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Johnny “Guitar” Watson

Johnny “Guitar” Watson is a person from the US, active from 1935.

Person US 1935–1996 funk soul blues
TOTAL PLAYS
121
SONGS PLAYED
33
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2015-10-17 19:03 · Radio 2 — "Gangster of Love"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "A Real Mother for Ya"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2015 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'15 '17 '19 '21 '23 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 61 50%
Radio 2 59 49%
Radio 1 1 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 I Need It 22 2023-02-23
2 A Real Mother for Ya 19 2026-03-21
3 Superman Lover 16 2025-06-08
4 Gangster of Love 13 2022-06-15
5 Space Guitar 9 2024-02-08
6 Booty Ooty 4 2022-12-24
7 Three Hours Past Midnight 4 2020-06-29
8 I Need It (South Beach Recyling Edit) 3 2022-10-29
9 Superman Lover (Soul Casserole Edit) 2 2022-04-23
10 I Say, I Love You 2 2020-08-29
11 Highway Sixty 2 2019-05-19
12 It's a Damn Shame 2 2019-01-04
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-21 18:21 A Real Mother for Ya Radio 2
2025-11-11 23:54 A Real Mother for Ya Radio 2
2025-10-14 20:00 Broke And Lonely 6 Music
2025-06-08 11:39 Superman Lover 6 Music
2025-05-25 09:52 A Real Mother for Ya 6 Music
2024-02-08 09:08 Space Guitar 6 Music
2023-12-10 16:00 ET 6 Music
2023-06-04 15:27 Space Guitar 6 Music
2023-06-04 15:19 Strung Out 6 Music
2023-05-22 17:17 Your Love Is My Love 6 Music
2023-02-23 23:30 I Need It Radio 2
2023-01-15 15:42 You Can Stay but the Noise Must Go 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

33 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Real Mother for Ya — 19 ▶
Booty Ooty — 4 ▶
Bow Wow — 1 ▶
Broke & Lonely — 1 ▶
Broke And Lonely — 1 ▶
ET — 1 ▶
Gangster of Love — 13 ▶
Half Pint-a-Whiskey — 1 ▶
Highway Sixty — 2 ▶
Hot Little Mama — 1 ▶
I Love To Love You — 1 ▶
I Need It — 22 ▶
I Need It (South Beach Recyling Edit) — 3 ▶
I Need It (The Funk Anthology) — 1 ▶
I Say, I Love You — 2 ▶
I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby — 2 ▶
In The Evening — 1 ▶
It's a Damn Shame — 2 ▶
Looking Back — 1 ▶
Love Bandit (Gangster Of Love) — 1 ▶
Motorhead Baby — 2 ▶
She Moves Me — 1 ▶
Space Guitar — 9 ▶
Stormy Monday — 1 ▶
Strung Out — 1 ▶
Superman Lover — 16 ▶
Superman Lover (Soul Casserole Edit) — 2 ▶
Three Hours Past Midnight — 4 ▶
TOO TIRED — 1 ▶
Wait a Minute — 1 ▶
You Can Stay but the Noise Must Go — 1 ▶
You Do Me Bad So Good — 1 ▶
Your Love Is My Love — 1 ▶