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The song is arguably the most recorded popular song, and one of the top jazz standards. Billboard magazine conducted a poll of leading disk jockeys in 1955 on the "popular song record of all time"; four different renditions of "Stardust" made it to the list, including Glenn Miller's (1941) at third place and Artie Shaw's (1940) at number one. [176]
The song is arguably the most recorded popular song, and one of the top jazz standards. Billboard magazine conducted a poll of leading disk jockeys in 1955 on the "popular song record of all time"; four different renditions of "Stardust" made it to the list, including Glenn Miller's (1941) at third place and Artie Shaw's (1940) at number one. [127]
Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the period that "stretched roughly from 1920 to 1960". [2] Although several collections of music have been published under the "Great American Songbook" title, the term does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs.
Pages in category "1920s jazz standards" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. ... Black and Blue (Fats Waller song) Blue Devil Blues; Blue ...
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
For a list of the core jazz standards, see the following lists by decade: . Before 1920; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s and later; For a looser, more comprehensive A-Z list of jazz standards and tunes which have been covered by multiple artists, see the List of jazz tunes
The most famous Edward of the 1920s was Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, one of the original creators of the music genre Big Band Jazz. Because of his impact on the music industry, the name Edward ...
April 6: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band records the King Oliver/Louis Armstrong song Dippermouth Blues; June 30: Sidney Bechet cuts his first two sides "Wild Cat Blues" and "Kansas City Blues" with Clarence Williams' Blue Five. October 29: African-American musical Runnin' Wild premieres at the New Colonial Theatre in New York.