Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook
by Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Fitzgerald bestography
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook is ranked 3rd best out of 68 albums by Ella Fitzgerald on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ella Fitzgerald is Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book which is ranked number 1377 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,251.
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 80 Music Albums of 1957 | 19/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 45 Music Albums of 1957 | 8/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 4/53 | 5 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1957 | 15/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 13 Music Albums of 1957 | 8/13 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 94 Music Albums of 1957 | 16/94 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1950s | 52/80 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 364 | |||
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 17 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,634 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2026 05:51 | Proto | 4,306 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 13:33 | Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
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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 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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EyeKanFly 02/03/2021 22:19 in What album are you listening to right now?
alelsupreme 01/24/2016 05:37 in alogsupremeElla Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook comments
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JoaoMoreira 08/13/2022 17:15 | #288464 | TOP COMMENT
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Way too extensive.
In this style it’s impossible to not get hyper redundant and extremely boring.
Perhaps fans will like it but they need to be super hardcore fans to get throught it all without feeling exhausted :D
Jboy56 04/28/2022 14:48 | #284757 | TOP COMMENT
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What an accomplisment ! A vast job done
EyeKanFly 02/03/2021 22:18 | #265715 | TOP COMMENT
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Ella has some incredibly long albums, the "songbook" series are typically 2+ hours, with the Ellington songbook being one of the longest. That said, while some of the other shorter ones get old after a bit (Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart), this one is fantastic the whole way through. If you don't have 3 hours to spare to listen to this album in full, I'd recommend first checking out the final 3 songs: "Chelsea Bridge" through "The E & D Blues". Those are highlights of the album for me, give a sample of what you'll find on the rest of the album, and perfectly close the whole set.
Wanted to score higher....just not my favorite Ella Album.
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