The Archies (album)

The Archies
Studio album by
The Archies
Released1968
Recorded1968
GenreBubblegum pop
Length28:28
LabelCalendar
ProducerJeff Barry
The Archies chronology
The Archies
(1968) 		Everything's Archie
(1969)
Singles from The Archies
  1. "Bang-Shang-A-Lang"
    Released: August 31, 1968
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Allmusic[1]

The Archies is the debut studio album by The Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics. It was produced by Jeff Barry, co-produced by Don Kirshner and released on the Calendar Records label in 1968.[2] The album includes the band's debut single, "Bang-Shang-A-Lang", which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song "Seventeen Ain't Young" became a Top 40 hit in Australia for Frank Howson.[4] The album peaked at No. 88 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5][6]

  1. ^ The Archies at AllMusic
  2. ^ The Archies, The Archies Retrieved September 7, 2013
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009).Top Pop Singles 1955–2008 (12th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.47
  4. ^ Ross Laird, (1999?), The Sixties: Australian rock & pop recordings, 1964–1969 held at the National Film and Sound Archive, accessed on-line at: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) PDF p 134
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996).Top Pop Albums 1955–1996 (4 ed.). Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. p.40
  6. ^ The Archies, The Archies Chart Position Retrieved September 7, 2013