The Archies (album)

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]

The Archies
Studio album by The Archies
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Bubblegum pop
Length	28:28
Label	Calendar
Producer	Jeff Barry
The Archies chronology
The Archies (1968) Everything's Archie (1969)
Singles from The Archies
"Bang-Shang-A-Lang" Released: August 31, 1968

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Archie's Theme (Everything's Archie)"	Jeff Barry	1:31
2.	"Boys and Girls"	Barry	2:14
3.	"Time for Love"	Ritchie Adams Mark Barkan	2:22
4.	"You Make Me Wanna Dance"	Barry	2:22
5.	"La Dee Doo Down Down"	Barry	2:12
6.	"Truck Driver"	Barry	2:54

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Catchin' Up on Fun"	Adams Barkan	2:18
8.	"I'm in Love"	Barry	2:24
9.	"Seventeen Ain't Young"	Barry	2:19
10.	"Ride, Ride, Ride"	Barry	2:13
11.	"Hide and Seek"	Adams Barkan	2:30
12.	"Bang-Shang-A-Lang"	Barry	2:34

Personnel

• Ron Dante – vocals
• Gary Chester – drums
• Dave Appell – guitars
• Joey Macho – bass guitar
• Ron Frangipane – keyboards

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1968	Billboard Top LPs[5][6]	88

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
1968	"Bang-Shang-A-Lang"[3][7]	Billboard Hot 100	22

References

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
7. The Archies, "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" chart position Retrieved May 19, 2015