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Ron Dante's vocals were accompanied by those of Toni Wine , Andy Kim , and Ellie Greenwich and together they provided the voices of the various Archies using Multitracking .

"Sugar, Sugar" was the number one single of 1969, according to Billboard . It spent 4 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from September 20 , 1969 . It was preceded by the Rolling Stones ' " Honky Tonk Women " and followed by " I Can't Get Next To You " by The Temptations ". The following year, in 1970 , singer Wilson Pickett hit the U.S. Top Forty with his own version of the song.

In 1980 , co-composer Andy Kim recorded "Sugar, Sugar" under the name Baron Longfellow, as a track on his self-titled LP.

On February 5 , 2006 , "Sugar, Sugar" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame (Andy Kim is originally from Montreal , Quebec ).

Considered a canonical example of Bubblegum Pop .


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  • The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, fifth edition.