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Oscar Brown Jr.

Oscar Brown Jr. is a person from Chicago, active from 1926.

Person Chicago 1926–2005 vocal jazz
TOTAL PLAYS
52
SONGS PLAYED
20
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2011-05-18 21:11 · 6 Music — "Ghetto Scene"
LAST PLAYED
3 months ago · Radio 2 — "Work Song"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2011 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 34 65%
6 Music 18 35%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Dat Dere 11 2025-05-10
2 Work Song 9 2026-02-03
3 Brother Where Are You? (Matthew Herbert remix) 7 2016-12-19
4 Mr Kicks 4 2020-06-06
5 Living Double in a World of Trouble 2 2025-12-15
6 Brother Where Are You 2 2025-01-28
7 The Snake 2 2025-01-04
8 It Ain't Necessarily So 2 2018-07-15
9 Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert remix) 2 2015-05-30
10 Where or When? 1 2023-06-03
11 Brother Where Are You? 1 2021-12-28
12 Brown Baby 1 2021-02-05
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-02-03 21:22 Work Song Radio 2
2025-12-15 01:42 Living Double in a World of Trouble 6 Music
2025-12-14 14:43 Living Double in a World of Trouble 6 Music
2025-08-16 18:40 Work Song 6 Music
2025-05-10 17:30 Dat Dere Radio 2
2025-01-28 21:22 Brother Where Are You Radio 2
2025-01-04 20:22 The Snake 6 Music
2024-02-24 18:29 Dat Dere Radio 2
2023-06-03 18:07 Where or When? Radio 2
2023-03-27 21:31 Brother Where Are You 6 Music
2023-02-28 21:47 Work Song Radio 2
2023-01-21 18:27 Dat Dere Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

20 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Afro Blue — 1 ▶
Brother Where Are You — 2 ▶
Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert remix) — 2 ▶
Brother Where Are You? — 1 ▶
Brother Where Are You? (Matthew Herbert remix) — 7 ▶
Brown Baby — 1 ▶
Dat Dere — 11 ▶
Excuse Me for Living — 1 ▶
Ghetto Scene — 1 ▶
Hazel's Hips — 1 ▶
It Ain't Necessarily So — 2 ▶
Living Double in a World of Trouble — 2 ▶
Lucky Guy — 1 ▶
Mr Kicks — 4 ▶
Opportunity Please Knock — 1 ▶
Signifying Monkey — 1 ▶
Straighten Up & Fly Right — 1 ▶
The Snake — 2 ▶
Where or When? — 1 ▶
Work Song — 9 ▶