Brainwaves – July 2, 2024 – Bubblegum pop gets stuck on your shoe
Written by Brian Blum on 01/07/2024
This is an episode that nostalgic Brainwaves listeners are going to love while other listeners are going to hate. But Brainwaves doesn’t mind being polarizing, at least not when the music is so infectious.
It’s the first ever Bubblegum Pop episode of Brainwaves – two hours of sticky sweet top 40 hits from the 1960s and 70s from bands you know – and some you may have forgotten: The Partridge Family, the Archies, the Cowsills, the Cufflinks, the DiFranco Family, the Jackson Five, the Monkees, the Fifth Dimension, the BeeGees, the Marmalade, and much more. (Maybe this should be called the “the” show since so many of the bands start that way!)
Band | Song |
Annemarie | Bubblegum I See You |
Partridge Family | I Woke Up in Love This Morning |
The Archies (feat. Ron Dante) | Bang Shang a Lang |
The Cufflinks (feat. Ron Dante) | Tracy |
The Cowsills | I Love the Flower Girl |
Action Skulls (feat. Bill Mumy and John Cowsill) | Find the Good |
The Cyrkle | Red Rubber Ball |
DiFranco Family | Heartbeat it’s a Lovebeat |
The Fifth Dimension | Up Up and Away |
Jackson Five | I Want You Back |
Larry Marks | Scooby Doo theme song |
1910 Fruitgum Company | 1 2 3 Red Light |
The Monkees | Pleasant Valley Sunday |
Bobby Sherman | Julie Do You Love Me |
John Fred and his Playboy Band | Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) |
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show | Sylvia’s Mother |
The Turtles | Elanore |
Looking Glass | Brandy |
Pure Prairie League | Amie |
Banana Splits | Wait |
Osmonds | Down by the Lazy River |
Herman’s Hermits | No Milk Today |
Edward Bear | Last Song |
Mark Lindsay | Arizona |
Paul Revere and the Raiders | Kicks |
Shocking Blue | Venus |
Vanity Fare | Hitchin’ A Ride |
Box Tops | The Letter |
The Grass Roots | Sooner or Later |
The Guess Who | Hand Me Down World |
Hamilton Joe Franks and Reynolds | Don’t Pull Your Love |
Seals and Croft | Summer Breeze |
Climax | Precious and Few |
White Plains | My Baby Loves Lovin’ |
Bo Donaldson | Billy Don’t Be a Hero |
The Marmalade | Rainbow |
Cher | Dark Lady |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree |
Harry Nilsson | Me and My Arrow |
Bee Gees | Lonely Days |
Raspberries | I Wanna Be With You |
Hudson Brothers | So You Are a Star |
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