Eight Shades Of Blue
by Woody Herman

Eight Shades Of Blue by Woody Herman
Year: 1947
Overall rank: 63,413th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 5 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1947 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1940s (266th)
Award Best albums of all time (63,413th)

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Woody Herman bestography

Eight Shades Of Blue is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Woody Herman on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Woody Herman is Blues On Parade which is ranked number 14427 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 79.

Woody Herman album bestography « Higher ranked (63,286th)
Classics In Jazz
This album (63,413th)
Eight Shades Of Blue
Lower ranked (63,413th) »
Eight Shades Of Blue

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Overall rank: 63,413th | 1940s rank: 266th | 1947 rank: 30th

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1. Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
2. La Rue Pigalle by Édith Piaf
3. Blues by Lonnie Johnson
4. Souvenir Album by Ella Fitzgerald
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6. Great Scott! by Hazel Scott
7. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 by Bruno Walter / New York Philharmonic
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10. Music Out Of The Moon by Harry Revel
11. Songs Of The Smoky Mountains by Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys
12. Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
13. Dizzy Gillespie And His All-Stars by Dizzy Gillespie
14. Songs By Sinatra Volume 1 by Frank Sinatra
15. Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five Vol. 2 by Louis Armstrong's Hot 5
16. Hot Jazz At Blue Note by Art Hodes' Hot Five
17. Cowboy Songs And Negro Spirituals by Carl Sandburg
18. Folk Music Of Brazil - Afro-Bahian Religious Songs by Various Artists
19. Bix And Tram: A Hot Jazz Classic by Bix Beiderbecke With Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra
20. Henry V by Sir William Walton / Philharmonia Orchestra Of London / Laurence Olivier