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The Archies
Fictional music group
The Archies are an American fictional rock band featured in media produced by, and related to, Archie Comics. They are best remembered for their appearance in the animated TV series The Archie Show.
In the context of the series, the band was founded by guitarist/vocalist Archie Andrews, drummer Jughead Jones, bassist Reggie Mantle, percussionist/vocalist Betty Cooper and keyboardist/vocalist Veronica Lodge.
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File card: The Archies
named after: Archie Andrews
real name: The Archies
members: Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Kevin Keller, Ron Dante, Toni Wine
labels: RCA, WaterTower Music
genres: bubblegum music, rock and roll, garage rock
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The Archies is a fictional American garage band featuring characters Archie (9) Archie Andrews (guitar), Reggie (7) Reggie Mantle (bass guitar), Jughead (7) Jughead Jones (drums), Betty (8) Betty Cooper (tambourine), Veronica (12) Veronica Lodge (keyboards. The group first appeared in a 1967 issue of the comic book "Life With Archie." A year later, the concept was transferred to a Saturday morning cartoon series, "Archie." Original songs were featured in the animated TV series, which ran on the CBS network from 1968 into the 1970's. A studio group recorded the music and had successful releases under the Archies name. Most of the songs are credited to and ("Barry - Kim "). Other material was written by Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan, Al Gordon, Bob Levine, Bob Gengo, Gene Allan, Ron Dante, Howard Greenfield, and Richard Kim Milford.
Jeff Barry produced the music from 1968 to 1970, after which, Ritchie Adams and Ron Dante took over his role.
The real lead singer was Ron Dante, joined in the studio most often by Toni Wine (female duet vocals), Jeff Barry (bass vocals) and Bobby Bloom. Donna Marie replaced Toni Wine in 1970. She, in turn, was replaced by Merle Miller in 1971. The
Also known as: Archie, Archies, Archie’s, Archis, Archives
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The Archies, the records, oldest first
Everything's Archie
1969 album
Millionsellers - The 70ies
1991 ep
The Archies Christmas Album
2008 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
The Night Owl Edition1969
Sugar, Sugar
1969 single by the Archies
"Sugar, Sugar" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, produced by Barry and recorded by The Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics. It was released as the group's third single on the Calendar Records label on May 24, 1969, rereleased on the Kirshner Records label in July 1969, and included on their second album, Everything's Archie.
In late 1969, it topped both Billboard's Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, ranking number one for the year in both America and the UK. It is the most successful bubblegum pop single of all time, and is widely regarded as the epitome of the bubblegum music genre.