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John Barry

John Barry is a person from the UK, active from 1933.

Person GB 1933–2011 british soundtrack composer
TOTAL PLAYS
506
SONGS PLAYED
124
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-04 15:33 · Radio 2 — "James Bond Theme"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
50 38 25 13 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 267 53%
Radio 2 181 36%
Radio 1 43 8%
1Xtra 15 3%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Theme From Midnight Cowboy 52 2025-12-07
2 James Bond Theme 44 2024-01-08
3 Midnight Cowboy 41 2025-11-24
4 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 26 2026-04-25
5 Theme From "The Persuaders!" 22 2024-04-24
6 Out Of Africa (Main Title) 19 2026-03-08
7 Hit & Miss (Theme - Jukebox Jury) 16 2018-06-08
8 Somewhere in Time 15 2023-09-10
9 Theme From The Persuaders 14 2025-08-05
10 The James Bond Theme 12 2025-12-22
11 The John Dunbar Theme 12 2022-05-29
12 a man alone 10 2021-12-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-25 23:13 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Radio 2
2026-04-25 23:11 This Never Happened To The Other Fella (From "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" S Radio 2
2026-04-25 23:05 We Have All The Time In The World (From "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Soundt Radio 2
2026-04-04 08:16 A View To A Kill - Snow Job Radio 2
2026-03-08 21:57 Out Of Africa (Main Title) Radio 2
2026-02-08 02:51 Overture 1Xtra
2026-01-04 02:51 Overture 1Xtra
2025-12-31 19:51 Overture 1Xtra
2025-12-22 00:38 The James Bond Theme 6 Music
2025-12-21 17:41 A Dolls House 6 Music
2025-12-21 13:36 The James Bond Theme 6 Music
2025-12-07 21:57 The Theme From Midnight Cowboy Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

124 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
007 and Counting — 2 ▶
007 Takes The Lektor — 1 ▶
007 Takes the Lektor (From Russia with Love) — 3 ▶
A Doll's House — 1 ▶
A Dolls House — 1 ▶
A Drop in the Ocean — 1 ▶
a man alone — 10 ▶
A Man Alone (1) — 1 ▶
A Man Alone part 1 — 1 ▶
A Man Alone Part 1 (Theme From The Ipcress File) — 1 ▶
A View To A Kill - Snow Job — 1 ▶
Alone Blues — 2 ▶
Amicalement Votre - Theme from The Persuaders — 1 ▶
Back to Nature — 2 ▶
Back to Nature (from Walkabout) — 1 ▶
Beat Girl — 7 ▶
Bees Knees — 2 ▶
Black Stockings — 5 ▶
Boom — 1 ▶
Boom! — 1 ▶
Born Free — 2 ▶
CE Hit & Miss (Theme - Jukebox Jury) — 1 ▶
Cliffhanger — 1 ▶
Cutty Sark — 2 ▶
Cutty Sark (Theme To Dateline) — 1 ▶
Death of Tilley — 1 ▶
Dr. No's Fantasy — 1 ▶
Ecstasy — 1 ▶
End Title — 1 ▶
Fancy Dance — 4 ▶
Florida Fantasy — 3 ▶
Florida Fantasy (From Midnight Cowboy) — 1 ▶
Floriday Fantasy — 1 ▶
Four In The Morning — 2 ▶
From Russia with Love — 2 ▶
From Russia With Love (main title) — 2 ▶
From Russia With Love (Organ Version) — 1 ▶
Fun City — 1 ▶
Golden Girl — 1 ▶
Golden Girl (Gold Finger) — 3 ▶
Golden Girl (Goldfinger) — 1 ▶
Goldfinger theme — 1 ▶
Guitar Lament — 2 ▶
Have You Heard of a Man Called Jones? — 1 ▶
Here's to the Heroes — 1 ▶
Hit & Miss (Theme - Jukebox Jury) — 16 ▶
James Bond Theme — 44 ▶
Joe Buck Rides Again — 1 ▶
Kinky — 1 ▶
Main Title - The Lion in Winter — 1 ▶
Main Title Theme — 2 ▶
Mary Queen Of Scots — 1 ▶
Midnight Cowboy — 41 ▶
Midnight Cowboy Theme — 3 ▶
Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang — 1 ▶
Never Let Go — 1 ▶
On Her Majesty's Secret Service — 26 ▶
Opening Titles Medley: James Bond Is Back/From Russia With Love/James Bond Theme — 2 ▶
Orson Welles Great Mysteries — 5 ▶
Orson Welles' Great Mystries — 3 ▶
Out of Africa — 1 ▶
Out Of Africa (End Credits) (From "Out Of Africa") — 1 ▶
Out Of Africa (Main Title) — 19 ▶
Overture — 4 ▶
Persuaders theme — 4 ▶
Sail The Summer Winds — 1 ▶
Seance On A Wet Afternoon — 3 ▶
Somewhere in Time — 15 ▶
Somewhere in time — 3 ▶
Space March — 2 ▶
Space March (Capsule in Space) — 2 ▶
Space War — 1 ▶
Stamp And Shake — 2 ▶
The Adventurer — 7 ▶
The Chase — 1 ▶
The Chase Theme — 1 ▶
The Danny Scipio Theme — 1 ▶
The Girl With Sun In Her Hair — 2 ▶
The Girl With the Sun in Her Hair — 7 ▶
The Human Jungle — 1 ▶
The Ipcress File — 4 ▶
The Ipcress File (Main Theme) — 1 ▶
The Ipcress Files — 1 ▶
The James Bond Theme — 12 ▶
The John Dunbar Theme — 12 ▶
The John Dunbar Theme from Dances With Wolves — 7 ▶
The Knack — 2 ▶
The Lion In Winter — 3 ▶
The Love Theme From Dances With Wolves — 1 ▶
The Persuaders — 6 ▶
The Persuaders (Theme) — 1 ▶
The Persuaders Theme — 5 ▶
The Theme From Midnight Cowboy — 52 ▶
The Theme From The Persuaders — 1 ▶
The Theme to The Persuaders — 1 ▶
Theme From "The Persuaders!" — 22 ▶
Theme From 'Romance For Guitar & Orchestra — 1 ▶
Theme From 'The Quiller Memorandum' Wednesday's Child — 1 ▶
Theme From Midnight Cowboy — 3 ▶
Theme from Midnight Cowboy (harmonica) — 1 ▶
Theme From The Ipcress File — 1 ▶
Theme From The Persuaders — 14 ▶
Theme to The Persuaders — 1 ▶
This Is How You Dance — 2 ▶
This Never Happened To The Other Fella (From "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" S — 1 ▶
This Way Mary — 3 ▶
Thunderball — 1 ▶
Try — 8 ▶
Twisting With James — 1 ▶
Two Socks At Play — 5 ▶
Vendetta — 3 ▶
Wagons Over — 2 ▶
Walk Don't Run — 1 ▶
Walkabout — 6 ▶
Walkabout (Main Title Theme) — 1 ▶
We Have All the Time In the World — 1 ▶
We Have All The Time In The World — 1 ▶
We Have All The Time In The World (From "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Soundt — 1 ▶
Wednesday's Child — 2 ▶
Wednesday's Child (Quiller Memorandum) — 1 ▶
Wednesday's Child (Theme to The Quiller Memorandum) — 1 ▶
Zip Zip — 1 ▶
Zulu Stamp — 1 ▶
Zulu Theme — 1 ▶