While this music segment was created for broadcast on “The Archie Comedy Hour” in 1969, it also made it’s way to the CBS-TV prime-time special “Archie’s Sugar, Sugar – Jingle Jangle Show” in 1970, which was mostly a repeat of the earlier CBS-TV prime-time special “Archie And His New Pals” from 1969 with both music clips thrown in at the end. His big break came when he performed the 1 single 'Sugar, Sugar' with the Archies, which topped the Top 40 charts for weeks and was voted 'Song Of The Year'' in 1969. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Extended Rework David Kust Candy Remix Edit) 1969 HQFollow David Kust. The single was backed with “Melody Hill,” and quickly rose to #1 in the Summer of 1969, selling six million copies where it remained for four weeks, knocking The Rolling Stones off the top of the charts in the process, and giving The Archies their first gold record.Īlan Bean and Pete Conrad, the two Apollo 12 astronauts who followed the Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon, brought along Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” and Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man.” “Sugar Sugar” was an irresistible song built on rich boy-girl harmonies and a catchy instrumental hook played on the xylophone.
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