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James

James is a person from Germany, active from 1929.

Person DE 1929–2015 german jazz easy listening

TOTAL PLAYS

3,448

SONGS PLAYED

211

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-21 12:14 · 6 Music — "I Know What I'm Here For"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "She's a Star"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,098 61%

Radio 2 1,322 38%

Radio 1 28 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 16:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Sit Down 680 2026-08-26

2 Laid 378 2026-05-05

3 She's a Star 270 2026-08-26

4 Sometimes 192 2026-08-13

5 Come Home 187 2026-08-22

6 Nothing But Love 100 2025-07-19

7 Whiteboy 94 2015-04-27

8 Born Of Frustration 87 2026-02-23

9 To My Surprise 79 2016-01-31

10 Hallelujah Anyhow 76 2026-02-20

11 Moving On 67 2017-12-21

12 Just Like Fred Astaire 65 2026-08-24

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 17:28 She's a Star Radio 2

2026-08-26 06:37 Sit Down Radio 2

2026-08-24 02:49 Just Like Fred Astaire Radio 2

2026-08-22 22:10 Come Home Radio 2

2026-08-20 09:03 Sit Down Radio 2

2026-08-20 02:08 Sit Down (Apollo 440 remix) Radio 2

2026-08-17 13:12 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) 6 Music

2026-08-13 14:33 Sometimes 6 Music

2026-08-12 03:34 She's a Star Radio 2

2026-08-11 15:04 Sit Down Radio 2

2026-08-04 11:10 Come Home (Weatherall remix) 6 Music

2026-08-02 11:53 Sit Down Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

211 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

All I'm Saying —

33 2014-12-07 ▶

All I'm Saying (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

All In My Mind —

1 2014-06-05 ▶

All My Sons —

2 2024-02-08 ▶

All The Colours Of You —

46 2024-02-29 ▶

All The Colours Of You (Sofa Session, 21 April 2021) —

1 2021-04-21 ▶

Attention —

1 2016-03-23 ▶

Be The One (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-28 ▶

Beautiful Beaches —

18 2021-06-09 ▶

Beautiful Beaches (Radio 2 Session, 4 June 2021) —

1 2021-06-04 ▶

Beautiful Beaches (Sofa Session, 21 April 2021) —

2 2021-04-26 ▶

Better Than That —

57 2018-08-02 ▶

Better With You —

2 2024-04-18 ▶

Born Of Frustration —

87 2026-02-23 ▶

Born Of Frustration - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2008-08-20 ▶

Born Of Frustration 1993 —

4 2008-04-12 ▶

Bubbles —

1 2008-04-08 ▶

Busted —

1 2018-05-18 ▶

Catapult (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

Chain Mail —

1 2025-11-24 ▶

Chicken Wire (Radio 1 Session 3 Oct 1983) —

1 2014-07-21 ▶

Chicken Wire - BBC Session 03/10/1983 —

3 2013-11-27 ▶

Chicken Wire - BBC Session 03/10/2004 —

2 2009-09-02 ▶

Cold Little Heart (Radio 2 Session, 4 Jun 2021) —

1 2021-06-04 ▶

Come Home —

187 2026-08-22 ▶

Come Home (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Come Home (6 Music Session, 15 June 2014) —

1 2019-06-15 ▶

Come Home (Andrew Weatherall Mix) —

1 2020-02-23 ▶

Come Home (andy weatherall mix) —

1 2023-12-01 ▶

Come Home (CH) —

1 2011-07-25 ▶

Come Home (Flood Mix) —

2 2024-03-27 ▶

Come Home (Glastonbury, 24 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-28 ▶

Come Home (Radio 1 Session, 10 Apr 1990) —

5 2021-12-17 ▶

Come Home (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

Come Home (the andy weatherall mix) —

2 2024-09-13 ▶

Come Home (The Andy Weatherall remix) —

1 2022-04-09 ▶

Come Home (Weatherall remix) —

2 2026-08-04 ▶

Come Home - BBC Session 1990 —

1 2009-06-04 ▶

Coming Home (Pt. 2) —

43 2018-08-12 ▶

Coming Home (Pt.2) (Radio 2 Session, 7 Aug 2018) —

1 2018-08-07 ▶

Coming Home (Version 2) —

1 2018-06-27 ▶

Coming Home Pt.2 —

2 2018-07-09 ▶

Concerto For Trumpet —

1 2016-11-08 ▶

Crash —

1 2019-06-15 ▶

Crazy —

32 2010-12-31 ▶

Crazy (6 Music Session, 14th Apr 2010) —

1 2019-04-14 ▶

Curse Curse —

6 2016-12-08 ▶

Curse Curse Curse —

1 2014-07-16 ▶

Dear John —

2 2016-07-06 ▶

Dear John - Live In Session —

1 2016-03-17 ▶

Dear John (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

Destiny Calling —

56 2025-01-31 ▶

Disipline - BBC Session 03/10/1983 —

2 2013-03-09 ▶

Disipline - BBC Session 03/10/2004 —

2 2009-09-02 ▶

Dust Motes —

1 2020-11-15 ▶

Fairground —

1 2021-09-05 ▶

Falling Down —

1 2007-07-11 ▶

Feet Of Clay —

1 2016-03-23 ▶

Fire So Close —

1 2012-07-18 ▶

Five-O —

1 2006-09-19 ▶

Fix You (Sofa Session, 17 April 2024) —

2 2024-04-18 ▶

Folks —

2 2024-05-02 ▶

Fred Astaire (6 Music Session, 15 June 2014) —

2 2023-08-14 ▶

Fred Astaire - 6 Music Session 04/05/2007 —

1 2013-12-14 ▶

Frozen Britain —

32 2014-04-04 ▶

Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) —

18 2026-08-17 ▶

Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) (6Music Session, 6 March 2014) —

1 2017-10-24 ▶

Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) (Sofa Session, 17 April 2024) —

2 2024-04-18 ▶

Getting Myself Into —

1 2022-06-30 ▶

Girl at the End of the World —

39 2016-06-05 ▶

Goal, Goal, Goal —

1 2026-07-15 ▶

Gold Mother —

2 2019-01-03 ▶

Gone Baby Gone —

1 2014-06-05 ▶

Government Walls —

1 2012-02-08 ▶

Hallelujah Anyhow —

76 2026-02-20 ▶

Hank —

1 2018-08-03 ▶

Heads —

3 2018-08-08 ▶

Heart Of Gold (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

Hello —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

Hey Ma —

1 2013-01-15 ▶

Honest Joe —

2 2014-11-29 ▶

Honest Joe - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2018-10-17 ▶

Honest Joe 1993 —

1 2005-07-12 ▶

How Was It For You —

2 2023-10-06 ▶

How Was It For You (Radio 1 Session, 10 Apr 1990) —

2 2015-05-21 ▶

How Was It For You - BBC Session 1990 —

1 2007-07-18 ▶

Hush —

1 2021-06-08 ▶

Hymn From A Village —

15 2024-08-18 ▶

Hymn From A Village BBC Session 03/10/2004 —

1 2011-10-28 ▶

Hymn From A Village (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Hymn From A Village (Radio 1 Session 3 Oct 1983) —

2 2014-07-21 ▶

Hymn From A Village (Radio 1 Session, 3 Oct 1983) —

2 2019-01-07 ▶

Hymn From A Village - BBC Session 03/10/1983 —

4 2013-11-27 ▶

Hymn From A Village - BBC Session 03/10/2004 —

6 2010-11-24 ▶

I Know What I'm Here For —

19 2020-10-11 ▶

I Wanna Go Home (6 Music Session, 14th Apr 2010) —

1 2019-04-14 ▶

I'm A Believer (Sofa Session, 21 April 2021) —

2 2021-04-22 ▶

If Things Were Perfect —

1 2018-03-27 ▶

Interrogation (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Is This Love —

25 2024-04-22 ▶

Is This Love (Sofa Session, 17 April 2024) —

3 2024-07-10 ▶

Isabella —

1 2021-06-08 ▶

Jam J —

1 2019-10-20 ▶

Johnny Yen —

3 2015-10-06 ▶

Just Like Fred Astair —

1 2010-09-23 ▶

Just Like Fred Astaire —

65 2026-08-24 ▶

Knuckle Too Far —

2 2010-10-01 ▶

Knuckle Too Far 1993 —

3 2008-04-12 ▶

Laid —

378 2026-05-05 ▶

Laid 1993 —

9 2008-04-12 ▶

Laid (6 Music Session, 14 Apr 2010) —

1 2019-04-14 ▶

Laid (BBC session) —

6 2005-09-15 ▶

Laid (Glastonbury, 24 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-27 ▶

Laid (Live on Jo & Ricky) —

1 2018-08-11 ▶

Laid (R1 Session, 27th September 1993) —

1 2016-11-23 ▶

Laid (Radio 2 Session, 7 Aug 2018) —

1 2018-08-07 ▶

Laid - 6 Music Session 04/05/2007 —

2 2017-05-27 ▶

Laid - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2008-08-20 ▶

Laid - Hub Session 04/05/2007 —

2 2009-02-21 ▶

Life's A Shocking Miracle —

33 2024-06-28 ▶

Life's a Shocking Miracle (Glastonbury 2024) —

2 2024-06-28 ▶

Look Away —

3 2010-08-28 ▶

Lookaway —

4 2010-09-09 ▶

Love Make A Fool —

5 2023-05-18 ▶

Love Makes A Fool Out Of Me —

2 2023-04-28 ▶

Low Low Low —

9 2011-01-18 ▶

Low Low Low 1993 —

1 2007-10-27 ▶

Low Low Low - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2008-08-20 ▶

Lullaby —

3 2023-05-18 ▶

Lullaby - Brixton Academy 1993 —

2 2018-10-17 ▶

Lullaby 1993 —

4 2008-04-12 ▶

Many Faces —

6 2018-10-22 ▶

Mask —

1 2018-08-03 ▶

Move Down South —

1 2016-01-22 ▶

Moving On —

67 2017-12-21 ▶

Moving On (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Moving On (6 Music Session, 15 June 2014) —

1 2019-06-15 ▶

Nothing But Love —

100 2025-07-19 ▶

Nothing But Love (6 Music Session, 17 Mar 2016) —

9 2022-10-19 ▶

Nothing But Love (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

One of Three —

1 2013-07-06 ▶

Our World —

46 2024-04-19 ▶

Our World (Sofa Session, 17 April 2024) —

3 2024-04-18 ▶

Out To Get You —

9 2025-11-22 ▶

Out To Get You - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2008-08-20 ▶

P.S. —

1 2010-10-01 ▶

P.S. 1993 —

1 2008-04-12 ▶

PS (6 Music Session, 15 June 2014) —

1 2019-06-15 ▶

Recover —

1 2021-06-08 ▶

Ring The Bells —

30 2024-02-27 ▶

Runaground —

1 2023-06-30 ▶

Say Something —

53 2026-02-03 ▶

Seven —

1 2021-08-07 ▶

She's a Star —

270 2026-08-26 ▶

She's A Star —

65 2011-11-16 ▶

She's A Star (Orchestral Version) —

12 2026-07-19 ▶

She's A Star (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

She's A Star - 6 Music Session 04/05/2007 —

1 2013-12-14 ▶

Sit Down —

680 2026-08-26 ▶

Sit Down (7" Rough Trade Version) —

1 2025-11-22 ▶

Sit Down (Apollo 440 remix) —

3 2026-08-20 ▶

Sit Down (BBC session) —

4 2005-09-10 ▶

Sit Down (Glastonbury 2024) —

4 2025-06-25 ▶

Sit Down (Orchetsral Version) —

1 2023-06-08 ▶

Sit Down (Radio 2 Session, 4 Jun 21) —

1 2021-06-04 ▶

Sit Down - Glastonbury Festival - RX 30/06/2024 —

1 2024-07-08 ▶

Sit Down/I Know What Im Here For/She's A Star —

1 2007-02-03 ▶

Sit Down:Radio 2 Session - 18th March 2016 —

1 2016-03-21 ▶

Skindiving —

1 2010-10-01 ▶

Skindiving 1993 —

1 2007-10-27 ▶

Sometimes —

192 2026-08-13 ▶

Sometimes 1993 —

3 2008-04-12 ▶

Sometimes (6 Music Live 2014) —

1 2014-10-13 ▶

Sometimes (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2014) —

1 2014-10-10 ▶

Sometimes (Glastonbury, 24 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-25 ▶

Sometimes (Lester Piggott) —

1 2023-05-15 ▶

Sometimes (Orchestral Version) —

3 2023-06-12 ▶

Sometimes. —

10 2008-11-23 ▶

Sound —

32 2024-04-23 ▶

Sound (edit) —

1 2025-11-24 ▶

Sound (Radio 2 Session, 15th June 2016) —

1 2016-06-15 ▶

Sound - Brixton Academy 1993 —

2 2018-10-17 ▶

Sound 1993 —

4 2007-10-27 ▶

Stay —

2 2024-04-18 ▶

Stripmining —

1 2024-08-17 ▶

Stutter —

1 2014-03-12 ▶

Sunday Morning —

10 2021-07-07 ▶

Sunday Morning (BBC session) —

3 2005-08-29 ▶

Sunday Morning (Radio 1 Session, 10 Apr 1990) —

2 2015-05-21 ▶

Surfer's Song —

1 2016-03-23 ▶

The Girl At The End Of The World —

3 2016-05-19 ▶

To My Surprise —

79 2016-01-31 ▶

Tomorrow —

31 2025-06-06 ▶

Tomorrow (Glastonbury, 24 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Top of the World —

2 2020-01-19 ▶

Upside —

1 2008-04-08 ▶

Vulture Bbc Session 19/10/1983 —

1 2011-04-20 ▶

Vulture - BBC Session 03/10/1983 —

3 2013-11-27 ▶

Vulture - BBC Session 03/10/2004 —

2 2009-09-02 ▶

Wake Up Superman —

43 2025-11-28 ▶

Waltzing Along —

4 2024-09-20 ▶

Waterfall —

16 2014-02-05 ▶

We're Going to Miss You —

2 2019-06-16 ▶

We're Going To Miss You —

2 2010-08-22 ▶

What For —

2 2021-07-06 ▶

Wherever It Takes Us —

2 2021-12-08 ▶

Whiteboy —

94 2015-04-27 ▶

Who Are You —

18 2007-05-25 ▶

Who Are You? —

17 2007-05-25 ▶

Who Are You? - 6 Music Session 04/05/2007 —

1 2013-12-14 ▶