The Archies - 20 Greatest Hits (1988) 320 vtwin88cube

The Archies
20 Greatest Hits (1988)







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 was coming off of a major success as the creator of the Monkees. In late 1967, Kirshner was hired as music supervisor for CBS' new Saturday morning cartoon The Archie Show, which was to feature a new original song every week. He immediately brought on producer Jeff Barry, who with Ellie Greenwich had formed one of the pre-eminent songwriting teams of the girl-group era (Greenwich also sang on several Archies records). Kirshner's original choice for lead singer was Kenny Karen, but Barry brought in Ron Dante, an experienced session singer who'd fronted the Detergents' novelty parody "Leader of the Laundromat"; Dante had met Barry at a Neil Diamond session, and had previously cut promos for Kirshner. Dante won the job, and Barry hired Jeannie Thomas as the group's female vocalist. When the TV show debuted, it was a hit, and the first Archies single, "Bang Shang-a-Lang," nearly made the Top 20 in late 1968.




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01. Sugar, Sugar
02. Jingle Jangle
03. Bang-Shang-A-Lang
04. Sugar & Spice
05. Sunshine
06. Seventeen Ain't Young
07. Rock & Roll Music
08. Hot Dog
09. Kissin'
10. Inside Out - Upside Down
11. Feelin' So Good (Skoo By-Doo)
12. Waldo P. Emerson Jones
13. Over & Over
14. Who's Your Baby
15. Get On The Line
16. Everything's Alright
17. You Little Angel, You
18. Melody Hill
19. Don't Touch My Guitar
20. Bicycle, Roller Skates And You









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