Year:1961

Bands Formed

 * The Beach Boys

Singles Released
Runaway Del Shannon

Hats Off to Larry Del Shannon

Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo

Over the Rainbow Jackie Lynton

Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) The Viscounts

Granada Frank Sinatra

Auf Wiederseh'n/Taboo Ian Menzies And The Clyde Valley Stompers

Violetta Ray Adams

Sleepless Nights Tony Williams

La Paloma The Tony Hatch Orchestra

There Was a Tavern in the Town/One More Time Sammy Davis, Jr.

There I've Said It Again Al Saxon

Nanette The Sherwoods

Albums Released
My Favorite Things John Coltrane

Olé Coltrane John Coltrane

Africa/Brass The John Coltrane Quartet

The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson

Free Jazz The Ornette Coleman Quartet

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo BWV 1007-1012 Pierre Fournier

Eastern Sounds Yusef Lateef

Explorations Bill Evans Trio

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite Max Roach

Don Giovanni Philharmonia Orchestra/Philharmonia Chorus/Carlo Maria Giulini/Eberhard Wächter/Joan Sutherland/Luigi Alva/Gottlob Frick/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Giuseppe Taddei/Piero Cappuccilli/Graziella Sciutti

This Is Our Music The Ornette Coleman Quartet

A Night in Tunisia Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Chopin / Brahms / Liszt / Ravel / Prokofieff Martha Argerich

Roll Call Hank Mobley

Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis

Out of the Cool The Gil Evans Orchestra

West Side Story Various Artists

Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus

Ezz-thetics George Russell Sextet

The Quest Mal Waldron

Klaviersonaten Pathétique · Mondschein-Sonate · Appassionata Wilhelm Kempff

Showcase Patsy Cline

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall Jimmy Reed

The Genius Sings the Blues Ray Charles

The World of Cecil Taylor Cecil Taylor

Percussion Bitter Sweet Max Roach

Focus Stan Getz

Motion Lee Konitz

Undercurrent Kenny Drew

Lush Life John Coltrane

Time Further Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Whistle Stop Kenny Dorham

Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis

Out Front Booker Little

Leeway Lee Morgan

Bags & Trane Milt Jackson and John Coltrane

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kirill Kondrashin and Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Shades of Redd Freddie Redd Quintet

Harlem Street Singer Rev. Gary Davis

João Gilberto João Gilberto

Green Street Grant Green

Doin' Allright Dexter Gordon

Hub Cap Freddie Hubbard

Breakfast at Tiffany's Henry Mancini

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Ella Fitzgerald

At the Lighthouse Cannonball Adderley

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Ella Fitzgerald

Straight Ahead Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy

Face to Face Baby Face Willette

Coltrane Jazz John Coltrane

Plays and Sings the Blues John Lee Hooker

Pre-Bird Charles Mingus

Jacques Brel 5 Jacques Brel

Let's Hide Away and Dance Away Freddie King

Freddy King Sings Freddie King

Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges Gerry Mulligan

So Much Guitar! Wes Montgomery

The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker

Sinatra's Swingin' Session !!! Frank Sinatra

Forbidden Fruit Nina Simone

Abstract The Joe Harriott Quintet

Genius + Soul = Jazz Ray Charles

Settin' the Pace John Coltrane

Impulse!!!!! Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Impressions The Mal Waldron Trio

Straight Ahead Abbey Lincoln

Midnight Special The Incredible Jimmy Smith

Blue Hour Stanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds

Together for the First Time Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

Free Again Robert Pete Williams

Grant's First Stand Grant Green

That's It Booker Ervin

L'enfant et les sortileges Lorin Maazel

L'étonnant Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg

Joan Baez, Vol. 2 Joan Baez

After Hours Sarah Vaughan

Do the Twist With Ray Charles Ray Charles

Ionisation / Density 21,5 / Integrales / Octandre / Hyperism / Poeme electronique Columbia Symphony Orchestra directed by Robert Craft

Jackie's Bag Jackie McLean

A Bossa Negra Elza Soares

Jump Up Calypso Harry Belafonte

Lightnin' Lightnin' Hopkins

A Maid of Constant Sorrow Judy Collins

Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners Cannonball Adderley

Carolina Blues Man, Vol. 1 Pink Anderson