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Peter Tosh
Solo artist Jamaica
Peter Tosh is an artist from Jamaica. Peter Tosh has 15 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1977–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Legalize It”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #354. The station that charted Peter Tosh most often is 90.9 The Bridge (Kansas City, MO), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Jamaica in 1944, was one of the 3 pillars of the Wailers alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, from 1963 until 1976. When he stepped out on his own, he made records that didn't bother asking politely. He played guitar, keyboards and melodica, and he carried the message of Rastafari wherever he went.
Legalize It, in 1976, set the tone with its defiant title track, a slow, smoky, deep-rolling groove. Equal Rights, a year later, is even harder and more militant: "Get Up, Stand Up" is a steely call to arms, and "Stepping Razor" swaggers like a man daring anyone to cross him. His records came out on everything from Studio One to Columbia, Rolling Stones Records and EMI.
No Nuclear War, with "Testify", arrived in 1987, the same year Tosh was killed during a home invasion. He was honored with the Order of Merit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Peter Tosh on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legalize It | 5 | #354 | – | – | |
| 2 | Get Up, Stand Up | 2 | #175 | – | – | |
| 3 | Burial | 1 | #939 | – | – | |
| 4 | Walk and Don't Look Back | 1 | #447 | – | – | |
| 5 | Pick Myself Up | 2 | #663 | – | – | |
| 6 | Don't Look Back | 1 | #1540 | – | – | |
| 7 | Testify | 1 | #78 | – | 1987 | |
| 8 | Stepping Razor | 1 | #53 | – | 1977 | |
| 9 | Here Comes the Sun | 1 | #798 | – | – |
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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