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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June 2014 June 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 here is American rock band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, with "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (1982)
June 29: 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 (#13 UK Singles Chart) here is British pop music studio-based group, The First Class, with "Beach Baby" (1974)
June 28: 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 (#1 UK Singles Chart) here is British rock group, Mungo Jerry, with "In the Summertime" (1970)
June 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; peaking at #5 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#7 Swiss Singles Chart) here is Swedish musician, Eagle-Eye Cherry, with "Save Tonight" (1998)
June 26: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #8 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American progressive rock group, Styx, with "Come Sail Away" (1977)
June 25: 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 Canadian-American hard rock band, Steppenwolf, with "Magic Carpet Ride" (1968)
June 24: 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 UK Singles Chart) here is English rock band, Wings (also known as Paul McCartney and Wings), with "With a Little Luck" (1978)
June 23: 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 singer-songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, the late John Denver (1943 - 1997), with "Rocky Mountain High" (1972)
June 21: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American soft rock duo, Seals and Crofts, with "Summer Breeze" (1972)
June 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; peaking at #11 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#2 UK Singles Chart) here is Trinidadian-German Eurodance artist, Haddaway (born Nestor Alexander Haddaway), with "What Is Love" (1993)
June 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 (#2 UK Singles Chart) here is English rock band, The Kinks, with "Lola" (1970)
June 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 (#1 UK Singles Chart) here is American actor, dancer, and singer, John Travolta, and British-born Australian singer, songwriter, and actress, Olivia Newton-John (from the soundtrack from the big-screen adaptation of the musical, Grease), with "Summer Nights" (1978)
June 17: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #6 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer-songwriter, musician and composer, the late Ray Charles (1930 - 2004), with "What I'd Say" (1959)
June 16: 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 (#2 UK Singles Chart) here is British rock band, Queen, with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979)
June 15: Today's "Way Back Play Back" is dedicated to all dads on this Father's Day and continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer-songwriter, the late Harry Chapin (1942 - 1981), with "Cats in the Cradle" (1974)
June 14: 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 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) here is American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, Dolly Parton, with "9 to 5" (1981)
June 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 (#7 UK Singles Chart) here is British reggae singer, Maxi Priest, with "Close to You" (1990)
June 12: 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 rock band, The Turtles, with "She'd Rather Be With Me" (1967)
June 11: 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 pop music singer-songwriter, Tommy Roe, with "Dizzy" (1969)
June 10: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #21 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister, with "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984)
June 9: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #14 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American brother and sister pop duo, Donny & Marie Osmond, with "Deep Purple" (1975)
June 8: 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 (#2 UK Singles Chart) here is English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, George Michael, with "Faith" (1987)
June 7: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #12 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#7 on UK Singles Chart) here is English rock band, Status Quo, with "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (1967)
June 6: 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 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) here is American singer, activist and politician, CW McCall, with "Convoy" (1976)
June 5: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #25 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#10 on Canadian RPM Singles chart) here is Canadian-American roots rock group, The Band, with "Up on Cripple Creek" (1969)
June 4: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #56 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is Jamaican singer, songwriter and actress, Claudja Barry, with "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (1979)
June 3: 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 singer-songwriter, Bobbie Gentry, with "Ode to Billy Joe" (1967)
June 2: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #7 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock singer, songwriter, and musician, Alice Cooper, with "School's Out" (1972)
June 1: 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 folk-rock band, Spanky and Our Gang, with "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (1967)