The Archies - Definition and Overview

The Archies are a group of adolescent fictional characters of the Archie universe, a garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones.

Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge later also joined the group.

The Archies play a variety of contemporary popular music, consistent with the era in which the comic is drawn. They seem to have a preference to Rock and roll however.

The roles the teens play in the band:

• Archie, Lead Guitarist
• Reggie, Rhythm Guitarist
• Jughead, Drums
• Betty, Tambourine
• Veronica, Keyboard

In conjunction with the animated series, The Archie Show, a set of studio musicians were assembled to perform various songs. The most famous is "Sugar, Sugar" which went to #1 on the pop chart. Most of the male lead vocals were sung by Ron Dante and the female by Toni Wine