Josie and the Pussycats/Trivia: Difference between revisions

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Ultimately averted. Upon being presented with the band formed for the cartoon by music producer/songwriter Danny Janssen as part of finalizing the production deal, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera immediately objected to having a black character in the show -- and even objected to having a black ''singer'' (soul/pop/R&B singer/songwriter [[w:Patrice Holloway|Patrice Holloway]]) as part of the trio recording the show's music. They insisted that Valerie [[Race Lift|be changed to a white girl]] and a white ''voice'', despite Valerie having been black since she'd been introduced in the ''Josie'' comic the year before. However, Janssen felt that Holloway's voice was vital to the soul-inspired bubblegum pop sound he had created for the band, and threatened to walk away from the project. After a three-week standoff, Hanna and Barbera relented; Valerie remained black, and Holloway remained her singing voice. (In appreciation of Janssen's stand, a number of the most notable soul session players in L.A. offered their services to Janssen and the ''Josie'' album at a fraction of their regular fees, including members of [[Elvis Presley]]'s band, resulting in an extraordinaryunusually impressive sound for a cartoncartoon's tie-in music.)

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[w:Patrice Holloway|Patrice Holloway]] as the singing voice of Valerie (as noted above).

* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: Cherie Moor -- who became much more famous as [[Cheryl Ladd]] a few years later -- as Melody's singing voice.