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Most popular songs in WKCR playlist
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The Train Runs over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat - Disc 4 by The Flaming Lips on Transfigured Night
Popularity:
7days30.2%
28days30.05%
6months30%
12months30%
First heard 10 hours ago
Last heard 9 hours ago
Blem Blem Blem - Iris Cepeda on The Mambo Machine
Popularity:
7days30.2%
28days30.05%
6months50.01%
12months60%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 13 hours ago
St. Louis Blues - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Wabash Blues - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Big Nick (Mono Version) - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Black, Brown And Beige Suite: Work Song, Come Sunday, Light - American Composers Orchestra, Maurice Peress on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Theme for Trambean - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Caravan - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Ornithology - Charlie Parker on Birdflight
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months50.01%
12months60%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Mount Harissa - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 3 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
My Little Brown Book - Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Poor Man's Roses - Patsy Cline on Honky Tonkin'
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Come Sunday - 1999 Remastered - Vocal Version by Duke Ellington on Duke Ellington Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Who Dat? - Roscoe Mitchell Discussions Orchestra on Afternoon New Music
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
The Saint Louis Blues March - Glenn Miller on Out to Lunch
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Suite in A Minor, BWV 997 (originally in C Minor) - Highlights: I. Preludio - Fuga by John Williams on Cereal Music
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 4 days ago
Last heard 4 days ago
V.I.P. (Part 1 & 2) - Fela Kuti on Jazz Alternatives
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 5 days ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Orb Two - Anthony Naples on Afternoon New Music
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 5 days ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Cecil Taylor Motion - Charles Tyler Ensemble on Sunday Profiles: Charles Tyler
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Uptown Manhattan Puerto Rico - Charles Tyler Ensemble on Sunday Profiles: Charles Tyler
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Return to the East - Charles Tyler Quintet on Sunday Profiles: Charles Tyler
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Take Love Easy - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Misty - Live At Cote D'Azur, France, 7/29/1966 by Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Red Garland on Daybreak Express
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 4 days ago
I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head - Medley - live in Budapest by Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Conga De Comparsa Y Kapagonor - Kaisahan Afrocubalintang on Coordinated Universal Time
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
La Bien Paga - Bebo & Cigala on Urbano Latinx
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 5 days ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Voyage from Jericho - Charles Tyler on Sunday Profiles: Charles Tyler
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
I'm Beginning To See The Light - The Ink Spots on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Mean To Me - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Piano Trio in A Minor: III. Passacaille - Très Large by Arthur Rubinstein on Afternoon Classical
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a day ago
Wrecking Ball - Gillian Welch on The Tennessee Border Show
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
D.C. - Albert Ayler on Sunday Profiles: Charles Tyler
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 6 days ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Flyin' Home - Remastered by Jatp on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
What Will I Tell My Heart - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
More Than You Know - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
I Hear Music - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
When Your Lover Has Gone - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Why Was I Born? - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
There's a Lull in My Life - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 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
She Didn't Say Yes - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
I'm Old Fashioned - Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Broadcast 2026
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 7 days ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Sun Zither - Laraaji on Transfigured Night
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months50.01%
12months80.01%
First heard 9 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Sweet Temptation - Jean Shepard on Honky Tonkin'
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Blood On The Leaf - Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber on Transfigured Night
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months50.01%
12months120.02%
First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Rocky Top - US Navy Band on Jazz Alternatives
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 2 days ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 (Version for Cello & Piano) - Robert Schumann on Cereal Music
Popularity:
7days20.13%
28days20.03%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 2 days ago
Last heard 2 days ago
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