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Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson is a person from the UK, active since 1949.

Person GB since 1949 rock folk folk rock

TOTAL PLAYS

402

SONGS PLAYED

194

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-20 10:01 · 6 Music — "I Feel So Good"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

40 30 20 10 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 329 82%

Radio 2 70 17%

Radio 1 3 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 37 2025-06-29

2 I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life 24 2025-12-29

3 Beeswing 14 2023-08-20

4 I Feel So Good 6 2026-05-09

5 Two Left Feet - BBC Session 23/06/1991 6 2017-10-26

6 Italian Madrigal - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 5 2022-12-05

7 Tear-Stained Letter - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 5 2020-08-11

8 Keep Your Distance 5 2019-04-27

9 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - London Town & Country Club 1994 5 2012-12-15

10 Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) 4 2025-09-27

11 How Will I Ever Be Simple Again - BBC Session 23/06/1991 4 2023-01-30

12 The End Of The Rainbow 4 2021-01-02

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-12 20:41 Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking Radio 2

2026-05-09 23:24 I Feel So Good Radio 2

2026-04-22 20:22 The New St. George Radio 2

2025-12-29 03:17 I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life 6 Music

2025-12-25 02:17 I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life 6 Music

2025-09-27 02:56 Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2

2025-09-06 02:56 Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2

2025-08-03 20:55 Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2

2025-07-31 09:16 Siggy's Song (Live) Radio 2

2025-07-30 20:52 Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2

2025-07-30 12:43 Siggy's Song Radio 2

2025-06-29 01:44 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

194 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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1952 Vincent Black Lightening —

1 2014-01-10 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightening - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

1 2007-12-14 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning —

37 2025-06-29 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (acoustic version) —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Ch) —

1 2011-06-22 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Live At Cambridge Folk Festival) —

1 2011-06-22 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (London, Town & Country Club 1991) —

2 2021-12-09 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - BBC Session 14/07/1997 —

1 2020-04-02 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

5 2012-12-15 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Town & Country —

3 2010-07-26 ▶

1952 Vincent Black Lightning 1952 —

1 2022-02-20 ▶

A Bone Through The Nose - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

1 2020-08-11 ▶

A Heart Needs A Home —

1 2025-05-18 ▶

A Legal Matter —

2 2013-10-23 ▶

A Legal Matter (Live) —

1 2010-01-09 ▶

Alexander Graham Bell —

2 2017-09-30 ▶

Backlash Love Affair - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

2 2021-07-01 ▶

Backlash Love Affair - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Beatnik Walking —

1 2015-05-13 ▶

Beeswing —

14 2023-08-20 ▶

Beeswing (6 Music Session, 24 Dec 2010) —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

Bones of Gilead —

2 2019-11-09 ▶

Bonnie St Johnstone —

1 2013-09-23 ▶

Broken Doll —

1 2015-06-07 ▶

Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking —

1 2026-08-12 ▶

Crawl Back —

1 2016-09-04 ▶

Dad's Gonna Kill Me —

1 2020-05-30 ▶

Dad's Gonna Kill Me (6 Music Session, 27 Jul 2007) —

1 2023-05-23 ▶

Dad's Gonna Kill Me - 6 Music Session 270707 —

1 2022-08-25 ▶

Dad's Gonna Klill Me - Hub Session 27/07/2007 —

2 2008-10-23 ▶

Demons In Her Dancing Shoes (Acoustic Version ) —

1 2010-07-16 ▶

Demons In Her Dancing Shoes (Electric Version) —

1 2010-07-16 ▶

Dimming Of The Day —

1 2019-04-03 ▶

Dimming Of The Day (6 Music Session 18/07/2014) —

1 2014-07-19 ▶

Dimming of the Day (6 Music Session, 18 Jul 2014) —

2 2024-05-29 ▶

Dimming Of The Day (6 Music Session, 18/07/2014) —

3 2015-07-01 ▶

Down Where The Drunkards Roll - 6 Music Session 270707 —

1 2022-08-25 ▶

Down Where The Drunkards Roll - 6Music Session 27/07/2007 —

2 2017-10-07 ▶

Down Where The Drunkards Roll - Hub Session 27/07/2007 —

1 2007-12-10 ▶

Drifting Through The Days —

2 2017-02-12 ▶

Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee —

1 2014-10-30 ▶

Fergus Laing (6 Music Session 18/07/2014) —

1 2014-07-19 ▶

Fergus Laing (6 Music Session, 18/07/2014) —

3 2019-09-26 ▶

Fergus Laing (6 Music Session, 18th July, 2014) —

1 2024-05-28 ▶

Fire In The Engine Room - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

2 2020-08-11 ▶

Freeze —

1 2024-04-24 ▶

From Galway To Graceland —

2 2017-08-19 ▶

Ghosts in the Wind —

1 2013-01-10 ▶

Good Things Happen to Bad People —

1 2013-12-29 ▶

Guitar Heroes —

1 2015-07-08 ▶

Gypsy Love Song - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

Gypsy Love Song - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

4 2012-12-15 ▶

Here Comes Geordie (6 Music Session, 24 Dec 2010) —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

How Will I Ever Be Simple Again —

1 2012-05-03 ▶

How Will I Ever Be Simple Again - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

4 2023-01-30 ▶

I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life —

24 2025-12-29 ▶

I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life (BBC session) —

4 2005-09-12 ▶

I Feel So Good —

6 2026-05-09 ▶

I Feel So Good (London, Town & Country Club 1991) —

1 2021-07-01 ▶

I Feel So Good - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

I Feel So Good - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

4 2012-12-15 ▶

I Feel So Good - Town & Country —

1 2009-04-17 ▶

I Misunderstood - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

1 2007-12-14 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights - 6 Music Session 270707 —

1 2022-08-25 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight —

3 2016-12-25 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (6 Music Session 18/07/2014) —

2 2014-10-11 ▶

I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight (6 Music Session, 18 Jul 2014) —

3 2019-09-26 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (6 Music Session, 18/07/2014) —

1 2014-12-18 ▶

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (6 Music Session, 27 Jul 2007) —

1 2023-05-23 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - 6Music Session 27/07/2007 —

2 2008-10-23 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Hub Session 27/07/2007 —

1 2007-12-10 ▶

I'll Regret It All In The Morning —

1 2009-07-25 ▶

Italian Madrigal - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 —

5 2022-12-05 ▶

Josephine —

1 2015-07-08 ▶

Keep Your Distance —

5 2019-04-27 ▶

Keep Your Distance - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

2 2016-03-24 ▶

Keep Your Distance - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Keep Your Distance - Town & Country —

1 2009-04-17 ▶

Killing Jar (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jan 1988) —

2 2022-07-25 ▶

King Of Bohemia —

1 2009-01-21 ▶

Like A Man - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

1 2009-10-30 ▶

Long John Silver —

4 2020-04-29 ▶

Meet On The Ledge —

1 2017-08-16 ▶

Meet On The Ledge - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 —

2 2014-03-11 ▶

Miss Patsy —

1 2014-05-21 ▶

Misunderstood —

2 2022-06-20 ▶

Misunderstood - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

3 2021-12-09 ▶

Misunderstood - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

4 2012-12-15 ▶

Misunderstood - Town & Country —

1 2009-04-17 ▶

Mother Knows Best - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

3 2021-12-09 ▶

Mother Knows Best - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Mystery Wind - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

Mystery Wind - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Nearly In Love - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

2 2020-08-11 ▶

Needle & Thread (session) —

1 2021-03-20 ▶

Needle & Thread - 6 Music Session 270707 —

1 2022-08-25 ▶

Needle & Thread [SESSION] —

1 2015-04-04 ▶

Needle And The Thread - Hub Session 27/07/2007 —

4 2008-12-20 ▶

Needle And Thread —

1 2007-07-27 ▶

Needle and Thread (6 Music Session, 27 Jul 2007) —

1 2023-05-23 ▶

Needle and Thread (6 Music Session, 9 Jan 2009) —

2 2020-01-09 ▶

Needle And Thread - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 —

1 2012-05-05 ▶

Needle And Thread - 6Music Session 27/07/2007 —

2 2008-05-15 ▶

O Cinderella —

2 2018-11-28 ▶

One Door Opens —

1 2011-09-18 ▶

Oops I did it again - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 —

3 2023-01-08 ▶

Oops! I Did It Again (live) —

1 2021-10-28 ▶

Oops!... I Did It Again (6 Music Session, 24 Dec 2010) —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

Oops!... I Did It Again - 6 Music session 24/12/2010 —

1 2014-08-03 ▶

Oops!.I Did It Again —

1 2021-12-14 ▶

Oops....I Did It Again —

1 2006-07-21 ▶

Oops...I Did It Again —

1 2010-04-16 ▶

Patty Don't You Put Me Down —

1 2015-07-08 ▶

Persuasion —

1 2007-10-18 ▶

Persuasion (6 Music Session 18/07/2014) —

1 2014-07-19 ▶

Persuasion (6 Music Session, 18 Jul 2014) —

2 2024-05-30 ▶

Persuasion (6 Music Session, 18/07/2014) —

3 2015-07-01 ▶

Pharoah —

1 2010-09-09 ▶

Pony in the Stable —

2 2022-08-24 ▶

Poor Ditching Boy —

1 2010-01-07 ▶

Push and Shove —

1 2017-12-06 ▶

Push And Shove (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jan 1988) —

2 2022-07-25 ▶

Read About Love (London, Town & Country Club 1994) —

1 2021-07-01 ▶

Read About Love - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

Read About Love - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Richard Thompson - Live At The London Town & Country Club In 1994 —

1 2009-02-08 ▶

Rockin' in Rhythm —

1 2021-08-12 ▶

Roll Over Vaughan Williams —

2 2016-01-28 ▶

Roll Over Vaughn Williams —

1 2015-12-06 ▶

Saving the Good Stuff For You —

1 2017-08-16 ▶

See My Friends —

1 2016-09-07 ▶

See My Friends - 6Music Session 09/01/2009 —

2 2022-12-05 ▶

Shaking The Gates —

1 2018-11-09 ▶

She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair —

1 2022-05-26 ▶

She Never Could Resist a Winding Road (feat. Zara Phillips) —

1 2019-08-14 ▶

She Never Could Resist a Winding Road (Live at Cambridge Folk Festival 2019) (feat. Zara Phillips) —

1 2019-10-13 ▶

She Twist The Knife again (Andy Kershaw 1/7/1987) —

1 2013-01-07 ▶

She Twists the Knife Again (Andy Kershaw session 20.7.85) —

1 2014-12-15 ▶

Shoot Out The Lights (6 Music Session 18/07/2014) —

1 2014-07-19 ▶

Shoot Out the Lights (6 Music Session, 18 Jul 2014) —

2 2024-05-27 ▶

Shoot Out The Lights (6 Music Session, 18/07/2014) —

2 2015-07-01 ▶

Siggy's Song —

1 2025-07-30 ▶

Siggy's Song (Live) —

1 2025-07-31 ▶

Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) —

4 2025-09-27 ▶

Singapore Sadie —

2 2024-04-24 ▶

Stumble On (6 Music Session, 24 Dec 2010) —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

Sumer is Icumen In —

1 2019-05-13 ▶

Sumer is Icumen In (Live) —

1 2018-06-20 ▶

Sumer Is Incumen In —

1 2013-10-19 ▶

Tear Stained Letter —

4 2020-02-19 ▶

Tear Stained Letter (London, Town & Country Club 1994) —

1 2022-02-24 ▶

Tear Stained Letter - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

Tear Stained Letter - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

3 2012-12-15 ▶

Tear-Stained Letter - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

5 2020-08-11 ▶

The Boys of Mutton Street —

2 2019-06-30 ▶

The Day That I Give In —

1 2024-04-24 ▶

The Dog In You —

2 2018-12-01 ▶

The End Of The Rainbow —

4 2021-01-02 ▶

The Ghost Of You Walks —

1 2017-08-30 ▶

The Killerman Gold Posse (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jan 1988) —

1 2018-11-28 ▶

The Light Bob's Lassie —

1 2024-08-21 ▶

The Money Shuffle —

1 2010-12-17 ▶

The New St George —

1 2014-04-23 ▶

The New St. George —

1 2026-04-22 ▶

The Rattle Within —

2 2019-04-14 ▶

The Storm Won't Come —

3 2018-11-02 ▶

The Three Ravens (6 Music Session, 24 Dec 2010) —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

This Wheel's On Fire —

1 2021-05-28 ▶

Turning Of The Tide —

3 2013-01-02 ▶

Turning of the Tide - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

1 2016-06-16 ▶

Two Left Feet (Andy Kershaw 1/7/1987) —

1 2013-01-08 ▶

Two Left Feet - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

6 2017-10-26 ▶

Valerie —

2 2019-10-13 ▶

Valerie - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

1 2011-10-11 ▶

Valerie - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

1 2009-10-30 ▶

Valerie - London Town & Country Club 1991 —

3 2021-12-09 ▶

Valerie - London Town & Country Club 1994 —

4 2012-12-15 ▶

Wall Of Death —

3 2015-01-10 ▶

Wall Of Death - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

2 2018-07-03 ▶

Waltzin' For Dreamers —

1 2014-12-30 ▶

Waltzing —

1 2010-09-09 ▶

Waltzing (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jan 1988) —

2 2022-07-25 ▶

We Roll —

1 2024-07-10 ▶

What If —

1 2017-10-07 ▶

What If? —

2 2021-01-02 ▶

When The Spell is Broken (Andy Kershaw session 20.07.85) —

1 2014-12-18 ▶

When the Spell is Broken (Hammersmith Odeon 1986) —

2 2018-07-03 ▶

When The Spell Is Broken - BBC Session 23/06/1991 —

2 2023-01-30 ▶

When The Spell Is Broken - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

1 2010-11-16 ▶

Where's Your Heart —

1 2015-05-17 ▶

Why Must I Plead —

2 2011-10-25 ▶

You Can't Reach Me —

1 2018-09-25 ▶

You Don't Say - Hammersmith Odeon 1986 —

1 2020-08-11 ▶