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Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk is a person from the US, active from 1935.

Person US 1935–1977 jazz hard bop soul jazz
TOTAL PLAYS
57
SONGS PLAYED
29
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-23 07:25 · 6 Music — "Walk On By"
LAST PLAYED
4 months ago · 6 Music — "Oboe's Blues (Live at The Village Gate in New York City, November 1963)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025
9 7 5 2 0
'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 49 86%
Radio 2 8 14%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Ain't No Sunshine 11 2024-05-12
2 Serenade To A Cuckoo 7 2023-02-19
3 Freaks for the Festival 4 2024-08-20
4 Making Love After Hours 3 2022-01-29
5 We Free Kings 3 2021-12-25
6 Spirits Up Above 3 2020-12-18
7 Freaks for the Festival, Pt. 1 2 2024-08-19
8 The Creole Love Call 2 2014-09-09
9 Blacknuss 2 2013-08-07
10 Oboe's Blues (Live at The Village Gate in New York City, November 1963) 1 2025-12-27
11 Celestial Blues 1 2025-12-07
12 Lovellevelliloqui 1 2024-05-05
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-27 15:01 Oboe's Blues (Live at The Village Gate in New York City, November 1963) 6 Music
2025-12-07 21:04 Celestial Blues 6 Music
2024-08-20 06:47 Freaks for the Festival 6 Music
2024-08-19 00:09 Freaks for the Festival, Pt. 1 6 Music
2024-08-18 13:09 Freaks for the Festival, Pt. 1 6 Music
2024-05-12 21:49 Ain't No Sunshine 6 Music
2024-05-05 21:49 Lovellevelliloqui 6 Music
2024-03-02 15:38 Sweet Fire 6 Music
2023-12-12 21:48 It's a Grand Night for Swinging Radio 2
2023-05-21 12:05 Abstract Improvisation 6 Music
2023-02-19 12:53 Serenade To A Cuckoo 6 Music
2022-11-20 11:52 Echoes of Privimitive Ohio & Chili Dogs 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

29 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Abstract Improvisation — 1 ▶
Ain't No Sunshine — 11 ▶
Black Mystery Has Been Revealed — 1 ▶
Blacknuss — 2 ▶
Celestial Blues — 1 ▶
Christmas Song — 1 ▶
Close Your Eyes — 1 ▶
Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs — 1 ▶
Echoes of Privimitive Ohio & Chili Dogs — 1 ▶
Freaks for the Festival — 4 ▶
Freaks for the Festival, Pt. 1 — 2 ▶
Funk Underneath — 1 ▶
Inflated Tear — 1 ▶
It's a Grand Night for Swinging — 1 ▶
Lovellevelliloqui — 1 ▶
Making Love After Hours — 3 ▶
Making Love After Hours (Live In Atlantic Studios) — 1 ▶
Oboe's Blues (Live at The Village Gate in New York City, November 1963) — 1 ▶
Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies — 1 ▶
Rip, Rig and Panic — 1 ▶
Serenade To A Cuckoo — 7 ▶
Spirits Up Above — 3 ▶
Sweet Fire — 1 ▶
The Creole Love Call — 2 ▶
The Entertainer — 1 ▶
The Inflated Tear — 1 ▶
Three For Dizzy ( ) (feat. “Brother” Jack McDuff) — 1 ▶
Walk On By — 1 ▶
We Free Kings — 3 ▶