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We celebrate the grooviest sounds of bubblegum pop music with The Archies, Partridge Family, Monkees, Brady Bunch and more!
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Echo Valley 173 (S7E23) Eurovision 1974
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
What better place for Kid Bubblegum to learn how to write a great bubblegum pop song than the 1974 Eurovision finals?! We are witness to the live performances of this historic competition! You might think you know all about that magic year, but there are still plenty of surprises! And in our dramatic reading we learn that TV's Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, can't act but is attractive! Plus plenty of great bubblegum music from The American Breed, The DeFranco Family, Carita Holmström, Olivia Newton-John, The Wombles, Ireen Sheer, Lynda Carter, White Plains, Ricky and the Vacels, Tina Reynolds, Mouth and MacNeal, The Music Explosion and ABBA!
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Echo Valley 172 (S7E22) Our Elfth Annual Christmas Special
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Twelve years in a row, Echo Valley has celebrated Christmas with a ton of bubblegum! Here we go again! What are the bubblegum roots of Silver Bells? Patty Duke "celebrates" the holidays! Dramatic readings of the poetry of Richard Thomas, John Boy from the Waltons, and he sings! Shirley Jones and Shaun Cassidy sing together! Plenty of cheery candy from The Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, The Brady Bunch, Bobby Goldsboro, Tommy Roe, George Gobel, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, The Hondells, The Pipsqueeks, The Trashmen, Fred Flintstone, The Rosebuds, and Owl City!
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Echo Valley 171 (S7E21) Marching to the Music
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Kid Bubblegum starts to write his own original bubblegum song! Whose voice sings the songs on Scooby-Doo? As part of our dramatic reading, Bobby Sherman gives a rousing speech to a football team! Strange gum from Batman's Adam West! Plenty of gummy good stuff from The Rubettes, The Lemon Pipers, The American Breed, The Cowsills, The New Beats, Austin Roberts, Wind (with Tony Orlando), Tommy Roe, The Original Caste, The Partridge Family, Joan Holloway, Peter Lawford, The Rare Breed, Rachel Sweet and Rex Smith!
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Echo Valley 170 (S7E20) Candy Kisses
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
A fast moving hour of bubblegum sweetness! A dramatic reading of Danny Partridge and his escape from kidnappers! We've heard of Herb Alpert, but who's Dore Alpert? What bubblegum band was the first member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame? Ellen Greenwich as a solo artist! A couple of commercials sung by The Cyrkle! And a whole bunch more bubblegum pop by The Ohio Express, The Partridge Family, The McCoys, Trini Lopez, Bobby Sherman, Rodney Allen Rippy, The Jackpots, The Jalopy Five, The 1970 English World Cup Team, Dana Countryman, Cyan, John Fred and his Playboy Band, The Garden Gnomes, and The Cattanooga Cats!
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Echo Valley 169 (S7E19) Bubblegum Movies
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
We sample some of the great songs from bubblegum movies! A dramatic reading of a Monkees paperback! Can we find the legendary 1970 Olivia-Newton John scifi musical Toomorrow? Sha Na Na talk about Grease! Ken sings! Bubblegum pop from Reunion, Andy and David Williams, and a bunch of great movies like Barbie (2023), Pufnstuf (1970), Melody (1971), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), Grease (1978), Head (1968), Jem and the Holograms (2015), That Thing You Do (1996), and The Idolmaker (1980).
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Echo Valley 168 (S7E18) Viva Rock Vegas
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Can Kid Bubblegum learn to write songs in Las Vegas? Can Maverick teach us to play poker while singing cowboy songs? Have you ever heard the full length Partridge Family theme? Does Barbie rap? Plenty of great bubblegum music from Tony Christie, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ann Margrock, Andy Kim, Annemarie, James Garner, Don and the Goodtimes, and First Class!
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Echo Valley 167 (S7E17) Gimme Dat Ding
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
That bubblegum music just keeps bubblin' away! Is Rupert Holmes the secret genius behind bubblegum pop? Who are The Jackpots and why do they deserve a double bubble? Soupy Sales teaches us The Mouse! Learn about Davy Jones' special kiss! A Song from Pogo! Lots and lots of bubblegum pop from The Cuff Links, Andy and David Williams, The Pipkins, The Archies, Every Mother's Son, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Brady Bunch, The Kids from Fame, The Monkees, The DeFranco Family, The Flying Giraffe, The Royal Guardsmen, and Bobby Bloom!
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Echo Valley 166 (S7E16) Christmas Sugar Cookies
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
The 11th Annual Echo Valley Christmas Special! It's ok to open this hour of goodies before Christmas Day! A Brady Bunch Double Bubble! We take your calls! Learn how to put the little tykes to bed! A sentimental tribute to Sesame Street's Bob McGrath! Pacman loves Christmas! Johnny Carson looks at popular Christmas toys! Plenty of stocking stuffers from The Partridge Family, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Davy Jones, The Beach Boys, The Buckingham's, The Archies, Barbie and Ken, The Jackson 5, Dressy Bessy, Detroit Junior, The Ivy League, Marv Meredith, The Flintstones, and Carnegy Hall!
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Echo Valley 165 (S7E15) Every Song is You
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Another hour of sweet, sweet fun! Kid Bubblegum is taking some college classes in how to write bubblegum music! Has bubblegum come to the Ponderosa? What Barry Manilow hit was a cover of a David Cassidy song? A double bubble from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids! Plenty of bubblegum pop from Josie and the Pussycats, Ohio Express, The Partridge Family, Brass Button, Common Ground, Hello, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, David Cassidy, Ricky Wilde, Bobby Sherman, Lorne Greene, The Monkees, The Vogues and Ed “Kookie” Byrnes!
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Echo Valley 164 (S7E14) ABC
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
There sure are a lot of bubblegum songs that like the alphabet! What makes up the New Sound?! Who are the Liverbirds and how do they pronounce their name?! Enjoy an hour of bubblegum music from The Bay City Rollers, The Brady Bunch, Alacran, Albert Hammond, The Monkees, ABCMouse, East Main Street Explosion, Sparrow, The Liverbirds, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Barry Kirk, and Steve Day and the Syndicate!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Echo Valley 163 (S7E13) It’s Too Groovy
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Truck drivers chew bubblegum! The New Zealand super group, The Avengers! Does Shaun Cassidy ever call his mom? Is there such a thing as country-western bubblegum? Some proto-gum from The Crows! An hour of too groovy bubblegum pop from The James Boys, The Archies, C.W. McCall, Doug Powell, The Rubettes, Lidsville, Annette Funnicello, The Brady Kids, Gilbert O'Sullivan, The Ohio Express, The Troggs and The Hardy Boys!
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Echo Valley 162 (S7E12) Ja-ba-da, Ja-ba-da!
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Can we break the Echo Valley record for most bubblegum songs played in an hour? A dramatic reading of the theme from The Cattanooga Cats! Shaggy raises money for Jerry's kids! A tribute to the great old Disney TV themes like Johnny Tremain and Zorro! Bobby Rydell thanks you personally! As much bubblegum as we can fit into one episode by The Sugar Bears, Bobby Rydell, Cattanooga Cats, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, Jim Nabors, Ricky Segell, Paul Winchell, The Banana Splits, The Cowsills, The Archies, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., The Hardy Boys, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Harlem Globetrotters, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, The Secrets, The Bleus, The Arrangement, Slim Goodbody and Friends, The Beeds, The Charles E. Funk Rebellion and The Playful Pups!
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Echo Valley 161 (S7E11) Sugar for Christmas
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
The Special 10th Annual Very Special Echo Valley Christmas Special! Celebrate with Tippy Teen, America's Swingiest Teener! The Cowsills sing about happiness. A new Christmas bubblegum song from Dann and Servino! The Osmonds complain about the lack of snow in LA! A coal bin full of bubblegum pop music from The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Cyrkle, The Blue Magoos, The Hep Stars, The LIttle Kids, The Jingle Janglers, Judy and the Duets, The Fans, Sadina, Dimitri Syde, Charlie Cosmic, Daniel LaRusso, and Samantha Blanchard, Susan Cowsill, The Truth, and The Osmonds!
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Echo Valley 160 (S7E10) Sweet Taste of Love
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Especially tasty bubblegum pop in this hour! A dramatic reading from the Star Trek fotonovel Trouble with Tribbles! A double bubble from The Ohio Express! Thousands of calories of bubblegum fun from The Archies, The Goodies, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, Ron Dante, Union Express, Lu Ann Sims, The Sugar Bush, The Strangeloves, Leonard Nimoy, Howdytoons, Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Hardy Boys, Marshmallow Soup Group, The Fun and Games, Andy Partridge and Harlan County.
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Echo Valley 159 (S7E9) Bubblegum for Halloween
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Our first ever Halloween episode of Echo Valley! A nightmare teen ballad from a great girl group you've never heard of, The Whyte Boots! A dramatic reading of Scooby-Doo and his Haunted Doghouse! A bag full of groovy and ghoulish bubblegum music from Jumpin' Gene Simmons, Sugar Bears, Groovie Goolies, The Munsters, Billie Hayes, Cattanooga Cats, The Fifth Estate, The Ohio Express, The Attraction, Charlotte Diamond, The Fleshtones, The DeFranco Family, Young Blood, and Johnny Whitaker.
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Echo Valley 158 (S7E8) Harvey Comics 45‘s
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
We play a couple Harvey Comic Book bubblegum records from the early 70's (they released songs about Casper and Richie Rich and Sad Sack and such) and have no choice but to track them all down! We celebrate the Danish group Cartoons! A dramatic reading of a Lois Lane comic book in which she flirts with Pat Boone! A ton of fabulous bubblegum pop by The Comix, Cartoons, Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick, Pat Boone, Blue Swede, Earl Grant, The New Lime, The Burris Young 'Uns, Hammond and Hazelwood, and Wendy the Good Little Witch!
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Echo Valley 157 (S7E7) Catchy Catchy Groove
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Why are bubblegum songs so catchy? Listen to an hour of gum that sticks in your head! A dramatic reading from a Brady Bunch novel! Great bubblegum pop from The Archies, The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Wombles, The Bay City Rollers, Bobby Sherman, Tony Ronald, The Fun & Games, Chris Montez, The Pipkins, Hansen, The Village People, and The Jackson 5!
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Echo Valley 156 (S7E6) Celebrate Summer
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Cool off with an hour of bubblegum music! We fondly remember the 1976 John Davidson summer TV series! A dramatic reading of an Archies comic book about protesting the Vietnam War! Is there such a thing as country western bubblegum? Plenty of summer bubblegum pop from The Wombles, T-Rex, The Beach Boys, The Archies, The Partridge Family, The Captain and Tennille, The Cuff Links, Jeff Barry, Mungo Jerry, Jerry Reed, Rainbow Ship, Edison Lighthouse, and Sparks!
Monday May 03, 2021
Echo Valley 155 (S7E5) Whatever Happened to Sailor Girl?
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Kid Bubblegum wants more love songs! A dramatic reading about Mackenzie Phillips from One Day at a Time who then sings a beautiful song! Elton John covers a bubblegum classic! The Cowsills cover a bubblegum classic! Great bubblegum pop from The Jackson 5, Daddy Dewdrop, Spinach, Everyday Hudson, Danny Bonaduce, The Ohio Express, The Archies, Elephant's Memory, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart, Bobby Sherman, The Banana Splits and Dave Antrell!
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Echo Valley 154 (S7E4) Slow Dancin‘
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Let's read about the new fall season (1968)! Kid Bubblegum has requested more slow dance songs! A double bubble from Bubbles! A David Soul duet with Bobby Sherman! What's the deal with all those rapid fire 1/8th notes! A ton of bubblegum fun from The Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Osmonds, Cheryl Ladd, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Harlem Globetrotters, Chris Montez, The Music Explosion, Bubbles, Jorge, ABBA, David Soul, Johnny Rivers, Rex Smith, The Innocence, and Sight and Sound!