Artist · chart history
It's a Beautiful Day
Band San Francisco United States Active 1967–1974
It's a Beautiful Day formed in 1967 in San Francisco, United States and was active until 1974. It's a Beautiful Day has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “White Bird”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #245. The station that charted It's a Beautiful Day most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 4 appearances.
It's a Beautiful Day came together in San Francisco in 1967, the Summer of Love year, and they sounded like nobody else in town. At the center was David LaFlamme, a violinist who had played as a young soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and had wielded a five-string violin in the band Orkustra. His wife Linda LaFlamme played keyboards, Pattie Santos sang, and Val Fuentes on drums, Mitchell Holman on bass and Hal Wagenet on guitar filled out the early lineup.
Their music was a heady brew: rock, jazz, folk, country and classical ideas swirling together with touches from around the world. They recorded for Columbia, and their self-titled debut in 1969 is where "White Bird" soars, drifting and dreamy, like a gull riding the wind off the bay.
They had ties to the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Santana, but never reached their heights. The lineup kept shifting, and by 1974 it was over.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by It's a Beautiful Day on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Bird | 10 | #245 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 556 | White Bird | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2023 | 245 | White Bird | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 |
| 2022 | 798 | White Bird | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 |
| 2020 | 680 | White Bird | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2012 | 449 | White Bird | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown |
| 2012 | 625 | White Bird | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) |
| 2009 | 706 | White Bird | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2004 | 321 | White Bird | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) |
| 2004 | 526 | White Bird | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) |
| 2002 | 547 | White Bird | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) |
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