We all know certain chord progressions that can be used for vast numbers of songs - the 12-bar blues and its variations, of course, the I - vim -iim(or IV) - V (C - Am - Dm or F - G) as in Blue Moon, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Sh-Boom, etc, the I - IV - V - IV (C - F - G - F) as in Wild Thing, Sweets For My Sweet, Twist & Shout, Hang On Sloopy, etc. And in jazz, the "I Got Rhythm" progression, known as rhythm changes, has been used over and over.
But how about some other more extended progressions that have been used in more than one song? The example that just struck me this morning, and inspired this post, was listening to "Dream Lover", by Bobby Darin, and realising that the exact same chord progression was used for Cliff Richard's "The Young Ones"... (OK, it's still only four chords, but the order, number of bars, etc is identical).
Any other examples? (Hundreds, I'm sure
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