Everybody knows about The Archies' #1 hit "Sugar, Sugar" and often dismisses that one hit as a fluke, but in fact The Archies scored four Top 40 Billboard hits - cartoon characters or not! "Jingle Jangle," the follow-up to "Sugar Sugar," was their second-highest charting hit, reaching #10 and selling enough copies to get certified Gold. In 1969, The Archies were Billboard's top group of the year, the only time a fictional band has claimed the top spot.
A common distribution method for The Archies' singles was on the backs of cereal boxes, as a cardboard cutout that you could actually liberate from the box and play on a turntable. You'd be the king of eBay if you have one of these to sell today.
A common misconception is that The Archies, like The Doors, had no bass player. Not so - the character Reggie was definitely identified as bass player and was credited as such on the liner notes for The Archies Christmas Album.
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