Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook
by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 2,725th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 88 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1959 (19th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (80th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,725th)

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Ella Fitzgerald bestography

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook is ranked 2nd best out of 67 albums by Ella Fitzgerald on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ella Fitzgerald is Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book which is ranked number 1387 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,226.

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook
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Overall rank: 2,725th | 1950s rank: 80th | 1959 rank: 19th
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2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s62/1008
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s19/7415
2026 Patman360Top 37 Music Albums of 195937/370
2026 Norman BatesTop 42 Music Albums of 195920/423
2026 LeonardTop 71 Music Albums of 195921/714
2026Exist-en-cielTop 55 Music Albums of 195950/551
2026 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Greatest Music Albums46/10055
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195966/1002
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s12/10018
2026SiromynianTop 13 Music Albums of 19593/134
2025Invader666Top 67 Music Albums of the 1950s38/679
2025MaxStorm98Top 21 Music Albums of 195917/211
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s6/10019
2025HyggevinylTop 47 Music Albums of 195926/472
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 80 Music Albums of 19598/805
2025 skelter54Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s51/9910
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195979/1001
2025 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 19598/905
2025 mutley88Top 10 Music Albums of 19594/104
2025 djnizziTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s35/10013
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 101
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 569
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01/26/2026 21:49 Charlesd  Ratings distribution  6282/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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Epic in scope and consistently great.
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This is a great record! Classic songwriting and Ella's vocals make this one of the greatest albums of the era.
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