And it’s raked up a lot of covers – including some by artists you never would have guessed…īob Marley & the Wailers – Sugar, Sugar (The Archies cover)į’rinstance, would you have guessed that before Bob Marley caught a fire, he chewed a little bubblegum? Marley and the Wailers’ cover of “Sugar, Sugar” was only released in the United States, likely as not in an effort to gain success via airplay. It’s been remade for Archie-related live-action TV shows, not once but twice. Sung by Ron Dante and backed up by Toni Wine (who turns 72 today!), it’s the perfect AM rock song, the #1 song of 1969, one that Lou Reed once admitted he wished he’d written. The Wicked Pickett’s version is indeed eternally worthy of relistening, but I don’t want to slight the Archies song. “This has songs on it I’ll actually want to listen to more than once!” In a twinkling he was holding a Very Best of Wilson Pickett CD, containing Pickett’s classic “Sugar, Sugar” cover. “If it doesn’t matter what version you lip-sync to…” “I have to learn this song for a lip-sync for work.” He grimaced. One day a customer came in and asked, “Do you have a copy of the song ‘Sugar, Sugar’?” We did, of course I took him to the Various Artists section and handed him a copy of Billboard Top Rock ‘n’ Roll Hits: 1969.
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