There is a connection - Don Kirshner, who produced the first two Monkees albums and all of the Archies albums.
The Monkees were given a song by Don Kirshner called "Sugar Man" in 1967. When Mike Nesmith heard it, he smashed the demo record and punched his fist through the wall. The song was later recorded by Keith (of "98.6" fame) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8UmQwTDnk
The Monkees successfully fired Kirshner because they were promised but not given total artistic control of their material. That's why Kirshner made the Archies remain cartoon characters - so they couldn't rebel against him! The Archies albums were mostly session singers Ron Dante and Toni Wine, who wrote several big hit records in the 60's.
BTW does anyone remember the Chipmunk Punk album from around 1980? As much as I'm happy to see another generation appreciate them, none of Ross Bagdasarian Jr's revivals were as funny (and rebellious) as what his father created in the 50's (on a home tape recorder). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuzsq91gEZ8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSujIzmDA0
There is a connection - Don Kirshner, who produced the first two Monkees albums and all of the Archies albums.
The Monkees were given a song by Don Kirshner called "Sugar Man" in 1967. When Mike Nesmith heard it, he smashed the demo record and punched his fist through the wall. The song was later recorded by Keith (of "98.6" fame) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8UmQwTDnk
The Monkees successfully fired Kirshner because they were promised but not given total artistic control of their material. That's why Kirshner made the Archies remain cartoon characters - so they couldn't rebel against him! The Archies albums were mostly session singers Ron Dante and Toni Wine, who wrote several big hit records in the 60's.
BTW does anyone remember the Chipmunk Punk album from around 1980? As much as I'm happy to see another generation appreciate them, none of Ross Bagdasarian Jr's revivals were as funny (and rebellious) as what his father created in the 50's (on a home tape recorder). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuzsq91gEZ8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSujIzmDA0