The Archies

The Archies were a make-believe group based on the comic book and mid-'60s cartoon series of the same name. "Sugar, Sugar," cowritten by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, was a #1 hit and the biggest-selling single of 1969, with 6 million copies sold worldwide. Songwriter Barry produced the Archies: studio musicians (among them Hugh McCracken, Dave Appell, and Bobby Bloom) were hired to provide the cartoon...