So pull up a beanbag chair, turn on your lava lamp and take a trip back to a groovier time!
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October 2015 October 31: Today's "Way Back Play Back" concludes a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer, the late Bobby "Boris" Pickett (1938 - 2007) and the Crypt-Kickers, with "Monster Mash" (1962)
October 30: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; peaking at #3 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American soft southern rock band, the Classics IV, with "Spooky" (1967)
October 29: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; peaking at #21 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock singer-songwriter and musician, the late Warren Zevon (1947 - 2003), with "Werewolves of London" (1978)
October 28: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; from the film adaption of the 1973 rock musical The Rocky Horror Show (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) here is "The Time Warp" (1975)
October 27: 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 as well as it continues a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; peaking at #4 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor, the late Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009), with "Thriller" (1984)
October 26: Today's "Way Back Play Back" begins a series featuring Hallowe'en-themed hits from yesteryear; peaking at #28 on Canadian Singles chart here is Canadian rock group, the Five Man Electrical Band, with "Werewolf" (1974)
October 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 chart here is American rock band, Three Dog Night, with "Shambala" (1973)
October 24: 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 chart (#10 on U.K. Singles chart) here is British blues rock band, Climax Blues Band, with "Couldn't Get It Right" (1976)
October 23: 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 Canadian Singles chart here is Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip, with "Ahead by a Century" (1996)
October 22: 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 chart here is American rock band, The Byrds, with "Eight Miles High" (1966)
October 21: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #116 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart here is American jazz trumpeter and singer, the late Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971), with "What a Wonderful World" (1967)
October 20: 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 (#5 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English new wave/synthpop band, Duran Duran, with "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982)
October 19: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #73 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart (#1 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Irish new wave band, The Boomtown Rats, with "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979)
October 18: 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 chart here is American singer and actor, the late Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977), with "In the Ghetto" (1969)
October 17: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart (#3 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Anglo-American rock band, Paul McCartney and Wings, with "Band on the Run" (1974)
October 16: 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 #71 on Canadian Singles chart here is Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, painter, poet and novelist, Leonard Cohen, with "Closing Time" (1992)
October 15: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart here is American country music singer, songwriter and actor, Mac Davis, with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" (1972)
October 14: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a Thanksgiving theme; peaking at #67 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart (#14 on Canadian Singles chart)here is Canadian singer-songwriter and painter, Joni Mitchell, with "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970)
October 13: 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 #10 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#1 on U.K. Singles chart) here is British reggae band, Musical Youth, with "Pass the Dutchie" (1982)
October 12: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a Thanksgiving theme; peaking at #2 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart here is American R&B singer, Dee Dee Sharp, with "Mashed Potato Time" (1962)
October 11: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a Thanksgiving theme; peaking at #47 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart here is American funk and R&B band, Ohio Players, with "Jive Turkey (Part 1)" (1974)
October 10: 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 chart (#19 on U.K. Singles chart) here is British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian and education philanthropist, Cat Stevens, with "Another Saturday Night" (1974)
October 9: 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 #82 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart here is American rock band, Blondie, with "Maria" (1999)
October 8: 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 chart (#10 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English rock band, The Who, with "I Can See for Miles" (1967)
October 7: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; reaching #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart here is American pop/rock singer, pianist, composer and record producer, Neil Sedaka, with "Bad Blood" (1975)
October 6: 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 singer, songwriter, record producer and musician, Steve Perry, with "Oh Sherrie" (1984)
October 5: 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 chart here is American rock band, Jefferson Airplane, with "Somebody to Love" (1967)
October 4: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #13 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart (#2 on U.K. Singles chart) here is British rock band, Queen, with "Somebody to Love" (1976)
October 3: 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 chart here is English rock band, The Beatles, with "I Am the Walrus" (1967)
October 2: 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 #45 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 chart (#65 on U.K. Singles chart) here is Australian film director, screenwriter and producer, Baz Luhrmann, with "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (1999)
October 1: Today's "Way Back Play Back" continues with a series featuring randomly chosen hits from yesteryear; peaking at #28 on U.S. Billboard's Hot chart (#18 on U.K. Singles chart) here is English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter and actor, David Bowie, with "Young Americans" (1975)
