Year
|
Album
|
Artist(s)
|
1960
[1]
|
The Kingston Trio at Large
|
The Kingston Trio
|
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
|
Harry Belafonte
|
Tennessee Stud
|
Eddy Arnold
|
The Wild, Wild West
|
The Ralph Hunter Choir
|
The Wilderness Road
|
Jimmy Driftwood
|
1961
[2]
|
Swing Dat Hammer
|
Harry Belafonte
|
Cheers: Drinking Songs Around the World
|
The Belafonte Folk Singers
|
Greenfields
|
The Brothers Four
|
Here We Go Again!
|
The Kingston Trio
|
Miriam Makeba
|
Miriam Makeba
|
1962
[3]
|
The Belafonte Folk Singers... At Home and Abroad
|
The Belafonte Folk Singers
|
The Big Bill Broonzy Story
|
Big Bill Broonzy
|
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
|
The Clancy Brothers &
Tommy Makem
|
Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1
|
Alan Lomax
|
The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters
|
The Limeliters
|
1963
[4]
|
If I Had a Hammer
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
The Ballad of Jed Clampett
|
Flatt and Scruggs
|
Bob Dylan
|
Bob Dylan
|
Joan Baez in Concert
|
Joan Baez
|
Midnight Special
|
Harry Belafonte
|
Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
|
The New Christy Minstrels
|
Something Special
|
The Kingston Trio
|
1964
[5]
|
Blowin' in the Wind
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
Green, Green
|
The New Christy Minstrels
|
Judy Collins 3
|
Judy Collins
|
Odetta Sings Folk Songs
|
Odetta
|
The World of Miriam Makeba
|
Miriam Makeba
|
1965
[6]
|
We'll Sing in the Sunshine
|
Gale Garnett
|
Belafonte at The Greek Theatre
|
Harry Belafonte
|
Peter, Paul and Mary in Concert
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings
|
Woody Guthrie
|
The Times They Are a-Changin'
|
Bob Dylan
|
Today
|
The New Christy Minstrels
|
The Voice of Africa
|
Miriam Makeba
|
1966
[7]
|
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
|
Harry Belafonte &
Miriam Makeba
|
The High Lonesome Sound
|
Roscoe Holcomb
|
Makeba Sings!
|
Miriam Makeba
|
A Song Will Rise
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
Strangers and Cousins
|
Pete Seeger
|
There but for Fortune
|
Joan Baez
|
The Womenfolk Live at the Hungry I
|
The Womenfolk
|
1967
[8]
|
Blues in the Street
|
Cortelia Clark
|
God Bless the Grass
|
Pete Seeger
|
Lead Belly
|
Lead Belly
|
Oliver Smith
|
Oliver Smith
|
Reflections in a Crystal Wind
|
Mimi &
Richard Fariña
|
Violets of Dawn
|
The Mitchell Trio
|
1968
[9]
|
Gentle on My Mind
|
John Hartford
|
Album 1700
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
Alice's Restaurant
|
Arlo Guthrie
|
In My Life
|
Judy Collins
|
Janis Ian
|
Janis Ian
|
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
|
Pete Seeger
|
1969
[10]
|
Both Sides, Now
|
Judy Collins
|
Did She Mention My Name?
|
Gordon Lightfoot
|
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
|
Incredible String Band
|
John Wesley Harding
|
Bob Dylan
|
Late Again
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
The Unicorn
|
The Irish Rovers
|
1970
[11]
|
Clouds
|
Joni Mitchell
|
Any Day Now
|
Joan Baez
|
Donovan
|
Donovan
|
Bird on the Wire
|
Judy Collins
|
Day is Done
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
Young vs. Old
|
Pete Seeger
|
1971
[12]
|
Good Feelin'
|
T-Bone Walker
|
Black Music of South America
|
David Lewisohn
|
Folk Fiddling From Sweden
|
Bjorn Stabi & Ole Hjorth
|
I Do Not Play No Rock'n'Roll
|
Mississippi Fred McDowell
|
Sail On
|
Muddy Waters
|
Shree Rag
|
Ali Akbar Khan &
Shankha Ghosh
|
1972
[13]
|
They Call Me Muddy Waters
|
Muddy Waters
|
18th Century Traditional Music of Japan
|
Keiko Matsuo
|
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
|
Esso Trinidad Steel Band
|
Javanese Court Gamelan
|
Javanese Players
|
Message to the Young
|
Howlin' Wolf
|
Mississippi Fred McDowell
|
Mississippi Fred McDowell
|
Stormy Monday Blues
|
T-Bone Walker
|
1973
[14]
|
The London Muddy Waters Sessions
|
Muddy Waters
|
Blues Piano Orgy
|
Various Artists
|
Lightnin' Strikes
|
Lightnin' Hopkins
|
Live at Soledad Prison
|
John Lee Hooker
|
Walking the Blues
|
Otis Spann
|
1974
[15]
|
Then and Now
|
Doc Watson
|
Can't Get No Grindin'
|
Muddy Waters
|
John Lee Hooker's Detroit
|
John Lee Hooker
|
King Curtis & Champion Jack Dupree: Blues at Montreux
|
King Curtis &
Champion Jack Dupree
|
Lead Belly: Live in Concert
|
Lead Belly
|
1975
[16]
|
Two Days in November
|
Doc Watson &
Merle Watson
|
Big Daddy
|
Bukka White
|
The Back Door Wolf
|
Howlin' Wolf
|
Catalyst
|
Willie Dixon
|
London Revisited
|
Muddy Waters &
Howlin' Wolf
|
1976
[17]
|
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
|
Muddy Waters
|
I Got What It Takes
|
Koko Taylor
|
Memphis Blues
|
Memphis Slim
|
Music of Guatemala
|
The San Lucas Band
|
Wake Up Dead Man
|
Bruce Jackson
|
1977
[18]
|
Mark Twang
|
John Hartford
|
Bagpipe Marches and Music of Scotland
|
Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
|
Beware of the Dog!
|
Hound Dog Taylor
|
If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please
|
Michael Bloomfield
|
Proud Earth
|
Chief Dan George, Arliene Nofchissey Williams & Rick Brousseau
|
1978
[19]
|
Hard Again
|
Muddy Waters
|
Blues Hit Big Town
|
Junior Wells
|
Right Place, Wrong Time
|
Otis Rush
|
The Things That I Used to Do
|
Big Joe Turner
|
What Happened to My Blues
|
Willie Dixon
|
1979
[20]
|
I'm Ready
|
Muddy Waters
|
Chicago Blues at Home
|
Various Artists
|
Clifton Chenier and His Red Hot Louisiana Band in New Orleans
|
Clifton Chenier
|
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs
|
Fenton Robinson
|
U.S.A.
|
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers ft.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
|
1980
[21]
|
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
|
Muddy Waters
|
The Chieftains 7
|
The Chieftains
|
Ice Pickin'
|
Albert Collins
|
Laugh Your Blues Away
|
Uncle Dave Macon
|
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1
|
Shaw and the Wolf Gang & Left Hand Frank and His Blues Band
|
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3
|
Lonnie Brooks Blues Band,
Pinetop Perkins & Sons of Blues
|
New England Traditional Fiddling
|
John Edwards Memorial Foundation
|
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
|
Various Artists
|
So Many Roads
|
Otis Rush
|
1981
[22]
|
Rare Blues
|
Various Artists
|
Atlanta Blues: '33
|
Various Artists
|
The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early
|
The Chieftains
|
Kidney Stew Is Fine
|
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
|
Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band In New Orleans
|
Queen Ida
|
1982
[23]
|
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
|
B.B. King
|
Blues Deluxe
|
Various Artists
|
From the Heart of a Woman
|
Koko Taylor
|
Frozen Alive!
|
Albert Collins
|
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4
|
Various Artists
|
1983
[24]
|
Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour
|
Queen Ida
|
In the Tradition
|
The Boys of the Lough
|
Live in America
|
The John Renbourn Group
|
Metropolis
|
The Klezmorim
|
Reggae Sunsplash '81: A Tribute to Bob Marley
|
Various Artists
|
Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountain
|
Various Artists
|
1984
[25]
|
I'm Here
|
Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band
|
The Grey Fox
|
The Chieftains
|
Raga Mishra Piloo
|
Ali Akbar Khan &
Ravi Shankar
|
Renaissance of the Celtic Harp
|
Alan Stivell
|
Syncro System
|
King Sunny Adé
|
1985
[26]
|
Elizabeth Cotten Live!
|
Elizabeth Cotten
|
100% Fortified Zydeco
|
Buckwheat Zydeco
|
Good Rockin'
|
Rockin' Dopsie
|
On A Saturday Night
|
Queen Ida
|
Open Road
|
Boys of the Lough
|
1986
[27]
|
My Toot Toot
|
Rockin' Sidney
|
Live at the San Francisco Blues Festival
|
Clifton Chenier
|
Souvenirs
|
Dewey Balfa
|
Turning Point
|
Buckwheat Zydeco
|
Zydeco Gris Gris
|
BeauSoleil
|