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. 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. 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). "Sugar, Sugar" remains the only number-one American pop hit by a fictitious group. 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. Aside from being featured in "song of the week" sequences on the TV show itself, there were also five Archies LPs released between 19, and several singles, including four Top 40 hits. 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. In 1968, Filmation produced "The Archie Show", a Saturday morning cartoon based upon the Archie comics. Jughead's dog Hot Dog was the group's mascot. 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. Read Full Bio The Archies are a fictitious rock band created for various Archie Comics publications. The Archies are a fictitious rock band created for various Archie Comics publications.
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