Como líder/co-líder

• 1952 Just Jazz All Stars (Capitol)
• 1954 Louis Bellson and His Drums (Norgran)
• 1955 Skin Deep (Norgran) compilação dos LPs de 10 polegadas des The Amazing Artistry of Louis Bellson and The Exciting Mr. Bellson
• 1954 The Exciting Mr. Bellson and His Big Band (Norgran)
• 1954 Louis Bellson with Wardell Gray (Norgran)
• 1954 Louis Bellson Quintet (Norgran) também lançado como Concerto for Drums by Louis Bellson
• 1954 Journey into Love (Norgan) também lançado como Two in Love
• 1955 The Driving Louis Bellson (Norgran)
• 1956 The Hawk Talks (Norgran)
• 1957 Drumorama! (Verve)
• 1959 Let's Call It Swing (Verve)
• 1959 Music, Romance and Especially Love (Verve)
• 1957 Louis Bellson at The Flamingo (Verve)
• 1959 Live in Stereo at the Flamingo Hotel, Vol. 1: June 28, 1959
• 1961 Drummer's Holiday (Verve)
• 1960 The Brilliant Bellson Sound (Verve)
• 1960 Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne (Verve)
• 1961 Around the World in Percussion (Roulette)
• 1962 Big Band Jazz from the Summit (Roulette)
• 1962 Happy Sounds (Roulette) com Pearl Bailey
• 1962 The Mighty Two (Roulette) com Gene Krupa
• 1964 Explorations (Roulette) com Lalo Schifrin
• 1965 Are You Ready for This? (Roost) com Buddy Rich
• 1965 Thunderbird (Impulse!)
• 1967 Repercussion (Studio2Stereo)
• 1968 Breakthrough! (Project 3)
• 1970 Louie in London (DRG)
• 1971 Are You Ready for This? (Roost / Roulette) com Buddy Rich
• 1972 Conversations (Vocalion) com Kenny Clare and Buddy Rich
• 1974 150 MPH (Concord)
• 1974 Louie Rides Again (Percussion Power)
• 1975 The Louis Bellson Explosion (Pablo)
• 1975 The Drum Session (Philips Records com Shelly Manne, Willie Bobo & Paul Humphrey)
• 1976 Louie Bellson's 7 (Concord Jazz)
• 1977 Ecue Ritmos Cubanos (Pablo) com Walfredo de los Reyes
• 1978 Raincheck (Concord)
• 1978 Note Smoking
• 1978 Louis Bellson Jam with Blue Mitchell (Pablo)
• 1978 Matterhorn: Louie Bellson Drum Explosion
• 1978 Sunshine Rock (Pablo)
• 1978 Prime Time (Concord Jazz)
• 1979 Dynamite (Concord Jazz)
• 1979 Side Track (Concord Jazz)
• 1979 Louis Bellson, With Bells On! (Vogue Jazz (UK))^[3]
• 1980 London Scene (Concord Jazz)
• 1980 Live at Ronnie Scott's (DRG)
• 1982 Hi Percussion (Accord)
• 1982 Cool, Cool Blue (Pablo)
• 1982 The London Gig (Pablo)
• 1983 Loose Walk
• 1984 Don't Stop Now! (Capri)
• 1986 Farberman: Concerto for Jazz Drummer; Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (BIS)
• 1987 Intensive Care
• 1988 Hot (Nimbus)
• 1989 Jazz Giants (Musicmasters)
• 1989 East Side Suite (Musicmasters)
• 1990 Airmail Special: A Salute to the Big Band Masters (Musicmasters)
• 1992 Live at the Jazz Showcase (Concord Jazz)
• 1992 Peaceful Thunder (Musicmasters)
• 1994 Live from New York (Telarc)
• 1994 Black Brown & Beige (Musicmasters)
• 1994 Cool Cool Blue (Original Jazz Classics)
• 1994 Salute (Chiaroscuro)
• 1995 I'm Shooting High (Four Star)
• 1995 Explosion Band (Exhibit)
• 1995 Salute (Chiaroscuro)
• 1995 Live at Concord Summer Festival (Concord Jazz)
• 1996 Their Time Was the Greatest (Concord Jazz)
• 1997 Air Bellson (Concord Jazz)
• 1998 The Art of Chart (Concord Jazz)^[4]

As sideman

com Count Basie

• Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
• Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962)
• Pop Goes the Basie (Reprise, 1965)
• Basie's in the Bag (Brunswick, 1967)
• The Happiest Millionaire (Coliseum, 1967)
• Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Pablo, 1975)

com Benny Carter

• Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954)
• New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
• In the Mood for Swing (MusicMasters, 1988)

com Duke Ellington

• Ellington Uptown (Columbia, 1952)
• My People (Contact, 1963)
• A Concert of Sacred Music (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Ella at Duke's Place (Verve, 1965)

com Johnny Hodges

• Used to Be Duke (Norgran, 1954)
• The Blues (Norgran, 1955)

com Harry James

• Juke Box Jamboree (Columbia CL 615, 1955)^[5]
• Live At The Riverboat (Dot DLP 3728/DLP 25728, 1966)^[6]
• Harry James and His Orchestra 1948–49 (Big Band Landmarks Vol. X & XI, 1969)^[7]

com Linda Ronstadt

• Lush Life (Asylum, 1984)
• For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum, 1986)

com Toni Tennille

• More Than You Know (Mirage, 1984)
• Do It Again (USA Music Group, 1988)

com outros

• Count Basie and Oscar Peterson, Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1975)
• Count Basie and Zoot Sims, Basie & Zoot (Pablo, 1975)
• Tony Bennett, I've Gotta Be Me (Columbia, 1969)
• James Brown, Soul on Top (King, 1970)
• Buddy Collette, Porgy & Bess (Interlude, 1959)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis Again (Verve, 1957)
• Herb Geller, The Herb Geller Quartet (V.S.O.P., 1994)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Roy and Diz (Clef, 1954)
• Stephane Grappelli, Classic Sessions: Stephane Grappelli, with Phil Woods and Louie Bellson (RTV, 1987)
• Oscar Peterson, The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1975)
• Mel Powell, The Return of Mel Powell (Chiaroscuro, 1987)
• Sonny Stitt, Stomp Off Let's Go (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
• The Trumpet Kings, The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (Pablo, 1975)
• Big Joe Turner, The Bosses (Pablo, 1974)
• Sarah Vaughan, How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)
• Ben Webster, Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)
• Joe Williams, With Love (Temponic, 1972)