notes from the couch

5. Nat King Cole at the Piano – Nat King Cole

4. Ella Sings Gershwin – Ella Fitzgerald

3. Innovations in Modern Music – Stan Kenton

2. Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra

1. Patti Page – Patti Page

5. Genius of Modern Music – Thelonious Monk

4. In the Evening Moonlight – The Ames Brothers

3. Folk Song Favorites – Patti Page

2. Hank Williams Sings – Hank Williams

1. Masterpieces by Ellington – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

5. Chet Akins’ Gallopin’ Guitar – Chet Atkins

4. Piano Solos – Bud Powell

3. Billie Holiday Sings –Billie Holiday

2. Satchmo Serenades – Louis Armstrong

1. Penthouse Serenades – Nat King Cole

5. Thelonious – Thelonious Monk

4. Dean Martin Sings – Dean Martin

3. RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt – Eartha Kitt

2. An Evening with Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday (side note: this album cover kinda scares me)

1. Memorial Album – Hank Williams

5. Songs for Young Lovers – Frank Sinatra

4. Blakey – Art Blakey

3. Miles Davis All Star Sextet – Miles Davis

2. Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Clifford Brown and Max Roach

1. Chet Baker Sings – Chet Baker

5. Jumpin’ At the Woodside – Buck Clayton

4. Stringin’ Along with Chet Atkins – Chet Atkins

3. Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan

2. Study in Brown – Clifford Brown

1. In the Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra

5. Pithecanthropus Erectus – Charles Mingus

4. Ella and Louis – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

3. This is Fats Domino! – Fats Domino

2. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley

1. Songs for Swingin’ Lovers – Frank Sinatra

5. Patsy Cline – Patsy Cline

4. A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra

3. Here’s Little Richard – Little Richard

1. The Chirping Crickets – The Crickets

5. One Dozen Berrys – Chuck Berry

4. Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk – Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and Thelonious Monk

3. King Creole – Elvis Presley

2. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra

1. Buddy Holly – Buddy Holly

5. Sonny Side Up – Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt

4. Gunfighter Ballads and Other Trail Songs – Marty Robbins

3. Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus

2. Berry Is On Top – Chuck Berry

1. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis