The Daily Blair: Who Is The Best Modern Musical President?

We all have strong opinions on who was the best President, who was the worst President, what Presdient really caused the current economic crisis, what President caused the Great Depression, who was the best economic President, who was the hottest President, what President was the best Commander-In-Chief, which President got laid the most, and the classic "which President was the best at getting stuck in the bathtub?" debate.

But I have never really heard a discussion or debate about who the best musical President is/was. Meaning I have never heard an argument about what President had the best albums come out during his tenure. So below I have compiled a list of the best albums to come out during each modern Presidents era (post World War II) and you get to decide who the best modern musical President is.*

*Best albums are all from besteveralbums.com*

HARRY TRUMAN
1945: Bing Crosby: Merry Christmas
1946: Lester Young: Prez Conferences
1947: Charlie Parker: Bird & Diz
1948: Mitt Jackson: Mitt Jackson
1949: Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents
1950: Edith Piaf: Chansons Des Cafes De Paris
1951: Thelonious Monk: Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
1952: Hank Williams Sings: Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys

DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
1953: Chet Baker: Chet Baker Sings
1954: Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool
1955: Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours
1956: Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley
1957: Little Richard: Here's Little Richard
1958: Billie Holiday: Lady In Satin
1959: Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
1960: Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain



JOHN F. KENNEDY
1961: Robert Johnson: Kind of the Delta Blues Singers
1962: Howlin Wolf: Howlin Wolf
1963: Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan



LYNDON B JOHNSON
1964: The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
1965: Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisted
1966: The Beatles: Revolver
1967: The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Beatles: The White Album



RICHARD NIXON
1969: The Beatles: Abbey Road
1970: Black Sabbath: Paranoid
1971: Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
1972: David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
1973: Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of The Moon
1974: Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway



GERALD FORD
1975: Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
1976: Ramones: Ramones



JIMMY CARTER
1977: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
1978: Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on The Edge of Town
1979: The Clash: London Calling
1980: Joy Division: Closer



RONALD REAGAN
1981: Rush: Moving Pictures
1982: Michael Jackson: Thriller
1983: R.E.M.: Murmur
1984: Prince: Purple Rain
1985: Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
1986: The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
1987: U2: The Joshua Tree
1988: Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

GEORGE H.W. BUSH
1989: Pixies: Doolittle
1990: Depeche Mode: Violater
1991: Nirvana: Nevermind
1992: R.E.M.: Automatic For The People

BILL CLINTON
1993: Nirvana: In Utero
1994: Jeff Buckley: Grace
1995: Radiohead: The Bends
1996: Weezer: Pinkerton
1997: Radiohead: Ok Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
2000: Radiohead: Kid A

GEORGE W BUSH
2001: The Strokes: Is This It?
2002: Coldplay: A Rush of Blood To The Head
2003: The White Stripes: Elephant
2004: Arcade Fire: Funeral
2005: Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
2006: Artic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007: Radiohead: In Rainbows
2008: Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes



BARACK OBAMA
2009: Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavillon
2010: Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
2011: Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
2012 (so far): The Maccabees: Given To The Wild

Who is the best modern musical President?