Artist · chart history
The Twilight Singers
Band New Orleans United States Formed 1997
The Twilight Singers formed in 1997 in New Orleans, United States. The Twilight Singers has 28 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Teenage Wristband”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #37. The station that charted The Twilight Singers most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 23 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
The Twilight Singers began as Greg Dulli's after-hours escape hatch, a side project he started in New Orleans while the Afghan Whigs were on a break. When the Whigs came apart for good, the side project became the main event, and Dulli turned it into his personal vehicle, with a floating cast of collaborators that at various points took in Shawn Smith, Happy Chichester, David Rosser, John Nooney and Rick G Nelson.
The records sound like Dulli's familiar vices under dimmer lights: smoky, soulful, a little menacing. Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers, in 2000, drifted in on a late-night haze, with "Last Temptation" among its slow-burners. Blackberry Belle, in 2003, brought the guitars back up for "Teenage Wristband", a strutting, sweaty rocker with a grudge in its hips. Powder Burns followed in 2006, and "Bonnie Brae" snarls and swaggers like the Whigs never left. Five studio albums in all, each one carried out on the road around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Twilight Singers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teenage Wristband | 12 | #37 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Bonnie Brae | 8 | #40 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Hyperballad | 1 | #73 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Last Temptation | 6 | #1857 | – | – | |
| 5 | The Killer | 1 | #216 | – | 2004 |
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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