The Nat King Cole Story
by Nat King Cole
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Nat King Cole bestography
The Nat King Cole Story is ranked 11th best out of 62 albums by Nat King Cole on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nat King Cole is After Midnight which is ranked number 2810 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 556.
(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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The Nat King Cole Story track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Nat King Cole Story rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 64/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 66 Music Albums of 1961 | 6/66 | 5 |
| 2025 |  neilgee | Top 41 Music Albums of 1961 | 16/41 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | BlueNote | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1960s | 23/85 | 15 |
| 2023 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1961 | 34/35 | 0 |
| 2022 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1960s | 17/75 | 16 |
| 2022 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 50/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 81 | |||
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The Nat King Cole Story ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/05/2024 22:02 | ejiniestac | 616 | 66/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2023 20:49 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 13:12 | jonny5244 | 8,467 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 63.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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This was shortlisted for the Grammy for album of the year 1962. The eventual winner was Judy At Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2019 02:51 | #237154
Re recordings of his hits from the 40's & 50's
Jboy56 09/08/2022 14:14 | #289495
A hit machine, this album, is...
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