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Most popular songs in WKCR playlist
Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Carioca - Woody Herman on Tito Puente Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days80.13%
6months80.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 13 days ago
Last heard 12 days ago
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Cowboy Junkies on The Tennessee Border Show
Popularity:
7days80.53%
28days80.13%
6months90.03%
12months100.01%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Stormy Weather - Charles Mingus on Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days80.13%
6months80.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
All Through The Night - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days60.39%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 8 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Naima - Live At Temple University/1966 by John Coltrane on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 18 days ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Shaker Loops (version for string orchestra): Hymning Slews - John Adams on Afternoon Classical
Popularity:
7days00%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 22 days ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Tennessee Twilight - Alex Hill on Traditions in Swing
Popularity:
7days00%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 21 days ago
Last heard 21 days ago
Toccata cromatica - Traditional on Early Music
Popularity:
7days70.46%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months90.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a day ago
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus on Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 11 days ago
Last heard 10 days ago
What Am I Here For? - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days70.46%
28days70.12%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
When You're Around - Artie Shaw on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days70.46%
28days70.12%
6months80.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Annoying Semitones - Alina Bzhezhinska on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days70.12%
6months80.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Lange Toner - Honest John on Jazz 'til Dawn
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days60.1%
6months110.03%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
goonies vs. E.T. - Run The Jewels on Offbeat
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 9 days ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Love - John Coltrane on Night Train
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 18 days ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Mars Walk - Brian Jackson on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 9 days ago
Last heard 9 days ago
New Arrival - Tito Puente on Coordinated Universal Time
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 13 days ago
Last heard 13 days ago
Street Song - Michael Tilson Thomas on Cereal Music
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 9 days ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Stormy Night - Roland Burrell on Footsteps of Reggae
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 22 days ago
Last heard 21 days ago
The Gold Rush - Punch Brothers on Transfigured Night
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 22 days ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Orange Was the Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk - Charles Mingus on Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 10 days ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Swingin' the Mambo - Tito Puente on Tito Puente Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 12 days ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Moonlight In Vermont - Ahmad Jamal on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days60.1%
6months80.02%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Over The Rainbow - Earl Grant on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 days ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Stuck - Tyrone Allen II on Now's The Time
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 16 days ago
Last heard 15 days ago
It Might As Well Be Spring - Gene Ammons on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 19 days ago
Last heard 19 days ago
You Name It - Teddy Edwards on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 19 days ago
Last heard 19 days ago
War Time Poem - Tigran Hamasyan on Eastern Bloc Party
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 20 days ago
Last heard 20 days ago
Peggy's Blue Skylight - Charles Mingus on Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Nature Boy - Miles Davis Quintet on Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 10 days ago
Last heard 10 days ago
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Thelonious Monk on Tuesday's Just as Bad
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Theme From Alamo Bay - Ry Cooder on Transfigured Night
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 22 days ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Foc Nan Point - Webert Sicot on Sounds of Asia/Couleurs Antillaises
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 22 days ago
Last heard 22 days ago
The Serpent's Tooth - Miles Davis on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Squatty Roo - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 8 days ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Have a Heart - Prince on Afternoon New Music
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 11 days ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Caravan Mambo - Machito on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 13 days ago
Last heard 13 days ago
Nocturne 7 - Bret Schneider on News and Arts
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Ooh Hot Dog - Gene Krupa on Out to Lunch
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ - Steve Reich on Extended Technique
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 23 days ago
Last heard 23 days ago
I've Found a New Baby - Remastered 2002 by Lionel Hampton on Out to Lunch
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 11 days ago
Last heard 11 days ago
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson on Tuesday's Just as Bad
Popularity:
7days50.33%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Knock On Wood - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Itutu Aché - Tito Puente on Tito Puente Birthday Broadcast
Popularity:
7days00%
28days50.08%
6months50.01%
12months50%
First heard 12 days ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Round Table - CE Constant Elevation on Sounds of Asia/Couleurs Antillaises
Popularity:
7days40.26%
28days50.08%
6months60.02%
12months60%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 12 hours ago
Winter in Odesa - Vadim Neselovskyi on Jazz 'til Dawn
Popularity:
7days10.07%
28days40.07%
6months90.03%
12months100.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Galletana - Orquesta América del 55 on The Mambo Machine
Popularity:
7days00%
28days40.07%
6months40.01%
12months40%
First heard 15 days ago
Last heard 15 days ago
Titi Me Preguntó - Bad Bunny on El Sonido de la Calle
Popularity:
7days00%
28days40.07%
6months70.02%
12months110.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Spring Is Here - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days00%
28days40.07%
6months40.01%
12months40%
First heard 8 days ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Rubber Bands & Weight - The Alchemist on Offbeat
Popularity:
7days00%
28days40.07%
6months40.01%
12months40%
First heard 9 days ago
Last heard 9 days ago
9 minutes ago: Arabella Steinbacher, Pieter von Wienhardt - Bossa Merengova
