The Archies
The Archies
Latest Release
- Sugar Sugar (Instrumental)
- May 2023
- • 4 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Sugar Sugar | ||
| 2 | Bang-Shang-a-Lang | ||
| 3 | Jingle Jangle | ||
| 4 | Truck Driver | ||
| 5 | Feelin' so Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.) |
Albums
Feb 2023 • 1 song
Feb 2023 • 1 song
Jan 2023 • 1 song
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- Pittsburgh's Classic Hits
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- The Capital District's Greatest Hits
About
Biography
Most '60s bubblegum groups were faceless studio concoctions, made up of hired professionals and given nominal group identities after the fact. The Archies made no pretense of being a real band in the first place -- their music, including the smash hit "Sugar, Sugar," was "performed" by the animated TV cartoon characters spun off from Archie comics. In reality, of course, they were a studio concoction made up of hired professionals (most notably lead singer Ron Dante), but in this case, they weren't technically faceless.
The Archies were created by promoter Don Kirshner, who w...