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Similar Artists:
Bay City Rollers,
Tommy Roe,
Tony Burrows,
Music Explosion,
Paper Lace,
Tommy Boyce,
1910 Fruitgum Company,
The DeFranco Family,
Flying Machine,
The Banana Splits,
The Archies,
The Lemon Pipers,
The Brady Bunch,
The Beagles,
Alive 'N Kickin',
The Partridge Family,
The Five Americans,
Lou Christie
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- Formed: 1968, Mansfield, OH
- Disbanded: 1969
- Genres: Rock
- Representative Albums: "The Best of the Ohio Express: Yummy Yummy Yummy," "The Super K Kollection," "Golden Classics"
- Representative Songs: "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy," "Down at Lulu's," "Chewy, Chewy"
Biography
Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum Co. were two of the leading late-'60s bubblegum rock groups. Under the aegis of producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, both of these rather anonymous bands surfaced repeatedly on the late-'60s pop charts for Buddah Records, spearheading the bubblegum rock craze. With Joey Levine taking the vocals on their early hits, The Ohio Express roared up in 1968 with "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy," a pair of million-sellers. Future 10CC leader Graham Gouldman fronted the Express on their final chart bow in 1969, "Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)."At the same time, another Kasenetz-Katz discovery, New Jersey's 1910 Fruitgum Co., was bubbling over with the obnoxiously catchy "Simon Says," "1, 2, 3, Red Light," and "Indian Giver," another gold record triumvirate. Like their labelmates, their mercurial chart run was history before 1969 was over. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
