Year
1956 in music
60 albums released in 1956 are catalogued on Riffiter, ranked by popularity and community ratings.
Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Moondog
Moondog
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus
Gospel Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Orfeu da Conceição
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Picture of Heath
Chet Baker
This Is How I Feel About Jazz
Quincy Jones
Latin Kick
Cal Tjader
New Jazz Conceptions
Bill Evans
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
Frank Sinatra
The Unique Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
The Drifters
The Champ
Dizzy Gillespie
Sassy
Sarah Vaughan
More Moondog
Moondog
2 Trumpets
Donald Byrd
World Statesman
Dizzy Gillespie
Fever
Little Willie John
Love Songs for Friends & Foes
Pete Seeger
Cuban Carnival
Tito Puente
Cal Tjader Quintet
Cal Tjader
The Myth of Betty Carter
Betty Carter
Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet
Sonny Rollins
Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino
Fats Domino
This Is Fats Domino!
Fats Domino
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis
Louis Armstrong
Just in Time / The Autumn Waltz
Tony Bennett
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
Ooby Dooby
Roy Orbison
The Tradition Masters
Odetta
Sings Cole Porter
Ella Fitzgerald
A New Sound, a New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1
Jimmy Smith
In the Land of Hi-Fi
Cannonball Adderley
Standing on the corner
Dean Martin
La vie
Léo Ferré
Sonny Rollins Plus 4
Sonny Rollins
The Lady With The Big Umbrella / Innamorata
Dean Martin
Presenting The Penguins
The Penguins
Forgive me Clawdy
Lloyd Price
Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
Fats Domino
In the Land of Hi-Fi
Dinah Washington
Grand Ole Opry’s New Star George Jones Country Song Hits
George Jones
Ain’t Got No Home / Troubles, Troubles
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Big “J” In 3‐D
Big Jay McNeely
Just One More / Gonna Come Get You
George Jones
Cantos de Chile
Violeta Parra
Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Johnny Cash
Canta Celia Cruz (Celia Cruz Sings)
Celia Cruz
Rock and Roll / Mi amor, buenas noches
Celia Cruz
Canta Celia Cruz: Vol. 1
Celia Cruz
Canta Celia Cruz: Vol. 2
Celia Cruz
La merenguita / No encuentro palabras
Celia Cruz
Canta Celia Cruz: Vol. 3
Celia Cruz
Havana 3 A.M.
Pérez Prado
La Vern
LaVern Baker
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