Josie and the Pussycats is tagged as: pop, soundtrack, female vocalists, rock, pop rock Josie and the Pussycats are a fictitious rock band, created in 1969 by Dan DeCarlo for an Archie Comics publication of the same name. The three characters who form the band include leader Josie McCoy (vocals, guitar), Valerie Brown (vocals, bass, tambourine), and Melody Valentine (vocals, drums). “Josie and the Pussycats” evolved from DeCarlo’s “She’s Josie” comic, first published by Archie in 1963. The change in format came about as a result of the success of The Archies in the books, on television, and on the pop charts. When “Josie and the Pussycats” migrated to a Saturday morning cartoon in 1970 (courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Productions), a full Pussycats album and several singles were released on Captiol Records. These recordings feature Cathy Doguher as the singing voice of Josie, with Patrice Holloway (sister of Motown singer Brenda Holloway) as Valerie, and Cherie Moor (later Cheryl Ladd) as Melody. While the Pussycats’ songs were featured heavily in the cartoon series, they were not successes on the pop charts as the Archies’ recordings had been. Producer Danny Janssen gave the Pussycats a pop-soul sound with all three women sharing lead vocals. Three decades later, Universal Pictures and MGM produced a live-... Read More About Josie and the Pussycats Biography...  Send Josie and the Pussycats ringtones to your cell
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