#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 21, 1960 • MAURICE WILLIAMS and the ZODIACS: Their Brief ‘Stay’ at #1 [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 21, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Doo Wop, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Rock & Roll, Top 40

November 21, 1960 One of shortest-length 45 rpm records in pop music history, the R&B-tinged Stay by Maurice Williams and the Zodicas began a seven-day stopover at the apex of the Billboard Hot 100, replacing the Ray Charles classic Georgia On My Mind.  ...

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 14, 1972 • JOHNNY NASH: ‘Clearly’ a Reggae Nash-A-Ganza! [Audio+Extras] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 14, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Reggae, Soul, Top 40

November 14, 1972 The best-known hit by Houston-born singer-songwriter Johnny Nash was in the middle of a 4-week bright, sunshiny stay at the top of America’s most influential weekly music chart, the Billboard Hot 100. The million-selling I Can See Clearly Now...

#OnThisDay… November 13, 1976 • ROD STEWART: ‘Tonight’s The Night’ – 56 Days on Top [Audio+Video] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 13, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

November 13, 1976 The sexy and seductive hit Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod “The Bod” Stewart began an impressive 8-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on this day. To put that in perspective, it sat at number one from...

#Post • GORDON LIGHTOOT: 40th Anniversary of the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Tragedy [AUDIO+VIDEO] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 10, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Canadian Artists, Folk, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, Videos

A legendary shipping disaster on Lake Superior (called “Gitche Gumee” by the Chippewa Indian tribe) occurred on this day in 1975. Named after the insurance company that owned her – and once the largest ship on the Great Lakes – the Edmund...