My earliest memory of hearing a song playing on the radio isn't anything even remotely cool. I recall being in a park one sunny day in 1969 when I was just five and hearing "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies playing. It goes without saying I loved it and even today when I hear the song I am transported back to an altogether more innocent time in my life. "Sugar Sugar" is perhaps the most famous song from the bubblegum pop genre, a genre much derided at the time, probably because it was aimed fairly and squarely at children. Few of the acts who had hits with bubblegum pop songs had hit albums although there are always exceptions to the ...  Read the complete review