Kent Anderson
Dec 24, 2022

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Most of the songs on there were novelty hits. "Tiny Tim's" hit made Phyllis Diller sound normal. True story about The Monkees and Archie's - After turning down "Sugar, Sugar" and a few others, Don Kirshner then started "The Archie's," as a cartoon and then at the end of their only season, released "S,S," using just unknowns and studio musicians, who were paid scale. Ron Dante and Toni Wine were the lead/backup vocalists. Dante later sued and won an undisclosed amount of money.

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Kent Anderson
Kent Anderson

Written by Kent Anderson

Purveyor of Truth and Facts. Lifelong Detroiter. Journalist. Loves good TV, sports, friends and family. Mostly. Also: https://rollingwheelie.substack.com/

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