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Autograph

Band Pasadena United States Formed 1983 USA 80s rock band

Autograph formed in 1983 in Pasadena, United States. Autograph has 35 chart appearances on 35 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Turn Up the Radio”, which appears on 35 lists with a best position of #79. The station that charted Autograph most often is 106.7 WLLZ (Detroit, MI), with 8 appearances.

35appearances

35countdowns

1songs charted

20stations

0#1 finishes

1990–2026years

Autograph formed in 1983 in California, and they didn't even have a name until they were on the highway from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida, heading to open for Van Halen in January 1984. They had cut rough demos late in 1983 and played them for only a few friends, one of them the record producer Andy Johns, whom Steve Plunkett had met while helping Joe Cerisano produce Silver Condor's Trouble At Home. Johns liked what he heard enough to have them redo the tapes at the Record Plant, free of charge.

Drummer Keni Richards then played the demo for David Lee Roth, and that was the break: Autograph joined Van Halen's 1984 tour and ended up playing 48 shows as an unsigned band. RCA Records snapped them up soon after.

Sign in Please, their 1984 album, gave them "Turn Up the Radio", the song they're still best known for: a fist-pumping, shout-along hard rock anthem with glam metal gloss, built for maximum volume. Plunkett, Steve Lynch, Randy Rand and Steven Isham were in the band alongside Richards, who drummed until 1988, and later lineups have included Jimi Bell, Simon Daniels and Marc Wieland.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Autograph on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Turn Up the Radio	1,195	35	#79	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1984Sign in Please1 charting song

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	461	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026)
2026	462	Turn Up the Radio	KSLX Arizona 500 (2026)
2025	223	Turn Up the Radio	99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025)
2025	291	Turn Up the Radio	DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025)
2025	414	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025)
2024	83	Turn Up the Radio	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024)
2024	285	Turn Up the Radio	KQRS KQ 500 (2024)
2024	412	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024)
2024	483	Turn Up the Radio	DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024)
2023	130	Turn Up the Radio	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023)
2023	357	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023)
2023	376	Turn Up the Radio	WPDH Top 1015 (2023)
2023	497	Turn Up the Radio	97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023)
2022	79	Turn Up the Radio	KSLX Arizona 500 (2022)
2022	172	Turn Up the Radio	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022)
2022	227	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022)
2022	376	Turn Up the Radio	KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022)
2022	471	Turn Up the Radio	River 500 (2022)
2022	672	Turn Up the Radio	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022)
2021	298	Turn Up the Radio	97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021)
2021	366	Turn Up the Radio	WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021)
2021	379	Turn Up the Radio	KSLX Arizona 500 (2021)
2021	440	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ 500 (2021)
2020	278	Turn Up the Radio	Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020)
2020	421	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ 500 (2020)
2019	261	Turn Up the Radio	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019)
2019	440	Turn Up the Radio	WLLZ 500 (2019)
2019	462	Turn Up the Radio	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019)
2017	288	Turn Up the Radio	97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017)
2016	494	Turn Up the Radio	Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016)
2011	443	Turn Up the Radio	The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011)
2010	280	Turn Up the Radio	The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010)
2002	311	Turn Up the Radio	KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)
1997	420	Turn Up the Radio	KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997)
1990	326	Turn Up the Radio	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)

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