Artist · chart history
John Miles
Solo artist Jarrow United Kingdom UK singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist
John Miles is an artist from Jarrow. John Miles has 13 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1987–2000. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Music”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted John Miles most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 13 appearances.
John Miles, born John Errington in Jarrow in 1949, was a singer, guitarist and keyboard player who never met a big arrangement he didn't want to make bigger. His calling card was "Music", a sweeping, grandiose piece of symphonic rock that went top 3 in the UK in 1976 and won him an Ivor Novello Award, and it is entirely unembarrassed about its ambitions.
He made 10 albums between 1976 and 1999, on labels including Decca and EMI, moving between prog, soft rock and straight pop. He also spent years as a touring musician in Tina Turner's band, from 1987 to 2009, and became a regular at the Night of the Proms concerts, where his grand style had room to breathe. In 2017 the Progressive Music Awards gave him their Outstanding Musical Achievement award. He died in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by John Miles on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Music | 13 | #20 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 73 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2000) |
| 1999 | 69 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999) |
| 1998 | 67 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1998) |
| 1997 | 51 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1997) |
| 1996 | 70 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1996) |
| 1995 | 61 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995) |
| 1994 | 24 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994) |
| 1993 | 56 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993) |
| 1992 | 38 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1992) |
| 1991 | 20 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991) |
| 1990 | 32 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990) |
| 1988 | 23 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) |
| 1987 | 32 | Music | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1987) |
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