The mystery of "Mugmates"
Pan-American Coffee Bureau
I investigate a bizarre 1961 teen pop single that never made a dent in the charts. Eddie Hodges’ “Mugmates” claims that the latest teenage craze was ... matching coffee mugs. Instead of carving initials in oak trees, high school couples were supposedly decorating pairs of mugs to show that they were going steady. Was there really a “Mugmates” craze among 1960s teens? And if not, why would somebody want to make it into a craze?
December 19, 2019.