[Dixielandjazz] Star Dust

[Dick Baker]

I have always heard that "Star Dust/Stardust" is the most recorded 
title ever.  Right now, Wikipedia hedges that, calling it "one of the 
most recorded":

"Stardust" is an American 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Popular_song>popular song 
composed in 1927 by 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael>Hoagy Carmichael 
with lyrics added in 1929 by 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Mitchell_Parish>Mitchell Parish. 
Originally titled "Star Dust", Carmichael first recorded the song at 
the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Gennett_Records>Gennett 
Records studio in 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Richmond,_Indiana>Richmond, 
Indiana. The song, "a song about a song about love",[1] played in an 
idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo, became an 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Great_American_Songbook>American 
standard, and is considered one of the most recorded songs of the 
20th century, with over 1,500 total recordings.[2]


>From:  Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
>
>
>This came across my screen.  Lovely rendition of "Round Midnight  by Modern
>Jazz Quartet.  I was intrigued to read the statement that "this is the most
>often recorded ever."
>
>
>Does anyone have data to corroborate this statement?

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