Bubblegum pop: all the young dudes

If Miley Cyrus and today's child demographic-snaring acts have their roots in anything, it's 60s bubblegum pop. Bob Stanley looks back at the genre that took the rage out of rock'n'roll and invited in the totsThere are several classes in the school of rock in 2010. Nursery kids can learn the rudiments at a class like Monkey Music; they progress on to a TV theme compilation like CBeebies Song Time; then step up to Australian "pre-school Fab Four", the Wiggles (who, as of 2008, had sold 17m DVDs a...

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Bubblegum pop: all the young dudes

Guardian Music — If Miley Cyrus and today's child demographic-snaring acts have their roots in anything, it's 60s bubblegum pop. Bob Stanley looks back at the genre that took the rage out... more info