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Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III is a person from the US, active since 1946.

Person US since 1946 folk rock blues

TOTAL PLAYS

254

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-25 09:36 · 6 Music — "You Don't Want To Know (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

7 months ago · 6 Music — "The Swimming Song"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025

30 23 15 8 0

'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 213 84%

Radio 2 39 15%

Radio 1 2 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 A Father And A Son 25 2022-03-17

2 The Swimming Song 22 2025-10-02

3 Harry's Wall 15 2020-01-07

4 You Don't Want to Know 12 2018-08-09

5 School Days 8 2024-12-16

6 Thanksgiving 6 2021-11-25

7 Talking New Bob Dylan 5 2023-12-03

8 One Man Guy 5 2023-05-31

9 Christmas Morning 5 2020-12-19

10 Motel Blues 5 2020-08-16

11 Your Mother And I 4 2024-10-03

12 Winter Song 4 2022-12-13

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-10-02 14:42 The Swimming Song 6 Music

2025-06-29 02:21 The Swimming Song 6 Music

2025-05-25 04:48 The Swimming Song 6 Music

2025-01-22 21:48 Primrose Hill (Live) Radio 2

2024-12-16 22:54 School Days 6 Music

2024-10-03 14:50 Your Mother And I 6 Music

2024-07-01 02:21 The Swimming Song 6 Music

2024-03-27 21:13 Little Piece of Me Radio 2

2024-02-14 20:57 The Swimming Song Radio 2

2023-12-22 14:23 Your Mother And I 6 Music

2023-12-03 21:16 Talking New Bob Dylan Radio 2

2023-06-21 20:40 The Swimming Song Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

99 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Father And A Son —

25 2022-03-17 ▶

A Father And A Son (BBC session) —

1 2005-03-15 ▶

A.M. World (John Peel session 11.6.73) —

1 2013-11-28 ▶

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder —

3 2017-03-29 ▶

At The End Of A Long Lonely Day (Peel Acres 29.7.99) —

1 2012-10-25 ▶

B Side - Paris Theatre 1976 —

1 2013-03-16 ▶

B Side 1979 —

2 2008-02-13 ▶

Be Careful There's a Baby in the House —

2 2021-12-27 ▶

Black Uncle Remus —

1 2008-09-07 ▶

Brand New Dance —

1 2014-11-09 ▶

California Prison Blues (Paris Theatre, 1976) —

2 2022-05-10 ▶

California Prison Blues - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2014-03-18 ▶

Career Moves —

1 2011-11-25 ▶

Christmas Morning —

5 2020-12-19 ▶

Daughter —

4 2022-03-27 ▶

Dead Skunk —

4 2017-11-12 ▶

Dead Skunk - Cambridge Folk Festival 1979 —

1 2011-04-28 ▶

Double Lifetime —

1 2015-04-29 ▶

Double Lifetime (Live at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards) —

1 2016-02-10 ▶

East Indian Princess —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

East Indian Princess (John Peel 18.5.1971) —

1 2013-11-25 ▶

Fame And Wealth (BBC session 14.08.93) —

1 2015-11-10 ▶

Fear Of Flying (Paris Theatre, 1976) —

1 2022-05-10 ▶

Floods of Tears —

1 2018-10-03 ▶

Golfing Blues 1979 —

2 2008-02-13 ▶

Golfing Blues - Cambridge Folk Festival 1979 —

1 2011-04-28 ▶

Hard Day On The Planet —

2 2019-12-18 ▶

Harry's Wall —

15 2020-01-07 ▶

Harry's Wall (BBC session) —

2 2005-08-15 ▶

Heaven —

1 2008-10-08 ▶

High Wide And Handsome —

1 2016-09-01 ▶

Hitting You —

1 2015-04-15 ▶

Hitting You (live on Later) —

2 2022-05-21 ▶

I Don't Think That Your Wife Likes Me (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1993) —

1 2017-07-27 ▶

I Hate The Blues / Have You Ever Been To Pittsburgh - Paris Theatre 1976 —

1 2013-03-16 ▶

I Knew Your Mother —

3 2016-10-22 ▶

I Knew Your Mother (Radio 2 Folk Awards, 22 Apr 2015) —

1 2015-04-22 ▶

I Suppose (BBC session 14.08.93) —

1 2015-11-11 ▶

I Suppose (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1993) —

1 2018-10-04 ▶

I'd Rather Be Lonely —

3 2021-01-18 ▶

I'm Glad I'm Married —

1 2017-07-15 ▶

I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) —

1 2020-08-01 ▶

It's Love And I Hate It (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1993) —

1 2020-01-13 ▶

Kick In The Head (Paris Theatre, 1976) —

1 2022-05-10 ▶

Kick InThe Head - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Lifetime Achievement —

1 2022-10-17 ▶

Little Piece of Me —

1 2024-03-27 ▶

Liza - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2022-05-10 ▶

Motel Blues —

5 2020-08-16 ▶

No Man's Land —

1 2022-09-28 ▶

Old Friend (Paris Theatre, 1976) —

2 2022-05-10 ▶

Old Friend - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2014-03-18 ▶

Old Paint —

2 2017-07-26 ▶

Old Paint - Paris Theatre 1976 —

1 2013-03-16 ▶

One Man Guy —

5 2023-05-31 ▶

One Man Guy (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1993) —

2 2020-01-13 ▶

One Time At A Time (Peel Acres 29.07.99) —

1 2012-10-25 ▶

Pane Too - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Pretty Good Day (Peel Acres 29.07.99) —

1 2012-10-25 ▶

Pretty Little Martha —

2 2022-11-24 ▶

Primrose Hill —

1 2008-03-02 ▶

Primrose Hill (Live) —

1 2025-01-22 ▶

Say That You Love Me - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2020-11-02 ▶

School Days —

8 2024-12-16 ▶

School Days (BBC session 14.08.93) —

1 2015-11-09 ▶

School Days (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1993) —

4 2021-01-04 ▶

Sinatra Slept Here (Radio 2 Folk Awards, 22 Apr 2015) —

1 2015-04-22 ▶

Spaced —

3 2017-01-14 ▶

Suddenly It's Christmas —

3 2022-12-04 ▶

Swimming Song —

2 2015-07-29 ▶

Talkin' New Bob Dylan —

1 2011-05-24 ▶

Talking Big Apple '75 - Paris Theatre 1976 —

4 2020-11-02 ▶

Talking New Bob Dylan —

5 2023-12-03 ▶

Thanksgiving —

6 2021-11-25 ▶

The Days That We Die —

1 2016-05-25 ▶

The Man Who Couldn't Cry - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2020-11-02 ▶

The Picture —

3 2016-01-27 ▶

The Swimming Song —

22 2025-10-02 ▶

The Swimming Song (John Peel 9.8.1976) —

2 2015-04-05 ▶

This Year —

2 2017-01-02 ▶

Times Is Hard —

1 2015-02-04 ▶

Twist And Shout - Paris Theatre 1976 —

1 2013-03-16 ▶

Unrequited To The N'th Degree - Cambridge Folk Festival 1979 —

1 2011-04-28 ▶

Unrequited To The N'th Degree - Paris Theatre 1976 —

1 2013-03-16 ▶

Unrequited To The Nth Degree —

1 2018-09-10 ▶

Vampire Blues - Cambridge Folk Festival 1979 —

2 2019-10-31 ▶

Vampire Blues 1979 —

3 2008-02-13 ▶

Westchester County —

1 2014-09-25 ▶

What Ever Happedend To Us - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2014-03-18 ▶

Whatever Happened To Us (Paris Theatre, 1976) —

1 2022-05-10 ▶

When I'm At Your House —

1 2013-01-30 ▶

When I'm At Your House (Peel Acres 29.07.99) —

1 2012-10-25 ▶

Who's Afriad Of Flying - Paris Theatre 1976 —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Wine With Dinner —

1 2018-07-05 ▶

Winter Song —

4 2022-12-13 ▶

You Don't Want to Know —

12 2018-08-09 ▶

You Don't Want To Know (BBC session) —

2 2005-09-14 ▶

You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) (feat. Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks) —

1 2020-11-04 ▶

Your Mother And I —

4 2024-10-03 ▶