Sugartime

"Sugartime"
Single by The McGuire Sisters
from the album Sugartime
B-side	"Banana Split"
Released	January 1958
Genre	Vocal pop
Length	2:31
Label	Coral
Writer(s)	Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols
Certification	Gold (RIAA)

"Sugartime" is a popular song, written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1958. The biggest hit version was recorded by the McGuire Sisters, who topped the "Most Played Jockey" charts with their single in February of that year.^[1] In 1961, the song briefly returned to the US Cashbox country charts in a version by Johnny Cash, culled from his Sun Records catalogue. The song also makes a reference to the Jimmie Rodgers song "Honeycomb", which had been recorded a few months earlier in 1957.

Cover versions

• The British singer Alma Cogan also recorded the song, and it also was a big hit later in 1958.
• Alice Babs (Swedish lyrics by Eric Sandström)
• Linda McCartney
• Johnny Cash (on Now Here's Johnny Cash)
• Shigga Shay sampled this song in "Shigga Morning", featuring Inch Chua.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 414.