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Dan Fogelberg
Solo artist Peoria United States
Dan Fogelberg is an artist from Peoria. Dan Fogelberg has 9 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Part Of The Plan”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #48. The station that charted Dan Fogelberg most often is KSHE 95 (St. Louis, MO), with 3 appearances.
Dan Fogelberg came out of Peoria, born in 1951, and by the time of The Innocent Age in 1981 he had become the soft-rock balladeer of choice for anyone who wanted their radio gentle and their heartache sung in full sentences. A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who worked mainly on guitar and voice, he blended folk rock with a country lilt and recorded for Columbia and Epic.
The hits piled up around the turn of the decade: "Longer" in 1979, "Leader of the Band" in 1981, "Run for the Roses" in 1982, and "Same Old Lang Syne", the wistful hit that found its home on The Innocent Age. Go back a few years to Nether Lands, from 1977, and you hear the same patient craftsman stretching toward something grander. He died in 2007.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dan Fogelberg on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part Of The Plan | 2 | #48 | – | – | |
| 2 | As The Raven Flies | 1 | #47 | – | – | |
| 3 | Face The Fire | 1 | #281 | – | – | |
| 4 | Same Old Lang Syne | 1 | #1354 | – | – | |
| 5 | Nether Lands | 2 | #1693 | – | – | |
| 6 | Leader Of The Band | 1 | #683 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | As The Raven Flies | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) |
| 2026 | 48 | Part Of The Plan | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) |
| 2026 | 281 | Face The Fire | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) |
| 2023 | 865 | Part Of The Plan | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 |
| 2023 | 683 | Leader Of The Band | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s |
| 2020 | 1354 | Same Old Lang Syne | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2020 | 1693 | Nether Lands | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2006 | 308 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2001 | 1857 | Nether Lands | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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