Friday, November 1, 2013

Johnny K's Way Back Play Backs - November 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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November 2013   

November 30: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #26 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American blues/boogie rock band, Canned Heat, with "Let's Work Together" (1970)


November 29: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American new wave rock quartet, The Knack, with "My Sharona" (1979)


November 28: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is British pop band, The New Seekers, with "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" (1972)


November 27: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American pop music family group, The Jackson 5, with "ABC" (1970)


November 26: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #27 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock band, Sir Douglas Quintet, with "Mendocino" (1968)


November 25: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Scottish folk-rock musician, Al Stewart, with "Year of the Cat" (1977)


November 24: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is the late Jeanine Deckers, known affectionately as Sœur Sourire or The Singing Nun, with "Dominique" (1963)


November 23: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is one of pioneers of rock & roll, Chuck Berry, with "My Ding-a-Ling" (1972)


November 22: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock & roll trio, The Cyrkle, with "Red Rubber Ball" (1966)

 
November 21: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock band, Dr. Hook, with "Sharing the Night Together" (1978)


November 20: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #40 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Canadian rock band, The Stampeders, with "Hit the Road Jack" (1975)


November 19: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is dedicated to my mother on her birthday and continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is her favorite entertainer, American singer/actor, Elvis Presley, with "Hound Dog" (1956) 


November 18: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is English rock band, The Moody Blues, with "Nights in White Satin" (1967)

 
November 17: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer/songwriter, Neil Diamond, with "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" (1970)


November 16: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer/songwriter, Bill Withers, with "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971) 

 
November 15: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is English rock band, The Rolling Stones, with "19th Nervous Breakdown" (1966) 


November 14: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American country rock band, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, with "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969) 


November 13: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth, with "Love Hurts" (1976) 


November 12: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Scottish singer/songwriter, the late Gerry Rafferty, with "Baker Street" (1978) 


November 11: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; ranked at #6 at Songs of the Century here is the American singing trio , The Andrews Sisters, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (1941).  Lest we forget.


November 10: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Canadian gospel rock band, Ocean, with the Gene MacLellan-penned "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (1971)

 
November 9: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock-n-roll singer, Johnny Rivers, with "Baby I Need Your Loving" (1967)

 
November 8: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Californian folk band, The Association, with "Along Comes Mary" (1966)


November 7: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is  the husband/wife duo of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., former members of the vocal group The 5th Dimension, with "You Don't Have to be a Star (To Be in my Show)" (1977)


November 6: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American entertainer, the late Sammy Davis Jr, with "The Candy Man" (1972)


November 5: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Canadian rock band, The Guess Who, with "These Eyes" (1968)


November 4: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American progressive rock band, Kansas, with "Dust in the Wind" (1978) 


November 3: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #42 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is "The Man in Black," singer/songwriter Johnny Cash (with June Carter & the Carter Family and The Statler Brothers), with "Daddy Sang Bass" (1968)


November 2: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Welsh folk singer, Mary Hopkin, with "Those Were the Days" (1968)


November 1: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is English singer/songwriter, Albert Hammond, with "It Never Rains (in Southern California)" (1972)