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Don Covay

Don Covay is a person from the US, active from 1938.

Person US 1938–2015 soul r&b
TOTAL PLAYS
132
SONGS PLAYED
18
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-05-14 05:27 · 6 Music — "It's Better To Have (And Don't Need)"
LAST PLAYED
1 year ago · Radio 2 — "Mercy, Mercy"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
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
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 107 81%
Radio 2 25 19%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 96 2024-10-19
2 See Saw 9 2017-11-30
3 Mercy Mercy 6 2020-04-04
4 Mercy, Mercy 3 2025-04-19
5 Sweet Thang 2 2023-09-16
6 Sookie, Sookie 2 2023-06-18
7 I'll Be Satisfied 2 2015-05-11
8 Warning Sensations 2 2012-02-06
9 The Boomerang 1 2022-12-24
10 In The Sweet Bye And Bye 1 2020-12-08
11 Everything Gonna Be Everything 1 2018-07-14
12 See Saw (umbo edit) 1 2016-08-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-04-19 17:40 Mercy, Mercy Radio 2
2024-10-19 18:24 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 6 Music
2024-10-18 11:53 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 6 Music
2023-09-16 18:59 Sweet Thang 6 Music
2023-09-01 14:15 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 6 Music
2023-08-16 06:57 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 6 Music
2023-06-18 16:06 Sookie, Sookie 6 Music
2023-04-15 18:42 Mercy, Mercy Radio 2
2022-12-24 07:44 The Boomerang Radio 2
2022-07-17 16:53 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) Radio 2
2021-08-14 18:08 It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) Radio 2
2021-04-24 17:43 Sookie, Sookie Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

18 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Everything Gonna Be Everything — 1 ▶
I Was Checking Out, She Was Checking In — 1 ▶
I'll Be Satisfied — 2 ▶
In The Sweet Bye And Bye — 1 ▶
It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) — 96 ▶
It's Better To Have And Don't Need — 1 ▶
Mercy Mercy — 6 ▶
Mercy, Mercy — 3 ▶
See Saw — 9 ▶
See Saw (umbo edit) — 1 ▶
See-Saw — 1 ▶
Seesaw — 1 ▶
Sookie Sookie — 1 ▶
Sookie, Sookie — 2 ▶
Sweet Thang — 2 ▶
The Boomerang — 1 ▶
The Popeye Waddle — 1 ▶
Warning Sensations — 2 ▶