By now, you know the singing voices of The Archies were Andy Kim, Ron Dante, and Toni Wine. Of the three, Wine was the only one who didn't climb the charts on her own, as she was a studio singer for her entire career (that we know of). Kim would have a couple of big hits, including 1973's "Rock Me Gently" and, from the same year as "Jingle Jangle", "Baby, I Love You". Dante was also the voice behind other studio acts such as the Detergents and the Cufflinks, but in the 70's, he moved into the producer's booth, working with Barry Manilow on his string of hit records.
We've previously posted an animated video for "Jingle Jangle", but, as with "Sugar, Sugar" a year earlier, Dante also produced with Don Kirshner a promotional video. Wine & Kim are heard, but not seen, as Dante pulls the old Buster Keaton multi-exposure trick, which, musically, would be duplicated by Paul McCartney and Phil Collins, among others, in the 80's.
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