Welcome to Echo Valley!

Echo Valley is a free, just for fun, radio show that celebrates bubblegum pop music from the 1960's and 1970's.
The Echo Valley podcast is at
echovalley.podbean.com!
You can download all episodes of Echo Valley below or from the archive to the right.
If you'd like to subscribe for free to the podcast, you'll find Echo Valley on iTunes, or on any of the podcast apps or channels, or, to do it your own way, here is the "feed" URL you will need to know: http://echovalley.podbean.com/feed.

Contact the Mayor's office at professorbubblegum@hotmail.com .

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

EV66 (S3E6) Hey Honey Bun

An hour of happy, joyful bubblegum music! The lost art of eefing! Dramatic reading from a novel of the short-lived 1969 ABC "relevant" TV series The New People! Davy Jones sings to a monstrous frog on Scooby-Doo! A rare Archies triple play! Plenty of gum from Racey, Bobby Sherman, Melanie, Tommy Roe, Jay and the Techniques,The Coronadoes, Music Motors, Austin Roberts, The Gentrys, The Jackson 5, Joe Perkins and Jackpot!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

EV65 (S3E5) The Comedian Harmonists

We focus on the first boy band and maybe the first bubblegum band in history, the 1928 German group, The Comedian Harmonists! Also, enjoy a dramatic reading from a Partridge Family novel! A tribute to the official theme song writer for Hanna-Barbera, Hoyt Curtin! A Monkees double bubble! Plenty of great bubblegum music from Josie and the Pussycats, The Cuff Links, Middle of the Road, Jack Wild, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Partridge Family, Harpers Bizarre, The New Seekers, The Hot Wheels, The Catch, and The Uniques!

Friday, November 8, 2013

EV64 (S3E4) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Broadcasting live from pregame for the big Riverdale High School football game! Go Gummy Bears! Learn the Archie's dance, "The Touchdown"! Spotlight on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids! A dramatic reading from a 1971 issue of 'Teen Magazine! Burt Ward's Teenage Bill of Rights! Strange gum from The Care Bears! An early bubblegum classic from The Raindrops! Plenty more great bubblegum music by The Ohio Express, Kasenetz and Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, Bobby Sherman, Dr. Norman Greenbaum, Pop Workshop, Peppermint Trolley Company, Peppermint Circus, Peppermint Rainbow, The Hardy Boys, Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch, The Drifters, and The Royal Guardsmen.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

EV63 (S3E3) ABC’s of Bubblegum

26 Bubblegum Songs in 1 Hour! No other genre in the history of popular music could fit so much fun into so little time! Enjoy great bubblegum music from (in alphabetical order) Abraham and Strauss, Banana Splits, Chicory Tip, Davy Jones, Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens, Five Americans, The Glory Rhodes, H.R. Pufnstuf, Ian Whitcomb and His Seaside Syncopators, Jackson 5, Kaye Stevens, The Lemon Pipers, The Monkees, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express, The Partridge Family,The Quick, The Rich Kids, Safety Patrol, Tony Darrow, Unchained Minds, Valerie Singleton, The Wombles, XTC, The Young Turks and the Kids from Zoom!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

EV62 (S3E2) Groovy Baby Bubblegum Music

Another hour of non-stop bubblegum fun! An Echo Valley world premiere of a great new Archies tribute song by Bill Dann and Jack Servello! A rare Mike Lookinland solo recording (Bobby from the Brady Bunch)! An amazingly bubbly DeFranco Family single! A dramatic reading of Archie Club News from a 1971 Archie comic book! Bob Marley sings gum! And plenty of unusually catchy bubblegum music from the Bourbon Family, The Buffoons, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, The Electric Banana, The Archies, Lou Christie, Brian Hyland, Sally Field, Andy Kim, Tommy James and the Shondells, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Shadows of Knight and The Tygers!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

EV61 (S3E1) Your Friend, Bubblegum

Season 3 begins with more bubblicious music than you can shake a stick of gum at! Eddie himself sings the theme song from Courtship of Eddie's Father! Dramatic reading from Disney's Our Friend, the Atom!  Spotlight on the greatest pop songwriter you've never heard of, Albert Hammond! Plenty of bubblegum music by The Banana Splits, Harry Nilsson, Tommy James, Brandon Cruz, The Archies, Union Express, Ohio Express, Lancelot Link, Brotherhood of Man, (early rock greats) The Five Keys, Austin Roberts, Crazy Elephant, Bob Candee, The Rare Breed, Velvet Crest, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Sherman and The Bedrocks

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

EV60 (S2E30) Best of Season 2

Enjoy the greatest hits of Echo Valley Season 2! We've gathered our favorite bits and pieces from this past season all in one bubblegum-filled hour. Also, hear the Top Ten most played songs from Season 2! Enjoy music from the Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, Davy Jones, The Partridge Family, The Sugar Bears, The Hot Wheels, The Harlem Globetrotters and much, much more!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

EV59 (S2E29) Jingle Jangle in the Jungle

Season 2 Finale! Live from Jingle Jangle in the Jungle, Kid Bubblegum's long-awaited 3-day outdoor bubblegum concert! Was the Kid's faith in the magic of bubblegum rewarded? No matter what happens, it's bound to be a joyous sunshiny love-fest in the sapodilla fields near Indian Lake on the outskirts of Echo Valley! During any downtime between performances, we'll play the top 10 favorite bubblegum songs of all time as voted on by bubblegum fans! Enjoy the great music of The Partridge Family, The Monkees, The Ohio Express, The Archies, The Fun and Games, The Sands, Crazy Elephant, Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army, The Cuff Links, Majic Ship, and The American Machine.

Monday, April 1, 2013

EV58 (S2E28) Dream of Jeannie & Boyce & Hart

We watch Boyce and Hart on TV's I Dream of Jeannie! A final update on Jingle Jangle in the Jungle, Kid Bubblegum's three-day bubblegum music extravaganza; will it happen!? Spotlight on the Kids from C.A.P.E.R.! Dramatic reading from an Avengers novel! We remember the Kids from Fame! Barbara Eden sings with Dawn (without Tony Orlando). Already been chewed gum from Layng Martine, Jr! Super-catchy rarity from Lally Stott! Plenty of great bubblegum music from Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg, The Klowns, Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The American Breed,  Lou Christie, The Groovie Goolies, Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Love Affair!

Monday, March 11, 2013

EV57 (S2E27) Where There's Love, There's Sunshine

An extra dose of sunshine brightens this episode! A dramatic reading from a chapter book about The Osmond Brothers and the "New Pop Scene"! Another Echo Valley Sad Song Marathon! :( Movie star Kurt Russell sings Bobby Sherman! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Hardy Boys, Jonathan King, The Archies, The Banana Splits, Blue Mink, St. David's Row, Beano, Arkade, Austin Roberts, Bobby Goldsboro, Sweet Salt, Sweet Basil, The Osmonds, and The Bottom Line!

Monday, February 18, 2013

EV56 (S2E26) Cereal Box Records

There was a time when you could cut out a picture of a record from the back of a cereal box and it would play on a phonograph like a real record! We celebrate those sweet and sugary cereal box records of the bubblegum era! Great music from The Archies, The Monkees, Bobby Sherman, The Jackson 5 and The Sugar Bears! Plus a dramatic reading of the back of a cereal box (of course)! Lots of rarities and hard-to-find collectibles on this special episode of Echo Valley!

Monday, February 4, 2013

EV55 (S2E25) Sally Field, The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun Sings! A dramatic reading from a Kojak novel! A Double Bubble from The Bugaloos! We get an update on Jingle Jangle in the Jungle, Kid Bubblegum's big outdoor bubblegum concert! Discover England's Chris Andrews! A Bubblegum Hall of Fame Classic from The Strangeloves! And plenty more great bubblegum music from Lancelot Link and The Evolution Revolution , Telly Savalas, Disneyland, Bobby Sherman, Real McCoy, Crazy Elephant, Ohio Express, The Monkees, Tommy Roe, Mumma Bear, Normand Gelinas, Sandwich and The Banana Splits!

Monday, January 21, 2013

EV54 (S2E24) Sugar, Sugar

Micky Dolenz' new take on a bubblegum classic! A legendary version of Peter's voice-changing Brady Bunch hit! Fonzie sings (sort of)! A dramatic reading from a Henry Winkler biography! Elvis Presley on Echo Valley!? We spotlight the bubblegum sensibilities of current Grammy-nominated group, The Lumineers! With all that, there's still room for plenty of great bubblegum music from Electric Flag, Hardy Boys, The Archies, ABBA, Alan Copeland and his Orchestra, The Sugar Bears, Neil Diamond, Ohio Express, Linzer and Randell, The New Society and Jay and the Techniques!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Echo Valley 53 (S2E23) Rodney Allen Rippy

A bundle of bubblegum fun! Spotlight on loveable tyke Rodney Allen Rippy. Dramatic reading from Scooby-Doo Goes to the Zoo! The Echo Valley Time Machine takes us to the birth of lollipop bubblegum! A double bubble with The James Boys! A bluesy rock take on a 1910 Fruitgum Company classic! Plenty of great bubblegum music from the Harlem Globetrotters, Tommy James, Ohio Express, The Chordettes, Flash, Barry Blue, All Star United, Billy and the Essentials, The Sands, Daddy Dewdrop, Crazy Elephant, and The Zig-Zag People!