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Alejandro Escovedo
Solo artist San Antonio United States
Alejandro Escovedo is an artist from San Antonio. Alejandro Escovedo has 35 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Always A Friend”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #62. The station that charted Alejandro Escovedo most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Alejandro Escovedo, born in San Antonio in 1951 into a family of musicians, has spent his career refusing to stay in one lane: punk rock, roots rock and alternative country have all passed through his hands since he started recording and touring in the late '70s. Austin is the city most tied to his name, though San Francisco and New York both shaped him too, and his guitar is always at the center.
Gravity, in 1992, gave him "Bury Me", which mixes brooding atmosphere with a rocker's snarl. On Real Animal in 2008, "Always A Friend" is a big-hearted, strutting rock and roll song with a grin all over it. Burn Something Beautiful followed in 2016, with the warm, jangling "Beauty Of Your Smile".
Along the way he has recorded for labels as different as Columbia and Bloodshot, and in 2006 the Americana community gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance, a fair reward for decades of restless, heartfelt music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Alejandro Escovedo on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always A Friend | 10 | #62 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Anchor | 7 | #11 | – | 2010 | |
| 3 | Sister Lost Soul | 4 | #23 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Bury Me | 2 | #4 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | Heartbeat Smile | 2 | #21 | – | 2016 | |
| 6 | Castanets | 1 | #259 | – | – | |
| 7 | Faith | 1 | #39 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Five Hearts Breaking | 1 | #372 | – | – | |
| 9 | Sonica USA | 1 | #57 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | Wave | 1 | #464 | – | – | |
| 11 | Rosalie | 1 | #654 | – | – | |
| 12 | Beauty Of Your Smile | 1 | #74 | – | 2016 | |
| 13 | Wedding Day | 1 | #806 | – | – | |
| 14 | Man Of The World | 1 | #107 | – | 2012 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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