Chew on this: Of all the different genres of rock music, nothing has been more maligned than bubble gum music.
The name itself implies sugary confections designed for cheap mass consumption by a youthful audience that presumedly doesn't appreciate something more musically substantial. It's a term that has been used to dismiss artists that appeal to youngsters from the Monkees back in the late 1960s to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
"Bubble gum music" as a recognized form of music is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and in honor of what some might call a dubious historical event, three of the top bubble gum acts of the late 1960s are performing together at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York on April 22.
The acts are Ron Dante, who sang lead for all the hits of The Archies including their 1969 No. 1 hit "Sugar Sugar"; Joey Levine, who wrote...
The name itself implies sugary confections designed for cheap mass consumption by a youthful audience that presumedly doesn't appreciate something more musically substantial. It's a term that has been used to dismiss artists that appeal to youngsters from the Monkees back in the late 1960s to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
"Bubble gum music" as a recognized form of music is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and in honor of what some might call a dubious historical event, three of the top bubble gum acts of the late 1960s are performing together at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York on April 22.
The acts are Ron Dante, who sang lead for all the hits of The Archies including their 1969 No. 1 hit "Sugar Sugar"; Joey Levine, who wrote...
- 4/19/2012
- by David Moye
- Huffington Post
Chew on this: Of all the different genres of rock music, nothing has been more maligned than bubble gum music.
The name itself implies sugary confections designed for cheap mass consumption by a youthful audience that presumedly doesn't appreciate something more musically substantial. It's a term that has been used to dismiss artists that appeal to youngsters from the Monkees back in the late 1960s to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
"Bubble gum music" as a recognized form of music is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and in honor of what some might call a dubious historical event, three of the top bubble gum acts of the late 1960s are performing together at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York on April 22.
The acts are Ron Dante, who sang lead for all the hits of The Archies including their 1969 No. 1 hit "Sugar Sugar"; Joey Levine, who wrote...
The name itself implies sugary confections designed for cheap mass consumption by a youthful audience that presumedly doesn't appreciate something more musically substantial. It's a term that has been used to dismiss artists that appeal to youngsters from the Monkees back in the late 1960s to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
"Bubble gum music" as a recognized form of music is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and in honor of what some might call a dubious historical event, three of the top bubble gum acts of the late 1960s are performing together at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York on April 22.
The acts are Ron Dante, who sang lead for all the hits of The Archies including their 1969 No. 1 hit "Sugar Sugar"; Joey Levine, who wrote...
- 4/19/2012
- by David Moye
- Aol TV.
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