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Dar Williams
Solo artist Mount Kisco United States singer-songwriter
Dar Williams is an artist from Mount Kisco. Dar Williams has 43 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “As Cool as I Am”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #14. The station that charted Dar Williams most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Dar Williams, born in 1967 and from Mount Kisco, New York, came up through the '90s folk scene with a guitar, a clear, unshowy voice and songs that sneak up on you. Her debut, The Honesty Room, came out in 1995 on Waterbug Records, and it's where most people first met her: "When I Was a Boy" unfolds with a hushed, tender patience, "The Babysitter's Here" skips along on a light, bright strum, and "Alleluia" and "You're Aging Well" show how much warmth she can get from a voice and six strings.
Mortal City followed in 1996, with "The Christians and the Pagans" and the defiant, stomping "As Cool as I Am". End of the Summer, in 1997, brought "Road Buddy", while "Are You Out There" surfaced on the What Do You Hear in These Sounds EP that same year.
She built her audience the old-fashioned way, on the folk festival circuit and on the road alongside the likes of Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ani DiFranco, Patty Griffin and Catie Curtis.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dar Williams on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As Cool as I Am | 6 | #14 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | Are You out There | 5 | #47 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | When I Was a Boy | 4 | #375 | – | – | |
| 4 | It's Alright | 6 | #47 | – | 2008 | |
| 5 | Spring Street | 2 | #76 | – | – | |
| 6 | The Christians and the Pagans | 3 | #299 | – | – | |
| 7 | Echoes | 2 | #110 | – | 2007 | |
| 8 | Iowa (Traveling Ill) | 1 | #307 | – | – | |
| 9 | Alleluia | 1 | #448 | – | – | |
| 10 | Traveling Again (Traveling I) | 1 | #460 | – | – | |
| 11 | Closer To Me | 2 | #606 | – | – | |
| 12 | What Do You Hear In These Sounds | 2 | #719 | – | – | |
| 13 | Everybody Knows This is Nowhere | 1 | #610 | – | – | |
| 14 | I Saw A Bird Fly Away | 1 | #680 | – | – | |
| 15 | I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono | 1 | #708 | – | – | |
| 16 | Road Buddy | 1 | #726 | – | – | |
| 17 | You're Aging Well | 1 | #789 | – | – | |
| 18 | The Easy Way | 1 | #854 | – | – | |
| 19 | The Babysitter's Here | 1 | #859 | – | – |
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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