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Sun Ra

Sun Ra is a person from the US, active from 1914.

Person US 1914–1993 jazz avant-garde jazz free jazz

TOTAL PLAYS

220

SONGS PLAYED

124

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-28 01:25 · 6 Music — "Interplanetary Music"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Trying to Put the Blame on Me (Live in Rome 1977)"

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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 201 91%

Radio 1 11 5%

Radio 2 7 3%

1Xtra 1 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Space Is The Place 12 2023-11-26

2 When There Is No Sun 11 2024-09-01

3 Twin Stars of Thence 7 2024-09-01

4 Love in Outer Space 7 2024-01-09

5 Tapestry from an Asteroid 6 2026-05-24

6 Sky Is a Sea of Darkness 5 2025-06-23

7 That's How I Feel 5 2024-09-01

8 The Perfect Man 5 2020-02-25

9 Where Pathways Meet 4 2023-04-30

10 Angels and Demons at Play 4 2022-02-17

11 China Gates 4 2018-02-11

12 Nuclear War 3 2026-07-14

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-26 04:26 Trying to Put the Blame on Me (Live in Rome 1977) 6 Music

2026-07-19 20:49 Amen Meni Many Amens 6 Music

2026-07-19 20:45 Make Another Mistake 6 Music

2026-07-19 19:43 Discipline 27 6 Music

2026-07-19 19:39 Pleiades 6 Music

2026-07-19 19:18 Gone With The Wind 6 Music

2026-07-19 19:14 We Live to Be 6 Music

2026-07-14 20:27 Nuclear War Radio 2

2026-05-24 02:25 Tapestry from an Asteroid 6 Music

2025-08-31 16:52 Theme of the Stargazers (Live) 6 Music

2025-08-09 03:35 The All Of Everything 6 Music

2025-06-23 22:00 Sky Is a Sea of Darkness 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

124 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Call for All Demons —

3 2014-06-08 ▶

A House of Beauty —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

Advice to Medics —

1 2019-10-26 ▶

Amen Meni Many Amens —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

Angels & Demons at Play —

1 2015-01-17 ▶

Angels and Demons at Play —

4 2022-02-17 ▶

Astro Black —

1 2010-07-11 ▶

Astro Black (Live In Zurich) —

1 2015-10-03 ▶

Autumn in New York —

2 2024-09-01 ▶

Back In Your Own Back Yard —

1 2022-07-31 ▶

Bassism —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

Batman Theme —

2 2014-06-22 ▶

Blues at Midnight —

1 2017-01-06 ▶

But Not for Me —

2 2024-09-01 ▶

Call for All Demons —

1 2014-02-02 ▶

Celestial Fanatasy —

1 2020-01-31 ▶

Celestial Road —

1 2022-10-19 ▶

China Gates —

4 2018-02-11 ▶

China Gates (feat. Ricky Murray) —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

Cluster of Galaxies —

1 2018-11-30 ▶

Cosmo-Media —

1 2019-08-16 ▶

Dance of the Cosmo Aliens —

1 2014-09-06 ▶

Dancing in the Sun —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

Demon's Lullaby —

1 2023-05-16 ▶

Discipline 27 —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

Discipline 33/Watusa —

1 2019-07-23 ▶

Door of the Cosmos —

3 2023-01-29 ▶

Door Of The Cosmos (Machinedrum Reedit) —

1 2012-09-22 ▶

Door to the cosmos —

3 2015-10-19 ▶

Door to the Cosmos (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix) —

1 2018-11-10 ▶

Dreaming —

3 2014-08-31 ▶

El Is a Sound of Joy —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

Enlightenment —

2 2022-11-04 ▶

Gone With The Wind —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

Great Balls of Fire —

1 2014-03-02 ▶

Halloween In Harlem —

1 2017-03-17 ▶

Happy New Year to You —

1 2019-01-01 ▶

Heliocentric —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

Hour of Parting —

1 2024-12-27 ▶

I Am An Instrument —

1 2011-05-15 ▶

I Am Strange —

1 2019-12-25 ▶

Images —

1 2012-01-08 ▶

India —

1 2016-03-11 ▶

Interpalnitary Music —

1 2011-08-15 ▶

Interplanetary Music —

1 2005-06-28 ▶

It's Christmas Time —

2 2017-12-21 ▶

It's Christmastime —

2 2019-12-23 ▶

Jet Flight —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

Kingdom of Not —

1 2010-03-24 ▶

Lanquidity —

2 2021-09-24 ▶

Love in Outer Space —

7 2024-01-09 ▶

Love In Outer Space (Vocal) —

1 2023-04-16 ▶

Lullaby for Realville —

1 2007-11-14 ▶

Magic City Blue —

1 2018-08-14 ▶

Make Another Mistake —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

Medley: Intro / Space Is The Place / Over The Rainbow —

1 2024-12-01 ▶

Moonship Journey —

1 2018-09-29 ▶

My Brother The Wind —

1 2019-10-11 ▶

My Brother, The Wind —

1 2018-07-27 ▶

Mystery, Mr Ra —

1 2017-09-09 ▶

Nebulae —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

New Day —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

Nuclear War —

3 2026-07-14 ▶

Nuclear War (Bassically Kick and Bass Rerub) —

1 2021-08-04 ▶

Of Heavenly Things —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

On Jupiter —

1 2021-03-12 ▶

Outer Spaceways Incorporated —

2 2018-11-08 ▶

Planet Earth —

1 2023-04-23 ▶

Pleiades —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

Plutonian Nights —

1 2014-09-06 ▶

quiet ecstasy —

2 2024-09-01 ▶

Rocket No.9 —

2 2019-11-05 ▶

Rocket Number 9 —

2 2019-12-08 ▶

Rocket Number Nine —

2 2021-01-29 ▶

Saturn —

2 2014-12-07 ▶

Sea Of Sounds —

1 2012-01-08 ▶

Sky Is a Sea of Darkness —

5 2025-06-23 ▶

Soft Talk —

1 2018-02-16 ▶

Somebody Else's World —

1 2025-04-13 ▶

Sometimes I'm Happy —

2 2016-02-03 ▶

Sometimes Im Happy —

1 2013-07-06 ▶

Sometimes the universe speaks —

1 2017-04-14 ▶

Somewhere in Space —

1 2014-09-07 ▶

Song No. 1 —

2 2024-09-01 ▶

Space Is The Place —

12 2023-11-26 ▶

Space is The Place —

1 2010-04-28 ▶

Space is the Place - Live —

1 2025-03-26 ▶

Space Is This Place —

1 2012-03-21 ▶

Space Jazz Reverie —

2 2018-02-11 ▶

Spontaneous Simplicity —

1 2014-09-08 ▶

Springtime Again —

1 2025-03-23 ▶

St. Louis Blues —

1 2020-08-14 ▶

Stardust From Tomorrow (OVC Session) —

1 2024-06-04 ▶

Starwatchers —

1 2018-12-15 ▶

Stuff Like That There —

1 2009-12-03 ▶

Sun Song —

2 2016-04-08 ▶

Super Blonde —

1 2018-01-12 ▶

Supersonic Jazz (Super Blonde) —

1 2021-03-12 ▶

Tapestry from an Asteroid —

6 2026-05-24 ▶

That's How I Feel —

5 2024-09-01 ▶

The All Of Everything —

3 2025-08-09 ▶

The Antique Blacks —

1 2016-06-19 ▶

The Cosmos —

2 2014-06-22 ▶

The Night of the Purple Moon —

3 2019-04-16 ▶

The Perfect Man —

5 2020-02-25 ▶

The Soul Vibrations of Man —

1 2018-09-14 ▶

Theme of the Stargazers (Live) —

1 2025-08-31 ▶

This Song is Dedicated to Nature's God —

2 2024-09-01 ▶

Trying To Put The Blame On Me —

1 2016-04-30 ▶

Trying to Put the Blame on Me (Live in Rome 1977) —

1 2026-07-26 ▶

Trying To Put The Blame On Me (Live In Rome, 1977) —

1 2014-10-26 ▶

Twilight —

2 2019-06-07 ▶

Twin Stars of Thence —

7 2024-09-01 ▶

Twin Stars Of Thence (Alternate Version) —

1 2021-09-17 ▶

Watusa —

2 2018-11-09 ▶

We Live to Be —

1 2026-07-19 ▶

We Travel the Spaceways —

1 2021-06-27 ▶

We Travel the Spaceways (Live at the Left Bank) —

1 2024-11-17 ▶

When There Is No Sun —

11 2024-09-01 ▶

When There Is No Sun (Feat. John Gilmore) —

3 2022-01-27 ▶

When There Is No Sun (feat. John Gilmour) —

1 2021-02-21 ▶

Where Is Tomorrow? —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

Where Pathways Meet —

4 2023-04-30 ▶

Where There Is No Sun —

1 2021-03-28 ▶