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Richie Havens

Richie Havens is a person from the US, active from 1941.

Person US 1941–2013 folk rock singer-songwriter soul

TOTAL PLAYS

287

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-04-21 08:58 · 6 Music — "Here Comes The Sun"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Follow the Drinking Gourd"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

30 23 15 8 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 255 89%

Radio 2 28 10%

1Xtra 3 1%

Radio 1 1 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Going Back to My Roots 83 2026-08-10

2 Here Comes The Sun 59 2025-12-15

3 Freedom 14 2025-11-25

4 Follow 10 2023-08-20

5 High Flying Bird - (BBC Live Recording) 9 2024-04-03

6 A High Flying Bird - BBC Session 03/06/1969 8 2016-06-03

7 Things I Used To Do - BBC Session 03/06/1969 7 2024-05-23

8 The Dolphine Song - BBC Session 03/06/1969 5 2024-05-20

9 Here Comes The Sun / The End (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) 5 2022-11-22

10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live) 5 2022-03-07

11 Handsome Johnny - BBC Session 03/06/1969 5 2015-06-17

12 I Can't Make It Anymore 4 2025-11-17

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-23 10:33 Follow the Drinking Gourd 6 Music

2026-08-10 02:07 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2026-08-07 15:56 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2026-08-06 03:07 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2026-07-14 17:55 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2026-07-13 22:15 Going Back to My Roots Radio 2

2026-05-24 19:22 Just Like A Woman Radio 2

2026-05-13 11:01 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2026-04-04 17:57 Lady Madonna Radio 2

2025-12-15 15:56 Here Comes The Sun 6 Music

2025-12-05 10:00 Going Back to My Roots 6 Music

2025-11-25 18:17 Freedom 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

53 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

12 Signs Of The Zodiac / Freedom - Mean Fiddler 1995 —

3 2010-09-08 ▶

12 Signs Of The Zodiac / Freedom - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

4 2013-10-22 ▶

A High Flying Bird (Top Gear Session, 3rd June, 1969) —

1 2024-05-22 ▶

A High Flying Bird - BBC Session 03/06/1969 —

8 2016-06-03 ▶

A High Flying Bird - Maida Vale 1969 —

2 2010-01-14 ▶

Dear John / Good Day Sunshine - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

1 2018-12-15 ▶

Down This Long Road - Mean Fiddler 1995 —

2 2008-01-08 ▶

Down This Long Road - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

3 2022-11-22 ▶

Dusk —

1 2021-08-18 ▶

Follow —

10 2023-08-20 ▶

Follow the Drinking Gourd —

1 2026-08-23 ▶

Freedom —

14 2025-11-25 ▶

Freedom (live at Woodstock) —

2 2017-06-23 ▶

Freedom (Woodstock) —

1 2007-12-02 ▶

Going Back to My Roots —

83 2026-08-10 ▶

Going Back To My Roots (Chemical Brothers present a Chemical Christmas Mix) —

1 2016-12-16 ▶

Going Back To My Roots [The Apples Scruffs Edit] —

1 2020-05-05 ▶

Going Back To My Roots. —

2 2016-01-18 ▶

Handsome Johnny —

2 2023-05-17 ▶

Handsome Johnny (BBC Live Recording) —

4 2022-06-22 ▶

Handsome Johnny (Live at Woodstock) —

1 2019-08-18 ▶

Handsome Johnny (Top Gear Session, 3rd June, 1969) —

1 2024-05-21 ▶

Handsome Johnny - BBC Session 03/06/1969 —

5 2015-06-17 ▶

Here Comes The Sun —

59 2025-12-15 ▶

Here Comes the Sun (live version) —

2 2016-01-18 ▶

Here Comes The Sun / The End Mean Fiddler 1995 —

1 2011-04-19 ▶

Here Comes The Sun / The End (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) —

5 2022-11-22 ▶

Here Comes The Sun / The End - Mean Fiddler 1995 —

4 2010-05-24 ▶

Here Comes The Sun / The End - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

2 2012-09-18 ▶

High Flying Bird —

1 2011-01-05 ▶

High Flying Bird - (BBC Live Recording) —

9 2024-04-03 ▶

I Can't Make It Anymore —

4 2025-11-17 ▶

I Just Came Here (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) —

3 2022-11-22 ▶

I Just Came Here - Mean Fiddler 1995 —

1 2005-06-26 ▶

I Just Came Here - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

2 2015-03-13 ▶

In These Flames —

1 2025-05-18 ▶

Just Like A Woman —

1 2026-05-24 ▶

Lady Madonna —

1 2026-04-04 ▶

Nobody Left To Crown - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

2 2018-12-15 ▶

Putting Out the Vibration, and Hoping It Comes Home —

1 2016-06-14 ▶

Run,Shaker Life —

1 2012-09-12 ▶

Strawberry Fields Forever —

1 2014-12-25 ▶

The Dolphin Song - Maida Vale 1969 —

1 2008-11-18 ▶

The Dolphine Song - BBC Session 03/06/1969 —

5 2024-05-20 ▶

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live) —

5 2022-03-07 ▶

The Times They Are A Changin' (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) —

2 2019-08-15 ▶

The Times They Are A Changin' - Mean Fiddler 1995 —

3 2010-09-08 ▶

The Times They Are A Changin' - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

2 2013-10-22 ▶

Things I Used To Do (BBC Live Recording) —

2 2021-04-20 ▶

Things I Used To Do - BBC Session 03/06/1969 —

7 2024-05-23 ▶

Tupelo Honey / Just Like A Woman (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) —

1 2018-12-15 ▶

Tupelo Honey / Just Like A Woman - The Mean Fiddler London 1995 —

2 2012-09-18 ▶

Zodiac / Freedom (Radio 2 In Concert, 5 Aug 1995) —

3 2019-08-15 ▶