Johnny K's Way Back Play Backs - August 2013

Welcome to Johnny K's Way Back Play Backs  and join the groovy adventure with Johnny K as he jumps in his "Way Back Machine" and takes a trip back to yesteryear.

This is a place where great moments in music and pop culture are celebrated and remembered.

So pull up a beanbag chair, turn on your lava lamp and take a trip back to a groovier time!

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August 2013  

August 31: Today's "Way Back Play Back" starts a new series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Kiss with their 1976 release of "Beth"

 
August 30: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Mony, Mony" (1968), here is Tommy James and the Shondells

August 29: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his version of "Mony, Mony" (1987), here is Billy Idol

August 28: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972), here is The Main Ingredient

August 27: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his version of "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1991), here is Aaron Neville

August 26: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Darlin' Be Home Soon" (1967), here is The Lovin' Spoonful

August 25: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his version of "Darlin' Be Home Soon" (1969), here is Joe Cocker

August 24: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "Darlin' Be Home Soon" (1993), here is The Barra MacNeils

August 23: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his original version of Bruce Springsteen-penned "Fire" (1977), here is Bruce Springsteen

August 22: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of Bruce Springsteen-penned "Fire" (1979), here is The Pointer Sisters

August 21: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of Bruce Springsteen-penned "Fire" (1998), here is  Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds & Des'ree

August 20: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966), here is The Supremes

August 19: Today's "Way Back Play Back" returns to a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1967), here is Vanilla Fudge

 
August 18: Today's "Way Back Play Back" concludes a series dedicated to Woodstock Music & Art Fair that took place in Bethel, NY on August 15 - 18, 1969; here is Crosby, Stills & Nash, who performed on this date 1969, with "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"

August 17: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues a series dedicated to Woodstock Music & Art Fair that took place in Bethel, NY on August 15 - 18, 1969; here is Joe Cocker, who performed on this date 1969, with his version of The Beatles' "With a Little Help from my Friends"

August 16: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues a series dedicated to Woodstock Music & Art Fair that took place in Bethel, NY on August 15 - 18, 1969; here is Canned Heat, who performed on this date 1969, with one of their signature tunes, "Going Up the Country" (1968)

August 15: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues a series dedicated to Woodstock Music & Art Fair that took place in Bethel, NY on August 15 - 18, 1969; here is Richie Havens, having the distinction of being the first act to perform, and "Freedom"

August 14: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is the first in a series dedicated to  Woodstock Music & Art Fair that took place in Bethel, NY on August 15 - 18, 1969; here is Joni Mitchell and "Woodstock"

August 13: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "The Loco-Motion" (1962), here is Little Eva

August 12: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "The Loco-Motion" (1974), here is Grand Funk Railroad

  
August 11: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with her version of "The Loco-Motion" (1987), here is Australian pop star, Kylie Minogue

August 10: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Venus" (1969), here is the Dutch rock band, Shocking Blue

August 9: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his version of "Venus" (1986), here is Bananarama

August 8: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Suspicious Minds" (1969), here is Elvis Presley

August 7:  Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with his version of "Suspicious Minds" (1992), here is Dwight Yoakam

 
August 6: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "Suspicious Minds" (1986), here is Fine Young Cannibals

August 5: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "Lean On Me" (1972), here is Bill Withers

August 4: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "Lean On Me" (1987), here is Club Nouveau

 
August 3: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "There's a Kind of Hush" (1967), here is Herman's Hermits

August 2: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with their version of "There's a Kind of Hush" (1976), here is The Carpenters

 
August 1: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring cover versions of previously released hits; with the original version of "I Only Want To Be With You" (1963), here is Dusty Springfield