The DU Lounge

First there was "The Monkees", but that show died because the talent acted too much like they really were talent.

So Don Kirschner bought the animation rights to Archie, and combined the hijinks at Riverdale High with Monkees-like solving whacky mysteries. And the studio musicians were kept in the background and could be replaced at will. He also added Jughead's dog Hot Dog (who had never appeared in the comics).

Scooby-Doo was to be Hanna Barbera's ripoff of The Archies, but a lawsuit threat from Kirschner made them drop the traveling rock and roll band angle. But solving whacky mysteries was unprotected prior art.

In my estimation The Ballad of the Green Berets isn't bad as a piece of music despite the cringey lyrics.
There's a German version (not a translation) which is an anti-war song.