dion - Runaround Sue (Remastered 1991)
Dion - The Wanderer
Dion & The Belmonts - The Majestic (Remastered 1991)
Duke Ellington, Count Basie - Battle Royal
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley - Little Sister (Remastered)
Elvis Presley, The Jordanaires - Surrender (Torna a Surriento)
Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law
Flatt & Scruggs - Cripple Creek
Flatt & Scruggs - Sally Goodwin
Floyd Cramer - On the Rebound
Floyd Cramer - San Antonio Rose
Freddy King - Hide Away
Freddy King - San-Ho-Zay
Freddy King - Lonesome Whistle Blues
Freddy King - I'm Tore Down
Freddy King - You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling
Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three
Gary U.S. Bonds - School Is Out
Gary U.S. Bonds - Dear Lady Twist
Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (1995 Digital Remaster)
Gene Pitney - Town Without Pity
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat of My Heart
Ida Cox, Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
Ike And Tina Turner - I Idolize You
Ike And Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine
James Brown - Love Don't Love Nobody
James Darren - Goodbye Cruel World
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (Rudy Van Gelder Digital Remaster/2007)
Jimmy Smith - Jumpin' The Blues (Remastered/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Joey Dee & The Starlighters - Peppermint Twist - Part 1 & 2
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear [feat. John Coltrane]
Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya
Little Caesar & The Romans - Those Oldies but Goodies (Reminds Me of You)
Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
Max Roach - Freedom Day (Remastered)
Max Roach, Carlos "Totico" Eugenio, Carlos Valdes, Abbey Lincoln - Garvey's Ghost [feat. Carlos Valdes & Carlos "Totico" Eugenio & Abbey Lincoln]
Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments
Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires - I Fall To Pieces (Single Version)
Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires - Walkin' After Midnight
Paul Anka - Dance on Little Girl
Phil Woods - Prelude and Part I
Ray Charles - The Right Time
Ray Charles - I Believe to My Soul
Ray Charles - The Genius After Hours
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man (Remastered)
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart (Remastered)
Ricky Nelson - Break My Chain (Remastered)
Roy Orbison - Crying
Roy Orbison - Running Scared
Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums
Spinners - That's What Girls Are Made For
The Beach Boys - Surfin' (Mono/Remastered 2001)
The Belmonts - Tell Me Why
The Capris - There's a Moon out Tonight
The Dovells - Bristol Stomp
The Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Jive Five - My True Story
The Johnny Mann Singers, Gene McDaniels - Tower Of Strength [feat. The Johnny Mann Singers]
The Jordanaires, Patsy Cline - Crazy (Single Version)
The Limelites, Shep - Daddy's Home
The Mar-Keys - Last Night
The Marcels - Blue Moon
The Marcels - Heartaches
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (Single Version / Mono)
The Miles Davis Quintet - Salt Peanuts
The Miracles - Shop Around
The Paris Sisters - I Love How You Love Me
The Regents - Barbara Ann
The Shirelles - Mama Said
The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love
The Shirelles - Baby It's You
The Staple Singers - Swing Down Chariot
The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonite
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