Puppy Love (Paul Anka song) Singles Chart for five weeks the following July. "Billboard" ranked this version as the #67 song for 1972. The song was also covered by British pop group S Club Juniors in 2002. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. On March 15, 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version for 90 minutes straight on KHJ in Los Angeles. After receiving numerous calls from listeners, LAPD raided the station studios. Confused, the officers left without making any arrests. Puppy Love (Paul Anka song) "Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in
Bubble Puppy a cover version of Hot Smoke and Sasafrass ('our favorite song'). Audiences who had heard the original Bubble Puppy hit were typically ecstatic; one concert-goer raved, "I've been waiting 20 years to hear that song!" In 1969, Bubble Puppy released their first full-length album, "A Gathering of Promises". However, despite Bubble Puppy's early success with the "Hot Smoke & Sasafrass" single, they parted ways with the label in 1970. Signing Nick St. Nicholas of Steppenwolf as a manager, Bubble Puppy moved to Los Angeles in 1970. Their name was changed to Demian (after Hermann Hesse's 1919 novel at the suggestion