More than a minor hit: it went to #4 on the Billboard chart, and #1 on the Cashbox chart, in 1975.
I’m not sure I heard it on the radio; I first heard a snippet on a K-tel commercial. The only time I would have listened to a top 40 station then, though, was when we were in the car. I guess I didn’t spend much time there.
First thing thought of when I read the thread title was the double-billed Jackson 5 / Osmond Brothers animated series. I think they solved mysteries in between musical numbers (or maybe they performed musical numbers in between solving mysteries). Oddly, I have pretty strong, fond memories of these two shows, but the notes in the YouTube video for this old commercial say the Jackson 5 show only lasted 8 episodes, and the Osmonds lasted an unknown number of episodes, probably less than the J5 show.
Jackson 5ive-2 seasons, 23 episodes Jackson 5ive (TV series) - Wikipedia
The Osmonds-1 season, 17 episodes The Osmonds (TV series) - Wikipedia
Apparently there was an album released of these
A little background on the reason for this thread.
During some science fiction/fantasy conventions I run a little event called “Cereal And Toons” on Saturday mornings, where I show Saturday morning cartoons from the early 60’s to the late 80’s and serve up many varieties of cold “sugar bomb” cereal (and one box of healthy cereal, Uncle Sam if I can get it 
). A lot of people come in the pajamas, btw. I thought that this kind of music would be great for interim and background.
That’s a neat idea.. It might break the mood a little but it could be a little more palatable (or not) to play selections from the School House Rock tribute album that came out in the 1990s.
For some reason I never considered that. Thank you for the idea!
Ah, thanks- it makes sense that both shows lasted longer than the YT notes said, since I remember both shows so well.
Brings back fond memories of getting The Archies’ ‘Sugar Sugar’ record off the back of a box of Post Super Sugar Crisp cereal when I was 5 or 6 and playing it on my parents’ giant console record player until the needle wore through the cardboard. Good times…
It sure does. To this day I have the Preamble of the United States Constitution committed to memory-- but only if I sing it.
Liz Phair can sing “Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snork” and make it sound sexy.
At this rate I’ll either have to make it an all-day event, or run it for two days.
You can skip Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In, but the rest of that disk is fantastic.
I have that CD, and it is pretty great.
The conceit of Hanna-Barbera’s “Cattanooga Cats” show is that they are a country-rock band (of cats), and their comedy adventure segments were interspersed with musical numbers that are pretty much what we’d later call “music videos.” Their LP is out there if you look!
