Songs For Distingué Lovers
by Billie Holiday

Songs For Distingué Lovers by Billie Holiday
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 3,067th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 90 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1958 (26th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (92nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,067th)

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Billie Holiday bestography

Songs For Distingué Lovers is ranked 3rd best out of 79 albums by Billie Holiday on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billie Holiday is Lady In Satin which is ranked number 541 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,223.

Billie Holiday album bestography « Higher ranked (1,226th)
Lady Sings The Blues
This album (3,067th)
Songs For Distingué Lovers
Lower ranked (3,440th) »
Billie Holiday Sings

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Songs For Distingué Lovers rankings

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Overall rank: 3,067th | 1950s rank: 92nd | 1958 rank: 26th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 90 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 03/15/2016 00:49 | #161954
Not her best work but better than most.
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From 01/30/2016 20:47 | #158231
I love Billie, but I really just dig her best of to be honest. Call me shallow, but I'm just not crazy about this stuff... it's ok, pretty average, but this best of record I have I REALLY dig. It's just a better listening experience.
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Best Albums of 1958
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane
2. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
3. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
4. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
5. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
6. Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
7. Milestones by Miles Davis
8. Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud by Miles Davis
9. Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely by Frank Sinatra
10. Little Richard by Little Richard