[Dixielandjazz] : Is "'Round Midnight" really the most recorded song ever?

[Rick Zahniser]

(who lived here in the Springs) and he introduced RM and said it was by
"The only-est Monk"

Rick Jolley


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Rick Zahniser <zahniser99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was in a guitar class with Johnny Smith (
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> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Norman Vickers <NVickers1 at cox.net> wrote:
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>> To:  DJML and Musicians and Jazzfans list
>> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
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>> As usual, our erudite  Aussie listmate/ discographer/ jazz connoisseur
>>  and
>> "settler of arguments" Bill Haesler has given us hard data on which to
>> base
>> our judgment.
>> Thanks, Bill.
>>
>> Likely the DJML discussion will run on ad infinitum but let's let this be
>> the definitive word on the M&JF list! (smile)
>> Thanks, as usual, Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Haesler [mailto:bhaesler at bigpond.net.au]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:30 PM
>> To: Norman Vickers; dixieland jazz mailing list
>> Subject: Is "'Round Midnight" really the most recorded song ever?
>>
>> Norman Vickers wrote:
>> > 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?
>>
>> Dear Norman,
>> A quick 'google' suggests that the most recorded jazz standard was W. C.
>> Handy's "St. Louis Blues" for over 20 years from the 1930s onward, after
>> which Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" replaced it.
>> Today, that place is allegedly held by Johnny Green's "Body and Soul".
>> The most recorded standard composed by a jazz musician is Thelonious
>> Monk's
>> "'Round Midnight".
>>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard
>> *Note that the conditional words for "Round Midnight" are "...composed by
>> a
>> jazz musician."
>> A check of Version 2014 of Tom Lord's 'Jazz Directory' lists about 1610
>> versions of "Round Midnight/Round about Midnight" from 1945.
>> "St Louis Blues has 1960
>> "Stardust" has 1430.
>> And "Body and Soul" boasts 2170.
>> Kind regards,
>> Bill. =
>>
>>
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