The Astaire Story
by Fred Astaire
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Fred Astaire bestography
The Astaire Story is ranked as the best album by Fred Astaire.
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The Astaire Story track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Astaire Story rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 31 Music Albums of 1953 | 12/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 50 Music Albums of 1953 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1953 | 27/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 10 Music Albums of 1953 | 7/10 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1953 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1950s 1 | 56/100 | - |
| 2023 | EyeKanFly | Top 10 Music Albums of 1953 | 8/10 | 2 |
| 2023 | Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 27 Music Albums of 1953 | 20/27 | 1 |
| 2021 | EyeKanFly | 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (part 1) | 32/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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The Astaire Story ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/23/2025 11:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,939 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2025 06:41 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2025 13:37 | TonySayers61 | 25,799 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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EyeKanFly 09/25/2021 19:39 in What album are you listening to right now?The Astaire Story comments
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He's not a great singer but man he had style. Mr. Astaire introduced a lot of classic songs which makes this collection a must listen for any musical movie buff.
A nice testamente to the great Fred Astaire, but it's awfully too long and with some unnecessary parts.
Lots of standards that have been performed better....Dude needs to stick to movies and dancing.
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