Frequency of Tunes Recorded in Jazz (Data from Tom Lord Discography)

Rank

Tune Title (Jazz Tunes)

Jazz Composer

Frequency

Tune Title (Other Tunes)

Other Composer

Frequency

1

Caravan

Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington

1532

Body and Soul

Johnny Green

2088

2

Round Midnight

Thelonious Monk

1524

St. Louis Blues

W. C. Handy

1847

3

Take the "A" Train

Billy Strayhorn

1434

Summertime

George Gershwin

1709

4

Honeysuckle Rose

Fats Waller

1265

Sweet Georgia Brown

Maceo Pinkard/Ben Bernie

1525

5

In A Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington

1083

All the Things You Are

Jerome Kern

1413

6

Lover Man

Ram Ramirez

1071

My Funny Valentine

Richard Rodgers

1373

7

Mood Indigo

Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard

1060

Autumn Leaves

Joseph Kosma

1340

8

Sophisticated Lady

Duke Ellington

1039

Star Dust

Hoagy Carmichael

1288

9

Satin Doll

Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn

1016

Stella By Starlight

Victor Young

1159

10

Ain't Misbehavin'

Fats Waller

1012

Yesterdays

Jerome Kern

1103

11

Tiger Rag

ODJB

931

After You've Gone

Turner Layton

1088

12

Stompin' At the Savoy

Edgar Sampson/Chick Webb

855

Basin Street Blues

Spencer Williams

1072

13

Perdido

Juan Tizol

828

Lady Be Good

George Gershwin

1021

14

Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie/Frank Paparelli

821

When the Saints Go Marching In

Traditional

1007

15

It Don't Mean a Thing

Duke Ellington

816

I Can't Get Started

Vernon Duke

996

16

Muskrat Ramble

Kid Ory

793

Love for Sale

Cole Porter

994

17

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Duke Ellington

775

The Man I Love

George Gershwin

952

18

Misty

Erroll Garner

764

You Don't Know What Love Is

Gene DePaul

949

19

Tin Roof Blues

NORK

709

What Is This Thing Called Love

Cole Porter

941

20

Lush Life

Billy Strayhorn

708

Willow Weep for Me

Ann Ronnell

932

21

Solitude

Duke Ellington

701

Indiana

James F. Hanley

922

22

I Got It Bad

Duke Ellington

700

On the Sunny Side of the Street

Jimmy McHugh

910

23

Prelude to a Kiss

Duke Ellington

700

All of Me

Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks

907

24

Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Mercer Ellington

629

Georgia On My Mind

Hoagy Carmichael

897

25

One O'Clock Jump

Count Basie

622

Royal Garden Blues

Spencer Williams

886

26

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Lil Hardin Armstrong

610

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen

878

27

In A Mellow Tone

Duke Ellington

599

On Green Dolphin Street

Bronislau Kaper

853

28

C Jam Blues

Duke Ellington

589

Night and Day

Cole Porter

841

29

Wolverine Blues

Jelly Roll Morton

567

How High the Moon

Morgan Lewis

838

30

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges

566

Embraceable You

George Gershein

834

31

Undecided

Charlie Shavers

552

Tea For Two

Vincent Youmans

826

32

Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me

Duke Ellington

539

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Jimmy McHugh

819

33

Lullaby of Birdland

George Shearing

538

Just A Closer Walk with Thee

Traditional

811

34

All Blues

Miles Davis

513

I've Found A New Baby

Spencer Williams

804

35

Rosetta

Earl Hines/Henri Woode

498

Cherokee

Ray Noble

803

36

At the Jazz Band Ball

ODJB

485

I'll Remember April

Gene DePaul

780

37

God Bless the Child

Billie Holiday

475

Alone Together

Arthur Schwartz

778

38

Squeeze Me

Fats Waller

471

Tenderly

Walter Gross

777

39

Fidgety Feet

ODJD

448

I Got Rhythm

George Gershwin

761

40

Come Sunday

Duke Ellington

427

What's New

Bob Haggart

749

41

Creole Love Call

Duke Ellington

420

But Not for Me

George Gershwin

738

42

Black and Blue

Fats Waller

417

Laura

Milt Raskin

724

43

Naima

John Coltrane

417

The Nearness of You

Hoagy Carmichael

724

44

Flying Home

Lionel Hampton/Benny Goodman

409

Bye Bye Blackbird

Ray Henderson

723

45

Blue Monk

Thelonious Monk

408

My Romance

Richard Rodgers

719

46

Well, You Needn't

Thelonious Monk

407

My Foolish Heart

Victor Young

713

47

King Porter Stomp

Jelly Roll Morton

406

These Foolish Things

Jack Strachey

713

48

Milenberg Joys

Jelly Roll Morton/NORK

405

Here's That Rainy Day

Jimmy Van Heusen

711

49

I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart

Duke Ellington

400

Skylark

Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer

709

50

Clarinet Marmalade

ODJB

398

Our Love Is Here to Stay

George Gershwin

704

51

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

A. J. Piron

397

Out of Nowhere

Johnny Green

699

52

A Child Is Born

Thad Jones

395

That's A-Plenty

Lew Pollack

699

53

Nuages

Django Reinhardt

395

Sweet Lorraine

Cliff Burwell

689

54

Giant Steps

John Coltrane

390

There Will Never Be Another You

Harry Warren

689

55

Jitterbug Waltz

Fats Waller

386

Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

Sigmund Romberg

685

56

Just Squeeze Me

Duke Ellington

383

Limehouse Blues

Philip Braham

681

57

Bugle Call Rag

Elmer Schoebel/NORK

378

My One and Only Love

Guy Wood

681

58

Cotton Tail

Duke Ellington

370

High Society

Alphonse Picou

678

59

If You Could See me Now

Tadd Dameron

369

Someone to Watch Over Me

George Gershwin

672

60

Straight, No Chaser

Thelonious Monk

368

Come Rain or Come Shine

Harold Arlen

669

61

Savoy Blues

Kid Ory

366

How Deep Is the Ocean

Irving Berlin

664

62

Chelsea Bridge

Billy Strayhorn

364

Angel Eyes

Matt Dennis

662

63

Dippermouth Blues

King Oliver/Louis Armstrong

362

You Go To My Head

Haven Gillespie

657

64

I Remember Clifford

Benny Golson

360

Just Friends

John Klenner

656

65

In Your Own Sweet Way

Dave Brubeck

347

I Love You

Cole Porter

637

66

St. Thomas

Sonny Rollins

336

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to

Cole Porter

623

67

The Mooche

Duke Ellington

330

It Could Happen to You

Jimmy Van Heusen

622

68

South Rampart Street Parade

Bob Haggart/Ray Baduc

329

Exactly Like You

Jimmy McHigh

621

69

Oleo

Sonny Rollins

323

Blue Skies

Irving Berlin

619

70

Shiny Stockings

Frank Foster

321

Memories of You

Eubie Blake

618

71

Doctor Jazz

Jelly Roll Morton

314

Just One of Those Things

Cole Porter

612

72

Midnight Sun

Lionel Hampton

314

Speak Low

Kurt Weill

609

73

Solar

Miles Davis

314

I Thought About You

Jimmy Van Heusen

605

74

Nardis

Miles Davis

313

Like Someone in Love

Jimmy Van Heusen

604

75

Original Dixieland One Step

Nick LaRocca

310

Darn That Dream

Jimmy Van Heusen

602

76

Django

John Lewis

308

S Wonderful

George Gershein

596

77

L'il Darlin

Neal Hefti

306

The Sheik of Araby

Ted Snyder

588

78

Donna Lee

Miles Davis

304

Some of These Days

Shelton Brooks

587

79

Billie's Bounce

Charlie Parker

299

Days of Wine and Roses

Henry Mancini

583

80

Jumpin' At the Woodside

Count Basie

298

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

George Bassman

581

81

Keepin' Out of Mischief Now

Fats Waller

298

Dinah

Harry Akst

572

82

Con Alma

Dizzy Gillespie

297

St. James Infirmary

Joe Primrose

570

83

Reflections

Thelonious Monk

295

Lover Come Back to Me

Sigmund Romberg

561

84

South

Thamon Hayes/Benny Moten

294

The Shadow of Your Smile

Johnny Mandel/Paul Webster

560

85

Footprints

Wayne Shorter

293

The Way You Look Tonight

Jerome Kern

558

86

Confirmation

Charlie Parker

292

Everything Happens to Me

Matt Dennis

556

87

Farewell Blues

NORK

286

Polkadots and Moonbeams

Jimmy Van Heusen

551

88

Moanin'

Bobby Timmons

286

Avalon

Vincent Rose

549

89

Milestones

Miles Davis

280

If I Had You

James Campbell/Reginald Connelly

548

90

Evidence

Thelonious Monk

279

Pennies From Heaven

Arthur Johnston

546

91

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington

277

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

Eddie DeLange

536

92

Take Five

Paul Desmond

270

Old Folks

Willard Robison

522

93

Whisper Not

Benny Golson

270

Gone With the Wind

Allie Wrubel

517

94

Work Song

Nat Adderley

270

But Beautiful

Jimmy Van Heusen

516

95

So What

Miles Davis

268

It Might As well be Spring

Richard Rodgers

514

96

Ruby My Dear

Thelonious Monk

267

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers

509

97

Groovin' High

Dizzy Gillespie

266

Moonlight in Vermont

Karl Suessdorf

506

98

Bernie's Tune

Bernie Miller

265

Goodbye

Gordon Jenkins

503

99

Soul Eyes

Mal Waldron

265

East of the Sun

Brooks Bowman

503

100

Waltz for Debby

Bill Evans

265

They Can't Take That Away From Me

George Gershwin

502