Most covered performers
Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Beatles | 22851 | 204 | 9636 | |
2 | Duke Ellington | 14007 | 179 | 7198 | |
3 | Bing Crosby | 8328 | 131 | 6583 | |
4 | Bob Dylan | 7720 | 341 | 4381 | |
5 | Louis Armstrong | 6505 | 96 | 4296 | |
6 | Elvis Presley | 6235 | 286 | 2999 | |
7 | Frank Sinatra | 6193 | 149 | 4593 | |
8 | Edison Male Quartet | 4684 | 19 | 4530 | |
9 | Fred Astaire | 4630 | 47 | 3707 | |
10 | Thelonious Monk | 4626 | 57 | 2268 | |
11 | Judy Garland | 4518 | 24 | 4514 | |
12 | Victor Young | 4378 | 55 | 4050 | |
13 | Paul Whiteman | 4187 | 55 | 3810 | |
14 | Stevie Wonder | 4089 | 166 | 3102 | |
15 | The Jordanaires | 4036 | 174 | 2476 | |
16 | Franz Gruber | 3946 | 1 | 4365 | |
17 | Joseph Mohr | 3946 | 1 | 4365 | |
18 | Hank Williams | 3729 | 103 | 2286 | |
19 | The Rolling Stones | 3723 | 181 | 2670 | |
20 | Miles Davis | 3695 | 126 | 2593 | |
21 | João Gilberto | 3588 | 15 | 2611 | |
22 | Jimmy Dorsey | 3500 | 37 | 3187 | |
23 | Ken Darby | 3274 | 15 | 3338 | |
24 | Hoagy Carmichael | 3202 | 23 | 2920 | |
25 | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 3186 | 51 | 2358 | |
26 | Tommy Dorsey | 3152 | 76 | 2776 | |
27 | Billie Holiday | 3142 | 44 | 2627 | |
28 | The King Cole Trio | 3053 | 35 | 3104 | |
29 | Nat King Cole | 2966 | 93 | 2821 | |
30 | Ethel Merman | 2929 | 60 | 2492 | |
31 | John Scott Trotter | 2845 | 33 | 3030 | |
32 | Charles Adams Prince | 2837 | 25 | 2342 | |
33 | David Bowie | 2777 | 199 | 1915 | |
34 | Ethel Waters | 2717 | 37 | 2456 | |
35 | Paul Weston | 2689 | 57 | 2589 | |
36 | Nelson Riddle | 2644 | 73 | 2442 | |
37 | Henry Mancini | 2577 | 85 | 2130 | |
38 | Scott Joplin | 2574 | 74 | 861 | |
39 | Joni Mitchell | 2487 | 115 | 1854 | |
40 | John Coltrane | 2426 | 86 | 1725 | |
41 | Glenn Miller [US] | 2412 | 38 | 2185 | |
42 | ABBA | 2408 | 94 | 1248 | |
43 | Chuck Berry | 2394 | 72 | 1739 | |
44 | Abbie Mitchell | 2390 | 1 | 2717 | |
45 | Elton John | 2378 | 152 | 1482 | |
46 | Woody Herman | 2363 | 34 | 2370 | |
47 | Simon and Garfunkel | 2331 | 36 | 1804 | |
48 | Gertrude Lawrence | 2330 | 29 | 2303 | |
49 | Georgie Stoll | 2314 | 6 | 2566 | |
50 | Charlie Parker [US1] | 2313 | 50 | 1682 | |
51 | Mitzi Green | 2280 | 3 | 2326 | |
52 | Jelly Roll Morton | 2267 | 89 | 1065 | |
53 | Leo Reisman | 2266 | 19 | 2322 | |
54 | Queen | 2242 | 121 | 1358 | |
55 | Emily Laurey | 2206 | 1 | 2416 | |
56 | Doris Day | 2177 | 60 | 2253 | |
57 | King Oliver | 2163 | 48 | 1119 | |
58 | Adele Astaire | 2158 | 10 | 2038 | |
59 | Michael Jackson | 2147 | 81 | 1470 | |
60 | Edith Piaf | 2110 | 88 | 1638 | |
61 | Count Basie | 2102 | 69 | 1583 | |
62 | Sam Lanin | 2093 | 33 | 1972 | |
63 | Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra | 2068 | 29 | 2173 | |
64 | Mary Martin | 2057 | 31 | 1918 | |
65 | Bee Gees | 2048 | 127 | 1535 | |
66 | Vaughn Monroe | 2005 | 26 | 2216 | |
67 | Gene Autry | 1990 | 39 | 1687 | |
68 | Dinah Shore | 1982 | 44 | 2101 | |
69 | Jo Stafford | 1970 | 29 | 2079 | |
70 | Irving Kaufman | 1950 | 62 | 1808 | |
71 | Johnny Cash | 1948 | 186 | 1255 | |
72 | Chico Buarque | 1927 | 95 | 1140 | |
73 | Peggy Lee | 1900 | 90 | 1814 | |
74 | Richard Himber | 1899 | 13 | 2072 | |
75 | Depeche Mode | 1897 | 138 | 1409 | |
76 | Frank De Vol | 1893 | 24 | 2084 | |
77 | Clarence Williams [US1] | 1887 | 83 | 1327 | |
78 | Dizzy Gillespie | 1881 | 37 | 1590 | |
79 | Ben Selvin | 1876 | 37 | 1867 | |
80 | The Beach Boys | 1873 | 167 | 1305 | |
81 | Dick Haymes | 1866 | 28 | 1961 | |
82 | Vinícius de Moraes | 1846 | 27 | 1569 | |
83 | Pink Floyd | 1836 | 126 | 1062 | |
84 | Henry Burr | 1833 | 41 | 1867 | |
85 | Neil Young | 1819 | 179 | 1474 | |
86 | Ben Bernie | 1804 | 15 | 1885 | |
87 | New Orleans Rhythm Kings | 1788 | 12 | 1322 | |
88 | Harry James | 1770 | 28 | 1902 | |
89 | Joey Nash | 1763 | 5 | 1919 | |
90 | Yves Montand | 1759 | 29 | 1906 | |
91 | Horace Silver | 1750 | 80 | 1596 | |
92 | Fats Waller | 1741 | 68 | 1650 | |
93 | Ginger Rogers | 1721 | 7 | 1810 | |
94 | Isham Jones | 1707 | 40 | 1701 | |
95 | Barbra Streisand | 1689 | 87 | 1437 | |
96 | Abe Lyman | 1675 | 23 | 1790 | |
97 | Led Zeppelin | 1666 | 72 | 1033 | |
98 | Merle Haggard | 1661 | 179 | 1099 | |
99 | Stan Getz | 1656 | 31 | 1754 | |
100 | Muddy Waters | 1643 | 97 | 1142 |