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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk is a person from the US, active from 1917.

Person US 1917–1982 jazz bebop post-bop

TOTAL PLAYS

134

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2010-08-01 13:53 · 6 Music — "North Of The Sunset"

LAST PLAYED

1 year ago · 6 Music — "April in Paris"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2010 — 2025

30 23 15 8 0

'10 '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 69 51%

6 Music 62 46%

1Xtra 3 2%

Radio 1 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 01:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Blue Monk 12 2025-03-01

2 'Round Midnight 10 2023-09-12

3 Straight No Chaser 10 2021-04-11

4 Straight, No Chaser 9 2021-11-28

5 Pannonica 6 2017-11-21

6 Round Midnight 5 2023-02-11

7 Ruby, My Dear 4 2025-04-13

8 Epistrophy 4 2022-10-04

9 In Walked Bud 3 2023-01-24

10 Monk's Dream 3 2021-10-21

11 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3 2017-10-31

12 Dinah (Take 2) 3 2017-10-10

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-05-24 09:50 April in Paris 6 Music

2025-04-13 16:24 Ruby, My Dear 6 Music

2025-03-03 21:29 Abide With Me Radio 2

2025-03-01 11:20 Blue Monk 6 Music

2024-11-16 11:26 Darn That Dream 6 Music

2024-07-07 00:10 Bye-Ya (Album Version) Radio 2

2023-09-12 03:47 'Round Midnight 6 Music

2023-05-02 20:07 I'm Confessin (That I Love You) Radio 2

2023-02-11 09:18 Round Midnight 6 Music

2023-01-24 21:07 In Walked Bud Radio 2

2022-10-04 20:28 Epistrophy 1Xtra

2021-11-28 08:17 Straight, No Chaser 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

61 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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'Round Midnight —

10 2023-09-12 ▶

Abide With Me —

2 2025-03-03 ▶

April in Paris —

2 2025-05-24 ▶

Ba-Lue-Bolivar-Ba-Lues-Are —

1 2019-10-08 ▶

Bemsha Swing —

3 2017-08-27 ▶

Black And Tan Fantasy —

1 2010-11-07 ▶

Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 2) —

1 2017-11-24 ▶

Blue Monk —

12 2025-03-01 ▶

Bright Mississippi —

1 2020-05-26 ▶

Brilliant Corners —

3 2017-08-27 ▶

Bye-Ya —

2 2019-09-17 ▶

Bye-Ya (Album Version) —

1 2024-07-07 ▶

Darn That Dream —

1 2024-11-16 ▶

Dinah —

1 2014-05-31 ▶

Dinah (Take 2) —

3 2017-10-10 ▶

Epistrophy —

4 2022-10-04 ▶

Eronel —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

Green Chimneys —

1 2012-05-27 ▶

Honeysuckle Rose —

1 2015-06-20 ▶

Hornin' In —

1 2012-01-15 ▶

Humph —

1 2012-02-25 ▶

I Mean You —

1 2016-01-23 ▶

I Mean You (Take 4) —

1 2011-12-03 ▶

I Surrender, Dear —

1 2012-01-21 ▶

I'm Confessin (That I Love You) —

1 2023-05-02 ▶

I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) —

3 2017-10-31 ▶

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You —

1 2018-09-25 ▶

In Walked Bud —

3 2023-01-24 ▶

In Walked Bud (feat. Johnny Griffin) —

2 2020-06-15 ▶

Jackie-Ing —

1 2015-07-25 ▶

Let's Cool One —

1 2012-03-31 ▶

Little Rootie Tootie —

1 2017-01-17 ▶

Liza —

1 2011-02-20 ▶

Misterioso —

1 2016-09-02 ▶

Monk's Dream —

3 2021-10-21 ▶

Monk's Mood —

1 2016-05-27 ▶

Mood Indigo —

1 2020-12-13 ▶

Mysterioso (alternate take) —

1 2012-04-29 ▶

North Of The Sunset —

1 2010-08-01 ▶

Nutty —

1 2018-04-21 ▶

Nutty (Part 1) —

1 2018-12-21 ▶

Nutty (Part 2) —

1 2018-12-21 ▶

Off Minor (Take 4) —

1 2012-04-08 ▶

Palo Alto —

1 2020-06-26 ▶

Pannonica —

6 2017-11-21 ▶

Pannonica (Quartet) —

1 2017-11-05 ▶

Rhythm-a-ning —

3 2017-09-15 ▶

Round About Midnight —

2 2014-07-15 ▶

Round Midnight —

5 2023-02-11 ▶

Ruby My Dear —

1 2019-03-19 ▶

Ruby, My Dear —

4 2025-04-13 ▶

Sophisticated Lady —

2 2015-03-28 ▶

Straight No Chaser —

10 2021-04-11 ▶

Straight No Chaser (Live at Jazz 625) —

1 2017-10-10 ▶

Straight, No Chaser —

9 2021-11-28 ▶

Straighter No Chaser —

1 2011-09-18 ▶

Suburban Eyes —

1 2018-12-15 ▶

The Man I Love (Take 2) —

2 2018-03-14 ▶

The Way You Look Tonight —

1 2019-10-22 ▶

Thelonious —

1 2013-11-30 ▶

Trinkle, Tinkle —

1 2019-05-05 ▶