7. The Archie Franchise (1969-1971)
The Archie comic book franchise had an enormous impact on the baby-boomers generation and was the source of the 1969 cartoon series The Archies (1969) and the subsequent Josie and the Pussycats (1970). While both cartoons were based off of the fictional characters of the Archie comic book series, The Archies cartoon created the popularized hit “Sugar, Sugar” and the actresses of Josie and the Pussycats manifested into an actual Motown-inspired band with a full length self-titled album release lead by Cathy Douglas, Cheryl Ladd and younger sister to the Motown legend Brenda Holloway, Patrice.