The guy who wrote one of the biggest hits of the 60s remembers how it came together and how it impacted his career. Among the revelations - Ray Stevens dropped by during the recording, and was one of those doing the handclaps and why they had trouble getting radio stations to play it because The Archies didn't exist. 

This is one of a series of interviews done by CHBM, a radio station in Toronto known as Boom 97.3, that plays 70s, 80s and 90s music. The idea was to explore the stories behind the hits by the artists that made them.

Behind The Vinyl