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The Band
Band Toronto Canada Active 1967–1999 Canadian-American rock band
The Band formed in 1967 in Toronto, Canada and was active until 1999. The Band has 183 chart appearances on 67 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Weight”, which appears on 57 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted The Band most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 37 appearances.
The Band spent years learning their trade before they ever had a name of their own. As the Hawks, they backed the rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins out of Toronto from 1958 to 1963, and in 1966 they were Bob Dylan's first electric band on his tour. Four of them are Canadian: Rick Danko on bass, fiddle and vocals, Garth Hudson on organ, keyboards, accordion and saxophone, Richard Manuel on piano, drums and vocals, and Robbie Robertson on guitar. Levon Helm, the drummer, singer and mandolin man, is the lone American.
Music From Big Pink, in 1968, and The Band, in 1969, sound like nothing else going: rough, homespun, old as the hills and brand new at once, blending Americana, folk, rock, R&B, jazz and country until the seams disappear. "The Weight" rolls along like a parable told on a front porch, "Chest Fever" churns and heaves, and "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" came the next year. Critics raved, and the records sold.
Stage Fright, Cahoots, the live Rock of Ages, the covers album Moondog Matinee and Northern Lights – Southern Cross followed. They said goodbye with a concert on November 25, 1976, which Martin Scorsese filmed as The Last Waltz. Danko, Hudson, Helm and Manuel reunited without Robertson in 1983, and carried on after Manuel's death in 1986 until Danko died in 1999. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted them in 1994.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Band on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Weight#413 of all time | 57 | #1 | 2 | – | |
| 2 | Up on Cripple Creek | 40 | #71 | – | – | |
| 3 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | 30 | #24 | – | – | |
| 4 | It Makes No Difference | 10 | #159 | – | – | |
| 5 | Acadian Driftwood | 4 | #431 | – | – | |
| 6 | Chest Fever | 4 | #525 | – | – | |
| 7 | Ophelia | 3 | #174 | – | – | |
| 8 | When I Paint My Masterpiece | 2 | #387 | – | – | |
| 9 | Atlantic City | 2 | #94 | – | – | |
| 10 | Stage Fright | 3 | #334 | – | – | |
| 11 | I Shall Be Released | 3 | #410 | – | – | |
| 12 | Life Is A Carnival | 1 | #573 | – | – | |
| 13 | Don't Do It | 4 | #770 | – | – | |
| 14 | Night They Drove Old D | 3 | #654 | – | – | |
| 15 | King Harvest (Has Surely Come) | 1 | #457 | – | – | |
| 16 | Rag Mama Rag | 3 | #871 | – | – | |
| 17 | The Shape I'm In | 4 | #617 | – | – | |
| 18 | King Harvest | 1 | #1032 | – | – | |
| 19 | Get up Jake | 1 | #465 | – | – | |
| 20 | Long Black Veil | 2 | #495 | – | – | |
| 21 | The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show | 2 | #941 | – | – | |
| 22 | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,th | 1 | #463 | – | – | |
| 23 | Whispering Pines | 1 | #1994 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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