![]() I immediately liked it as it wasn't about any super heroes, and it wasn't my father's Sad Sack comics from his army barracks. Actually, I discovered The Archies through a comic book my sister borrowed from her best friend at the time. I had just started watching The Archie Comedy Hour on Saturday mornings and started reading their comic books. 77.Ĭlick to expand.I was six when "Sugar, Sugar" came out. Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, From the Banana Splits to Britney Spears. ‘The Monkees’, to be reissued and updated in 2020. Referenced information from the following books: The song was originally issued in May 1969 on Calendar Records then reissued on Kirshner Records in mid-1969 when it proved to be a major hit. They were signed to Kirshner’s Calendar Records (later renamed ‘Kirshner Records’ due in no small part to Donny’s ego), and he chose the song as the next Archies single to follow ‘Bang Shang A Lang’. Jeff Barry and Andy Kim wrote and copyrighted ‘Sugar, Sugar’ in early 1969 with Barry producing it along with the other Archies recordings. ![]() ![]() Again, he was hired for the project, he didn’t create them. ‘Sugar, Sugar’ is never mentioned as having being written or recorded in 1967.ĭon Kirshner still continued in the music industry as a music coordinator with his stable of song writers when he signed unto the Archies project in selecting songs for the cartoon group. Kirshner was later fired from the project. The demos were presented to the Monkees prior to the infamous meeting between the Monkees and Don Kirshner where the group demanded that they wanted to record their own music. Further overdubs were done on January 28th, 1967. (Hot Dog is not to be confused with Vegas, Archie's dog that he walked while covered in his father's blood.) Below, everything you need to know about the original Archies.And Grammy Award winning producer Andrew Sandoval writes in his book ‘The Monkees’ that the demo for ‘Sugar Man’ was recorded on January 23rd, 1967 and overdubbed on January 27th, 1967. The world definitely needs to see Reggie trying to play an instrument, and it's been way too long since Hot Dog made an appearance. ![]() There's no indication that the Archies will be making an appearance on Riverdale just yet, but if there's any justice in the world, it'll happen soon. Though the band's personnel was entirely made up of cartoon people, they recorded several albums and had more than hit chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Jughead's dog, Hot Dog, served as the mascot. Archie played guitar and sang, Jughead played drums, Betty played tambourine, Veronica played the organ, and Reggie played guitar (or possibly bass, depending on who you ask). There is, however, one band in the Riverdale universe that has yet to appear on the show, and it's high time that changed.īack in 1968, the kids of Riverdale High appeared in an animated TV series called The Archie Show, and on that show, Archie led a band called - you guessed it - the Archies. That last thing happened again just recently, when Cheryl joined the 'Cats for a cover of Kelis's " Milkshake" on the roof of Pop's. In addition to the multiple appearances of Josie and the Pussycats, there was that whole season-one plot line about Archie's singing career, plus the times people like Veronica have guest-starred with the Pussycats for one reason or another. Riverdale is barely into its second season, but the show has already had a decent amount of Big Musical Moments. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |