Posts Tagged ‘Hanna-Barbera’

Before Spice Girls there was Josie, Melody and Valerie better known as Josie and the Pussycats. An animated all girl bubble gum band that first aired on CBS in 1970 and was running for 7 long years but it was however re-conceptualized in 1972 as Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space. And who knew that the singing voice of Melody was non-other than Cheryl Ladd that we came to love in Charlie’s Angels.

There is nothing like being a Rock and Roller by night and a Super Hero by day:

The Impossibles was a series of animated cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and aired on American television by CBS. The series of shorts appeared as part of Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles.” - Wikipedia

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The Archies, they’re not. They are, however, four hillbilly cats who love to rock. Yeah, yeah, we know how some of you feel about animated Bubblegum Rock bands. Are you forgetting that this is a site for kids after all?

One of Hanna-Barbera’s least known shows, the Cattanooga Cats, never had the popularity of the very similar, Banana Splits. Lead singer/guitarist Country was voiced by Bill Callaway, who also was the voice of Aquaman on the Superfriends. The drummer Groove was voiced by none other than Casey Kasem, who was also on the Superfriends, as the voice of Robin.

The show’s catchy tunes were penned and performed by music legend Mike Curb, who also produced for the likes of Roy Orbison and Sammy Davis Jr.  Curb is also known to be responsible for signing the group WAR to a contract as well as becoming Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979-1983.