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John Coltrane
Solo artist Hamlet United States
John Coltrane is an artist from Hamlet. John Coltrane has 24 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Favorite Things”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #114. The station that charted John Coltrane most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 10 appearances.
John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, in 1926, moved up to Philadelphia after high school, served in the Navy near the end of the war and made his professional debut in 1945. He learned his trade in bebop and hard bop, played with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and led at least 50 sessions of his own on tenor, alto and more.
Blue Train, in 1958, is hard bop at its most burnished. Giant Steps, in 1960, is where he really took off: the title track races along at a speed that still makes other players sweat, while "Naima" is a slow, glowing ballad of pure tenderness. My Favorite Things, in 1961, spins itself into a hypnotic, whirling modal trance. From there the music grew more spiritual and more free, reaching its peak with A Love Supreme in 1965, whose opening "Acknowledgement" is a prayer played on a horn.
He died in 1967, and the honors kept coming: a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, a special Pulitzer citation in 2007, and even sainthood in the African Orthodox Church.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by John Coltrane on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Favorite Things | 4 | #114 | – | – | |
| 2 | Giant Steps | 3 | #276 | – | – | |
| 3 | Naima | 3 | #147 | – | – | |
| 4 | Acknowledgement | 3 | #403 | – | – | |
| 5 | Blue Train | 2 | #637 | – | – | |
| 6 | Cousin Mary | 1 | #256 | – | – | |
| 7 | Equinox | 1 | #356 | – | – | |
| 8 | A Love Supreme Pt 1: Acknowledgement | 2 | #369 | – | – | |
| 9 | Moments Notice | 1 | #853 | – | – | |
| 10 | Mr. P.C. | 1 | #1012 | – | – | |
| 11 | A Love Supreme | 1 | #1542 | – | – | |
| 12 | Central Park West | 1 | #1835 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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