The mid-70s were a rich time for TV theme songs, with 1976 giving us our third straight year with such a tune reaching #1.

John Sebastian’s ‘Welcome Back’ was the first non-instrumental theme to accomplish the feat. Sebastian, former leader of the Lovin’ Spoonful, wrote the song for the sitcom Welcome Back Kotter, which starred Gabe Kaplan as the titular Gabe Kotter, who returns to his Brroklyn high school as a teacher.

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