Neat, sweet, a groovy song, you’re invited, come along

September 12, 1970 –
Josie and the Pussycats premiered on CBS-TV on this date.

Hanna-Barbera wanted to change Valerie to a Caucasian even though she was already established as African-American in the Archie comics, so they wanted to fire Patrice Holloway who had been cast as Valerie’s singing voice. But Danny Janssen, who was producing the real-life group’s Capitol album, refused to fire Holloway and Hanna-Barbera relented.