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 |