Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: Contents

 

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Introduction: Bubble Entendres by Kim Cooper and David Smay

Overview

An Informal History of Bubblegum Music by Carl Cafarelli
Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth by Kim Cooper
Vice is Nice: Songs That Make You Go Hmmm by Becky Ebenkamp
Nihilism by Mary Burt
A Brief History of Boy Bands by David Smay

Artists

The Candy Ass Charisma of the Archies by David Smay
Archies: Ron Dante by Bill Pitzonka
Archies: Toni Wine by David Smay
Archies: Toni Wine interview by Bill Pitzonka
Looking for the Beagles by Steve Mandich
Boyce & Hart by Kim Cooper
Captain Groovy by Bill Pitzonka
The Cowsills by Brian Doherty
Crazy Elephant by Bill Pitzonka
Cuff Links and Street People by Bill Pitzonka
The DeFranco Family by Robrt L. Pela
Dino, Desi & Billy by Gloria Keeley
Tommy James & the Shondells by Bill Holmes
The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus by Bill Pitzonka
The Lemon Pipers by Gary Pig Gold
The Lovin' Spoonful by Gary Pig Gold
Good Clean Fun: Carl Cafarelli and Gary Pig Gold wonder out loud, The Monkees: Bubblegum Or Not?
1910 Fruitgum Company by Bill Holmes
Will the Real Ohio Express Please Stand Up? by Becky Ebenkamp
The Peppermint Rainbow by John Chilson
Survival of the Grooviest: Paul Revere & the Raiders by Glynis Ward
An Appreciation of Tommy Roe, Brian Hyland, Tommy James & the Shondells and other primordial examples of bubblegum by Domenic Priore in conversation with Shelly Kidd
Salt Water Taffy by Bill Pitzonka
The Shadows of Knight by Glynis Ward
The Sopwith Camel by Kim Cooper
The Turtles by Gary Pig Gold

Producers and Impressarios

Gary Usher by Domenic Priore
Carol Connors, Girl on the Scene by Domenic Priore
Gary Zekley by Domenic Priore
Cutting a swath through the L.A. sound with P.F. Sloan & his pals by Kim Cooper
Kasenetz-Katz and their Super-Duper Rock & Roll Kavalcade by James Porter
"Pour a Little Sugar on It ": My Encounter With Don Kirshner by Greg Shaw
The Melodic Milestones of Jeff Barry by Chris Davidson
Jeff Barry's Bubblegum Blues, interview by Don Charles
Richard Gotterher and the Art of the Instant Record by Keith Bearden

Bubblegum Fantasies

Jughead's All Star "Jug" Band by Jake Austen
The Partridge Family Temple: Religion is the Bubblegum of the Masses by
Go-Go Giddle Partridge and the Risen Keith
The Daisy Bang Story by David Smay

International Scene

British Bubblegum: the Works of Tony Macauley, Roger Cook and Roger
Greenaway by Derrick Bostrom
Jonathan King by Dave Thompson
Strawberry Studios by Dave Thompson
The Bay City Rollers by Carl Cafarelli
The Wombles by Bill Pitzonka
Candy Flavored Lipgloss: Glam & Gum by David Smay
Slik and the Quick-A double sugar fix from '76 by P. Edwin Letcher
The Partridge Family + The Manson Family = The Poppy Family by Kim Cooper
Svensk Pop: Sweden In The Days Before ABBA by Alec Palao
LUV: The Über Abba? By Metal Mike Saunders
The Eurovision Song Contest by Dave Thompson
Eurovision: The Candy-Coated Song Factory by Jack Stevenson
Group Sounds and Japanese Pop by Glenn Sadin
Roberto Jordán and the Rise of Mexigum, or "Chiclet Rock" by Tom Walls

Related Genres

Black Bubblegum by James Porter
Sunshine Pop by Chris Davidson

Bubblegum Invades the Media

Krofft Rock by Becky Ebenkamp
The Brady Bunch by Lisa Sutton
No Gum Chewing on the Bus, Please: The Partridge Family by Lisa Sutton
Hanna-Barbera by Becky Ebenkamp
Animation + Rock = Fun: The Danny Hutton Interview by Chris Davidson
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Banana Splits by James Porter
The Sour Grapes Bunch, or How a bunch of girls called Charlie invented dollybird girl power by Katrina Dixon
The Hardy Boys by James Porter
Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids: The Last Great TV Bubblegum Band by James Porter
Tiger Beat Chat by Robrt L. Pela and Lisa Sutton
Snap, Crackle, Rock & Roll: Cereal Box Records by Lisa Sutton
Discography of known cereal box records

Toomorrow by Kim Cooper
The Rockflowers by Lisa Sutton
Mission: Magic by Lisa Sutton
Kids Incorporated by Peter Geiberger
All Ears: Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years by Metal Mike Saunders
Teenpop Encyclopedia 2000: Keeping Up With the Kids by Metal Mike Saunders

Record Labels

Bell Records by James Porter
Gator in the Candy Lab: A Brief History of Buddah Records by Gene Sculatti
Colgems Records by Bill Pitzonka
Unsafe At Any Speed: Super K Records by ChrisDavidson
White Whale: The Moby Dick of Bubble-Pop by Alec Palao

Unlikely Bubblegum

Bubblegum Psychedelia: Pseudo Maturity In A Candy Coated World by Glynis Ward
Kiss by Jake Austen
The Bubblegum Roots of Punk by Chas Glynn
Bubblegum & New Wave by David Smay

It Won't Go Away!

Bubblegum Never Died! It's Just That Nobody Ever Writes About It! by Chuck Eddy
Dextrose Rides Again: An Introduction To 1990s Bubblegum by Elizabeth Ivanovich
Raiding Hannah's Stash: An Appreciation of late '90s Bubblegum Music by Peter Bagge
Disco, Dance Pop and Bubblegum by David Smay
1999: The Year Bubblegum Snapped by Mike McPadden

Up Close and Personal

"We don't even know any songs from the Beatles!" Juke Box Jury with Chinta and Morgan Cooper
Simon Says Get Well Soon by Vern Stoltz
I Hate Bubblegum! By Dennis P. Eichhorn
It Came Before Playboy by Jack Stevenson

Artifacts

Trash & Treasure from the Golden Age of Gum Marketting by Margaret Griffis

The bubblegum gang was quoted in a USA Today article about kinderpop.

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