Sonny Boy
by Sonny Rollins
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Sonny Rollins bestography
Sonny Boy is ranked 25th best out of 43 albums by Sonny Rollins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonny Rollins is Saxophone Colossus which is ranked number 628 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,707.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Sonny Boy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sonny Boy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 17 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 75 Music Albums of 1961 | 48/75 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 86 Music Albums of 1961 | 26/86 | 4 |
| 2022 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 31 Music Albums of 1961 | 16/31 | 3 |
| 2019 |  Fischman | Sonny Rollins Albums Ranked | 30/41 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Sonny Boy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/16/2026 10:32 | duelek | 2,121 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2023 19:57 | TonySayers61 | 25,403 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2022 06:39 | Jboy56 | 4,268 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2022 03:22 | Gendjar | 4,750 | 56/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2021 02:59 | Moondance | 20,796 | 72/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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