The Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag) (track)
by Ella Fitzgerald
Year: 1959
From the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook (track #22)
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The Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag) appears on the following album(s) by Ella Fitzgerald:
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook (track #22) (this album) (1959)
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (track #160) (compilation) (1993)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/20/2025 21:59 | plasmicmist | 7,422 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2025 18:30 | spinout | 37,564 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2024 11:56 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,415 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2023 08:53 | Fertu | 40,982 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2021 22:14 | 39,199 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 9% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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