"...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: 29,956th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (304th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (1,788th)
Award Best albums of all time (29,956th)

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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 1054 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,659.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra album bestography « Higher ranked (29,449th)
Black, Brown & Beige (1988)
This album (29,956th)
"...And His Mother Called Him Bill"
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"...And His Mother Called Him Bill"

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

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,956th | 1960s rank: 1,788th | 1968 rank: 304th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 61 Music Albums of 196833/612
2026PurpleHazelTop 51 Music Albums of 196717/51 -
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of 196888/1001
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 -
2023AramisTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s94/1001
2023 TheDude85Top 54 Music Albums of 196838/542
2022UncutUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (201-300)40/100 -
2020 JMGL95Top 24 Music Albums of 196720/24 -
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 196770/100 -
2019 FischmanMy Top Jazz Albums of 196729/40 -
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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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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12/18/2025 22:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,85870/100
 
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10/03/2024 20:40 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,84764/100
 
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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  47,40475/100

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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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