Archies – Sugar, Sugar - Bubblegum Classics LP Coloured Vinyl

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar - Bubblegum Classics

You Are My Candy Girl.

In the late 1960s, when counterculture collided with commercial pop, a most unlikely band conquered the airwaves: The Archies. Born in Archie Comics and brought to life in the Saturday morning cartoon The Archie Show (1968), they were created as a marketing idea but soon became a genuine chart force. Under music supervisor Don Kirshner, who had shaped The Monkees, and with Brill Building songwriters Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, the project gained serious musical weight. The breakthrough came with “Sugar, Sugar” in 1969: No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, more than six million copies sold, the top-selling U.S. single of the year. Sweet, simple, and addictive, it defined the genre of bubblegum pop with catchy melodies and clean harmonies. Behind the cartoon faces stood session singer Ron Dante, who recorded all the leads, and songwriter Toni Wine, adding distinctive duets. Together they gave Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, and Jughead a voice that felt as real as any teen idol of the time. Though they never played a stage, The Archies scored more hits like “Bang-Shang-A-Lang” and “Jingle Jangle.” Critics once dismissed them as a novelty, yet history proved them pioneers: a fictional band that outsold touring acts and paved the way for Gorillaz and virtual K-Pop stars. The Archies were pure pop imagination – and still the sweetest sound of all.

Tracklist:
Side A
1. Sugar, Sugar  
2. Bang-Shang-A-Lang  
3. Jingle Jangle  
4. Who's Your Baby  
5. Feelin' 
6. So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)  
7. Sunshine  
8. Over And Over  
9. Melody Hill 
 
Side B
1. Everything's Alright  
2. Get On The Line  
3. Inside Out, Upside Down  
4. Don't Touch My Guitar  
5. Sugar And Spice  
6. Archie's Party  
7. Bicycles, Roller Skates And You 
8. Kissin'  
9. What Goes On

Label: Magic Of Vinyl
Released: 2025