Artist · chart history
Guy Clark
Solo artist Monahans United States
Guy Clark is an artist from Monahans. Guy Clark has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “L.A. Freeway”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #111. The station that charted Guy Clark most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 3 appearances.
Guy Clark, born on November 6, 1941, was the kind of songwriter other songwriters stand in line to cover, and Old No. 1, from 1975, is the proof in plain wood and steel strings. He was a luthier as well as a singer, and his songs are built the way a good guitar is: sturdy, spare, every joint fitted by hand.
"L.A. Freeway" is the one that sums him up, a weary, gently rolling country song sung in a dry, unhurried voice that never oversells a line. Old No. 1 has that feel throughout: country music with a folk singer's eye for detail.
His own catalog grew past 20 albums, while a small army of other artists picked up his songs, from Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker and Emmylou Harris to Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Strait and Chris Stapleton. The Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting came in 2005, and My Favorite Picture of You won him the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2014. He died on May 17, 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Guy Clark on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L.A. Freeway | 5 | #111 | – | – | |
| 2 | Desperadoes Waiting For A Train | 1 | #411 | – | – | |
| 3 | Baby Took a Limo to Memphis | 1 | #914 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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