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Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl is a person from the UK, active from 1915.

Person GB 1915–1989 folk singer-songwriter actor

TOTAL PLAYS

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2009-12-24 06:45 · 6 Music — "Moving On Song"

LAST PLAYED

10 months ago · 6 Music — "Nobody Knew She Was There"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2025

6 5 3 2 0

'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 17 65%

Radio 2 9 35%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Nobody Knew She Was There 5 2025-11-17

2 The Manchester Rambler 5 2022-04-27

3 Dirty Old Town 5 2017-02-21

4 Moving On Song 2 2022-06-16

5 Song of the Iron Road 2 2017-09-06

6 A Man's Man for A' That 1 2022-01-23

7 Dirty Old Town (feat. Peggy Seeger) 1 2021-03-24

8 A Man's a Man for A' That 1 2017-01-25

9 The Battle is Done With 1 2015-10-13

10 My Old Man 1 2015-01-21

11 Derek Bentley 1 2014-11-10

12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1 2014-11-10

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-17 23:00 Nobody Knew She Was There 6 Music

2025-03-29 16:45 Nobody Knew She Was There 6 Music

2025-03-03 23:00 Nobody Knew She Was There 6 Music

2022-06-16 23:15 Moving On Song 6 Music

2022-04-27 21:14 The Manchester Rambler Radio 2

2022-01-23 11:44 A Man's Man for A' That 6 Music

2021-03-24 21:09 Dirty Old Town (feat. Peggy Seeger) Radio 2

2019-05-08 11:19 The Manchester Rambler 6 Music

2017-09-06 19:30 Song of the Iron Road Radio 2

2017-02-21 13:15 Dirty Old Town Radio 2

2017-01-25 19:08 A Man's a Man for A' That Radio 2

2016-11-26 22:29 Dirty Old Town 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

12 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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A Man's a Man for A' That —

1 2017-01-25 ▶

A Man's Man for A' That —

1 2022-01-23 ▶

Derek Bentley —

1 2014-11-10 ▶

Dirty Old Town —

5 2017-02-21 ▶

Dirty Old Town (feat. Peggy Seeger) —

1 2021-03-24 ▶

Moving On Song —

2 2022-06-16 ▶

My Old Man —

1 2015-01-21 ▶

Nobody Knew She Was There —

5 2025-11-17 ▶

Song of the Iron Road —

2 2017-09-06 ▶

The Battle is Done With —

1 2015-10-13 ▶

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face —

1 2014-11-10 ▶

The Manchester Rambler —

5 2022-04-27 ▶