That turns out to be #2! And apparently, every one of them is indeed the Paul McCartney-written song, as the earliest cover version that charted on an album in the US was by Marianne Faithfull in 1966. But there is still one title ahead of it! And that one appears to be a multitude of different songs, rather than just one oft-recorded one.
I'm amazed. I could have sworn that was an Alan Toussaint song. It has all of the hallmarks, both musically and lyrically.
I appreciate you trying. "I Want You" is actually a bit down the list. There are 38 entries that have that title. I suspect there are several different songs involved. Dylan is one; Marvin Gaye, KISS and Christine McVie are among many others. The grand champion we're looking for has 81 entries! "Yesterday," by the way, had 69. Hope you and others will keep guessing.
On a similar note, I read years ago that the most uttered line in movies was "let's get out of here". I wonder if it's still true.
Farah Fawcett-Majors inspired the perennial classic, "Midnight Train to Georgia." The songwriter was Lee Majors's roommate, and one day Farah said she had a midnight flight to Houston. The songwriter played around with the phrase until settling on the hit version.
Found this out from my non-musical Mom, of all people - Frank Sinatra had a single in 1971 called "I'm Not Afraid" that had the same melody as Jaques Brel's "Sons Of", but with different love-song lyrics:
Air Supply's 2 lead singers both have Russell in their name - lead singer Russell Hitchcock and other lead singer Graham Russell
Since my question has elicited only minimal interest, I'll give the answer. First, the question: The answer: "Tonight" Per Joel Whitburn, there were 81 songs bearing this title that appeared on albums that made the Billboard Album Charts between 1955 and 1992. Probably the best-known song of this title came from West Side Story, and that's likely the one that is most represented among the 81. Others that I know of for sure based on the artists are The Move (as well as the New Seekers cover of it), Tommy Tutone, Nick Lowe, and my personal favorite — Raspberries (also probably their greatest song).
Actually I don't think that's true, it's named after Toms Diner in Ledgewood, NJ which unfortunately is abandoned and falling apart at the current time. I think that Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" was filmed there as well. It's the 2nd oldest diner in NJ, being built in the late 1930's, and seems to have a campaign to save it Battle on to save Roxbury's Tom's Diner
Al Jolson was so insecure he used to leave the water faucets running in his dressing room so he wouldn't hear applause for any other acts on the bill. I didn't read though any of the 29 previous pages but it's a pretty good bet no one mentioned this. More likely; Al who?
