Sunday, November 1, 2015

Johnny K's Way Back Play Backs - November 2015

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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November 2015  

November 30: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#1 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English progressive rock band Pink Floyd with "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979)

 
November 29: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American female singing group Diana Ross & the Supremes with "Reflections" (1967)

 
November 28: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #4 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Latin/American rock group Santana with "Black Magic Woman" (1970)

 
November 27: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Fast-Forward Fridays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1990s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart American Hip hop duo Kris Kross with "Jump" (1992)

 
November 26: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American funk/soul band the Commodores with "Three Times a Lady" (1978)

 
November 25: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #10 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#2 on Canadian Singles chart) here is Canadian rock band The Guess Who with "Share the Land" (1970)

 
November 24: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Totally Tubular Tuesdays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1980s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#7 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English singer and musician, the late Joe Cocker (1944 - 2014), and American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, Jennifer Warnes, with "Up Where We Belong" (1982)


November 23: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American vocal and instrumental duo the Carpenters with "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1971)

 
November 22: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #4 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer-songwriter Dion with "Abraham, Martin and John" (1968)

 
November 21: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart 100 here is American guitarist and composer Mason Williams with "Classical Gas" (1968)

 
November 20: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Fast-Forward Fridays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1990s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart American R&B, hip hop, funk and urban soul girl group TLC with "Waterfalls" (1995)

 
November 19: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #9 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock and roll group The Fireballs with "Bottle of Wine" (1967)

 
November 18: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#5 on U.K. Singles chart) here is British rock singer-songwriter Rod Stewart with "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (1976)


November 17: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Totally Tubular Tuesdays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1980s; peaking at #3 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer Billy Joel with "Uptown Girl" (1983)

 
November 16: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #5 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#11 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Scottish rock band Pilot with "Magic" (1974)

 
November 15: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is English singer and songwriter, the late John Lennon (1940 - 1980), with "Imagine" (1971)

 
November 14: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer-songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian Dolly Parton with "Here You Come Again" (1977)

 
November 13: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Fast-Forward Fridays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1990s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart American hard rock band Aerosmith with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998)

 
November 12: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer and musician, Aretha Franklin, with "Chain of Fools" (1967)


November 11: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is dedicate to the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty as we observe Remembrance Day (Lest We Forget); reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American military veteran, author, actor and singer-songwriter, the late Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (1940 - 1989), with "The Ballad of the Green Berets" (1966)


November 10: Today's "Way Back Play Back" commemorates the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior 40 years ago (November 10, 1975); peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#1 on Canadian Singles chart) here is Canadian singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)

 
November 9: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American folk rock vocal group, The Mamas & the Papas, with "Monday, Monday" (1966)

 
November 8: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #5 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#16 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English pop rock band, Vanity Fare, with "Hitchin' a Ride" (1970)

 
November 7: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #10 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#1 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English rock band, T. Rex, with "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (1971)

 
November 6: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Fast-Forward Fridays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1990s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#9 on Canadian Singles chart) here is Canadian reggae musician, Snow, with "Informer" (1993)

 
November 5: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is a requested hit from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#8 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Scottish folk rock band, Stealers Wheel, with "Stuck in the Middle With You" (1973)

 
November 4: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is a requested hit from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American pop-rock band, Orleans, with "Dance With Me" (1975)


November 3: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series called "Totally Tubular Tuesdays" with the grooviest hits of that decade known as the 1980s; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart (#12 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Jamaican singer, lyricist, supermodel, record producer and actress, Grace Jones, with "Slave to the Rhythm" (1985)

 
November 2: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #15 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock band, The Doobie Brothers, with "China Grove" (1973)

 
November 1: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, the late Roger Miller (1936 - 1992), with "King of the Road" (1964)


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