American Bandstand 1969 - TOP 10 - Sugar, Sugar, The Archies (Colorized)

Airdate: October 11, 1969
I’ve posted this clip several times in various forms and here it is one more time, one of my all-time favorite AB clips, now colorized. (thanks to Andrew Haberman)
"Sugar, Sugar” is #1 for the 4th week in a row today on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the #1 song of 1969.
Dancing to the top 10 today are: Cathy Kilborn at 2:25, Frank Vanderpuil at 3:27, Carl Ratcher at 3:32, Marty Mane at 3:35, Don Sanuskar & Roni Menacker (in silhouette) at 3:40, and Art (on our right) and Rudy (on our left) Mikaelian with Robin Miller at 3:47 all doing a dance called, appropriately enough, “the Spinner.”
Please (please) get vaccinated if you haven’t already and thank you for watching!

[@susangordon7087]

My husband came home from Vietnam in 68 and we got married April of 1969. Some may frown I was 16 on January 1969. He told me a lot of things that happened over and it was bad. God rest his soul he left this world May 30th of this year 2023. I’ll see him again one day.💔💔💔💔

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

My Condolences. I knew alot of men at that time that came back as well.

[@cuttercogburn3226]

Susan I was 15 Jan of 69. My heart goes out to you. I think you have him deeply in your heart so you see him every day. May GOD BLESS YOU.

[@paulatatton7360]

I was married to my Nam Vet for 20 years and still miss him everyday 25 yrs later

[@tailwind12]

you are a beautiful person and lady. thank you for your husband's service to our society and nation.

[@susangordon7087]

@@cuttercogburn3226he passed last year on May 30th

[@lydiaricher2732]

I'm 68 years old and this song still makes want to get up and dance ❤😂

[@ILoveBANFF1974]

I'm 66 and I'm with you !!

[@lydiaricher2732]

@@ILoveBANFF1974 😀👍

[@talon1706]

I remember watching the Archie's cartoon show on Saturday morning when this song first played. I was 10.

[@lydiaricher2732]

@@talon1706 me too ! I never missed it ❤️

[@kathyeverhardt5412]

The best of times

[@rickytatum4058]

These are the grandparents of today and look how cool they are.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

We could dance, had long hair, and we loved to slow dance.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@USMC-Veteran73-77 Boomers!

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@@thefirstMrsLankton Yes, we are the Baby Boomers It was a great time. I loved it.

[@gregmoore7709]

Thank you Ricky Tatum and i am even cooler with my grand kids, so i think.I help two lift weights and they know a lot of oldies lol..

[@Paul-010]

@@USMC-Veteran73-77 Yes, we are a very fortunate generation. Boomers!👍🏻😀

[@nestorpacis2306]

The Filipina lady wearing gray miniskirt with the black straight hair is my older sister Estrelita she’s 72 years old grandparents now.! living happily here in Daly City California

[@utan711]

That's why she looks Filipina. Who's the partner?

[@menachembenegon7264]

Tell she was super cute back then!

[@KydenBufect]

She was gorgeous!

[@tomdooley4226]

Sweet story!

[@nestorpacis2306]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@utan711A Navy Veteran from Longview Washington states but unfortunately my brothers in law suffered some mild stroke and his getting a hard time to walk now!

[@theamazingchannel470]

I love how clean, decent and fresh everyone looks.

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

That is what we looked like back then. A candy bar was 5 cents, not 1.75 like now. We just went to the moon and everything you see in that video was made and built by Americans in America.

[@faulsname8869]

I want to go back to the 70s and experience it so badly!!!!!!

[@jeffschrade4779]

The 1960s were bifurcated. We lived in the Bay Area of California from1967-68 -- I was in the 2nd and 3rd grades. The hippies in San Francisco wore long hair, smoked dope, many viewed bathing as optional, "free love" being practiced in the park .. I saw all tht first hand. Riots near our home scared me as a kid... I remember my dad turning down one street in Berkley only to see hundreds of hippies and college students coming down the street with signs against the Vietnam War, while fires burned in the background. Pretty traumatic stuff... While all that was happening, other teenagers and college students were clean cut and the girls were wearing miniskirts...

[@scottedwards9460]

Yup girls aren't twerking and being gross. Times were so much better back then.

[@lindabolique72]

@@faulsname8869 I was a kid in the 1970's and it was magical.

[@roberthowker8746]

I would rather be living in that world than the one we have now

[@holtridge7337]

Exactly. I wish I was dead but I haven't kicked the bucket yet for some reason.

[@mikemiller8975]

I go bak in a heartbeat ❤ world now disgusting

[@mc-rz1lx]

Would suck if you were a woman or African American. Racism and discrimination yep great world

[@kimbradley9595]

Absolutely agree

[@colejacobs1000]

That's why we're all here🥲

[@myawsum14]

Our generation learned the new dances by watching American Bandstand! The best times EVER!!

[@34stzoo]

Are you crazy? I lost rhythm watching this clip.

[@dankelly5150]

And the best decade ever for music, the 70's, was just ahead !!

[@maryann823]

@@34stzoo How about that kick lol

[@brtscafsma77]

Wait...does that mean that Tiktok is the new American Bandstand?😢

[@noradennis4361]

@@brtscafsma77 God I hope not.

[@karllieck9064]

Most of these dancers, if still alive, are in their 70's! Damn.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Yep, older people were here then, where they enjoyed seeing kids have fun. Now those kids are seniors and probably like watching other kids have fun.

[@snowman9977]

To this day this is still my favorite song. I’m 66. My daughter danced to this song at her wedding in 2018. Happy, happy times! Thanks Archie’s.

[@GeorgeSwift-qj1ik]

Very suggestive song no doubt.😅

[@JohnH0130]

The Archies are of course a fictional band. From Wilipedia: "A set of studio musicians was assembled by Don Kirshner in 1968 to perform various songs. The most famous is "Sugar, Sugar", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim,[1] which went to number one on the pop chart in 1969, sold over six million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[8] In the Billboard Hot 100, it was ranked as the No. 1 song of that year, the only time a fictional band has ever claimed Billboard's annual Hot 100 top spot. Other Top 40 songs recorded by the Archies include "Who's Your Baby" (U.S. No. 40), "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" (U.S. No. 22), and "Jingle Jangle" (U.S. No. 10).[1] "Jingle Jangle" also sold over one million copies, garnering a second gold disc award."

[@snowman9977]

@@JohnH0130 Fantastic info!

[@JohnH0130]

@@snowman9977 I was 18 at the time, and I thought it was HYSTERICAL that someone could toss together a group of musicians to create songs for a cartoon show with a shoestring budget [check out the low-grade animation] and produce a simple tune that was #1 WITH A BULLET FOR 6 WEEKS that summer.

[@snowman9977]

John, sometimes “shoestring” budgets work out better than having all the money in the world. Yeah, that cartoon video still cracks me up to this day

[@Simulera]

These kids are all in their 70s now. As one of them, I can say the mirror always surprises.

[@SamLopezI]

I miss my paisley shirts and bell bottom jeans.

[@sinjinadams2862]

And don't forget about those platform shoes!

[@SanaasimonB-tu9qm]

Always

[@yessumyessum6624]

Very depressing...

[@RobinMOrosz]

When I was just a youngster this was 1 of my favorite tunes. Watching this puts my 65 yr old body in a time tunnel and I was dancing with these kids again. 😁😇

[@titomr9287]

Guud guud, very good. Be hapy. Nao & ever. from México. claps to you.

[@louistenore2185]

one of mine as well and im only 51

[@teresavillalona8094]

Me hubiera gustado vivir esa época tan linda pero yo nací para esa época en 1964 te felicito x haberla vivido

[@briancaine9130]

Yes!

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

Hopefully you’re still able to get out of your chair

[@teresadilts7876]

American Bandstand, I used to watch this every week. Dick Clark is greatly missed

[@papatutti59]

Add 52 years to all these young couples dancing and they’re all grandparents today.

[@leemiller349]

Myself 67 yrs old i was on American bandstand in 1970 had so much fun with my class mates

[@regiivana6369]

Who is here watching 2024🤩🎉

[@juliemullen365]

Me me me 😊

[@pamelaking2807]

❤❤❤ me born 1965

[@jgboys1]

Same here but only for 2 more days until 2024! 🎉

[@kat35lulu88]

At the end of 2013!!!!! Dec 30!😮

[@jgboys1]

@@kat35lulu88 12/30/2023.

[@steveraglin7607]

Not just #1 for that week, Sugar Sugar was the number one hit for all of 1969! So catchy and fun..... great vocal by Ron Dante.

[@francispanny5068]

I wish I could go back in time, and dance like this with one of these ladies. These ladies were classy at the time and better looking back then.

[@StratocastRS]

same man

[@Johnleefromthemist]

agree 100 percent all of them are hot

[@danmseattle975]

Man, these 60s chicks are beautiful!

[@theangrybass3389]

Yeah, they actually cared about how they looked

[@Berlinbear58]

Why do you think we watched every Saturday? 🥰

[@garypeterson9745]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm alive in the wrong time period lol 😂 women in the 60s are very attractive

[@holtridge7337]

A lot better than the white trash of 2024. That's for sure.

[@anthonypearsall5851]

They had such obvious sweet innocence even though at the time they would have thought they were cutting-edge and daring.

[@gilloera8912]

My energy song in the am, still bopping to it, this 73 year old guy

[@gwardell2]

I am also 73. These songs are a lot nicer than today's songs.

[@julieeadie3105]

2022..still love the Archie's..

[@lylecarpenter3121]

Rock on ! Not quite in my 70s but damn close! Hell yeah

[@lynnedunn1541]

I'M 74 and Still Boppin also!!! Luv it that I still can!! 😁🥰

[@lynnedunn1541]

Luv that girls are dancing w/ girls and boys w/boys!!👍👍

[@Cherazny]

No matter how many times i hear the Archies sing "Sugar Sugar" it takes me back to 1969 and puts a smile on my face that makes me get up to dance and sing it. It's my all-time favorite #1 song.

[@russellhoward149]

The summer of 1969; I was 16, got my driver's license, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon and the of course there was Woodstock. How cool was that. This makes my 69 year old body feel 16 again.

[@Collusion10]

You still had six years to enlist? What happened! Four tours Vietnam.

[@christinehorst443]

This song was #1 the year I was born. 53 years later it's one of my favorite songs to listen to.

[@donnasanchez395]

Me too born in 1957

[@colleenmcnamaradusti4861]

@@donnasanchez395 me too born in 1956

[@douglasheller1260]

I love this gal's ASL interpretation...kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnKtqWCBpNZor7M

[@andya2665]

I remember watching the Archies when this song first played on Saturday morning cartoons. After that it was on the radio all the time.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

@@colleenmcnamaradusti4861 Me too. Born in 1946.

[@jimjohnston526]

1969 the Vietnam war was raging, the country was tearing itself apart but still a bubble gum tune could make it to #1. The power of rock n roll.

[@Jammy75]

I was just a little kid, but thank you for serving in that godforsaken war!! ❤ Seven Children (now adults) in my family in less than nine years (poor mom) and when we get together, we always play this song! 🤡

[@jimjohnston526]

@@Jammy75 Sorry if you misunderstood my post. I was born in 1962 so I was in first grade. I am retired military (USAF Pararescue) and many of my training instructors were Vietnam vets. I was saying how even bubble gum rock n roll tunes like this one can give people a break from crappy times.

[@Jammy75]

@@jimjohnston526 Thank you for clarifying that, and also for serving as you did. I have West Point, Harvard, MIT educated officers in my immediate family as well, and they also served and have the Purple Hearts & many many medals which they put in a box to shove away forever. War sucks… Period. Now they are corporate Indian chiefs and living a good life in spite of it all. I’m very very thankful of that. You should be very proud of your military challenges. I sure am. ❤️

[@jimjohnston526]

@@Jammy75 Thank you. did 21 years in USAF Pararescue teams 1988-2009 some active some reserve and can’t tell you how many Pararescuemen (PJs) I knew or knew of that were killed and injured for life. I was very fortunate for those years. Thanks again and peace be with you.

[@Jammy75]

@@jimjohnston526 ❤️ thank you kindly… I am very touched! 🤗

[@ernestconnell8087]

Sugar Sugar, greatest cereal box record, all time 😆

[@shagadelic7]

sure do wish putting records in cereal boxes was still a thing. never got to experience that joy

[@bengaljam4550]

Got mine off the back of a Sugar Crisp box.

[@qualqui]

@@bengaljam4550 Same here, the cereal is now called Honey Crisp, lol! XD

[@bengaljam4550]

@@qualqui Yep and sugar smacks are now called honey smacks and sugar pops are called corn pops.

[@powerbad696]

I got those too!!! Mne from Sugar Crisp box too.Forgot all about those prizes n cereal boxes!!🙂🙂

[@raypaul9731]

can't believe i am seeing this time capsule. my brother and i watched this episode(he was a senior, i was in 6th grade} and he fell in love the the beautiful blond with the gorgeous hair at 1:22 and 2:01.our mother was watching with us, and made the comment how beautiful her hair was. she could be a breck girl she said. we were like what's a breck girl? looking back now with such fond memories, she was right, absolutely right!.....

[@VisionProStudios]

Im still a DJ from 1978..and this song is one of the most requested songs at weddings...it never gets old

[@janicecaliff4876]

Remember these good ole days I’m 68 now

[@thomasserigo7483]

Awesome 👏 , you know this is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a good dancer..?

[@jokerswildio]

The Archies come on and just like that, all of a sudden they can dance!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@michaelserby7697]

Yeah , they can. 🇺🇲

[@soujourne]

LOL so true

[@JR-jk5wz]

Seemed like they were waiting on the sugar sugar. Then they got lit lol…

[@randolphpinkle4482]

You call that dancing? I call it moving in confusion. What do I do? What do I do? Apparently, they needed a lot more sugar!

[@dancerdon9175]

This NEVER gets old 🎵🎵🎵. Fun times.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Dancer Don I went back to the 3:40 mark, and watched it three or four times, but I still can't spot you....How could they rob a longtime regular of camera time like that?! It appears most of the regulars from the '67 shows, had moved on by this time unfortunately... I miss seeing them.

[@dancerdon9175]

@@oldiesgeek454 Hey oldies geek! No worries. Roni and I can be seen dancing the swing in the shadows up front @3:11 and about @3:36. By up front I mean close to the bleachers. Thanks for looking out for us.

[@bradsense7431]

Hi don. I seem to recall there is another clip of this Archives song played from a different AB taping. Can you answer about how many times a hit song such as this one would be played for the dancers? Also did Dick ever ask the dancers about songs they were hearing outside of the show that he might incorporate or did he pretty much have all the music selections locked down? Thanks

[@gregmoore7709]

Your dead on Dancer don,Would have like to see you and the rest but like you said, it never gets old. Great music and any kind of dance makes for a lot of fun....

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@dancerdon9175 literally...you are a shadow!! Don, if we have to find a Frank Vanderpuil favorite AB clip, is it this one? Gone is the "every hair in place" haircut and sportcoat. He's got hip hugger slacks and a loose fitting shirt, circling around like a whirling dervish. Then he looks like he's steering a tractor thru the lower 40! I never have figured out if he was dancing with anyone in particular! 😃 The dance floor is noticeably not as crowded. I remember you saying that happened for awhile. Great video giving us a special look at our dancers and a lovely tip of the hat to Frank.

[@dieselandlevimygoofyhuskie9420]

This brings me back to a time of pure innocence and happiness the good old days never get old 💃🤩💖

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

The 1960's was not that innocent.

[@DXPunx74]

@@thefirstMrsLankton compared to today it is. These young people in this video look nice and took pride in their appearance. Unlike today with pajama pants and looking like one got out of bed and stopped caring about themselves. And the dancing is way more innocent than now. At least you don't see the gjrls dancing like cats in heat and guys tossing gang signs in the air with their fingers, wearing pants 10 sizes too big. Kids today don't know how to dance and this rap music is talentless. I would say yes, the 1960's were innocent compared to today. They'd have to put an X rating on bandstand today if it were still going.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@DXPunx74 As you like.

[@DXPunx74]

@@thefirstMrsLankton seriously. Compared to today's standards, the 60's was more innocent. I guess you can't argue with stupid people.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@DXPunx74 I know I certainly cannot. Never have been able to suffer fools lightly. Its a character flaw of mine. I am working on it.

[@murphman7448]

This take me back. Miss my parents & all of us being kids in the neighborhood doing kid stuff.

[@pamcornelius9122]

What a great year for music. Feels like sunshine and lollipops. 🌞 🍭 🎶 🎶

[@edmundooliver7584]

yes, I was 10yrs and loved candy.

[@ironhorse127]

I was 14 and with my first love. Best years, best memories

[@michaelt3308]

And men couldn't have babies or periods! Good times indeed..

[@psw4763]

Fun times, dances and music. Perfect Saturday morning starter. Still waiting for the time machine.

[@edgarteran1894]

I am still asking for my time machine also. I need to call H.G. Wells . 1980s is my first stop and then 60's.

[@willomina1990]

Hey!.....You have a very long wait, B.....

[@doloresdemar2347]

@@willomina1990 Ikr, we're all waiting for it 😆 😄❤

[@rocker76m88]

@@edgarteran1894 I'm right with yah 👍

[@Fultonfalcons86]

Sugar Sugar as a kid the archies was on every saturday I sure do miss those fun days

[@deltaboy767]

God 1969, what an amazing year for humanity. We had this song on the radio, Neil Armstrong on the moon, and other achievements for mankind. Truly an AMAZING decade. Long Live the 60s.

[@hennagaijin100]

and a little skirmish still ongoing called Tet....not so amazing

[@deltaboy767]

@@hennagaijin100 Well besides Vietnam, it was a great decade indeed.

[@jaysax7381]

Yeah love those Jim Crow days and that pesky little fight for civil rights going on. Great decade indeed for every type of American citizen yup

[@deltaboy767]

@@jaysax7381 Um the civil rights movement was a major achievement for this country that I'm glad we had because every American deserves the same democracy and freedom this great country was founded on. Now have MULTIPLE SEATS!!!

[@tommydong8070]

​@@hennagaijin100 Tet is Viet Nam holiday.

[@susananderson9619]

Takes me back to 1969 ,I was 10 , and my only sibling was my older sister, 5 years my senior , so I listened to all the cool 😎 music then

[@elmerj112]

Cool! I was 11 years old in 69 and my older sister’s name is Susan! I used to watch AB every Saturday with her!! 🤓👍

[@susananderson9619]

My name is Susan and my 5 year older sisters name is Linda lol

[@elmerj112]

@@susananderson9619 Oh wow! Susan and Linda must have been popular names back in the 50s!! This is so cool! Thanks so much for sharing!!! We were born in western Pennsylvania. I have lived in Texas though since 1981…due to my degree and career. I miss PA,,,sooo much. Take good care! Thanks for sharing!!

[@susananderson9619]

I was born in South Eastern PA lol

[@matoko123]

I was 7 in 69 my older sister was 9. I've hated her for 7 years now and shall never communicate with her in any form ever again. Love this song :)

[@sureshchiatar9641]

I wish I was on that dance floor, back in time.❤

[@elvisfan61]

This top 10 was bookmarked by two of my favorites - Elvis with Suspicious Minds and The Archies with Sugar Sugar. Sweeeeet.....

[@jeffjames4064]

One of my favorite songs of all times. Makes me feel old and young at the same time.

[@HerrP58]

Well said

[@nickdonovan1447]

Truth😂😢

[@patriciakirkpatrick7933]

Very good year!

[@debralines7232]

Oh the memories. I was an avid watcher of ABS. I was 17 in 1969. My best summer of my life. A year before my senior year. 🥰

[@thomasserigo7483]

This memories is unforgettable you know this are my favorite songs 🎶 so tell me are you a good dancer..?

[@tylercollins3130]

You were like the dancing queen 😊

[@seeleygirl6178]

I was a kid, and the 60s were the happiest time in my life.

[@vickiesims643]

Wasn’t it though . I thank my parents for a wonderful childhood.

[@harrybrooks8514]

They’re dancing just like Reggie, Betty and Veronica. Groovy, man!

[@thefabulousthomasj]

Thank you for posting this! What a wild, crazy, horrifying, enjoyable summer that was; the Moon Landing, Woodstock, Vietnam, the Tate/LaBianca murders, the New York Mets winning the World Series, rumors of the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel calling it quits. And a cartoon band was at the top of the charts. 🍻

[@kevinevans5921]

And hurricane Camille which I was born in

[@deniselockhart2882]

You got that right!

[@johnnypacheco6526]

I" M IN TEARS...YOU GIVE ME MEMORY SO MANY MEMORY...THE MONKEES...RAQUEL WELCH...LINDON JHONSON...VERUSHKA...JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS...BATMAN AND ROBIN..SEAN CONERY...😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@noelidareed7590]

Tate/La Bianca 😭

[@kathiebrownlee964]

Another going on for sure. I started college, age 17. My Dad was hospitalixed for mental illness. We wanted to go to Woodsto k, our folks said, "no way".

[@sreggird60]

I remember watching the show with my older sister who was 16 in 1969. She'd watch to get the latest dance steps so when she went to the next school dance she would be able to show the boys what to do.

[@h8nfcktrds]

I had the 45 and played it over and over on my suitcase record player. So good.

[@suzannerobbins6293]

1969….Hubby home from Vietnam and our little girl was 3….life had really just started for us! 57 years later….he is still with me, our daughter very successful working with foster children as a director. Looking back at this great music today! 2023

[@eliascrookshank]

I could listen to this gem all day and never grow tired of it.

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

Ah, good old bubble gum music. ‘69 was a fun summer. I was 14.

[@sureshchiatar9641]

Wish I could be on that dance floor back then.

[@donniemyers9081]

These are some of the freshest moves I've ever seen.

[@Berlinbear58]

I miss the cute girls!!! Saturday afternoon was the time to watch. We all made comments on the dancers, who didn't!

[@andrewwingfield8290]

I m 82 and still is one of my favorite song and favorite shows

[@mg4663]

These people in 1969 actually cared about how they looked and dressed. Today, the kids look like ....

[@PleasePRAYforPEACE_Yehowaah]

11 22 23 One best songs ever still in 2023 loved ❤ and danced to all over the world 🌎

[@tjtalerico6702]

Before my time BUT...what a GREAT song...this is the epitome of BUBBLEGUM music...No matter what your age I dare you not to move to this song ...it just gets you going...53 years and it still has the FIRE!!!

[@ronaldhansen2378]

My Sister was 12 years old. My brother Rick was 10 years old. My neighbor Cindy Cunningham was 11 years old. And yours truly Ronald Hansen was 3 years old when Andy Kim sang the Archie song Sugar Sugar. What great memories of your childhood days in the summer of 1969. Tumi songs are really good in that era. Like zager and Evans in the year 2525.

[@johnsmith-ub7vr]

Just look at that Top 10, the music was so good back then.

[@The01231965]

I was 4.my older brother would play the radio and i heard this.songs can instantly bring back memories.WOW I LOVE IT

[@TheMicheleAri]

Bring all of this back. Love it so much.

[@thomasserigo7483]

Bring all the memories back, you know this is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a good dancer..?

[@zerosparky9510]

just before my birthday. was getting ready to turn 14. i can remember watching this. wow.

[@hisodesu1]

Oh my God I remember. Thank you. A different world away. Loved it.

[@rebeccabrown3898]

My senior year; Lost my oldest brother during the war, got engaged, fiancé drafted.

[@lnetscoutnshelby5691]

The very first 45 I ever bought. It still plays today, no scratches.

[@edgarteran1894]

Take foto and post it. We love it to see it

[@calvinreeves]

I didn’t have to buy it - it came free on the back of a box of Honeycomb cereal

[@PLEASE.PRAY4PEACE]

11 19 24 One of my top 10 all-time favorite songs it's so enthusiastic and filled with energy and inspiration 😍 plus excellent dance song 🤩

[@phila3884]

This song drilled right into my brain when I was 6 years old and I still feel it is one of the defining songs of the late 60's. It was everywhere.

[@santosayala7939]

In 69 I was only11 years old, and the Archies was one of my favorite cartoons, and yes I danced to Sugar, Sugar I loved it more because I have 4 sisters and 1 brother from 8 to 13 years old, and we were always trying to out dance each other, and that was what made us good DANCERS. Like Jackie Gleason always said "HOW SWEET IT IS" the yesteryears.

[@steffifewkes2087]

These are the great-grandparents of today such fun times watching American Bandstand Saturday mornings

[@jonogren5567]

A few are dead.😂

[@brookekobasher5125]

This is my parent’s era, and all the ones I know from this time are just grandparents if that…they’re not quite that old! Sure maybe a few may be though.

[@dwood4453]

I’m 70 years old and this song and AB brings back a lot of memories.

[@prte23lv1yha4lv]

"sugar, sugar" was my very 1st 45 record I bought as a child.

[@sinjinadams2862]

It was my very first record I ever bought also. I played it over and over and over again. I still love this song to this day.

[@MrDboydeluxe]

As a 12 year old boy in 1969 seeing the ladies on AB every Saturday…glad my dad worked Saturday’s….

[@craig9843]

My mother was such an Elvis fan from when she was teenager in the 1950s . She loved him even up until she passed away January 2021. I remember how upset she was when he passed away in 1977 too. I was about 6 years old.

[@leeengelsman1855]

Yes that upset an enormous number of people worldwide.

[@soniabaker9790]

Wow! The dancing is Great! 🤔😁🌹I was 10😳😆

[@edhollingsworth2335]

I was 20 in 1969. Still love the memories of this era.

[@daynapeck1769]

My dad said that's not dancing when I would watch this. Watching it with old eyes cracks me up.

[@gilval808]

I wish they do a cast call of all the dance contestants from every show from 1960-69 to see how they are all doing today. A reunion from every dance contest of every season of that decade.

[@Thebuilderofthings1]

Wheelchair get down then get back up dancing.

[@andya2665]

They all have bad backs from slipping their discos in the 70s.

[@leeengelsman1855]

Most would be dead, Sorry .

[@lisac996]

Number 1 song the year I was born 😊❤

[@Wubba2Write]

It’s now 12 weeks that we took in a rescue cat from my hubby’s work. The cat cried a lot, so my husband named him “Crybaby.” But after a couple of weeks he stopped crying. Sweetest cat, so we renamed him “Sugar,” and I sing this song to him often. This was also the first song I danced to in the summer of ‘69 at a friend’s house. I had the coolest bell bottoms. LOL! 🐈

[@PaPaWizdom]

I'm just loving watching the ladies dance and wishing I could meet a couple of them during this performance that was many years before I was even born.

[@mattwilson3244]

Watch how Everybody starts Dancing Better ,as soon as Sugar Sugar starts playing ! Great Record !

[@huliovidales4883]

take me back to60's and 70's and just leave me there. Never ever be like that again.

[@FleaBagBoogie]

I was 10. Hot Wheels , Banana seat bikes , and great tunes and cartoons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carolsanders3979]

Lol the year I was born 1969 both of my parents were teenagers and loved growing up on this music

[@laurabeckman82]

I really wish they would bring the American Bandstand back!

[@thomasserigo7483]

You’re absolutely right, you know this is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a good dancer..?

[@jdsalinger73]

There is no real music today.

[@esmeraldaluv]

I was 10 & they sold an actual record of this song on a cereal box. Played the record again & again while my sisters and I danced. They were 6 & 8. Such a fun memory!

[@crissoto3759]

We use to go cruising at the park on weekends then go to our hangouts meet girls have fun order our food or drinks from our cars and the car hops were the ladies that worked there we'd listen to music laugh and joke with the young and beautiful ladies some of us married some of these girls no drugs or fights pure clean fun we were like a giant family sometimes we'd go cruising downtown and then go to our hangouts it was the most beautiful time of our lives some of this friends have sadly passed away it go visit them at the cementary where their burried and tears will come out of my eyes and when I leave my heart is dragging to the ground hopefully one day we'll meet again

[@YCDTI]

Thank you for sharing your sweet memory and I’m sorry for the loss of your friends. For what it’s worth, I believe you’ll see them all again someday.

[@stuisaac249]

I was 11, remember them all! But Suspicious Minds and Sugar, Sugar really bring back the memories...along with Cracklin' Rosie!

[@csmelen]

One of my favorite AB clips. Thanks Aaron.

[@russwalker3119]

October 69, just got to Basic Training at Recruit Training Center, RTC San Diego, the start of a new chapter in my life, the music stayed with us as we trained and then deployed.

[@1amazingj]

Awesome 👍 to see this video in color. Love this song. I have it on my Playlist 😁

[@gingerdude7040]

With all of the turmoil that had been going on, it was refreshingly innocent and fun.

[@joeburinskas8672]

"It's got a good beat and you can dance to it."

[@carolloye3700]

Used to listen to American Bandstand on Saturday mornings while dancing around the house doing my chores💖

[@robertcrist5747]

Man oh man! Thanks for the memories! This clip doesn't reflect it, but I remember when ABS and Soul Train had some of the best dancer's ever!

[@lindaeasley5606]

Wow ! Just look at that top 10 . Every one a classic

[@marvinbellomy3874]

I was only 9 years old, but they were good times growing up back then.

[@imbatman3620]

O Lord give me the wisdom to build a music time machine that could take me back anytime I want....I'll break it when I get there so I So I don't go back to the future🤗😋

[@merce10554]

I'm gonna make you life so sweet, hey, hey, hey! Lovely vid. Thanks. 🎵🎶🎵💯🆒️🙋🏽‍♀️

[@bigdogpete43]

I give it an 8 because you can dance to it!