It was not anything near Hard Rock, not anything near R&B. Heavy, fun, happy, good-time music that had a good beat that you could enjoy. I think it ended up being a label that applied to music that was very light, not really serious or I think that may haveīeen possibly where the bubblegum term came from. The name of the song was "Bubblegum World". Titled "Simon Says", had a song penned by the drummer in the band. Says", our first hit was probably the birth of Bubblegum as a genre and in the form of a name or tag or label, if you want to call it such. I would have to say in my opinion, "Simon Q - "A faceless studio assemblage formed by the Kasnette-Katz production team for Buddah Records to record Bubblegum Pop." IsĪ - Bubblegum Pop I'm sure is the venue or the genre that they ultimately coined for it. Q - According to Rolling Stone's Encyclopedia Of Rock 'n' Roll, The 1910 Fruitgum Company was. They were in Queens and we were in New Jersey, so it was an hour ride or so. Q - That's when people would actually come out to hear a band.Ī - Yeah, well we were close. It's funny that we should talk about that particular venue, because when GeoffĪnd Jerry Katz, the producers we ultimately signed with, who produced the hits for us, first came to hear us at a swim club. Q - You could get electrocuted in that situation.Ī - Yeah. Luckily, we were far enough away from the water. Q - And the band would play while the kids were splashing around in the pool?Ī - Exactly. You paid your money and your kids would spend some quality time there, and you knew where they were. Basically it was a big pool and you could go in there and Were suburban areas and one of the things that people would do for Summer entertainment was join a swim club. Q - Swim clubs? I never heard that one before.Ī - Well, we would have these in the area of New Jersey where we lived, which was Linen, not too far from Newark airport. Of us became the original 1910 Fruitgum Company.Ī - We were mostly a high school, garage band. As a matter of fact, I had a band with four pieces and the drummer left the band. We formed in the Winter of 1966 - 1967.Ī - Yes. Q - Prior to 1968 and the release of "Simon Says", how long had The 1910 Fruitgum Company been together? Were youĪ - Yes. I probably left in the middle of the period, late in 1968. Different people started to go in different directions right away. Q - Frank, was there a time when this group broke up? According to you bio, you're back!Ī - Actually, we disbanded piece by piece a couple of months after we had our first successful hit record, which was "Simon Original member Frank Jeckell spoke with us about the history of The 1910 Fruitgum Company. The Family Stone and the list goes on and on. They toured and performed with the likes of The Beach Boys, The Vogues, Paul Revere And The Raiders, Gary "U.S." Bonds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Sly And They appeared on American Bandstand, Shindig and All three records achieved Gold Record status.īetween 19, The 1910 Fruitgum Company enjoyed eight hits that made it into the Top 40. Their follow-up "1-2-3 Red Light" reached number four on the charts, which was then followed up by "Indian Giver", which reached number five. and reached the very top of the charts in the The 1910 Fruitgum Company exploded onto the charts in 1968 with their song "Simon Says". Gary James' Interview With Frank Jeckell Of
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