The Quintana Show

How the #@* Was That a Hit?! - "Sugar, Sugar"

Episode Summary

1969 was a year of war, darkness, change, and tumult. Man lands on the moon, Vietnam War riots, Woodstock, Altamont, the Manson Murders the first Led Zeppelin album, Hendrix exploding, and the Beatles at their artistic peak. And what was the #1 hit of the entire year of 1969? The uber-sweet Sugar, Sugar by a freaking cartoon band, the Archies!?!? Learn how this happened in the first episode of our new series, How the #@! Was That a Hit? Series hosts Q and Tim Foster explain how the success of Sugar, Sugar actually made total sense given the zeitgeist and the studio folks behind it?

Episode Notes

1969 was a year of war, darkness, change, and tumult. Man lands on the moon, Vietnam War riots, Woodstock, Altamont, the Manson Murders the first Led Zeppelin album, Hendrix exploding, and the Beatles at their artistic peak. And what was the #1 hit of the entire year of 1969? The uber-sweet Sugar, Sugar by a freaking cartoon band, the Archies!?!? Learn how this happened in the first episode of our new series, How the #@! Was That a Hit? Series hosts Q and Tim Foster explain how the success of Sugar, Sugar actually made total sense given the zeitgeist and the studio folks behind it?