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Howlin’ Wolf

Howlin’ Wolf is a person from the US, active from 1910.

Person US 1910–1976 blues chicago blues electric blues
TOTAL PLAYS
366
SONGS PLAYED
79
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2014-04-30 16:24 · 6 Music — "Smokestack Lightnin'"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "You'll Be Mine"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2014 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 249 68%
Radio 2 115 31%
Radio 1 2 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Smokestack Lightning 85 2026-03-02
2 Smokestack Lightnin' 53 2016-07-19
3 Spoonful 19 2026-07-27
4 Killing Floor 19 2025-12-01
5 Wang Dang Doodle 14 2022-05-25
6 Evil 12 2025-10-27
7 How Many More Years 12 2022-06-06
8 Moanin' At Midnight 11 2025-09-21
9 Little Red Rooster 8 2026-01-18
10 Three Hundred Pounds of Joy 7 2026-05-18
11 Goin' Down Slow 5 2025-05-08
12 I Asked for Water 5 2024-02-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-24 01:20 You'll Be Mine 6 Music
2026-08-23 14:20 You'll Be Mine 6 Music
2026-08-20 20:52 Going Back Home 6 Music
2026-08-17 01:32 I Didn't Mean to Hurt Your Feelings 6 Music
2026-08-16 14:37 I Didn't Mean to Hurt Your Feelings 6 Music
2026-07-27 20:58 Spoonful Radio 2
2026-05-18 20:40 Three Hundred Pounds of Joy Radio 2
2026-03-02 21:48 Smokestack Lightning Radio 2
2026-02-14 19:57 Sitting on top of the world Radio 2
2026-01-18 20:42 Little Red Rooster Radio 2
2025-12-03 07:45 Smokestack Lightning 6 Music
2025-12-01 21:51 Killing Floor Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

79 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
300 Pounds of Joy — 2 ▶
Baby Ride With Me — 1 ▶
Back Door Man — 3 ▶
Built for Comfort — 4 ▶
California Blues — 3 ▶
Come To Me Baby — 1 ▶
Commit a Crime — 1 ▶
Cryin' at Daybreak — 1 ▶
Down In The Bottom — 3 ▶
Everybody's in the Mood — 5 ▶
Evil — 12 ▶
Evil (Electric Version) — 1 ▶
Evil (Is Goin' On) — 1 ▶
Evil (Is Going On) — 3 ▶
Evil Is Going On — 3 ▶
Forty Four — 3 ▶
Goin' Down Slow — 5 ▶
Going Back Home — 1 ▶
Hidden Charms — 1 ▶
How Many More Years — 12 ▶
How Many More Years? — 1 ▶
Howlin' For My Darlin' — 1 ▶
Howlin' Wolf Boogie — 2 ▶
I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More (acoustic) — 1 ▶
I Ain't Superstitious — 3 ▶
I Ain't Superstitious (feat. Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman & Steve Winwood) — 1 ▶
I Asked for Water — 5 ▶
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) — 4 ▶
I Didn't Know — 1 ▶
I Didn't Mean to Hurt Your Feelings — 2 ▶
I'm Leaving You — 2 ▶
I'm The Wolf — 1 ▶
Just Like I Treat You — 2 ▶
Killing Floor — 19 ▶
Little Baby — 1 ▶
Little Red Rooster — 8 ▶
Louise — 2 ▶
Louise (Single Version) — 1 ▶
Moanin' At Midnight — 11 ▶
Moaning At Midnight — 1 ▶
Moaning for My Baby — 1 ▶
Mr. Highway Man — 3 ▶
Muddy Waters — 1 ▶
My Baby Stole Off — 1 ▶
My Baby Told Me — 1 ▶
My Country Sugar Mama — 1 ▶
My Life — 2 ▶
My Mind Is Ramblin' — 1 ▶
No Place To Go — 1 ▶
No Place to Go (You Gonna Wreck My Life) — 1 ▶
Oh, Red! — 1 ▶
Poor Boy — 2 ▶
Poor Boy (Live) — 1 ▶
Rockin' Daddy — 1 ▶
Rockin' Daddy (feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts & Hubert Sumlin) — 1 ▶
Saddle My Pony — 1 ▶
Shake For Me — 1 ▶
Sittin' On Top of the World — 1 ▶
Sitting on top of the world — 2 ▶
Smoke Stack Lightning — 1 ▶
smokestack lightnin — 5 ▶
Smokestack Lightnin' — 53 ▶
Smokestack Lightnin' (Single Version) — 3 ▶
Smokestack Lightning — 85 ▶
Somebody In My Home — 1 ▶
Spoonful — 19 ▶
Spoonful (Psychedelic Version) — 1 ▶
Tail Dragger — 1 ▶
The Natchez Burnin' — 1 ▶
The Red Rooster — 4 ▶
The Red Rooster (Alternate Take With Dialogue) — 1 ▶
The Red Rooster (feat. Charlie Watts) — 1 ▶
Three Hundred Pounds of Joy — 7 ▶
Wang Dang Doodle — 14 ▶
Well That's Alright — 2 ▶
Who Will Be Next — 2 ▶
Who's Been Talkin' — 2 ▶
Who's Been Talking (feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts) — 1 ▶
You'll Be Mine — 3 ▶