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Blood Count (1967)

Origin and Chart Information
Rank808
Written by

Billy Strayhorn

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on  Songs for the full list).

 The top 100 are fully documented:
 

YearRankTitle
19301“Body and Soul”
19392“All the Things You Are”
19353“Summertime”
19444“'Round Midnight”
19355“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
19376“My Funny Valentine”
19427“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
19308“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
19339“Yesterdays”
194610“Stella By Starlight”

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Billy Strayhorn

YearRankTitle
194123“Take the “A” Train”
194936“Lush Life”
1941221“Chelsea Bridge”
1944398“A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing”
1944411“Passion Flower”
1942412“Raincheck”
1956558“Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG)”
1967808“Blood Count”
1944834“Johnny Come Lately”
1947886“Lotus Blossom”

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

YearRankTitle
1939439“Something to Live For”
1950567“Love You Madly”
1964718“Isfahan”
1944829“Star Crossed Lovers”

Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines and Billy Strayhorn

YearRankTitle
1945461“Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’”

Duke Ellington, John Latouche and Billy Strayhorn

YearRankTitle
1941237“Day Dream”

Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Billy Strayhorn

YearRankTitle
195345“Satin Doll”
Reading and Research

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