Just Heard At Starbucks® • CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND: Express Yourself! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 19, 2015 | #JustHeardAtStarbucks®, 70's, American Artists, Funk, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Top 40

Sponsored   #JustHeardAtStarbucks® While producing the daily HOTH music blog from the patio of Starbucks in New Port Richey, FL, I sometimes hear some GREAT pop, soul and Motown hits – many of them in the “Oh wow” category. So, perhaps once a...

#OnThisDay… November 19, 1966 • THE SUPREMES: Hangin’ On At #1 + the Vanilla Fudge Cover Version [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 19, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Classic Rock, Motown, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

November 19, 1966 After debuting just one month prior on the Billboard Hot 100, The Supremes completed a spectacular climb up the chart ladder with their eighth #1 single You Keep Me Hangin’ On. With jumps of #68-#27-#7-#1, the single pushed aside Johnny Rivers...

#OriginalPresentation • ORIGINALS & COVERS #1: Cover Version Hits Paired With their Non-Hit Originals! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 17, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 50's, 60's, American Artists, British Invasion Era, Canadian Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists

  [Note] As you likely know, most of my HOTH blogs are now usually posts of an event from a daily music calendar, called On This Day. But frankly, there are dates when the list of music happenings doesn’t contain anything significant enough to do...

#Post • P. F. SLOAN: ‘Eve Of Destruction’ Co-Writer Passes Away + 8 More of His Songs by Others [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 16, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

The songwriter who penned a number of great Top 40 hits in the mid-60’s, including Barry McGuire’s Eve Of Destruction, has died. P.F. (Phil) Sloan passed away on Sunday evening (11-15) in Los Angeles at the age of 70 after being diagnosed with pancreatic...

#OnThisDay… November 15, 1965 • THE ROLLING STONES Perform ‘Live’ On TV’s ‘Hullabaloo’! [Videos] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 15, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

November 15, 1965 The Rollings Stones classic single Get Off Of My Cloud was still cushy for another week atop Billboard’s loftiest elevation. (See On This Day: November 6, 1965) And 50 years ago today they performed it ‘live’ on the NBC-TV pop/rock...