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JD McPherson
Solo artist Broken Arrow United States US singer-songwriter
JD McPherson is an artist from Broken Arrow. JD McPherson has 58 chart appearances on 42 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “North Side Gal”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted JD McPherson most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
JD McPherson, a singer and guitarist born in 1977 and hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, makes rock and roll the way it sounded before anybody thought to call it a genre: rockabilly slap, rhythm and blues swing, the '50s grease of Little Richard and Fats Domino. The twist is that his other heroes include the Wu-Tang Clan, the Pixies and Led Zeppelin, and you can hear it in the way his records hit harder and stranger than straight revivalism ever does.
Signs & Signifiers, in 2010, set out the stall: "North Side Gal" struts on a rattling beat and a hook as big as a Cadillac fin, "Firebug" crackles, and the title track shows he isn't just dressing up in old clothes. Let the Good Times Roll followed in 2015, with its rowdy title track and "Head Over Heels", and Undivided Heart & Soul in 2017 brought "Lucky Penny", its guitars a little dirtier and its edges a little rougher.
Rounder Records is the label behind him. After a long wait came Nite Owls in 2024, with "Sunshine Getaway" and "I Can't Go Anywhere with You", proof that a man with one foot planted firmly in the jukebox era can still sound like he's got somewhere to be.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by JD McPherson on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Side Gal | 16 | #11 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Lucky Penny | 7 | #13 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Sunshine Getaway | 8 | #20 | – | 2024 | |
| 4 | Head Over Heels | 6 | #22 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | Firebug | 5 | #45 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Let the Good Times Roll | 3 | #20 | – | 2015 | |
| 7 | Wolf Teeth | 2 | #21 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Lust For Life | 2 | #88 | – | 2022 | |
| 9 | Bossy | 1 | #21 | – | 2015 | |
| 10 | I Can't Go Anywhere with You | 2 | #83 | – | 2024 | |
| 11 | A Little Respect | 1 | #303 | – | – | |
| 12 | Signs and Signifiers | 2 | #541 | – | – | |
| 13 | Scratching Circles | 1 | #384 | – | – | |
| 14 | Just Around The Corner | 2 | #47 | – | 2022 |
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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