Most covered performers
Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Beatles | 22839 | 204 | 9627 | |
2 | Duke Ellington | 14000 | 179 | 7190 | |
3 | Bing Crosby | 8324 | 131 | 6580 | |
4 | Bob Dylan | 7681 | 341 | 4364 | |
5 | Louis Armstrong | 6493 | 96 | 4292 | |
6 | Elvis Presley | 6232 | 286 | 2997 | |
7 | Frank Sinatra | 6184 | 149 | 4585 | |
8 | Edison Male Quartet | 4680 | 19 | 4527 | |
9 | Fred Astaire | 4628 | 47 | 3704 | |
10 | Thelonious Monk | 4623 | 57 | 2265 | |
11 | Judy Garland | 4516 | 24 | 4511 | |
12 | Victor Young | 4375 | 55 | 4047 | |
13 | Paul Whiteman | 4185 | 55 | 3809 | |
14 | Stevie Wonder | 4086 | 166 | 3099 | |
15 | The Jordanaires | 4035 | 174 | 2475 | |
16 | Franz Gruber | 3944 | 1 | 4364 | |
17 | Joseph Mohr | 3944 | 1 | 4364 | |
18 | Hank Williams | 3798 | 105 | 2315 | |
19 | The Rolling Stones | 3714 | 181 | 2660 | |
20 | Miles Davis | 3695 | 126 | 2593 | |
21 | João Gilberto | 3586 | 15 | 2608 | |
22 | Jimmy Dorsey | 3496 | 37 | 3182 | |
23 | Ken Darby | 3270 | 15 | 3334 | |
24 | Hoagy Carmichael | 3199 | 23 | 2918 | |
25 | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 3185 | 51 | 2356 | |
26 | Tommy Dorsey | 3152 | 76 | 2776 | |
27 | Billie Holiday | 3143 | 44 | 2627 | |
28 | The King Cole Trio | 3052 | 35 | 3102 | |
29 | Nat King Cole | 2961 | 93 | 2815 | |
30 | Ethel Merman | 2926 | 59 | 2490 | |
31 | John Scott Trotter | 2843 | 33 | 3028 | |
32 | Charles Adams Prince | 2834 | 25 | 2340 | |
33 | David Bowie | 2766 | 199 | 1906 | |
34 | Ethel Waters | 2713 | 37 | 2452 | |
35 | Paul Weston | 2688 | 57 | 2587 | |
36 | Nelson Riddle | 2638 | 73 | 2435 | |
37 | Scott Joplin | 2574 | 74 | 861 | |
38 | Henry Mancini | 2574 | 85 | 2127 | |
39 | John Coltrane | 2426 | 86 | 1725 | |
40 | Glenn Miller [US] | 2411 | 38 | 2183 | |
41 | ABBA | 2406 | 94 | 1246 | |
42 | Chuck Berry | 2393 | 72 | 1738 | |
43 | Abbie Mitchell | 2389 | 1 | 2716 | |
44 | Elton John | 2377 | 152 | 1481 | |
45 | Woody Herman | 2362 | 34 | 2368 | |
46 | Simon and Garfunkel | 2330 | 36 | 1803 | |
47 | Gertrude Lawrence | 2328 | 29 | 2302 | |
48 | Charlie Parker [US1] | 2314 | 50 | 1682 | |
49 | Georgie Stoll | 2313 | 6 | 2564 | |
50 | Mitzi Green | 2279 | 3 | 2325 | |
51 | Leo Reisman | 2264 | 19 | 2319 | |
52 | Jelly Roll Morton | 2264 | 89 | 1063 | |
53 | Queen | 2241 | 121 | 1357 | |
54 | Emily Laurey | 2206 | 1 | 2416 | |
55 | Doris Day | 2175 | 60 | 2251 | |
56 | King Oliver | 2162 | 48 | 1118 | |
57 | Adele Astaire | 2156 | 10 | 2034 | |
58 | Michael Jackson | 2145 | 80 | 1467 | |
59 | Edith Piaf | 2108 | 88 | 1635 | |
60 | Count Basie | 2099 | 68 | 1581 | |
61 | Sam Lanin | 2091 | 33 | 1970 | |
62 | Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra | 2068 | 29 | 2173 | |
63 | Mary Martin | 2057 | 31 | 1918 | |
64 | Bee Gees | 2047 | 127 | 1534 | |
65 | Vaughn Monroe | 2004 | 26 | 2215 | |
66 | Joni Mitchell | 1993 | 114 | 1430 | |
67 | Gene Autry | 1990 | 39 | 1687 | |
68 | Dinah Shore | 1980 | 44 | 2099 | |
69 | Jo Stafford | 1969 | 29 | 2079 | |
70 | Irving Kaufman | 1949 | 62 | 1808 | |
71 | Johnny Cash | 1936 | 186 | 1250 | |
72 | Chico Buarque | 1927 | 95 | 1140 | |
73 | Peggy Lee | 1900 | 90 | 1814 | |
74 | Richard Himber | 1898 | 13 | 2071 | |
75 | Depeche Mode | 1894 | 138 | 1406 | |
76 | Frank De Vol | 1889 | 24 | 2080 | |
77 | Clarence Williams [US1] | 1886 | 83 | 1326 | |
78 | Dizzy Gillespie | 1881 | 37 | 1589 | |
79 | Ben Selvin | 1876 | 37 | 1867 | |
80 | The Beach Boys | 1873 | 167 | 1305 | |
81 | Dick Haymes | 1866 | 28 | 1961 | |
82 | Vinícius de Moraes | 1844 | 27 | 1567 | |
83 | Henry Burr | 1828 | 41 | 1863 | |
84 | Pink Floyd | 1827 | 126 | 1053 | |
85 | Ben Bernie | 1803 | 15 | 1884 | |
86 | New Orleans Rhythm Kings | 1784 | 12 | 1321 | |
87 | Harry James | 1769 | 28 | 1900 | |
88 | Joey Nash | 1762 | 5 | 1918 | |
89 | Yves Montand | 1758 | 29 | 1905 | |
90 | Neil Young | 1756 | 178 | 1429 | |
91 | Horace Silver | 1750 | 80 | 1596 | |
92 | Fats Waller | 1741 | 68 | 1650 | |
93 | Ginger Rogers | 1721 | 7 | 1810 | |
94 | Isham Jones | 1706 | 40 | 1699 | |
95 | Barbra Streisand | 1686 | 87 | 1434 | |
96 | Abe Lyman | 1674 | 23 | 1789 | |
97 | Led Zeppelin | 1663 | 72 | 1030 | |
98 | Merle Haggard | 1657 | 179 | 1096 | |
99 | Stan Getz | 1656 | 31 | 1754 | |
100 | Muddy Waters | 1640 | 97 | 1141 |