What A Difference A Day Makes!
by Dinah Washington

What A Difference A Day Makes! by Dinah Washington
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 7,012th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 39 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (213th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,012th)

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Dinah Washington bestography

What A Difference A Day Makes! is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Dinah Washington on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dinah Washington is Dinah Jams which is ranked number 4478 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 321.

Dinah Washington album bestography « Higher ranked (4,478th)
Dinah Jams
This album (7,012th)
What A Difference A Day Makes!
Lower ranked (10,858th) »
After Hours With Miss D

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What A Difference A Day Makes! rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,012th | 1950s rank: 213th | 1959 rank: 41st
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2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 195938/903
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 195942/1003
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s19/10016
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195970/1002
2026Rivera201-30075/100 -
2025 skelter54Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s86/993
2025henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s80/1004
2025RiveraTop 30 Music Albums of 195910/304
2025PapaShiz86Top 20 Music Albums of 195913/202
2025dukeboxkoolTop 30 Music Albums of 19596/304
2025dukeboxkoolBest Jazz Top 100 Albums20/100 -
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s36/10013
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s7/10019
2025WayneMCUncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100)42/100 -
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1950s 14/100 -
2023amirmishaliTop 28 Music Albums of the 1950s11/2813
2023amirmishaliTop 11 Music Albums of 19598/112
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 195975/1001
2021Pretender1939-59. Best Songs. Sort of ranked3/51 -
2021 TheDude85Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s7/2916
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 35
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 185
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What A Difference A Day Makes! ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 39 votes)
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12/31/2025 19:23 Rivera  Ratings distribution  2,03882/100
 
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11/15/2025 13:19 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,75164/100
 
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09/13/2025 11:05 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02469/100
 
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10/14/2024 15:24 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,19772/100
 
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10/06/2024 23:17 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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From 10/14/2024 15:27 | #305651
This is as good an album of great Pop Standard covers you are ever likely to come across. Ms Dinah Washington; probably the most underrated Jazz vocalist of history. What a voice! What a selection! What a record!!
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