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Richie Havens
Solo artist Brooklyn United States
Richie Havens is an artist from Brooklyn. Richie Havens has 9 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Here Comes The Sun”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #559. The station that charted Richie Havens most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 5 appearances.
Richie Havens came out of Brooklyn with a guitar he played like a drum, strumming in open tunings with a rhythmic drive that made one guitar sound like a whole band. Born in 1941, he worked the seams between folk, soul and rhythm and blues, and he was never shy about taking other writers' songs and making them bend to his style.
Mixed Bag, from 1967, carried "Follow", and Alarm Clock, in 1970, brought "Here Comes the Sun", sung with a husky, urgent kick. Over the years he recorded for Verve, A&M and Epic, but his most famous moment came on a festival stage rather than in a studio: he was the opening act at Woodstock. A recording of him on stage in Paris in 1969 finally surfaced in 2015 as Paris Live 1969, with "Freedom" among its songs.
Away from the records, that gravelly voice sold products in television jingles and even spoke for the GeoSafari toys. He died in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Richie Havens on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here Comes The Sun | 5 | #559 | – | – | |
| 2 | Freedom | 1 | #1124 | – | – | |
| 3 | Follow | 1 | #556 | – | – | |
| 4 | Hurricane Waters | 1 | #650 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 678 | Here Comes The Sun | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs |
| 2023 | 1193 | Here Comes The Sun | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 |
| 2022 | 946 | Here Comes The Sun | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 |
| 2020 | 1124 | Freedom | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2020 | 1570 | Here Comes The Sun | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2010 | 559 | Here Comes The Sun | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2009 | 650 | Hurricane Waters | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade |
| 2009 | 556 | Follow | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2006 | 524 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
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