#Post • LITTLE EVA: Happy Thanksgiving … Let’s Turkey Trot! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 26, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

I’ve had this one roasting in the oven of the HOTH music vault since last Thanksgiving, so it’s well done – figuratively and musically. (and pretty darn timely I’d say!) After two hits in 1962, The Loco-Motion (#1) and Keep Your Hands Off My...

Just Heard At Starbucks® • ARETHA FRANKLIN: Until You Come Back To Me [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 25, 2015 | #JustHeardAtStarbucks®, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Motown, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Soul, Top 40

Sponsored   #JustHeardAtStarbucks® Another ‘souled-out’ day (thanks ex-CHUM/Toronto radio jock and colleague Duke Roberts!) on the outdoor patio of Starbucks at Little Road in New Port Richey, FL. (from where my daily blog is produced)...

#OnThisDay… November 24, 1973 • RINGO STARR: Picture Perfect at #1 + The Official Video [Audio+Video] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 24, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

Advertisement November 24, 1973 After an absence of two years, Ringo Starr returned to the Billbaord Hot 100, topping it on this day in ’73 with the song Photograph. The gap began when Starr pursued an acting career after recording his first two...

#OnThisDay… November 23, 1964 • THE SHANGRI-LAS: Leading The Pack + The Novelty Parody Song [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 23, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

November 23, 1964 The girl group The Shangri-Las were cruising at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on this day with their classic song Leader Of The Pack. The second hit record in a row by the quartet from Queens, New York – and only single to sell one...

#OnThisDay… November 22, 1986 • THE HUMAN LEAGUE: In First Place + BOSTON’s Hit ‘Amanda’ [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 22, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 80's, American Artists, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

November 22, 1986 A song which well represented the synth-pop sound that dominated the music charts through most of eighties began a solo week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Human, by the UK electro-pop trio Human League, ended a two-week run at the top by the...