<Table> <Tr> <Td> "She's A Lady" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Welcome Back" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Hideaway" (1976) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "She's A Lady" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Welcome Back" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Hideaway" (1976) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Welcome Back" is a popular record that was the theme song of the 1970s American television sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter . Written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1976 after only five weeks on the chart, and also topped the adult contemporary chart . (The show itself had become an instant ratings success upon its premiere the previous fall .) It also reached #93 on the country chart . </P> <P> TV producer Alan Sachs wanted a Lovin' Spoonful - like theme song for a new ABC sitcom entitled Kotter . Sachs's agent, Dave Bendett, also represented Sebastian and arranged for a meeting between the two . </P>

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