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Black Roots

Black Roots is a group from the UK, active from 1979.

Group GB 1979–1990 roots reggae reggae
TOTAL PLAYS
50
SONGS PLAYED
29
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2012-08-04 02:47 · 6 Music — "What Dem Do? - BBC Session 19/05/1981"
LAST PLAYED
4 years ago · 6 Music — "Chanting For Freedom - Paris Theatre 1982"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2012 — 2021
20 15 10 5 0
'12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 40 80%
1Xtra 7 14%
Radio 1 3 6%
Radio 2 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Common Man 4 2018-11-25
2 Chanting For Freedom (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) 4 2018-11-06
3 The Father (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) 3 2018-11-06
4 Chanting For Africa - BBC Session 19/05/1981 3 2016-02-11
5 What Dem Do? - BBC Session 19/05/1981 3 2015-08-17
6 Chanting For Freedom - Paris Theatre 1982 2 2021-08-02
7 Tribal War - Paris Theatre 1982 2 2021-08-02
8 Signs And Wonders - Paris Theatre 1985 2 2021-08-02
9 The System - Paris Theatre 1982 2 2021-08-02
10 War - Paris Theatre 1985 2 2021-08-02
11 Take It 2 2018-08-19
12 What Dem Do? (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) 2 2018-07-10
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2021-08-02 22:35 Chanting For Freedom - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2021-08-02 22:29 Tribal War - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2021-08-02 22:25 Signs And Wonders - Paris Theatre 1985 6 Music
2021-08-02 22:21 The System - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2021-08-02 22:17 War - Paris Theatre 1985 6 Music
2021-07-18 13:14 Me Cry 1Xtra
2021-06-20 12:22 Nothing In The Larder 1Xtra
2020-02-15 03:23 Whey De A Do - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2020-02-15 03:19 Chanting For Freedom - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2020-02-15 03:15 The System - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2020-02-15 03:09 Tribal War - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
2020-02-15 03:04 Opportunity - Paris Theatre 1982 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

29 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Blackheart Man - Paris Theatre 1985 — 1 ▶
Bristol Rock — 2 ▶
Chanting For Africa - BBC Session 19/05/1981 — 3 ▶
Chanting For Freedom (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) — 4 ▶
Chanting For Freedom - Paris Theatre 1982 — 2 ▶
Common Man — 4 ▶
Confusion - Paris Theatre 1982 — 1 ▶
Frontline — 1 ▶
Juvenile Delinquent - Paris Theatre 1985 — 1 ▶
Long Long Ago Dub — 2 ▶
Me Cry — 1 ▶
Nothing In The Larder — 1 ▶
Opportunity — 1 ▶
Opportunity - Paris Theatre 1982 — 1 ▶
Signs & Wonders — 1 ▶
Signs And Wonders - Paris Theatre 1985 — 2 ▶
Struggling - Paris Theatre 1985 — 1 ▶
Take It — 2 ▶
The Father (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) — 3 ▶
The Father - BBC Session 19/05/1981 — 1 ▶
The Frontline - Paris Theatre 1985 — 1 ▶
The System - Paris Theatre 1982 — 2 ▶
Tribal War - Paris Theatre 1982 — 2 ▶
War - Paris Theatre 1985 — 2 ▶
War Zone — 1 ▶
What Dem Do? (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) — 1 ▶
What Dem Do? (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 1981) — 2 ▶
What Dem Do? - BBC Session 19/05/1981 — 3 ▶
Whey De A Do - Paris Theatre 1982 — 1 ▶