[Dixielandjazz] most recorded title

[Rick Zahniser]

Dave Marsh wrote a book about the song "Louis, Louis" and says it was the
most recorded song.  Wiki has an interesting article about it.

Rick Jolley


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:18 PM, J McClernan <mcclernan1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> ---------------------
>     Dick Baker
> djml at dickbaker.org
>
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