''The Archies'' is the debut studio album by

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, a fictional pop band from the

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and co-produced by

Don Kirshner Donald Kirshner (April 17, 1934 – January 17, 2011) was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music record producer, producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed "the Man with the Golden Ear" by Time (magazine), ''Time' ...

. The band's debut single was "

Bang-Shang-A-Lang "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" is the debut single released by The Archies in 1968. It was written and produced by Jeff Barry. The song was featured on their self-titled album. It peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

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Retrieved September 7, 2013 The song " Seventeen Ain't Young" became a Top 40 hit in

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in 1969.Ross Laird, (1999?), ''The Sixties: Australian rock & pop recordings, 1964-1969'' held at the National Film and Sound Archive, accessed on-line at: PDF p 134

Track listing

# "Archie's Theme (Everything's Archie)" (

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Do Wah Diddy Diddy", " Da Doo Ron Ron", " Then He Kiss ...

) # "Boys and Girls" (Jeff Barry) # "Time for Love" (

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) # "You Make Me Wanna Dance" (Jeff Barry) # "La Dee Doo Down Down" (Jeff Barry) # "Truck Driver" (Jeff Barry) # "Catchin' Up On Fun" (Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams) # "I'm in Love" (Jeff Barry) # " Seventeen Ain't Young" (Jeff Barry) # "Ride, Ride, Ride" (Jeff Barry) # "Hide and Seek" (Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams) # "

" (Jeff Barry)

Session personnel

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Ron Dante Ron Dante (born Carmine John Granito, August 22, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer. Dante is best known as the real life lead singer of the fictional cartoon band the Archies; he was also the voice o ...

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Gary Chester Gary Chester (born Cesario Gurciullo; October 27, 1924 – August 17, 1987) was an American studio drummer, author, and teacher. Beginning in the 1960s, he played on hundreds of records for bands such as The Coasters, The Monkees, and The Lovin ...

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s: Dave Appell *

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: Joey Macho *

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: Ron Frangipane

Chart positions

Album Singles

References

1968 debut albums The Archies albums Albums produced by Jeff Barry Albums produced by Don Kirshner {{1960s-pop-album-stub