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Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar is a person from IN, active from 1942.

Person IN 1942–1999 psychedelic raga rock
TOTAL PLAYS
87
SONGS PLAYED
16
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-26 05:36 · 6 Music — "Metamorphosis"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 78 90%
Radio 2 7 8%
Radio 1 2 2%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Jumpin' Jack Flash 55 2026-05-04
2 Dancing Drums 6 2025-03-08
3 Light My Fire 6 2023-12-16
4 Streets of Calcutta 5 2019-01-20
5 The River 2 2024-11-17
6 Raghupati 2 2018-05-03
7 Snow Flower 2 2012-06-03
8 Reghupati 1 2025-12-06
9 Renunciation 1 2025-04-20
10 Mamata (Affection) 1 2020-11-22
11 Sa-Re-Ga Machan 1 2020-08-24
12 Snowflower 1 2013-11-09
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-04 02:26 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-12-24 07:08 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-12-06 10:07 Reghupati 6 Music
2025-10-20 12:14 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-10-08 16:11 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-09-03 11:56 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-07-14 12:56 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-05-22 07:55 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-05-09 09:12 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-04-20 21:57 Renunciation 6 Music
2025-04-01 12:47 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
2025-03-24 15:17 Jumpin' Jack Flash 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

16 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Charging Tiger — 1 ▶
Dancing Drums — 6 ▶
Jumpin Jack Flash — 1 ▶
Jumpin' Jack Flash — 55 ▶
Jumping Jack Flash — 1 ▶
Light My Fire — 6 ▶
Mamata (Affection) — 1 ▶
Metamorphosis — 1 ▶
Raghupati — 2 ▶
Reghupati — 1 ▶
Renunciation — 1 ▶
Sa-Re-Ga Machan — 1 ▶
Snow Flower — 2 ▶
Snowflower — 1 ▶
Streets of Calcutta — 5 ▶
The River — 2 ▶