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Post by mga707 on Nov 6, 2023 20:50:58 GMT -5
"Sugar Sugar" by The Archies is one of the featured "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's presentation 11/14/81-The Archies were a studio group-The vocalists were Ron Dante,Toni Wine,Ellie Greenwich,Jeff Barry & Andy Kim-"Sugar Sugar" was an enormous hit in the summer of 1969-It went on to spend four weeks at # 1 & became the top single of the year according to Billboard-A year later,Wilson Pickett took his soulful rendition to # 25. Based on characters from the Archie comic books and 1968-1978 Filmation Archies cartoons. I even knew in 1990's-2010's Archie comics had the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mega Man comic books. Next you're gonna try to convince me that Betty and Veronica aren't real...
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 6, 2023 21:12:46 GMT -5
Weekend of 11/9... 11/14/81!! www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/1981-1114.pdfLast played 2016 w/extras: Hour #1: "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - H&O Hour #2: "Working For The Weekend" - Loverboy Hour #3: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson Hour #4: "Key Largo" - Bertie Higgins Extras: Hour #1: "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - H&O Hour #2: "I Can't Get Next To You" - The Temptations Hour #3: "Really Wanna Know You" - Gary Wright tribute Hour #4: "Key Largo" - Bertie Higgins
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Post by mrjukebox on Nov 6, 2023 21:22:19 GMT -5
On "I Can't Get Next To You" all five members of The Temptations took turns singing lead vocals.
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Post by mkarns on Nov 6, 2023 21:37:25 GMT -5
Weekend of 11/9... 11/14/81!! www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/1981-1114.pdfLast played 2016 w/extras: Hour #1: "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - H&O Hour #2: "Working For The Weekend" - Loverboy Hour #3: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson Hour #4: "Key Largo" - Bertie Higgins Extras: Hour #1: "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - H&O Hour #2: "I Can't Get Next To You" - The Temptations Hour #3: "Really Wanna Know You" - Gary Wright tribute Hour #4: "Key Largo" - Bertie Higgins "Really Wanna Know You" as mentioned is included as a tribute to Gary Wright, who died two months ago, but this is the first time they've played 1981 since then. (However, they haven't done the same on any 1976 countdowns during that time, even though "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive" were both bigger hits that year.)
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 7, 2023 2:51:47 GMT -5
Based on characters from the Archie comic books and 1968-1978 Filmation Archies cartoons. I even knew in 1990's-2010's Archie comics had the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mega Man comic books. Next you're gonna try to convince me that Betty and Veronica aren't real... True story: In "Sugar, Sugar," the voices of B & V, while convincingly feminine-sounding, actually were done by Ron Dante. He said so in an interview he did with Lou Simon on "The Diner" a few years back.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 7, 2023 10:00:44 GMT -5
Next you're gonna try to convince me that Betty and Veronica aren't real... True story: In "Sugar, Sugar," the voices of B & V, while convincingly feminine-sounding, actually were done by Ron Dante. He said so in an interview he did with Lou Simon on "The Diner" a few years back. Yes, I recall reading somewhere many years ago that Dante voiced both of those hot little cartoon cuties. Not to be confused with their angsty, brooding counterparts on "Riverdale".
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Post by listenerwants2know on Nov 7, 2023 12:17:49 GMT -5
The song "Sugar Sugar" was characterized by a pulsating bass line with a Caribbean-inspired keyboard riff. The lyrics of the song were ambiguous and could be interpreted in different ways. At first glance, it was about a love affair, which was also emphasized in the cartoon itself, as the beloved ran a candy stall. The text used terms of endearment such as "Sugar" and "Honey". However, it has been speculated that the lyric "Pour sugar on me" could be a contemporary euphemism for LSD dripped on sugar cubes. For Toni Wine, the backing singer, however, "Sugar, Sugar" was not cryptic for drugs, but a figure of speech for feelings of happiness in a love relationship.
Ron Dante, the lead singer, was accompanied by Toni Weinstein (Tony Wine). The impression of polyphonic singing was created by multitracking effects. The still unknown Canadian songwriter Andy Kim contributed to the interpretable lyrics and was responsible for the music.
"Sugar, Sugar" was to be the Archies´ 3rd single and was recorded in January 1969 at RCA´s Manhattan Studio A, arranged and produced by Jeff Barry, who was the sole writer on almost all of the initial tracks. The supervising executive producer was Don Kirshner and the engineer was Mike Moran.
The single was released in May 1969 under the title "Sugar, Sugar / Melody Hill" and was initially not very successful. The breakthrough came in July 1969, when the radio station KYA in San Francisco played the record repeatedly and the drug scene promptly interpreted the passage "pour your sugar on me" as a drug reference. At least 6 million copies were sold worldwide.
Dante was an experienced session singer who can be heard on songs such as "Hang On Sloopy" (The McCoys) and "Only In America" (Jay & the Americans). In 1965, he founded the group "The Detergents", which had a hit with "Leader Of The Laundromat" - a satire on Jeff Barry´s "Leader Of The Pack". From 1963 he recorded records as "Ronnie Dante".
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Post by mrjukebox on Nov 7, 2023 15:55:10 GMT -5
Ron Dante was also the lead singer of a band called The Cuff Links who reached the top ten with "Tracy" in the fall of 1969.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 7, 2023 15:56:01 GMT -5
Next you're gonna try to convince me that Betty and Veronica aren't real... True story: In "Sugar, Sugar," the voices of B & V, while convincingly feminine-sounding, actually were done by Ron Dante. He said so in an interview he did with Lou Simon on "The Diner" a few years back. I thought it was Toni Wine who did the B&V singing voices.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 7, 2023 16:12:11 GMT -5
🤦♂️
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Post by mga707 on Nov 7, 2023 16:44:38 GMT -5
Ron Dante/"The Archies" just missed being on AT40. The 5th chart single by the ersatz 'group' (the 4th and final one to hit the 40), "Who's Your Baby", scraped the 40 at #40 the final week of March and the first week of April 1970. And his/'their' final chart single, "Sunshine", peaked at #57 the last week of July and the first week of August. The summer I purchased my final 'Archie' comic, IIRC.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 8, 2023 7:35:52 GMT -5
Ron Dante/"The Archies" just missed being on AT40. The 5th chart single by the ersatz 'group' (the 4th and final one to hit the 40), "Who's Your Baby", scraped the 40 at #40 the final week of March and the first week of April 1970. And his/'their' final chart single, "Sunshine", peaked at #57 the last week of July and the first week of August. The summer I purchased my final 'Archie' comic, IIRC. "Sunshine" by the Archies, however, was heard in 4 episodes of the 1970-1971 Filmation Archie cartoon incarnation "Archie's Funhouse" as part of the GIANT JUKEBOX HIT segments.
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Post by burcjm on Nov 8, 2023 19:03:38 GMT -5
1985 seems to be the latest example of a year which Premiere went unusually light on in one half of the year and heavily in the other. In the first half of 2023, 1985 was featured only in early February and late May (Memorial Day weekend.) Since then it's been played in July, September, October, and soon November. Which seems kind of odd since if 1982 is indeed the year-end special for New Year's Day 2024, the 'B' option is most likely 1985.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 8, 2023 19:30:44 GMT -5
1985 seems to be the latest example of a year which Premiere went unusually light on in one half of the year and heavily in the other. In the first half of 2023, 1985 was featured only in early February and late May (Memorial Day weekend.) Since then it's been played in July, September, October, and soon November. Which seems kind of odd since if 1982 is indeed the year-end special for New Year's Day 2024, the 'B' option is most likely 1985. If 1982 is the year ender, there goes the chance for 12/11/1982 for this 2023 year!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 8, 2023 22:39:47 GMT -5
It's been said before on here, and I'll reiterate:
The selection of a year-end show does not affect the shows right before it. Prime example is if 1982 is the year-ender, a 1982 show could still air in December. You're not likely to hear any song repeats (and if there are, maybe one or two at most), because the survey period is either past or close to being completed. It's much more of a factor if the last show of the year is 1984, followed by the 1985 year-ender. (Which happened to close out 2010.) In 2015, 12/17/1983 aired, and two weeks later, the 1984 year-ender was played. (There was a 1980 show in between.) Just a couple of prime examples of this very scenario.
Premiere could, for example, air 12/18/1982 and still play the 1982 year-ender, which are dated 12/25 and 1/1/1983. Maybe not super likely, but it wouldn't be terrible if they did so. Many December shows are already being factored into the survey period of the following year.
Somebody doesn't seem to understand that. And for that, I'll throw in another 🤦♂️.
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