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Custom chart: Top albums of the 1960s

Including genres: Vocal Jazz
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Updated: 23 April
Average Ratings Reviews
Nina Simone - Nina Simone in Concert, Cover art
Nina Simone in Concert
Nina Simone
4.00 1k 1,135 15 15
May 1964 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Soul Blues Rhythm & Blues
melodic calm protest conscious playful political passionate love
1k Ratings 15 Reviews 4.00 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, Cover art
Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald
3.93 656 656 26 26
1960 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Standards
Swing
melodic playful energetic improvisation warm romantic uplifting technical
656 Ratings 26 Reviews 3.93 Average
Sinatra With Count Basie & The Orchestra & Quincy Jones - Sinatra at the Sands, Cover art
Sinatra at the Sands
Sinatra With Count Basie & The Orchestra & Quincy Jones
3.91 700 700 25 25
20 August 1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Swing Stand-Up Comedy
humorous nocturnal happy energetic triumphant love sentimental alcohol
700 Ratings 25 Reviews 3.91 Average
Nina Simone - Nina at the Village Gate, Cover art
Nina at the Village Gate
Nina Simone
3.78 411 411 8 8
December 1961 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
Soul Jazz
longing melancholic acoustic atmospheric love bittersweet passionate
411 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.78 Average
Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Newport, Cover art
Nina Simone at Newport
Nina Simone
3.76 295 295 6 6
1960 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Rhythm & Blues Piano Blues Soul Jazz
melancholic passionate raw melodic summer
295 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.76 Average
Lou Rawls - Live!, Cover art
Live!
Lou Rawls
3.96 103 103 5 5
1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Blues Soul Jazz
103 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.96 Average
Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall, Cover art
Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
Nina Simone
3.55 155 155 4 4
1963 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
calm melancholic bittersweet passionate
155 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.55 Average
Patty Waters - College Tour, Cover art
College Tour
Patty Waters
3.34 399 399 8 8
1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Free Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz Sound Poetry
atmospheric avant-garde disturbing sparse suspenseful dark sombre minimalistic
399 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.34 Average
Nina Simone - Folksy Nina, Cover art
Folksy Nina
Nina Simone
3.38 132 132 2 2
1964 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Contemporary Folk Blues Piano Blues
132 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.38 Average
Billie Holiday - The Essential Billie Holiday Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live, Cover art
The Essential Billie Holiday Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live
Billie Holiday
3.94 70 70 1 1
1961 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
70 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.94 Average
Ray Charles - Ray Charles Live in Concert, Cover art
Ray Charles Live in Concert
Ray Charles
3.89 72 72 3 3
February 1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Soul Jazz Rhythm & Blues
72 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.89 Average
Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings the Tivoli, Cover art
Sassy Swings the Tivoli
Sarah Vaughan
3.96 63 63 2 2
1963 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
63 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.96 Average
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Ella & Duke at The Côte D'Azur, Cover art
Ella & Duke at The Côte D'Azur
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
3.91 59 59 3 3
1967 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Jazz
59 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.91 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hollywood, Cover art
Ella in Hollywood
Ella Fitzgerald
3.91 47 47 2 2
1961 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Standards
47 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.91 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine of Your Love, Cover art
Sunshine of Your Love
Ella Fitzgerald
3.56 47 47 2 2
1969 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Jazz
Jazz Pop
47 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.56 Average
Nat "King" Cole - At the Sands, Cover art
At the Sands
Nat "King" Cole
3.73 34 34 1 1
February 1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Traditional Pop
34 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.73 Average
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's, Cover art
Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's
Blossom Dearie
3.66 33 33 1 1
1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Standards
33 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at Juan-Les Pins, Cover art
Ella at Juan-Les Pins
Ella Fitzgerald
3.86 28 28 2 2
February 1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
28 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.86 Average
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Buddy Rich - The Sounds of '66, Cover art
The Sounds of '66
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Buddy Rich
3.58 32 32 1 1
December 1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Traditional Pop
32 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.58 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hamburg, Cover art
Ella in Hamburg
Ella Fitzgerald
3.69 31 31 2 2
1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Standards
melodic passionate
31 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.69 Average
Maysa - Maysa, Cover art
Maysa
Maysa
3.66 32 32 1 1
1964 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Samba-canção
Standards Bolero Bossa nova
rhythmic melancholic philosophical romantic melodic poetic atmospheric love
32 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
Mose Allison - Mose Alive!, Cover art
Mose Alive!
Mose Allison
3.52 26 26 1 1
April 1966 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
Hard Bop
26 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.52 Average
Peggy Lee - Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee, Cover art
Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
3.67 27 27 1 1
1961 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
27 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.67 Average
Tony Bennett With Ralph Sharon and His Orchestra - At Carnegie Hall, Recorded Live, June 9, 1962, Cover art
At Carnegie Hall, Recorded Live, June 9, 1962
Tony Bennett & Ralph Sharon
3.74 27 27
23 July 1962 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Traditional Pop
27 Ratings 3.74 Average
Mina - Mina alla Bussola dal vivo, Cover art
Mina alla Bussola dal vivo
Mina
3.54 30 30 1 1
1968 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Italo Pop
30 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.54 Average
Hildegard Knef - Knef Concert, Cover art
Knef Concert
Hildegard Knef
3.60 18 18 2 2
November 1968 Album Live
Chanson Vocal Jazz
Schlager Big Band
18 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.60 Average
Shirley Bassey - Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle, Cover art
Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle
Shirley Bassey
3.84 19 19
1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Jazz Pop
19 Ratings 3.84 Average
Oscar Brown Jr. - Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes to Washington, Cover art
Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes to Washington
Oscar Brown Jr.
3.43 21 21 3 3
July 1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
21 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.43 Average
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove, Cover art
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3.44 23 23 1 1
1963 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Traditional Pop
23 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.44 Average
Julie London - In Person at the Americana, Cover art
In Person at the Americana
Julie London
3.49 17 17 2 2
1964 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
17 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.49 Average
Maysa - Canecão Apresenta Maysa, Cover art
Canecão Apresenta Maysa
Maysa
3.64 17 17 1 1
1969 Album Live
Samba-canção Samba Soul Vocal Jazz
Samba-jazz Baroque Pop
anthemic rhythmic surreal nocturnal melancholic philosophical romantic lonely
17 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.64 Average
Joe Williams - Joe Williams at Newport '63, Cover art
Joe Williams at Newport '63
Joe Williams
3.65 16 16
1963 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Blues
16 Ratings 3.65 Average
Dakota Staton - Dakota at Storyville, Cover art
Dakota at Storyville
Dakota Staton
4.14 8 8
1962 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
8 Ratings 4.14 Average
Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan - Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan at Newport '63, Cover art
Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan at Newport '63
Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan
3.59 13 13
1963 Album Live
Vocalese
13 Ratings 3.59 Average
Cannonball Adderley & Ernie Andrews - Live Session! Cannonball Adderley With the New Exciting Voice of Ernie Andrews!, Cover art
Live Session! Cannonball Adderley With the New Exciting Voice of Ernie Andrews!
Cannonball Adderley & Ernie Andrews
3.14 24 24
February 1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz Hard Bop
24 Ratings 3.14 Average
Blossom Dearie - Sweet Blossom Dearie, Cover art
Sweet Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
3.67 12 12 1 1
1967 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
12 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.67 Average
Nancy Wilson - The Nancy Wilson Show!, Cover art
The Nancy Wilson Show!
Nancy Wilson
3.39 15 15 1 1
January 1965 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Standards
15 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.39 Average
Della Reese - A Date With Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago, Cover art
A Date With Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago
Della Reese
3.63 10 10
1963 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
10 Ratings 3.63 Average
Billy Eckstine - No Cover, No Minimum, Cover art
No Cover, No Minimum
Billy Eckstine
3.20 19 19
1961 Album Live
Vocal Jazz
Big Band
19 Ratings 3.20 Average
Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones - At Basin Street East, Cover art
At Basin Street East
Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones
3.38 16 16
1962 Album Live
Cool Jazz Vocal Jazz
16 Ratings 3.38 Average
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