[Dixielandjazz] most recorded title

[J McClernan]

If you are talking about the most recorded tune of ANY kind, I believe Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" holds that honor.
Cheers,
John

"Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe."
	~ Lee Trevino


On Mar 2, 2014, at 7:20 PM, Dick Baker wrote:

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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