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

[Cary Ginell]

Yup. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Record companies, like radio stations, think their listeners are only interested in what's familiar to them. That's why so many oldies stations only play songs that make #1 or #2. This burns them out completely. Top 40 records from the '50s and '60s were made for short-term consumption. In the publishing business, we call this 'ice cream product,' because it melts fast. Well, now we've had to put up with a steady diet of 2 songs by the Four Tops, 2 songs by Buddy Holly, 1 song by Blood, Sweat and Tears, etc. etc. for over 40 years. Jazz record companies are the same way. They're scared of alienating what few fans there are left, so they insist on the same ol' diet of "Body and Soul," "I Got Rhythm," "Tenderly," "Autumn Leaves," etc. 

Cary Ginell 

> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:06:12 +0100
> Subject: Re: [78-L] What's the most recorded jazz tune of all time?
> 
> David Lennick quoted Tom Lord:
> 
> > *According to today’s count in The Jazz Discography, the #1 recorded
> > jazz tune of all time is “Body And Soul” – 1947 occurrences in our
> > database.*
> > *(The Jazz Discography /Online/)*
> --
> Here's another list, with the same # 1:
> http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions/index.htm
> It's quite interesting to see how they define "jazz standard" and how they 
> chose to sample the data:
> http://www.jazzstandards.com/overview.htm
> Where you also find the, somewhat alarming, report that 40 per cent of the 
> songs included on available Jazz CD's today are arrangements of the Top 1000 
> standards!
> Kristjan 
> 
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