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James Taylor

James Taylor is a person from the US, active since 1948.

Person US since 1948 folk rock soft rock rock
TOTAL PLAYS
1,460
SONGS PLAYED
123
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-03 12:38 · Radio 2 — "You've Got a Friend"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Handy Man"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,399 96%
6 Music 61 4%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 You've Got a Friend 184 2026-05-17
2 Your Smiling Face 177 2026-02-15
3 How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You 98 2016-01-05
4 Sweet Baby James 86 2024-12-22
5 It's Growing 81 2015-05-26
6 Fire & Rain 78 2016-09-02
7 Montana 71 2016-09-02
8 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) 59 2025-11-23
9 Mexico 57 2026-05-16
10 Stretch of the Highway 53 2019-02-27
11 Fire and Rain 52 2026-07-18
12 Shower the People 45 2026-04-19
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-24 11:36 Handy Man Radio 2
2026-07-18 08:38 Fire and Rain Radio 2
2026-07-12 15:33 Fire and Rain Radio 2
2026-05-17 05:40 You've Got a Friend Radio 2
2026-05-17 03:58 You Can Close Your Eyes 6 Music
2026-05-16 04:56 Mexico Radio 2
2026-04-19 22:42 Shower the People Radio 2
2026-03-22 03:33 Something in the Way She Moves Radio 2
2026-03-10 05:50 Fire and Rain Radio 2
2026-03-08 15:37 You've Got a Friend Radio 2
2026-02-15 15:15 Your Smiling Face Radio 2
2026-02-14 14:18 You've Got a Friend Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

123 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(I'm A) Road Runner — 1 ▶
Almost Like Being in Love — 3 ▶
Ananas — 1 ▶
Angels of Fenway — 2 ▶
As Easy As Rolling — 3 ▶
As Easy As Rolling Off A Log — 2 ▶
Before This World/Jolly Springtime — 3 ▶
Belfast To Boston — 1 ▶
Blossom — 2 ▶
Carolina in My Mind — 39 ▶
Carolina In My Mind — 21 ▶
Carolina In My Mind (Apple version) — 2 ▶
Carolina In My Mind (Live at Paris Theatre 1970) — 1 ▶
Carolina In My Mind (Original Version) — 2 ▶
Carolina In My Mind - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Coming Back To You — 1 ▶
Country Road — 2 ▶
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight — 2 ▶
Duffin’ Round (Live) — 1 ▶
Everyday — 7 ▶
Far Afghanistan — 1 ▶
Fire & Rain — 78 ▶
Fire and Rain — 52 ▶
Fire And Rain — 2 ▶
Fire And Rain (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Fire And Rain (live) — 2 ▶
Fire And Rain - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Frozen Man — 2 ▶
Gaia — 3 ▶
Greensleeves - Television Centre 1970 — 1 ▶
Handy Man — 11 ▶
Handyman — 40 ▶
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas — 2 ▶
Her Town Too — 1 ▶
Hey Mister, That's Me Up on the Jukebox — 1 ▶
Highway Song — 2 ▶
Highway Song - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Hound Dog — 1 ▶
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) — 59 ▶
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You — 98 ▶
I Didn't Know What Time It Was — 1 ▶
I Will Follow — 1 ▶
Id'd Fire & Rain — 1 ▶
In The Bleak Mid-Winter — 1 ▶
It's Growing — 81 ▶
It's Only a Paper Moon — 5 ▶
Jump Up Behind Me — 2 ▶
Line 'Em Up — 6 ▶
Long Ago And Far Away - Television Centre 1970 — 1 ▶
Mean Old Man — 1 ▶
Mexico — 57 ▶
Montana — 71 ▶
Moon River — 1 ▶
My Blue Heaven — 1 ▶
My Heart Stood Still — 2 ▶
October Road — 2 ▶
Oh, Susannah — 2 ▶
Ol' Man River — 2 ▶
On Broadway — 2 ▶
Only a Dream in Rio — 2 ▶
Pennies From Heaven — 1 ▶
Rainyday Man - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Riding On A Rail Road - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Riding On A Railroad - Radio 2 Session 24/5/2015 — 2 ▶
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town — 1 ▶
Secret o' Life (Live) — 1 ▶
Seminole Wind — 33 ▶
September Grass — 1 ▶
Shiver Me Timbers — 1 ▶
Shower the People — 45 ▶
Shower The People — 20 ▶
Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat — 1 ▶
Slap Leather (live) — 2 ▶
Snowtime — 3 ▶
Some Days You Gotta Dance — 2 ▶
Something in the Way She Moves — 7 ▶
Something In The Way She Moves — 5 ▶
Something In The Way She Moves (Radio 2 Session 11 Feb 2020) — 3 ▶
Steamroller — 1 ▶
Steamroller Blues - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Stretch of the Highway — 53 ▶
Suite For 20G — 1 ▶
Summertime Blues / Not Fade Away — 1 ▶
Sun on the Moon — 1 ▶
Sunny Skies — 8 ▶
Suzanne — 2 ▶
SW Fire & Rain — 1 ▶
SW Mexico — 1 ▶
SW Stretch of The Highway — 1 ▶
SW You've Got A Friend — 1 ▶
Sweet Baby James — 86 ▶
Sweet Baby James (Radio 2 Session 11 Feb 2020) — 5 ▶
Sweet Baby James - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
Teach Me Tonight — 10 ▶
Teach Me Tonight (Radio 2 Session 11 Feb 2020) — 1 ▶
That Lonesome Road — 2 ▶
The Frozen Man — 2 ▶
the handy man — 1 ▶
The Nearness Of You — 2 ▶
The River — 1 ▶
The Surrey With The Fringe — 1 ▶
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top — 2 ▶
Theme from Starsky and Hutch — 1 ▶
Today Today Today — 3 ▶
Today Today Today - Radio 2 Session 24/5/2015 — 2 ▶
Up On The Roof — 44 ▶
Walkin' My Baby Back Home — 1 ▶
Wandering - Radio 2 Session 24/5/2015 — 2 ▶
Watchin' Over Me — 2 ▶
Who Comes This Night — 1 ▶
Wild Mountain Thyme — 3 ▶
Wild Mountain Thyme (Radio 2 Session, 24th May 2015) — 1 ▶
Wild Mountain Thyme - Radio 2 Session 24/5/2015 — 2 ▶
With A Little Help From My Friends - Television Centre 1970 — 2 ▶
You & I Again — 1 ▶
You and I Again — 2 ▶
You Can Close Your Eyes — 6 ▶
You Can Close Your Eyes (feat. Carly Simon) — 1 ▶
You Can Close Your Eyes - Radio 2 Session 24/5/2015 — 2 ▶
You've Got a Friend — 184 ▶
You've Got A Friend (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 1970) — 1 ▶
You've Got To Be Carefully Taught — 1 ▶
Your Smiling Face — 177 ▶