Coming up… an interview with a mystery singer who had 2 songs in the top 10 at the same time with 2 different bands but here’s the thing he never got any credit. Nobody knew who he was until much later. One of these songs was so massive it became the #1 song of the year beating out The Beatles, The Stones, and Elvis who all had big hits that year…. I’m taking about the #1 song of 1969… Sugar, Sugar by the Archies. This song is so catchy everyone was singing it then and is still singing it now. And to think the #1 smash was actually written for preschoolers for a cartoon. there was so much mystery surrounding the identity of this singer and his imaginary band that it was a trivia question that no one could solve for years… The Question was: What group never appeared together, never went on the road together, never interviewed together, and had a #1 hit... coming up we’ll get the answer from Ron Dante in this exclusive interview and the story of a song so catchy it hit #1 for 4 weeks in the Us and 8 weeks in the UK and inspired Def Leppard to write Pour Some Sugar on Me decades later.

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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs and albums. Stories you won't get anywhere else. So today we are sitting down with a mystery singer who had 2 hits in the top 10 at the same time, but he never got credit. One of those songs went to #1 for 4 weeks in the US and a phenomenal 8 weeks in the UK outperforming huge hits from the same year like Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones, Suspicious Minds by Elvis, and Come Together by the Beatles. The song would also inspire another massive hit decades later: Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard. If you haven’t figured it out yet I’m talking about the infectious pop ditty Sugar Sugar by the cartoon group The Archies... sung by today’s guest Ron Dante. Ron was also the lead singer of the band the Cufflinks who had a top 10 hit at the same time Sugar Sugar was dominating the charts called Tracy. He had both of these hits and no one knew who he was. He was uncredited. Find out why and the story of the #1 song of 1969 in our interview next. Here’s Ron Dante.

Do you remember this song? Leave us a comment about this alltime 70s masterpiece. What are your memories and thoughts on this song and the imaginary band the Archies and the Journeyman singer Ron Dante … he produced many of Barry Manilow’s biggest albums. What a prolific career. What do you think of his other work in other bands? Let us know in the comments. If you like our content join our community by subscribing to this channel below. Also, you can become an honorary patron to help us keep the music alive. Until next time three chords and the truth my friends.