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Little Feat
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1969
Little Feat formed in 1969 in Los Angeles, United States. Little Feat has 72 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1976–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dixie Chicken”, which appears on 27 lists with a best position of #116. The station that charted Little Feat most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1977.
Little Feat were born in Los Angeles in 1969, when Lowell George and bassist Roy Estrada, both alumni of the Mothers of Invention, teamed up with keyboardist Bill Payne and drummer Richie Hayward. George was the heart of it: a singer and guitarist who could write a song like "Willin'", the standout of their 1971 debut, and make it sound like it had been sung in roadhouses for a hundred years.
By late 1972 the classic lineup was in place, with Kenny Gradney on bass, Paul Barrere on guitar and vocals and Sam Clayton on percussion, and Dixie Chicken, in 1973, is where the extra hands paid off. The title song and "Fat Man in the Bathtub" roll and strut on a loose, rubbery New Orleans groove, rock and roll with its shoes kicked off, part country, part blues and part funk, with Hayward's drumming swinging from somewhere behind the beat. Feats Don't Fail Me Now in 1974 brought "Oh Atlanta" and "Spanish Moon", and The Last Record Album and Time Loves a Hero kept the good times coming.
Creative differences led George to break up the band shortly before his death in 1979. The survivors put Little Feat back together in 1987, with Craig Fuller and Shaun Murphy taking turns at the mic, and Let It Roll followed in 1988. The band has been on the road ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Little Feat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dixie Chicken | 27 | #116 | – | – | |
| 2 | Willin' | 13 | #19 | – | – | |
| 3 | Fat Man in the Bathtub | 10 | #194 | – | – | |
| 4 | Spanish Moon | 6 | #368 | – | – | |
| 5 | Oh Atlanta | 5 | #249 | – | – | |
| 6 | Let It Roll | 2 | #168 | – | – | |
| 7 | Easy To Slip | 2 | #407 | – | – | |
| 8 | Feats Dont Fail Me Now | 1 | #297 | – | – | |
| 9 | Long Distance Love | 2 | #26 | – | – | |
| 10 | All That You Dream | 1 | #300 | – | – | |
| 11 | Red Streamliner | 1 | #733 | – | – | |
| 12 | Rocket In My Pocket | 1 | #60 | – | 1977 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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