Echo Valley 181 (S8E6) Happy Song

You know the bubblegum artists (probably), but have you heard these obscure songs from them? They are awesome. And catchy. And you've never heard them before (probably)! Plus a groovy guide to The Monkees! Deep cuts from Andy and David Williams, Andy Kim, The Archies, Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box, Lou Christie, The Love Generation, The Partridge Family, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Boyce and Hart, The Cattanooga Cats, Josie and the Pussycats, The Monkees, The Hardy Boys, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Shangri-Las, Ron Dante, Rick Springfield, The Peppermint Trolley Company and The Ohio Express!

Sing along to an hour of happy and snappy bubblegum pop! Who were The Rich Kids?! The Cowsill boys tell us what turns them on and off! The beat poetry of doing the Twist! A whole lot of bubblegum music from The Partridge Family, Tony Ronald, Tony's Tygers, Bobby Sherman, Andy Kim, Rod McKeun, Trouser, Union Express, United Fruit Co., Len Barry, Shirley Ellis, The Cowsills, Plus One, Ohio Express, Andy and David Williams, and Ann B. Davis & The Brady Kids!

We broadcast from the Osmond Compound in Utah! Join us for a very special Echo Valley Christmas Special with music from Donny and Marie, Jimmy, The Osmond Brothers, The Osmond Wives, and Mother and Father! Plenty of other goodies, too, from The Archies, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, 1910 Fruitgum Company, T. Rex, Bobby Sherman, Loretta Lynn, New Kids on the Block, San Francisco Earthquake, Hep Stars, and William Penn and The Quakers!

The Archies teach American history! We learn to macramé! The groovy sounds of producer Steve Barri! Plenty of bubblegum pop music from Changing Colours, Gil and Johnny, The Ohio Express, The Gloomys, The Grass Roots, The  Brady Bunch Hour, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Archies, Micky Dolenz, The Groovie Goolies, Andy Kim, Magpie Stump, Arkade, Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, The Penny Arcade and The Village Sound!

A legendary teen idol moves into town! Who is it?! (SPOILER: Bobby Sherman!) An hour of bubblegum music featuring all of his hits! A dramatic reading from 16  Magazine revealing Bobby's secret son! Strange Gum from American Juniors! Plus some great happy sweetness from Johnny Young, Jungle Jim, Andy and David Williams and Bill Amesbury!

An hour of bubblegum brilliance! We listen to every top 100 hit Ron Dante ever had! Across The Archies, The Cuff Links, and, yes, The Detergents! A dramatic reading from a Partridge Family novel! A battle between Barry Green and Barry Blue! Plenty of great bubblegum pop from Des Lee and Miami, The Lemon Pipers, The Cattanooga Cats, Andy Kim, The Archies, The Arrangements, Austin Roberts, Barry Green, Barry Blue, The Partridge Family, Keith Colley, The Detergents and a surprise pop superstar!

An hour of bubblegum pop greatness! We catch up with Tony DeFranco! A 1973 teen magazine profile of hopeful teen idol Michael Lloyd! Whatever happened to the first band named Starship?! And oodles of gum from The Partridge Family, The Barbarians, The Royal Guardsmen, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Bobby Sherman, Paula Wayne, Yellow Balloon, The DeFranco Family, The Ohio Express, Michael Lloyd, The Cattanooga Cats, Jack Wild, Andy Kim, April Stevens, Micky Dolenz, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Tommy James and Jackpot!

A darn clip show! We mean a delightful clip show full of the bubbly best of Season 7 and a countdown of the ten most played bubblegum songs from the Season!

An hour of Christmas candy! A dramatic reading of the life of Farrah Fawcett and Lee Majors! A collection of high pitched singing critters! A very rare double bubble Time Machine visit to 1964! A box full of bubblegum pop from The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, The Squirrels, Shirley and Squirrely, Dancer, Prancer and Nervous, The Country Squirrels, The Archies, The Ohio Express, Farrah Fawcett and Jean-Paul Vignin, The Variations, The Rotary Connection, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Cyrkle, Brendan Hanlon and the Batmen, Little Jimmy Thomas, Miss Piggy and Rudolf Nureyev and The Jackson 5!

In this Season 7 Finale, will we finally hear Kid Bubblegum's original bubblegum song? (Editor's Note: Yes) A dramatic reading of a Happy Days novel! A very sad and joyful Sad Song Marathon! Plus plenty of great bubblegum pop from The Action Brass, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Music Man, Josie and the Pussycats, December's Children, Patrice Holloway, Maggie MacNeal, Bonnie St. Claire, John Denver, The Partridge Family, Anson Williams, Gregorious, Captain Groovy and his Bubblegum Army and Millie Small!