1959: Henry Mancini, The Music From Peter Gunn. This is the only TV soundtrack to wind up as the #1 album of the year. (Peter Gunn was a detective series starring Craig Stevens which ran from 1958 to 1961.) The album, Mancini's breakthrough, logged 10 weeks at #1 starting in February 1959. It won a Grammy as Album of the Year..
1958: Original Cast, My Fair Lady. This was the first album to wind up as the #1 album of the year twice. The album spent 15 weeks at #1 starting in July 1956. The album appeared at #1 on the weekly charts in four different years (1956 through 1959), an unequalled achievement..
1957: Original Cast, My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews headlined the Lerner & Loewe musical, which spawned such classics as "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "On The Street Where You Live.".
1956: Harry Belafonte, Calypso. The album, Belafonte's second, logged 31 weeks at #1 starting in September 1956. The album spawned the top five hit "Banana Boat (Day-O)," which was based on a Jamaican folk song..
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