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Description of Bubblegum

 
A studio creation of the late 1960s, Bubblegum Pop is esentially anti-hippie music that features short, catchy, and upbeat boy/girl jingles. Typical of the genre were the Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy," the 1910 Fruitgum Co.'s "Indian Giver," and the cartoon band the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar." Bubblegum Pop still exists as a somewhat derogatory label for teen pop artists like Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, while the tradition of guileless, boy/girl pop lives on in Cuddlecore and Twee Pop.
 

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Bubblegum Key Artists

 
Bobby Sherman

In the early '70s, Bobby
Sherman's flashy smile and
shag haircut propelled him
into the hearts of teens, and
onto the charts!

Ohio Express

Although Bubblegum outfit
the Ohio Express broke up
after a year, they put five
hot singles into the Top 40
before doing so.

The Archies

They weren't real - they
were a cartoon, for
goodness sake! But they
sure did have some sugary
pop tunes with big, fat ho...

The Brady Bunch

The success of the Brady
Bunch's teen-oriented
bubblegum reinforced
television's power to sell
music to the (teen) masse...

The Cowsills

The real inspiration for the
television show, The
Partridge Family, teen
popsters The Cowsills
were, indeed, siblings.

The Monkees

America's answer to the
Beatles found success with
teens on T.V. and in the
charts, thanks to a crack
team of songwriters. The...

The Partridge Family

As a group, the Partridge
Family may have been
fictional, but the music's
popularity with teenagers
was very real. The P-Fam...

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