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Judy Collins
Solo artist Seattle United States
Judy Collins is an artist from Seattle. Judy Collins has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Both Sides Now”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #928. The station that charted Judy Collins most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 3 appearances.
Judy Collins, born in Seattle in 1939, started out in 1961 with A Maid of Constant Sorrow, an album of traditional folk songs, and then refused to stay put. Over the years that followed she took on folk, country, show tunes, pop, rock and roll and standards, and she sang all of it in a voice as clear as spring water, with guitar and piano under her hands and a steady commitment to social causes alongside.
In My Life, in 1966, gave her a first chart single in "Hard Lovin' Loser", but it was her take on Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now", the lead single from Wildflowers, that made her a star around the world and won her a first Grammy. More Mitchell followed with "Chelsea Morning", along with "Someday Soon", "Amazing Grace" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!".
Her biggest success came with Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from Judith in 1975, which became her best-selling studio album. The Library of Congress picked her "Amazing Grace" for the National Recording Registry in 2017. At the age of 80 she topped a Billboard album chart for the first time with Winter Stories, made with Jonas Fjeld, and in 2022 she finally made an album entirely of her own songs, Spellbound. She has directed an Oscar-nominated documentary too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Judy Collins on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both Sides Now | 1 | #928 | – | – | |
| 2 | Amazing Grace | 1 | #1140 | – | – | |
| 3 | In My Life | 1 | #1848 | – | – | |
| 4 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes | 1 | #1863 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 928 | Both Sides Now | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2020 | 1848 | In My Life | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2006 | 342 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2001 | 1140 | Amazing Grace | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 1863 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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