DMDB encyclopedia entry for The Archies.The song gained some credibility when Wilson Pickett covered it in 1970 and took it to #25. He also went on to produce Barry Manilow’s 1975 #1 hit “Mandy” and Pat Benatar’s 1979 top-40 hit “Heartbreaker.” Meanwhile, critics weren’t particularly kind to “Sugar Sugar” although Dante and Barry defended the bubblegum sound as having a large audience. It spent more weeks (22) on the Billboard charts in 1969 than any other song SF and was named song of the year by the magazine.ĭante ended up having two simultaneous top-5 hits with “Sugar Sugar” and “Tracy” by the Cuff Links. As Wine said, it was a trivia question for years about “what group never appeared together, never went on the road together, never interviewed together…and had #1 song?” SF In fact, it went to #1 in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and the UK. The actual performers on the song were kept a secret. When Kirshner asked Dante to sing anonymously for scale on the Archies’ records, Dante agreed. He tried to launch a solo career in 1968 with no success. While working with Kirshner’s Aldon Music, Dante sang demos on multiple songs written by legendary songwriting teams like Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield. The album is the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner. Produced by Jeff Barry, the song was originally released on the album Everything's Archie. It was a four-week 1969 number-one hit single by fictional characters The Archies. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Extended Rework David. Ron Dante sang lead with accompanying vocals from Kim and Toni White. 'Sugar, Sugar' is a pop song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin, crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club USN (RET), COTEP 192.4 posts Funky Beat Addiction Tv. To perform the song, Kirshner assembled a group of studio musicians. Along with Ellie Greenwich, Barry wrote hits such as the Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron,” the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” the Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love,” the Shangri-Las’ “Leader of the Pack,” and Manfred Mann’s “Do Wah Diddy Diddy.” Co-writer Andy Kim would land a #1 in 1974 with “Rock Me Gently.” He hired Jeff Barry, who’d produced “I’m a Believer” for the Monkees, to write songs. Don Kirshner, who’d helmed the Monkees, was hired to supervise music for the series. In 1968, Filmation Studios created a Saturday morning cartoon based on the strip. Music & Dreams - SUGAR SUGAR The Archies Sugar, ah. 74K views, 2.4K likes, 559 loves, 140 comments, 3.1K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Music & Dreams: SUGAR SUGAR The Archies. Goldwater created the Archies comic strip in 1942. 74K views, 2.4K likes, 559 loves, 140 comments, 3.1K shares.
Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 1.02 UK, 6.0 world (includes US + UK)
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