Showing posts with label Bubblegum Rock. Show all posts
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Friday, November 3, 2023

Friday Earworm

According to the interweb this song performed by the virtual band the ‘Archies’ was produced by Jeff Barry – and originally released on the album Everything's Archie.  The final product was the result of a collection of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner. 
 
Lead vocals were by Ron Dante along with Andy Kim and Toni Wine - multitracking studio engineering held this catchy tune together by a thread.   Released in late May of 1969 the song achieved small success on the charts in the early summer in some radio markets.  It was re-released mid-July 1969, on the Kirshner label.  From there it went viral (before viral was a thing) spending four weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.  The song eventually rose to the 1969 US number-one single of the year.  It persists - ranked at number 78 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Singles. 

Not a poor showing for a fake band.....