Ella & Louis
by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 1,056th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 232 votes)
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Award Top 5 albums of 1956 (5th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1950s (28th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,056th)

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Ella & Louis is ranked as the best album by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,056th | 1950s rank: 28th | 1956 rank: 5th
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2026 RockyRaccoonJazz42/100 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s36/10013
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s49/10010
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s21/10016
2026SiromynianTop 13 Music Albums of 19561/135
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s11/10018
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 1601-170025/100 -
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s5/7419
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s27/10015
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s65/1007
2026jdizzle123456Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time32/50 -
2026sweetnessTop 25 Music Albums of the 1950s8/2514
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195643/1003
2026Exist-en-cielTop 40 Music Albums of 195610/404
2025 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s20/10016
2025 swedTop 22 Music Albums of the 1950s14/228
2025martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s10/10018
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s52/10010
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s89/1002
2025 LeonardTop 52 Music Albums of 19563/525
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 237
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,647
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 232 votes)
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02/14/2026 02:24 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,11276/100
 
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12/21/2025 16:44 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,63070/100
 
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11/22/2025 14:38 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,32849/100
 
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11/15/2025 08:25 JR  Ratings distribution  1,08781/100
 
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10/25/2025 01:32 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,37784/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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95/100
From 06/25/2022 06:10 | #286649
Ella with the voice of an angel, Louis with the voice of the heart. Paired with some absolutely great jazz tunes, this album is one of the best ever made!! Reminds me of 1950s Paris in the winter
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90/100
From 12/22/2021 13:35 | #277792
A magnificent duo, the execution of these songs are simply astonishing. The moods and vibes created are so cool and beautiful. Ellas voice is out of this world.
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85/100
From 11/25/2021 19:34 | #276685
The main strength of this album for me is just how good the vocal chemistry between Ella and Louis is.

I read somewhere that this is one of Bjork's favourite records
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85/100
From 11/11/2021 17:13 | #276167
I think this is such a super underrated album.
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75/100
From 10/19/2020 23:36 | #259450
Profundidade e fluidez, contraste e ritmo. Tem muita música nesse álbum!
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90/100
From 10/26/2019 15:17 | #244145
Such a perfect collab makes nearly every song here a classic. Ella's absolutely wonderful Voice and Louis's deep tone, both in his playing and in his singing completes each other in a unique way, never quite to be done again.

For the majority of us in this site, this album represents a part of recent history of human relationships that we don't really know how It was, so hearing songs like "Cheek to Cheek" feels as If we were travelling in a time were everything, to us, seemed so simple.
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55/100
From 08/15/2019 18:06 | #241208
Awesome collaboration.

Favorites: Can't We Be Friends, Under A Blanket Of Blue, Cheek To Cheek.
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75/100
From 06/19/2016 04:31 | #169110
I usually prefer instrumental bop influenced jazz, finding the pop influenced vocal jazz music to be lacking in much depth, bu this album is definitely an exception. The interplay between the two voices and between Ella's singing and Louis' trumpet are exceptional. As well, the backing band does a terrific job, particularly Oscar Peterson on the piano. An excellent and smooth pop album from the jazz era.
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90/100
From 03/13/2013 19:37 | #68160
5 first songs they do omgoddishly. and the ender. the rest is good too. nothing bad here.
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