Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1974, a tragedy-inspired pop song beat a rival band to the top spot on the Billboard charts, causing a commotion with its teary ...

This pop smash hit was originally recorded by Paper Lace earlier in 1974. However, it was Bo Donaldson And They Heywoods’ version, released just a few months later, that became a charting success.

Talk about your guilty pleasures. Ron Dante was once a famous cartoon character — or, to be more accurate, he was the human voice behind The Archies’ ridiculously catchy ’60s pop hit “Sugar Sugar.” ...

In 1974, a tragedy-inspired pop song beat a rival band to the top spot on the Billboard charts, causing a commotion with its teary story of war and lost love. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods took the ...