These stats aren't in any way definitive (it says right up front: "These 
statistics are based on the data currently entered in database. Therefore the 
statistics are biased by the editors of the site. Do not use these numbers as 
reference") -- but FWIW:

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/stats/work_version#stat

(Note that they have separate entries for "Stille Nacht" and "Silent Night" -- 
the combined total actually puts it ahead of "Summertime.") 

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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