Yeah! That K-tel style LP with the 70's chick blowing a bubble on the cover . . . I have that one too!
I agree "bubblegum" is an unfairly neglected subgenre. The ORIGINAL reaction against all that prog nonsense, its musically close to punk rock (3 chords and a pounding beat -- the Ramones arguably have more in common with the 1910 Fruitgum Company than the Stooges.)