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The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer is a group from the US, active from 1969.

Group US 1969–2023 jazz fusion pop a cappella
TOTAL PLAYS
304
SONGS PLAYED
34
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-07-17 06:03 · Radio 2 — "Java Jive"
LAST PLAYED
3 months ago · Radio 2 — "Chanson d'amour"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
40 30 20 10 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 293 96%
6 Music 5 2%
1Xtra 4 1%
Radio 1 2 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Chanson d'amour 87 2026-01-27
2 Spice of Life 68 2025-11-02
3 Tuxedo Junction 35 2023-11-19
4 Walk in Love 31 2021-10-17
5 On a Little Street in Singapore 14 2020-08-08
6 Who, What , When, Where, Why? 8 2021-07-04
7 Java Jive 8 2019-06-02
8 Trickle Trickle 8 2013-07-21
9 Twilight Zone 7 2019-10-31
10 Birdland 4 2022-11-24
11 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie 4 2020-03-08
12 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 3 2017-11-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-01-27 04:16 Chanson d'amour Radio 2
2025-11-09 16:14 Chanson d'amour Radio 2
2025-11-02 19:21 Spice of Life Radio 2
2025-09-22 21:12 Spice of Life Radio 2
2025-08-07 01:18 Who, What, When, Where, Why? Radio 2
2025-05-21 22:03 Spice of Life Radio 2
2025-04-10 14:33 Spice of Life Radio 2
2025-03-30 15:36 Chanson d'amour Radio 2
2025-03-25 09:13 Chanson d'amour Radio 2
2025-02-23 19:32 The Boy from New York City Radio 2
2025-01-23 05:57 Chanson d'amour 6 Music
2024-11-24 19:53 Spice of Life Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

34 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square — 3 ▶
A-Tisket, A-Tasket — 1 ▶
Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love) — 1 ▶
Birdland — 4 ▶
Blue Champagne — 2 ▶
Chanson d'amour — 87 ▶
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie (Live at the Ryman Auditorium) — 1 ▶
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie — 4 ▶
Core of Sound (Modinha) — 1 ▶
Down South Camp Meetin' — 1 ▶
Four Brothers — 1 ▶
It's Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) — 1 ▶
Java Jive — 8 ▶
Love for Sale — 2 ▶
Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford — 1 ▶
On a Little Street in Singapore — 14 ▶
Operator — 1 ▶
Sing Moten's Swing — 1 ▶
Spice of Life — 68 ▶
Stomp of King Porter — 1 ▶
The Boy from New York City — 2 ▶
The Cat Is High — 1 ▶
Trickle Trickle — 8 ▶
Tuxedo Junction — 35 ▶
Twilight Zone — 7 ▶
Twilight zone (DJ Iván Santana Remix) — 1 ▶
Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone — 2 ▶
Twilight Zone Twilight Tone — 1 ▶
Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone — 1 ▶
Walk in Love — 31 ▶
Who, What When Where Why — 1 ▶
Who, What , When, Where, Why? — 8 ▶
Who, What, When, Where, Why — 1 ▶
Who, What, When, Where, Why? — 2 ▶