"Welcome Back" is the theme song of the 1970s American television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. Written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard
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The Lovin' Spoonful is a Canadian-American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964. The band were among the most popular groups in the United States for a short period in th
Welcome Back (John Sebastian song)
…Welcome Back" is the theme song of the 1970s American television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. Written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1976, after only five weeks on the chart, and also topped…
The Lovin' Spoonful in 1965 Clockwise from bottom right: John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, Joe Butler and Steve Boone
In early 1965, the band rehearsed for weeks in the dilapidated basement of Greenwich Village's Hotel Albert (pictured 2023). Joe Butler later said, "It inspired us, because it made us frightened of poverty".
The Spoonful performing live, 1965
A trade ad for "Nashville Cats", the Spoonful's seventh and final single to reach the US Top Ten