Artist · chart history
Cockney Rebel
Band London United Kingdom Active 1972–2024
Cockney Rebel formed in 1972 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 2024. Cockney Rebel has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1987–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sebastian”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #50. The station that charted Cockney Rebel most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 12 appearances.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel came together in London in the early '70s around Harley himself, a band that could never quite sit still, sliding from pop to arty, progressive rock and back again, sometimes inside a single song. "Sebastian" is their grand, theatrical calling card: sweeping, dramatic and a little bit decadent.
Over the years the lineup shifted around him, with Stuart Elliott on board through the mid-'70s, Milton Reame-James on keyboards, Paul Jeffreys on bass, and later Jean-Paul Crocker bringing electric violin, guitar and mandolin, plus Duncan Mackay. Through all the changes they put five albums and twelve singles on the British charts.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Cockney Rebel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian | 12 | #50 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 102 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999) |
| 1998 | 93 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1998) |
| 1997 | 93 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1997) |
| 1996 | 84 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1996) |
| 1995 | 83 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995) |
| 1994 | 55 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994) |
| 1993 | 71 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993) |
| 1992 | 55 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1992) |
| 1991 | 68 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991) |
| 1990 | 50 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990) |
| 1988 | 62 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) |
| 1987 | 59 | Sebastian | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1987) |
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