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Lyle Lovett
Solo artist Houston United States
Lyle Lovett is an artist from Houston. Lyle Lovett has 45 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “If I Had a Boat”, which appears on 17 lists with a best position of #70. The station that charted Lyle Lovett most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2022.
Houston's Lyle Lovett, born in 1957, has been making records since 1980, and he has never sounded like anybody else in country music. Pontiac, in 1987, is where his droll, dry wit came into full focus: "If I Had a Boat" ambles along with a shrug and a half-smile, and "L.A. County" hides its sting behind a pretty melody. The delivery is deadpan, the phrasing loose, and the whole thing sits a little sideways to whatever else country radio was doing.
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, in 1989, put a big, brassy band behind him, with "Here I Am" along for the ride. Joshua Judges Ruth, in 1992, brought the rafter-rattling "Church", and "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)" followed in 1996, its title saying everything.
He has made 14 albums and 25 singles, including the Hot Country Songs top-10 hit "Cowboy Man", and won 4 Grammy Awards, among them Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Album and, in 1995, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. An Americana Trailblazer Award followed in 2007, and his most recent album, 12th of June, came out in 2022. He acts, too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Lyle Lovett on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If I Had a Boat | 17 | #70 | – | – | |
| 2 | Church | 4 | #282 | – | – | |
| 3 | That's Right (You're Not From Texas) | 3 | #455 | – | – | |
| 4 | Don't Touch My Hat | 1 | #270 | – | – | |
| 5 | North Dakota | 2 | #308 | – | – | |
| 6 | The 12th of June | 1 | #54 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | My Baby Don't Tolerate | 2 | #576 | – | – | |
| 8 | Stand By Your Man | 1 | #557 | – | – | |
| 9 | Here I Am | 4 | #1824 | – | – | |
| 10 | Natural Forces | 2 | #67 | – | 2009 | |
| 11 | Private Conversation | 2 | #423 | – | – | |
| 12 | L.A. County | 1 | #589 | – | – | |
| 13 | She's No Lady, She's My Wife | 1 | #1527 | – | – | |
| 14 | Up In Indiana | 1 | #637 | – | – | |
| 15 | Blues Walk | 1 | #1741 | – | – | |
| 16 | This Old Porch | 1 | #1754 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Lyle Lovett as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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