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1). The Archies was conceived by Don Kirshner as a result of relentless feuding between himself and the members of The Monkees. The members didn’t play on the early recordings and wanted desperately to do so. Kirshner, fed up, moved on and “formed” The Archies (a cartoon) [CONTINUED]

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2). over which he enjoyed full creative control. Using studio musicians to record music written by composers of his choice, Kirshner could easily replace a musician at his whim. This shift in pop music could be considered the germination of the idea for the modern day pop artist/boy band.

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