Songbook top 10 and top 25 lists, Mar 2009-Feb 2013 (most popular posts and pages)
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***** Most popular posts and pages for the past year*****
Top Ten Songbook pages and posts for the 365 days ending 7 February 2013*:
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The Duke Ellington feature titled Duke Ellington: selected songs, 1927-1953 has been the all-time most viewed page on the site. The first version of the page was created on 26 April 2009, but it has been amended many times since then. The page includes links to Songbook feature pages on 13 standards introduced by Ellington, most of which he composed the music for. There are recordings of several other Ellington standards introduced during the years 1927 to 1953, and a recently added gallery at the bottom of the page. Also included are links to other Songbook feature pages on the composer, and to a page of links to external biographies and a timeline. By far the most popular page on the site featuring a single Ellington song has been In a Sentimental Mood.
My Route 66 page has been the all-time most viewed page which features a single song. It’s been the most viewed page of any kind during the last 365 days.
The Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles mortes) page is the only other page featuring a single song which has received half as many all-time views (73.3%) as the Route 66 page.
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9 February 2013 addendum
All-time most popular Songbook posts or pages featuring a single song (17 Mar 2009 to 9 Feb 2013):
- Route 66 ……………………………………………..12,147
- Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles mortes)……..8,892
- Why Don’t You Do Right?……………………..4,791
- Corcovado……………………………………………4,774
- Autumn in New York………………………….. 4,601
- Bei Mir Bistu Shein / Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Schoen) (selected early recordings, 1937-1938)……..3, 982
- Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt / Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It)…..3,325
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin…………………..3,228
- In a Sentimental Mood…………………………..3,073
- Tornerai / J’Attendrai / Komm zurück / Věřím vám / I’ll Be Yours….3,063
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* I’ve excluded the homepage (combined with archives in the WordPress tallying), which has nearly always been daily the most heavily visited “post or page.”
** My Corcovado page is the only relative newcomer in either of the above summaries. It was published on 28 April 2012, 285 days ago. At the rate that it has accumulated views to this point, it will exceed 6,000 views in its first 12 months. It is the fourth most popular page of any kind for the last 365 day period, though it was published only about 9.6 months ago. The numbers also suggest that it’s been the second most popular page on the site featuring a single song (behind only Route 66) since it was published.
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