Artist · chart history · #431 in indie & aaa artist polls
J.J. Cale
Solo artist Oklahoma City United States
J.J. Cale is an artist from Oklahoma City. J.J. Cale has 8 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Danger”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #432. The station that charted J.J. Cale most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Naturally, J.J. Cale's 1971 album on Shelter Records, sounds like a man who would rather be on the porch than on the stage, and that is the whole charm. The Oklahoma guitarist and songwriter, born in 1938, was one of the people who cooked up the Tulsa sound, a loose stew of blues, rockabilly, country and jazz, and here he serves it at a low simmer: murmured vocals, a boogie that shuffles instead of struts, guitar lines that say more by saying less. "Call Me The Breeze" rolls along like a car with the windows down and nowhere in particular to be.
Cale never chased the spotlight and barely changed his approach over the years, but the musicians noticed. Eric Clapton ranked him among the most important artists in rock history, and Neil Young, Mark Knopfler and Waylon Jennings all acknowledged his pull. Cale and Clapton eventually teamed up on The Road to Escondido, which won them a Grammy in 2008.
He died in 2013, and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame took him in the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by J.J. Cale on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danger | 1 | #432 | – | – | |
| 2 | Ride the River | 1 | #456 | – | – | |
| 3 | Call Me The Breeze | 1 | #497 | – | – | |
| 4 | Crazy Mama | 1 | #1161 | – | – | |
| 5 | Who Knew | 1 | #80 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Roll On | 1 | #698 | – | – | |
| 7 | After Midnight | 1 | #869 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 869 | After Midnight | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s |
| 2018 | 698 | Roll On | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2010 | 80 | Who Knew | WFIV Top 105 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 497 | Call Me The Breeze | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2009 | 432 | Danger | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade |
| 2009 | 456 | Ride the River | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade |
| 2006 | 434 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2001 | 1161 | Crazy Mama | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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