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Tony Allen

Tony Allen is a person from NG, active from 1940.

Person NG 1940–2020 jazz drummer funk
TOTAL PLAYS
301
SONGS PLAYED
78
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2007-01-23 03:48 · 6 Music — "Isenla"
LAST PLAYED
8 months ago · 6 Music — "Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2025
90 68 45 23 0
'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 229 76%
1Xtra 28 9%
Radio 2 23 8%
Radio 1 21 7%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 01:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 85 2025-09-19
2 Secret Agent 20 2025-02-19
3 Moving On 16 2024-09-24
4 Asiko 15 2024-03-24
5 Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn) 10 2023-08-23
6 Politely 9 2024-03-24
7 Ikeja Roads 8 2025-07-26
8 Kilode (Carl Craig remix) 8 2020-05-10
9 Nite Owl 7 2024-12-24
10 Cosmosis (feat. Ben Okri, Skepta & Damon Albarn) 5 2021-03-19
11 No Discrimination 5 2018-06-14
12 Asiko (In A Silent Mix) (Ricardo Villalobos Remix) 5 2018-05-20
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-09-19 13:26 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-09-05 06:52 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-07-26 01:49 Ikeja Roads 6 Music
2025-07-17 11:10 Go Back 6 Music
2025-05-29 14:46 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-04-30 09:59 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-03-31 02:44 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-03-27 04:44 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-03-16 18:54 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2025-02-19 10:19 Secret Agent 6 Music
2025-01-13 09:01 Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) 6 Music
2024-12-24 23:20 Nite Owl 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

78 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(In The) Fool’s Hall Of Fame — 1 ▶
A Night In Tunisia — 2 ▶
African Man — 1 ▶
African Man (Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer Remix) — 1 ▶
African Message — 1 ▶
Afro Disco Beat — 3 ▶
Afro Disco-Beat — 1 ▶
Afrobeat Jam — 1 ▶
Alutere — 1 ▶
Ariya — 2 ▶
Asiko — 15 ▶
Asiko (In A Silent Mix) (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix) — 2 ▶
Asiko (In A Silent Mix) (Ricardo Villalobos Remix) — 5 ▶
Bad Roads — 2 ▶
Bag of Breaks — 3 ▶
Boat Journey — 2 ▶
Boat Journey - 6 Music Session 13/04/15 — 4 ▶
Busybody — 1 ▶
Celebrate (2022 - Remaster) — 1 ▶
Cool Cats — 1 ▶
Cosmosis (feat. Ben Okri & Skepta) — 3 ▶
Cosmosis (feat. Ben Okri, Skepta & Damon Albarn) — 5 ▶
Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri) — 85 ▶
Crazy Afrobeat — 2 ▶
Don't Fight — 3 ▶
Ebun — 1 ▶
Eparapo — 4 ▶
Ewa — 2 ▶
Gang On Holiday (Em I Go We) (Feat. Jeremiah Jae) — 1 ▶
Gbedu — 3 ▶
Get Together (Folamour In Harmony Remix) — 1 ▶
Go Back — 2 ▶
Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn) — 10 ▶
Go Back (Fort Romeau Remix) (feat. Damon Albarn) — 1 ▶
Go Back - 6 Music Session 13/04/15 — 4 ▶
Go Back feat. Damon Albarn — 2 ▶
Home Cooking — 1 ▶
Ikeja Roads — 8 ▶
Ire Omo — 1 ▶
Ise Nla — 3 ▶
Isenla — 1 ▶
Kilode — 3 ▶
Kilode (Carl Craig Remix - Detroit Swindle re-edit) — 2 ▶
Kilode (Carl Craig remix) — 8 ▶
Koko Dance — 2 ▶
Losun — 2 ▶
Mau Mau (feat. Nah Eeto) — 1 ▶
Moanin' — 2 ▶
Moanin' (Live In Session) — 1 ▶
Moanin' (Live Session Track) — 1 ▶
Moody Boy — 1 ▶
Moving On — 16 ▶
N.e.p.a — 1 ▶
N.E.P.A Dance Dub — 3 ▶
N.E.P.A. (Dance Dub) — 1 ▶
Nepa (dance Dub) — 1 ▶
Nite Owl — 7 ▶
No Discrimination — 5 ▶
No End — 1 ▶
N​.​E​.​P​.​A (Never Expect Power Always) — 1 ▶
Oladipo — 1 ▶
ole (moritz van oswald remix) — 1 ▶
On Fire (Live In Session) — 1 ▶
One Inna Million (feat. LAVA LA RUE) — 2 ▶
Politely — 9 ▶
Progress — 1 ▶
Rich Black (feat. Koreatown Oddity) — 1 ▶
Secret Agent — 20 ▶
Secret Agent (2022 - Remaster) — 1 ▶
Steady Tremble — 1 ▶
Stumbling Down (feat. Sampa the Great) — 2 ▶
Switch — 1 ▶
Tiger's Skip — 1 ▶
Tony Allen at Flesh and Bone Studios (Live) — 1 ▶
What's Your Fashion — 2 ▶
Wolf Eats Wolf (Live In Session) — 1 ▶
Wolf Eats Wolf (Live in Session, 2017) — 1 ▶
Woman To Man (feat. Ty) — 2 ▶