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Artist Biography For The Archies

The Archies Are A Fictitious Rock Band Created For Various Archie Comics Publications. The Band Formed By The Main Characters Of The Various "Archie"-Related Comics Includes Lead Singer And Guitarist Archie Andrews Bassist Reggie Mantle Tambourinist Betty Cooper Keyboardist Veronica Lodge And Drummer Jughead Jones. Jughead's Dog Hot Dog Was The Group's Mascot. In 1968 Filmation Produced "The Archie Show" A Saturday Morning Cartoon Based Upon The Archie Comics. Jeff Barry And Don Kirshner Two Of The Producers Credited With The Success Of The Monkees Signed On To Produce Recordings To Be "performed" By The Archies For The Show. Aside From Being Featured In "song Of The Week" Sequences On The TV Show Itself There Were Also Five Archies LPs Released Between 1968 And 1971 And Several Singles Including Four Top 40 Hits. The Most Successful Of The Archies' Hits Was "Sugar Sugar" A Number-One Billboard Hot 100 Hit Which Became The Top-Selling Song Of 1969. "Sugar Sugar" Remains The Only Number-One American Pop Hit By A Fictitious Group. The Other Three Archies Hits Were "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" 1968 "Jingle Jangle" 1970 And "Who's Your Baby?" 1971 Their Other Singles Include "Feelin' So Good" 1969 "Inside Out Upside Down" 1969 And "Get On The Line" 1970 . Many Of The Archies' Songs Including "Sugar Sugar" Were Composed By Jeff Barry And Andy Kim And Several Songs Were Compositions The Monkees Had Turned Down. Ron Dante Provided The Male Lead Vocals For The Archies Recordings With Toni Wine And Later Donna Marie And Merle Miller Providing The Female Leads. "The Archie Show" Remained On The Air Under Various Names And In Various Formats Until 1978 Although The Archies Studio Musical Group Ceased To Make New Commercial Recordings After 1971. A Complete Reissue Of The Archies Albums Was Released In 2016 Containing 60 Tracks. However The Only Hit By Them "Sugar Sugar " Gets A Significant Number Of Listeners.

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