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Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span is a group from the UK, active since 1969.

Group GB since 1969 folk folk rock british folk rock

TOTAL PLAYS

222

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-05-25 05:27 · 6 Music — "Blacksmith - Top Gear Session"

LAST PLAYED

3 months ago · 6 Music — "Sheep-Crook and Black Dog"

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 122 55%

Radio 2 100 45%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Gaudete 45 2025-12-21

2 All Around My Hat 38 2025-12-25

3 Female Drummer (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) 6 2022-03-21

4 Sheep-Crook and Black Dog 5 2026-05-23

5 The King 5 2024-12-18

6 Lovely On the Water 5 2023-11-12

7 The Blacksmith 5 2023-09-13

8 Female Drummer 5 2022-08-09

9 Lark In The Morning (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) 5 2022-03-21

10 The Blacksmith (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) 5 2020-01-08

11 Rave On (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) 5 2019-08-29

12 Cold Haily, Windy Night 4 2025-02-20

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-23 00:55 Sheep-Crook and Black Dog 6 Music

2026-04-29 20:07 Padstow Radio 2

2025-12-25 16:07 All Around My Hat Radio 2

2025-12-21 15:45 Gaudete Radio 2

2025-12-13 02:45 Gaudete Radio 2

2025-12-06 01:08 All Around My Hat Radio 2

2025-09-14 15:39 Thomas The Rhymer (Live On Sounds of the 70s 20th February 1974) Radio 2

2025-05-17 00:55 Sheep-Crook and Black Dog 6 Music

2025-05-07 20:25 Over The Hills And Far Away Radio 2

2025-04-09 20:44 My Johnny Was a Shoemaker Radio 2

2025-02-20 00:19 Cold Haily, Windy Night 6 Music

2024-12-22 15:52 Gaudete Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

67 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Alison Gross —

1 2024-01-03 ▶

All Around My Hat —

38 2025-12-25 ▶

All Things Are Quite Silent —

2 2014-01-06 ▶

Black Jack Davy —

2 2018-02-14 ▶

Blackleg Miner —

1 2017-05-01 ▶

Blacksmith - Top Gear Session —

3 2009-09-19 ▶

Cam Ye O'er Frae France —

1 2008-05-10 ▶

Cold Haily Windy Night —

1 2014-12-21 ▶

Cold Haily, Windy Night —

4 2025-02-20 ▶

Dark-Eyed Sailor —

2 2024-04-11 ▶

Down in Yon Forest —

1 2014-12-24 ▶

False Knight On the Road —

2 2019-04-30 ▶

Female Drummer —

5 2022-08-09 ▶

Female Drummer (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

6 2022-03-21 ▶

Female Drummer (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

4 2020-01-06 ▶

Female Drummer - BBC Session 23/06/1970 —

1 2011-07-30 ▶

Female Drummer - Top Gear Session —

2 2009-09-19 ▶

Gaudete —

45 2025-12-21 ▶

Granny Aching —

1 2014-10-15 ▶

Green Man —

1 2024-09-18 ▶

Gulliver Gentle and Rosemary —

1 2017-11-29 ▶

Hard Times Of Old England —

1 2019-07-24 ▶

Hard Times of Old England (feat. Francis Rossi) —

1 2023-10-25 ▶

Harvest —

3 2021-09-15 ▶

I Was A Young Man (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

4 2019-06-23 ▶

I Was A Young Man (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

2 2016-01-28 ▶

I Was A Young Man - BBC Session 23/06/1970 —

1 2011-07-30 ▶

I Was A Young Man - Top Gear Session —

2 2009-09-19 ▶

Lark In The Morning (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

5 2022-03-21 ▶

Lark In The Morning - BBC Session 23/06/1970 —

3 2011-07-30 ▶

Lark In The Morning - Top Gear Session —

1 2009-09-19 ▶

Lovely On the Water —

5 2023-11-12 ▶

My Johnny Was a Shoemaker —

3 2025-04-09 ▶

New York Girls —

1 2022-08-28 ▶

Old Matron —

2 2019-07-24 ▶

One Misty Morning (Bob Harris session 20th Feb 1974) —

1 2018-04-30 ▶

Over The Hills And Far Away —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clandy's Fancy —

1 2014-08-20 ▶

Padstow —

3 2026-04-29 ▶

Rave On —

2 2023-07-16 ▶

Rave On (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

5 2019-08-29 ▶

Rave On (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

1 2015-08-10 ▶

Rave On - BBC Session 23/06/1970 —

1 2014-12-06 ▶

Rave On - Top Gear Session —

2 2009-09-19 ▶

Royal Forester —

1 2015-05-24 ▶

Seventeen Come Sunday (Live) —

1 2021-02-17 ▶

Sheep Crook & Black Dog —

1 2014-05-17 ▶

Sheep-Crook and Black Dog —

5 2026-05-23 ▶

Somewhere Along the Road —

1 2015-12-25 ▶

Spotted Cow —

1 2016-05-15 ▶

Staines Morris (Bob Harris session 20.2.74) —

1 2014-02-25 ▶

The Blacksmith —

5 2023-09-13 ▶

The Blacksmith (BBC Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

4 2019-06-23 ▶

The Blacksmith (Radio 1 Session, 23 Jun 1970) —

5 2020-01-08 ▶

The Blacksmith - BBC Session 23/06/1970 —

4 2014-01-14 ▶

The Dark Morris —

1 2013-11-19 ▶

The Dark Morris Song —

2 2019-07-24 ▶

The Holly and The Ivy —

1 2024-12-19 ▶

The King —

5 2024-12-18 ▶

The Lark In the Morning —

2 2019-07-18 ▶

The Lykewake Dirge (Bob Harris Session 20.02.74 ) —

1 2014-02-26 ▶

The Summer Lady —

1 2013-11-06 ▶

The Two Magicians (Bob Harris Session 20.02.74 ) —

1 2014-02-24 ▶

The Weaver and the Factory Maid —

1 2015-04-04 ▶

Thomas The Rhymer —

1 2017-09-06 ▶

Thomas The Rhymer (Live On Sounds of the 70s 20th February 1974) —

1 2025-09-14 ▶

Two Magicians (Bob Harris Session, 20 Feb 1974) —

1 2018-05-03 ▶