Artist · chart history · #826 in indie & aaa artist polls
Jorma Kaukonen
Solo artist Washington, D.C. United States American blues, folk, and rock guitarist
Jorma Kaukonen is an artist from Washington, D.C.. Jorma Kaukonen has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2006–2009. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Genesis”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #193. The station that charted Jorma Kaukonen most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 2 appearances.
Jorma Kaukonen, born in Washington, D.C., in 1940, made his name playing guitar in Jefferson Airplane, but he has always been a blues and folk man as much as a rocker. Hot Tuna, which began as a side project with bassist Jack Casady, gave him room to follow that pull, and it simply never stopped: as of early 2024 it had been going for 55 years.
Quah, his 1974 solo album, is the quiet one, a gentler, more inward record than anything the Airplane launched into orbit, with "Genesis" glowing at its center. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him as a member of Jefferson Airplane in 1996.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jorma Kaukonen on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis | 1 | #193 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 193 | Genesis | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2006 | 829 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
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