Artist · chart history
The Record Company
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 2011
The Record Company formed in 2011 in Los Angeles, United States. The Record Company has 60 chart appearances on 42 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Off the Ground”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted The Record Company most often is 107.1 The Peak (Westchester County, NY), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
The Record Company started in late 2011 in bassist Alex Stiff's living room in Los Feliz, where the Los Angeles trio recorded live and let the tape roll. Chris Vos sings and plays guitar, Stiff holds down the bass, Marc Cazorla drums, and all three sing, but the lodestar is the old stomp-and-growl blues of John Lee Hooker.
They earned their stripes on the road, opening for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Bob Seger, John Mayer, Social Distortion, Grace Potter and Trombone Shorty, and supporting Blackberry Smoke across Europe in late 2015. By the time their album Give It Back To You came out in 2016, they had the sound nailed: dirty, stomping riffs, a boot-heel beat and hooks that don't need any studio polish. "Off the Ground" and "Rita Mae Young" put them on rock radio, stripped-down blues rock with a swagger that's hard to fake.
All of This Life followed in 2018 with "Life to Fix", and the band, signed to Concord, has picked up a Grammy nomination and a pile of warm reviews along the way. No gimmicks, just three players in a room turning up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Record Company on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off the Ground | 16 | #3 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Rita Mae Young | 10 | #8 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Life to Fix | 10 | #3 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | How High | 7 | #20 | – | 2021 | |
| 5 | Talk To Me | 5 | #30 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Never Leave You | 5 | #48 | – | 2021 | |
| 7 | Make It Happen | 3 | #42 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Roll Bones | 1 | #20 | – | 2018 | |
| 9 | Roll With It | 1 | #40 | – | 2023 | |
| 10 | Baby I'm Broken | 2 | #81 | – | 2017 |
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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