Or, if you're just looking for the most-covered song, that's almost certainly 
Gershwin's "Summertime." Also, some version of that song seems to crack the 
Billboard Top 100 at least once a decade (most recently, I think, was the 
Sublime version from 1997).

Cheers,

- DJA
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On 28 Jan 2011, at 9:32 AM, Richard Yates wrote:

> No Finale content here (except that I am writing an article that includes a
> score and examples done in Finale).
> 
> Thomas Crecquillon wrote "Ung Gay Bergier" (A Happy Shepherd?) in the first
> half of the 16th century. It became one of the greatest hits of the next few
> decades inspiring nearly three dozen known versions for keyboard and lute.
> For instance, Simone Molinaro published an elaborated intabulation for lute
> more than 50 years later.
> 
> By analogy, in the 21st century, what is today's equivalent of "Ung Gay
> Bergier," i.e. a piece of music decades old that is a favorite for recasting
> in new arrangements?
> 
> Richard Yates
> 
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