57 years ago today, on September 20, 1969, a new pop song topped the Billboard 100. Even though Rolling Stone called it “as basic as it gets”, the song wouldn’t have been remarkable if it wasn’t for ...

In the late 1960s, the bubblegum pop music genre was in full force, with bands like The Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Lemon Pipers, and The Cufflinks frequently appearing on the Billboard Top 10 charts.

In 1969, The Archies had the No. 1 song of the year with "Sugar, Sugar." The "faceless" band that recorded catchy hits for the TV cartoon series of the same name featured singers Ron Dante and Toni ...

In 1969, a song about love as sweet as candy was, as Mary Poppins might say, a spoonful of sugar for millions of listeners, ...

Imagine me and you and The Turtles and The Association and The Vogues and The Cowsills and Badfinger and Jay and the Americans. The “Happy Together” tour began 40 years ago and has become the most ...