Early 70's Bubblegum Music: the verdict

X-Certificate is very JK-like, but not actually one of his. There was also another version by Katina, which I slightly prefer.

The JK-involved tracks which I recognise from memory: The Weathermen, Simon Turner, Hotlegs, St Cecilia*, The Piglets*, Tina Harvey, The Angelettes, Shag*, Bubblerock*, Ricky Wilde, Terry Dactyl, Sakkarin*. Asterisks denote pseudonyms for JK himself.

Ugh, bloody auto formatting...

Pseudonyms are: St Cecilia, Piglets, Shag, Bubblerock, Sakkarin.

I'm hypothesizing the huge disparity between British and American bubblegum hits may have something to do with the genre being something of a multimedia phenomenon, with visuals often an integral part of their appeal, in an era when it was impossible for Americans to watch British TV and vice versa and the internet/social media wasn't a thing yet.

There's a lot there that was previously called "novelty" in the UK and it is a feat if marketing to call it bubblegum now.

The Jonathan King stuff is largely terrible and has all been previously compiled repeatedly. No excuse for adding it here.

I misspelled the name of Tony Burrows twice on this thread, even though I had spelled it correctly on plenty of other threads before.