Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook
by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 3,910th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 47 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (20th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (119th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,910th)

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Ella Fitzgerald bestography

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook is ranked 3rd best out of 67 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 1382 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,225.

Ella Fitzgerald album bestography « Higher ranked (2,730th)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook
This album (3,910th)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook
Lower ranked (4,793rd) »
Ella Sings Gershwin

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,910th | 1950s rank: 119th | 1957 rank: 20th
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2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s62/1008
2026 TamthebamTop 80 Music Albums of 195719/804
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195778/1001
2026 Patman360Top 32 Music Albums of 195718/322
2026 HaydenTop 75 Music Albums of 195710/754
2026SiromynianTop 11 Music Albums of 19574/114
2026 neilgeeTop 30 Music Albums of 195721/302
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s23/7414
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s62/1008
2026Exist-en-cielTop 45 Music Albums of 19578/454
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s79/1004
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195736/1003
2025 djnizziTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s41/10012
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s54/1009
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 52 Music Albums of 19574/525
2025 LeonardTop 69 Music Albums of 195721/694
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s83/1004
2025 EyeKanFlyTop 35 Music Albums of 195713/353
2025WayneMCTop 53 Music Albums of the 1950s21/5312
2025mostlymorTop 20 Music Albums of 195716/201
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 58
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 371
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76/100 (from 47 votes)
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03/30/2026 08:26 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,29282/100
 
75/100
 
01/26/2026 14:36 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,44273/100
 
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01/11/2026 16:50 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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12/28/2025 02:44 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,12433/100
 
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12/21/2025 19:28 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,29370/100

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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 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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60/100
From 08/13/2022 17:15 | #288464
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
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From 04/28/2022 14:48 | #284757
What an accomplisment ! A vast job done
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From 02/03/2021 22:18 | #265715
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.
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75/100
From 08/13/2012 20:30 | #48444
Wanted to score higher....just not my favorite Ella Album.
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