We'll give you 72 more hours to Voice Your Choices for your All-Time Bubblegum Favorites. The polls will close on Saturday (the 21st) and then we'll compile those votes to determine The Top 40 Greatest Bubblegum Hits Of All Time.
To help you along, THESE are the 220-something titles that have been nominated thus far.
NO NEW NOMINEES will be accepted ...
But sometime during the next three days, please vote for up to TWENTY of your favorites from this list ... in rank order if possible ... and we'll take it from there.
Then, be listening on Saturday, October 5th, as Phil Nee and I count 'em down on his THOSE WERE THE DAYS radio program on WRCO! (kk)
1, 2, 3
Red Light
1910 Fruitgum Company
98.6
Keith
ABC
The Jackson Five
Abergavenny
Shannon
Alice
Long
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Alley
Pond Park
Culver Street Playground
And
Suddenly
Cherry People
April
Fool
Paper Dragon
Archie's
Party
Archies
Baby You
Come Rollin' Across My Mind
The Peppermint Trolley Company
Baby, I
Love You
Andy Kim
Baby,
Let's Wait
The Royal Guardsmen
Back
When My Hair Was Short
Gunhill Road
Ballroom
Blitz
Sweet
Banana
Man
The Knack
Bang
Shang A Lang
The Archies
Barbie
Girl
Aqua
Beach
Baby
First Class
Beautiful
Sunday
Daniel Boone
Beg,
Borrow And Steal
Ohio Express
Billie
Jean
Michael Jackson
Billy,
Don't Be A Hero
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Billy's
Got A Goat
Patty Flabbies' Coughed Engine
Boppa Do
Down Down
Third Rail
Bouncing
All Over The World
The Globetrotters
A Brand
New Key
Melanie
Bubble
Gum and Braces
Bobby Sherman
Bubble
Gum Music
The Rock and Roll Double Bubble
Trading Card Company of Philadelphia
Bye Bye
Bye
*NSync
Can I
Carry Your Balloon
Swampseeds
Can You
Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?
Free Design
Candy
Apple, Cotton Candy
Pat Shannon
Candy
Apple, Cotton Candy
Ruthann Friedman
Captain
Groovy And His Bubble Gum Army
Captain Groovy And His Bubble
Gum Army
Cheer Me
Up
The Globetrotters
Cherry
Cherry
Neil Diamond
Chewy
Chewy
Ohio Express
Chick-A-Boom
Daddy Dewdrop
Cinnamon
Derek
C'mon
Get Happy
The Partridge Family
Cowboy
Convention
Ohio Express
Crazy
Horses
The Osmonds
Crimson
And Clover
Tommy James and the Shondells
Cry Like
A Baby
The Box Tops
Dancin'
On A Saturday Night
Barry Blue
Daydream
Believer
The Monkees
Ding
Dong The Witch Is Dead
Fifth Estate
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
Do You
Believe In Magic
Lovin' Spoonful
Do You
Want ToKnow A Secret
The Beatles
Doesn't
Somebody Want To Be Wanted
The Partridge Family
Don't
Let Love Pass You By
Ron Dante
Double
Good Feelin'
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Down At
Lulu's
Ohio Express
Down By
The Lazy River
The Osmonds
Easy
Come, Easy Go
Bobby Sherman
Elenore
The Turtles
Every
Beat Of My Heart
Josie and the Pussycats
Everybody
Knows You're Not In Love
The Electric Prunes
Everything
Is Mickey Mouse
Cartoon Candy Carnival
Fa La Fa
Lee
Halfnelson
Fairy
Tales Can Come True
San Francisco Earthquake
Feelin'
So Good
The Archies
Finders
Keepers
Salt Water Taffy
Fly Me
To Havana
The Grass Roots
Follow
The Bouncing Ball
The Yellow Payges
Funny
Funny
Sweet
Genie In
A Bottle
Christina Aguilera
Gimme
Dat Ding
The Pipkins
Gimme
Gimme Good Lovin'
Crazy Elephant
Gingersnap
Jamie
Girl On
The Subway
Cherry People
Go
Lightly
Goggles
Goody
Goody Gumdrops
1910 Fruitgum Company
Green
Tambourine
Lemon Pipers
The
Grooviest Girl In The World
Fun and Games
Groupie
Four Fuller Brothers
Hanky
Panky
Tommy James and the Shondells
Happy
Together
The Turtles
Heartbeat,
It's A Lovebeat
The DeFranco Family
Heather
Honey
Tommy Roe
Hello
Hello
Sopwith Camel
Him Or
Me, What's It Gonna Be
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Hooray
For Hazel
Tommy Roe
How Do
You Know
Ron Dante
How Do
You Like Those Apples
South Amboy Port Authority
How She
Boogalooed It
The Beach Boys
How'd We
Ever Get This Way
Andy Kim
I Can
Take Or Leave Your Lovin'
Herman's Hermits
I Enjoy
Being A Boy In Love With You
The Banana Splits
I Think
I Love You
The Partridge Family
I Think
We're Alone Now
Tommy James and the Shondells
I Wanna
Meet You
The Cryan' Shames
I Want
To Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
I Want
You Back
The Jackson Five
I Woke
Up In Love This Morning
The Partridge Family
I Wonder
What She's Doing Tonight
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
I'd Like
To Talk To You
Mark Eric
If
You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin'
Dino, Desi and Billy
I'm A
Believer
The Monkees
I'm
Gonna Make You Mine
Lou Christie
Indian
Giver
1910 Fruitgum Company
Indian
Lake
The Cowsills
Indian
Reservation
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Jack And
Jill
Tommy Roe
Jam Up
And Jelly Tight
Tommy Roe
Jelly
Jungle
Lemon Pipers
Jennifer
Rain
The Goggles
Jennifer
Tomkins
Street People
Jingle,
Jangle
The Archies
The
Joker Went Wild
Brian Hyland
Judy In
Disguise
John Fred and his Playboy Band
Julie,
Do Ya Love Me
Bobby Sherman
Keep On
Bruce Channel
Knock
Three Times
Dawn
Latin
Shake
Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box
Laura
Newbeats
Lay A
Little Lovin' On Me
Robin MacNamara
Let Me
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Let Me
Bring You Up
Ron Dante
Let The
Good Times In
Love Generation
Life Is
A Rock
Reunion
Lightning
Strikes
Lou Christie
A Little
Bit Me, A Little Bit You
The Monkees
Little
Bit O'Soul
The Music Explosion
Little
Miss Sunshine
The Peppermint Trolley Company
Little
People
The McCoys
Little
Willy
Sweet
Little
Woman
Bobby Sherman
Look,
Looky, My Cookie's Gone
Raspberry Pirates
Loop De
Loop
Salt Water Taffy
Love
Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
Edison Lighthouse
Love Is
A Word
Everyday Hudson
Love Me
Do
The Beatles
Loving
You Makes Everything Alright
Marshmellow Highway
Magic
Pilot
Mairzy
Doats
The Innocence
Make
Believe
Wind
Make
Your Own Sweet Music
Golden Gate
Marathon
Mary
The Globetrotters
March Of
The Jingle Jangle People
San Francisco Earthquake
May I
Take A Giant Step
1910 Fruitgum Company
Me And
You And A Dog Named Boo
Lobo
Medicine
Man
Buchanan Brothers
Mercy
Ohio Express
Mirage
Tommy James and the Shondells
Montego
Bay
Bobby Bloom
Mony
Mony
Tommy James and the Shondells
Moonflight
Vic Venus
Morning
Girl
Neon Philharmonic
Move In
A Little Closer Baby
Mama Cass
Mr. Bus
Driver
Neal Dover
Mr.
Peacock
Orange Colored Sky
Mr. Sun,
Mr. Moon
Paul Revere and the Raiders
My Baby
Loves Lovin'
White Plains
Na Na
Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Next
Plane To London
Rose Garden
Ninny
Bop Bop
Bonnie and the Clydes
Ob-La-Di,
Ob-La-Da
The Beatles
One Bad
Apple
The Osmonds
Ooh
Child
The Five Stairsteps
Our
Dream
Munx
Patty
Cake
The Yummies
Pepperman
Arnim-Hamilton
Popsicle
Jan and Dean
Question
Of Temperature
Balloon Farm
Questions
And Answers
The In Crowd
Quick
Joey Small
Kasentz-Katz Singing Orchestral
Circus
The
Rain, The Park and Other Things
The Cowsills
The
Rainbow Tree
Lemon Pipers
The
Rapper
The Jaggerz
Red
Rover, Red Rover
Puddle
Red
Rubber Ball
Cyrkle
Rice Is
Nice
Lemon Pipers
Rock Me
Gently
Andy Kim
Run Run
Billy Porter
The Shadows Of Knight
Saturday
Night
The 'Bay City Rollers
Sausalito
Ohio Express
Shake
The Shadows Of Knight
She
Loves You
The Beatles
She Sold
Me Magic
Lou Christie
She's
Ready
The Spiral Starecase
She's
The Kind Of Girl
The Peppermint Trolley Company
Shoot
'em Up Baby
Andy Kim
Simon
Says
1910 Fruitgum Company
Smile A
Little Smile For Me
Flying Machine
Snoopy
vs. the Red Baron
The Royal Guardsmen
Sophia
San Francisco Earthquake
Special
Delivery
1910 Fruitgum Company
Stop!
Get A Ticket
Clefs of Lavender Hill
Sugar,
Sugar
The Archies
Sunshine
Girl
Parade
Sunshine,
Red Wine
Crazy Elephant
Suzanne
On A Sunday Morning
Rick Nelson
Sweet
Pea
Tommy Roe
Sweeter
Than Sugar
Ohio Express
Thank
You Girl
Street People
There's
Got To Be A Word
The Innocence
Things
Goin' Round In My Mind
Merrell Fankhauser and HMS
Bounty
This
Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Tracy
The Cuff Links
Train
1910 Fruitgum Company
Treat
Her Groovy
The New Colony Six
Valleri
Pineapple Heard
Wait
Till Tomorrow
The Banana Splits
Wake Me
Up Before You Go-Go
Wham
Wannabe
The Spice Girls
We Wear
Lavender Blue
Finders Keepers
Wham
Bam, Shang-A-Lang
Silver
What Do
You See In Marvin
Warfield County
What's
Your Name
Music Explosion
When
Julie Comes Around
The Cuff Links
Who
Loves The Sun
Velvet Underground
Who's
Your Baby
The Archies
Wild
Thing
The Troggs
With A
Girl Like You
The Troggs
Wiwwian
Wevy
Pastrami Malted
Would
You Believe
Mortimer
Yellow
Balloon
Yellow Balloon
Yo Yo
The Osmonds
You Got
The Love
Professer Morrison's Lollipop
You're
The One
The Sugar Bears
Yummy
Yummy Yummy
Ohio Express
Zip Code
The Five Americans
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
9/18/64 – The new TV sitcom series "The Addams Family,"
starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy premiers on
ABC.It will run for two seasons and
again, remain in syndication for decades to follow (as well as inspire numerous
new adaptations to this all-time classic group of creepy and ooky characters.)
9/17/64 - "Bewitched," starring Elizabeth
Montgomery, Dick York and Agnes Morehead premieres on ABC TV.It remains in syndication to this day.
Also on 9/17, The Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 by
baseball team owner Charles Finley to perform a concert at Municipal Stadium in
Kansas City, Missouri, on what was originally a scheduled day off.Finley promised the fans in Kansas City that
he would bring The Beatles to their city, even though this stop was never part
of the original itinerary.As a show of
appreciation, they add the song "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey,
Hey" to their setlist, much to the delight of the crowd
In hindsight, it was quite a treat for those Kansas City fans ...
The Beatles would not release their version of "Kansas City" for several more months ... and even then only on the British pressing of their next LP, "Beatles For Sale." (We had to wait another seven months before WE got it on the Captiol LP "Beatles VI!!!")
They did, however, perform it as part of their October appearance on "Shindig!" which we mentioned yesterday!
The song dates back to The Beatles' set list from Hamburg all those years ago ... and just shows again how they were able to re-introduce America to the rock and roll we generated in the first place!
Also on 9/17, Mickey Mantle proves yet again that he can do
much more than strike out 1330 times as he collects career hits #1999, #2000 and
#2001, as well as his 450th career home run, in 6-2 victory over Los Angeles
Angels at New York
Also on 9/17, the new James Bond film "Goldfinger"
(the third in the series), starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman, premieres
at Odeon
Leicester Square in London.