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The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen is a group from the US, active since 1959.

Group US since 1959 proto-punk garage rock rock & roll
TOTAL PLAYS
292
SONGS PLAYED
8
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-20 13:10 · 6 Music — "Louie Louie"
LAST PLAYED
4 months ago · Radio 2 — "The Jolly Green Giant"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 216 74%
Radio 2 74 25%
Radio 1 2 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 07:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Louie Louie 281 2025-12-06
2 The Jolly Green Giant 4 2026-01-11
3 Death Of An Angel 2 2025-01-19
4 Louie Louie (Skeewiff Rewiff) 1 2024-05-18
5 Tall Cool One 1 2023-03-14
6 Little Latin Lupe Lu 1 2020-07-06
7 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1 2014-09-25
8 Ooh Poo Pah Doo 1 2012-09-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-01-11 21:06 The Jolly Green Giant Radio 2
2025-12-06 18:08 Louie Louie Radio 2
2025-11-02 20:29 Louie Louie Radio 2
2025-05-17 11:03 Louie Louie 6 Music
2025-04-05 18:51 Louie Louie Radio 2
2025-01-19 17:24 Death Of An Angel 6 Music
2024-12-20 02:57 Louie Louie 6 Music
2024-12-11 09:20 Louie Louie Radio 2
2024-07-21 16:48 Louie Louie 6 Music
2024-05-18 19:06 Louie Louie (Skeewiff Rewiff) 6 Music
2024-05-18 09:36 Louie Louie 6 Music
2024-05-10 13:51 Louie Louie 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

8 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Death Of An Angel — 2 ▶
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini — 1 ▶
Little Latin Lupe Lu — 1 ▶
Louie Louie — 281 ▶
Louie Louie (Skeewiff Rewiff) — 1 ▶
Ooh Poo Pah Doo — 1 ▶
Tall Cool One — 1 ▶
The Jolly Green Giant — 4 ▶