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New York Dolls
Band New York United States Active 1971–2011
New York Dolls formed in 1971 in New York, United States and was active until 2011. New York Dolls has 32 chart appearances on 22 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Personality Crisis”, which appears on 17 lists with a best position of #151. The station that charted New York Dolls most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
The New York Dolls came together in New York City in 1971 wearing heels, satin, spandex, makeup and the odd dress, and playing rock and roll like it had been dragged through a gutter and loved every second of it. David Johansen sang and blew harmonica, Johnny Thunders slashed at his guitar, Arthur Kane held down the bass, and by 1972 Sylvain Sylvain (guitar and piano) and drummer Jerry Nolan had stepped in for Rick Rivets and Billy Murcia.
Mercury put out New York Dolls in 1973, and it sounds exactly like a band that doesn't care whether you're ready: "Personality Crisis" careens and yowls, "Trash" is a sloppy, gleeful sugar rush. Too Much Too Soon followed in 1974 with "Stranded in the Jungle", and then it all came apart; even a young Blackie Lawless passed through in 1975 before the lights went out.
Their fingerprints are all over what came next, from the Sex Pistols and Morrissey to Kiss, the Replacements and Guns N' Roses, and punk owes them a big debt. The Dolls reunited in 2004 with a new lineup, cut One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This in 2006 with "Dance Like a Monkey", and finally called it quits after a British tour with Alice Cooper in 2011. By 2025 every original Doll was gone.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by New York Dolls on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Personality Crisis | 17 | #151 | – | – | |
| 2 | Trash | 6 | #440 | – | – | |
| 3 | Babylon | 1 | #224 | – | – | |
| 4 | Standed In The Jungle | 1 | #1150 | – | – | |
| 5 | 'Cause I Sez So | 1 | #71 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Stranded in the Jungle | 1 | #1519 | – | – | |
| 7 | Looking For A Kiss | 1 | #968 | – | – | |
| 8 | The Road To Babylon | 1 | #1841 | – | – | |
| 9 | Dance Like a Monkey | 2 | #101 | – | 2006 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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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