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Amos Lee
Solo artist Philadelphia United States
Amos Lee is an artist from Philadelphia. Amos Lee has 115 chart appearances on 78 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Windows Are Rolled Down”, which appears on 26 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Amos Lee most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 33 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Amos Lee, born Ryan Anthony Massaro in Philadelphia in 1977, sings like he has all the time in the world, a warm, easy voice that folds folk, rock and soul into one unhurried groove. His self-titled debut on Blue Note in 2005 carried "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight", and Last Days at the Lodge followed in 2008.
Mission Bell, in 2011, was the surprise: it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. "Windows Are Rolled Down" was the song that caught on, a breezy, open-road number, alongside "Flower", "El Camino" and "Violin". Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song followed in 2013, then Spirit in 2016, My New Moon in 2018 and Dreamland in 2022, with "Worry No More" turning up on the countdowns.
He has spent years as a go-to opening act for a heavyweight list of headliners, including Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, John Prine, Adele and David Gray. His songs have landed on plenty of TV and film soundtracks, and he has turned up as a featured artist on the PBS series Bluegrass Underground and on a string of late-night TV shows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Amos Lee on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows Are Rolled Down | 26 | #1 | 2 | 2011 | |
| 2 | Arms of a Women | 9 | #69 | – | – | |
| 3 | Worry No More | 10 | #14 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | The Man Who Wants You | 7 | #10 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | No More Darkness, No More Light | 7 | #15 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | Flower | 6 | #19 | – | 2011 | |
| 7 | Chill In The Air | 4 | #11 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight | 5 | #338 | – | – | |
| 9 | El Camino | 4 | #29 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | Listen | 4 | #21 | – | 2008 | |
| 11 | Hold On Tight | 3 | #28 | – | 2024 | |
| 12 | See The Light | 5 | #16 | – | 2022 | |
| 13 | Shout Out Loud | 5 | #494 | – | – | |
| 14 | What's Been Going On | 3 | #45 | – | 2008 | |
| 15 | Vaporize | 3 | #56 | – | 2016 | |
| 16 | Violin | 2 | #57 | – | 2011 | |
| 17 | Beautiful Day | 1 | #52 | – | 2024 | |
| 18 | Wind, The | 1 | #274 | – | – | |
| 19 | Shoulda Known Better | 1 | #43 | – | 2023 | |
| 20 | Colors | 2 | #108 | – | 2006 | |
| 21 | Jesus | 1 | #61 | – | 2011 | |
| 22 | Louisville | 1 | #596 | – | – | |
| 23 | Kid | 1 | #701 | – | – | |
| 24 | Little Light | 1 | #88 | – | 2019 | |
| 25 | Running Out Of Time | 2 | #43 | – | 2016 |
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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