The Ellington Era: Volume One (1927-1940)
by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography
The Ellington Era: Volume One (1927-1940) is ranked 15th 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 1057 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,655.
(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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The Ellington Era: Volume One (1927-1940) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (42 out of 48 tracks have been rated).
The Ellington Era: Volume One (1927-1940) rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 48 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | Ashmark | Top 50 Music Albums of 1963 | 44/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 59 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/25/2022 04:12 |  Tamthebam | 23,216 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2022 12:56 | TonySayers61 | 25,130 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2022 02:38 | Gendjar | 4,751 | 56/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2018 02:52 | TodFitz | 27,375 | 63/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 01:22 |  Maxence | 12,755 | 61/100 |
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