| The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums | ||||
| Week ending MAY 18, 1957 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | LOVE IS THE THING Nat “King” Cole (Capitol W-824 / EAP 1,2,3-824) | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | CALYPSO Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248) | 1 | 49 | |
| 3 | MY FAIR LADY Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090 / A 5090) | 3 | 57 | |
| 4 | AN EVENING WITH BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1402 / EPA 1,2,3-1402) | 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | STEADY DATE Tommy Sands (Capitol T 848 / EAP 1,2,3-848) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | HYMNS Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol T 756 / EAP 1,2,3-756) | 8 | 19 | |
| 7 | MICHAEL TODD’S AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Original Sound Track/Victor Young (Decca DL 9046) | 5 | 10 | |
| 8 | SPIRITUALS Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol T 818 / EAP 1,2,3-818) | 10 | 4 | |
| 9 | SONGS OF THE FABULOUS FIFTIES Roger Williams (Kapp KXL 5000 / KE-714,5,6,7,8) | 9 | 13 | |
| 10 | THE KING AND I Original Sound Track (Capitol W 740 / EDM-740) | 7 | 44 | |
| 11 | THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844) | 12 | 53 | |
| 12 | CINDERELLA Original TV Cast /Julie Andrews (Columbia Masterworks OL 5190) | 14 | 5 | |
| 13 | OKLAHOMA! Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595) | 13 | 90 | |
| 14 | CLOSE TO YOU Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 789 / EAP 1,2,3,4-789) | 11 | 15 | |
| 15 | ROCKIN’ Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & Orchestra (Columbia CL 975 / B-9751,2) | 20 | 5 | |
| 16 | WALTZ WITH LAWRENCE WELK Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57119) | 17 | 4 | |
| 17 | A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR! Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 803 / EAP 1,2,3,4-803) | — | 1 | |
| 18 | IT’S POLKA TIME Stan Wolowic & Polka Chips (ABC-Paramount ABC-151) | 15 | 10 | |
| 19 | ELVIS Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1382 / EPB 1382) | 16 | 29 | |
| 20 | “PAT” Pat Boone (Dot DLP-3050) | 18 | 10 | |
| 21 | ’S WONDERFUL! Ray Conniff & Orchestra (Columbia CL 925 / EPA 925) | 23 | 20 | |
| 22 | JERRY LEWIS JUST SINGS Jerry Lewis (Decca DL 8410 / ED 2455,6,7) | 21 | 23 | |
| 23 | JULIE IS HER NAME Julie London (Liberty LRP 3006 / LEP-1,2,3-3006) | 22 | 22 | |
| 24 | SUDDDENLY IT’S THE HI-LO’S Hi-Lo’s with Frank Comstock’s Orchestra (Columbia CL 592 / B-9521,2,3) | 19 | 9 | |
| 25 | SINGS THE RODGERS AND HART SONG BOOK Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4002-2 / EP-V5027,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35) | 24 | 13 | |
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