Re: 70's music

[kc]

Maria wrote; Now that just hit a "chord"!  Granted, "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies (I still remember the name of that group? )     The group was the Archies !  I think what you may have meant was that you did'nt remember who "really"  sang it.The voice of The Archies?  Ron Dante . . .  Ron sang on the Detergents hit, Leader of the Laundromat . . . Toni Wine was the girl's voice on the song . . . Ray Stevens was one of the handclappers  Ron went on to be the musical director and co-producer of Barry Manilow . . . the group Sakkarin (a Jonathan King concoction) had an instrumental hit with the song in the mid-70's . . . The Monkees has a chance to record the song two years earlier, but they turned it down . . . Wilson Pickett also recorded a Soul version . . . Dante now works as a Broadway producer and in the music publishing business . . .    For  those who care, this song was the anthem at Pioneer High School and a personal favorite of  Scott Elsberry in the early 70's and not Branham as he would lead you to believe, although Scott will may vehemently deny this. . . . hahaha   KC in SJ