Can't give you an exact quota on how many Frank Zappa wrote, I'm 99% sure it's over 500. And these aren't just acoustic folk/rock patterns (I'm not insulting Bob Dylan, he's my favorite musician/band ever, I just believe in credit where it's due), these are multi-instrumental compositions, that can have around fifteen people (more, sometimes) playing in them. Bob Dylan's lyrics edge out Zappas, but his are some of the best and most creative that you can find.
And as for Duke Ellington, king of all blues-based songwriters, he wrote over 2000 songs. And these are almost all for big bands.
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