In A Mellotone
by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

In A Mellotone by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 13,509th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (397th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,509th)

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography

In A Mellotone is ranked 12th 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 (10,159th)
Black, Brown And Beige (1945)
This album (13,509th)
In A Mellotone
Lower ranked (13,635th) »
The Duke Plays Ellington

(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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Overall rank: 13,509th | 1950s rank: 397th | 1956 rank: 54th

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73/100 (from 23 votes)
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10/31/2025 11:09 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,80064/100
 
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09/13/2025 10:59 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93669/100
 
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Best Albums of 1956
1. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
2. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
3. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus
4. Ellington At Newport by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
5. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
6. Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday
7. Elvis by Elvis Presley
8. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald
9. J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) by Glenn Gould
10. The Wildest! by Louis Prima
11. This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino
12. Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
13. Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas) by Ravi Shankar
14. Jazz At Massey Hall by The Quintet
15. Bluejean Bop by Gene Vincent
16. Calypso by Harry Belafonte
17. Moondog by Moondog
18. Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino by Fats Domino
19. Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20. Tragic Songs Of Life by The Louvin Brothers
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