Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
by Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy is ranked as the best album by Louis Armstrong.
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Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 65 Music Albums of 1954 | 40/65 | 2 |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | FlapJackJoey | Top 7 Music Albums of 1954 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Favorite Album by Year | 72/76 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 51/100 | 48 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1954 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 15 Music Albums of 1954 | 2/15 | 5 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1950s | 45/59 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 370 | |||
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Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/16/2026 11:43 |  Dingerbell | 4,155 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 12:16 | cicadelic | 14,066 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 23:55 | Proto | 4,318 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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neilgee 08/13/2026 16:19 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 06/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5359): By PurpleHazel neilgee 02/18/2021 06:11 in What album are you listening to right now?Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy comments
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