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In 1970, the Sunshine album by The Archies was issued on
the Calendar label. It is possible the pressing plant
used for my copies had left-over Calendar label stock.
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Found this on the Songfacts website, re: "Sugar Sugar":
The song met with resistance at radio stations, which
didn't want to play a cartoon band. According to Andy
Kim, Don Kirshner hired an experienced promotion man to
work the stations. His tactic was to visit the stations,
play the song for the program directors, but not reveal
the artist until they agreed to play it. In some cases,
he could only get them to play it once, but that was all
he needed because the phones would light up. Said Kim:
"That was the best part of being in the music world then
- you really had such an active audience response to what
they hear. And you didn't have that many choices. So, if
the audience loves it, you play it. And that started what
became a wildfire all across this planet. When I toured,
no matter where I was, I'd start the song and everyone
would sing along."
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AndrewChouffi wrote:
To Paul Haney:
Thank you for your input!
I just pulled out my old RR 'Bubbling Under The Hot 100 1959-1985' book to refresh in my mind the chart action of "Sugar Sugar". You're right, "Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" is also an anomaly.
I've kept that old 'Bubbling Under' book because it's the only Whitburn book I know of that has that "Hot 100 Bound" section!
Andy
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Prior to 1985 there were 125 songs that bubbled under that eventually reached #1 - all but 30 bubbled under for only one week.
"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy and "Car Wash" by Rose Royce bubbled under for 5 weeks - Reddy actually charted 115-99-98-97-107-106-106-104, then 6 weeks later began its run to #1.
"Baby, Come Back To Me" by Patti Austin bubbled for 4 weeks
After 1992 "Maria Maria" by Santana bubbled for 8 weeks
"Cheerleader" by OMI and "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon bubbled for 5 weeks
"Bad Day" by Daniel Powter and "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd bubbled for 4 weeks
Currently "Freestyle" by Lil Baby has bubbled for 36 weeks. It fell off the chart this week (due to 3 new releases by Hip Hop "stars") but will certainly return next week.
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To Chartman:
Thank you for all the research!
In particular, I had forgotten how long it took to make "Baby Come To Me" a hit.
I remember programming the track as an LP cut as a 'slow dance' in a nightclub I was working almost a year before it became a consensus radio hit.
The LP vinyl actually had an extended intro that I'm not sure ever made it to CD!
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AndrewChouffi wrote:
Hi people,
Does anyone out there involved with Top-40 radio in the
Summer of '69 know an answer to this question?
How could a picture-perfect pop record such as the
Archies "Sugar Sugar" need 6 weeks of 'Bubbling Under'
to make its first week of the Hot 100?
Was it not promoted at radio for its first two months?
Was the Archies cartoon off the air during the summer so
radio (initially) dismissed the song? Was radio
desperately trying to artificially limit the amount of
Bubblegum-flavored records coming through the pipeline
and almost sabotaged this classic?
Anyone have the real story?
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I think this 45 climbed the charts when the Archies
cartoon began the season, and the TV cross promotion
helped the track gain airplay, and chart action from the
TV show success.
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