[78-L] What's the most recorded jazz tune of all time?

[Julian Vein]

eugene hayhoe wrote:
But what about things which preceed those terms (e.g. those with jazz 
backgrounds who did 'easy listening,' like Ray Conniff), society and 
'Mickey Mouse' bands,' pop and pop crooners (some consider Sinatra, 
Bennett, Torme, Peggy Lee, Helen Ward, etc., etc. 'jazz singers; maybe 
they are, but they don't interest me in the least, and I don't know if 
Lord contains those kinds of singers.

Also, seems likely to me that Lord and his accomplices have probably not 
heard everything in the discography (that would be A WHOLE lot of 
listening).
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I haven't checked to see if these artists are included, but they would 
make up a very small percentage of the total. Sinatra, Bennett and Torme 
don't interest me, but not because they aren't jazz singers. Peggy Lee 
and Helen Ward I like in selected doses. On the other hand, Ella 
Fitzgerald is a jazz singer, but she doesn't interest me either! Neither 
do Carmen McRae and Betty Carter.

Probably, most of what Lord lists wouldn't interest me, jazz or 
otherwise. There just aren't enough hours in the day to seek them to 
find out. Unless you're absolutely dedicated to listening to 1947 
versions of "Body & Soul"! Make that 1950--I have versions by Alec 
Templeton, Dinah Shore and Smith Ballew, which Lord doesn't list...

      Julian Vein


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