Artist · chart history
Son Little
Solo artist Philadelphia United States
Son Little is an artist from Philadelphia. Son Little has 14 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The River”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #48. The station that charted Son Little most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Son Little is the stage name of Aaron Earl Livingston, a Philadelphia musician who files under rhythm and blues but refuses to stay in the folder. His father preached and his mother taught school, and he makes records that mix soul, blues, folk and hip-hop into something low-lit and slow-burning, and he writes and produces a good share of it himself.
Signed to Anti-, he put out a self-titled album in 2014, and "The River" and "Lay Down" gave rock radio a taste of that sound: a warm, weathered voice riding grooves that sound half gospel, half back-porch blues. New Magic followed in 2017, and "Blue Magic (Waikiki)" carried him back onto the countdowns with a lighter, sunnier touch that still kept the grit underneath.
What makes Son Little worth the time is the refusal to pick a lane. He sounds like a crate-digger who grew up in church, and his records play like the two never had a quarrel.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Son Little on radio countdowns
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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