"...And His Mother Called Him Bill"
by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

"...And His Mother Called Him Bill" by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 29,534th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (306th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,793rd)
Award Best albums of all time (29,534th)

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography

"...And His Mother Called Him Bill" is ranked 19th best out of 81 albums by Duke Ellington on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Duke Ellington is Ellington At Newport which is ranked number 1038 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,673.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra album bestography « Higher ranked (28,985th)
Black, Brown & Beige (1988)
This album (29,534th)
"...And His Mother Called Him Bill"
Lower ranked (29,780th) »
Black, Brown And Beige (1958)

(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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"...And His Mother Called Him Bill" rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,534th | 1960s rank: 1,793rd | 1968 rank: 306th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 60 Music Albums of 196833/602
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 196841/1003
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1968 by Acclaimed Music57/73 -
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C55/100 -
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 196894/1000
2025 craolaTop 20 Music Albums of 196815/202
2024 djnizziTop 50 Music Albums of 196815/504
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 196845/1003
2024 CardboardfolderTop 53 Music Albums of 196716/53 -
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 60’s (201 - 300) by URC40/100 -
2023 TheDude85Top 54 Music Albums of 196838/542
2023AramisTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s94/1001
2023Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of 196888/1001
2022UncutUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (201-300)40/100 -
2020 JMGL95Top 24 Music Albums of 196720/24 -
2019 FischmanMy Top Jazz Albums of 196729/40 -
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 196770/100 -
2018PurpleHazelTop 51 Music Albums of 196716/51 -
2014 VaggelisTop 80 Music Albums of 196774/80 -
2013 RFNAPLESTop Jazz Albums, Part 11/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 29
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75/100 (from 25 votes)
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12/18/2025 22:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,72070/100
 
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10/03/2024 20:40 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,79964/100
 
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05/20/2024 23:07 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,90474/100
 
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05/16/2024 10:49 Aramis  Ratings distribution  2,26466/100
 
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04/09/2024 11:54 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86975/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.0.

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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
5. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
6. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
7. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
8. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
9. Music From Big Pink by The Band
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
11. Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
12. A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd
13. Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
14. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention
15. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
16. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company
17. Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
18. Wheels Of Fire by Cream
19. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
20. S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
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