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Family Fun Magazine
Recasting classic rock and roll tunes in a children's mold is not a new idea, but Sugar Beats, subtitled 21 Really Cool Songs is one of the most successful examples. Coproducer and lead singer Sherry Kondor has an upbeat, expressive style (no surprise there -- she is Carole King's daughter), and the songs performed by Kondor and terrific kid singers, come straight from baby-boomer heaven. Some choices are obvious, such as The Jackson 5's "ABC" and Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"; others are inspired, such as the Ray Charles signature tune "Hit The Road Jack."
Back To The Beat
Here come the Sugar Beats with another sweet slice of baby-boomer heaven: thirteen upbeat hits from the sixties and seventies, newly recorded with a kids' chorus and nineties slickness. Sugar Beats leader Sherry Kondor has
made this album a family affair. Of course, her folks happen to be twenty-four-carat hit songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin, whose ever-catchy "Locomotion" leads off the album. Energy is the operative word here, with covers of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" and Kool and The Gang's "Celebration" among the hip-shakingest. For a rockin' good time, Sugar Beats can't be beat.
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