Music History Events: Cartoons
September 14, 1968 The Archies Saturday morning cartoon TV show debuts.
September 25, 1965 The cartoon The Beatles, starring animated versions of the Fab 4 (and soundalike voiceover artists), debuts on ABC. The show lasts three seasons.
September 19, 1963 Ann-Margret lends her voice to an episode of The Flintstones, where she appears as "Ann-Margrock."
November 4, 2016 Justin Timberlake and Gwen Stefani lend their voices to the animated film Trolls. Timberlake plays Branch, a paranoid troll who's in love with a princess, while Stefani is resident disc jockey DJ Suki.
October 27, 2011 MTV reboots Beavis and Butt-Head, which went off the air in 1997, for another season.
April 17, 2009 Davy Jones of The Monkees visits Bikini Bottom when he plays himself on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One."
February 13, 2005 50 Cent appears on The Simpsons in the episode "Pranksta Rap."
January 23, 2000 Britney Spears guest stars on The Simpsons in the episode "The Mansion Family," where she presents the award for Springfield's oldest man.
May 19, 1996 Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton and Cypress Hill appear on the "Homerpalooza" episode of The Simpsons.
February 24, 1994 James Taylor appears on the "Deep Space Homer" episode of The Simpsons.
November 11, 1993 James Brown appears on The Simpsons in the episode "Bart's Inner Child."
February 10, 1990 Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract," a duet with MC Skat Cat (Minnesota DJ Derrick "Delite" Stevens), goes to #1 in America, where it stays for three weeks.
February 2, 1971 The Point!, an animated fable written by pop star Nilsson, makes its debut on ABC's Movie of the Week.
September 9, 1967 The Spider-Man animated series debuts on ABC. The iconic theme song inspires a range of covers from the Ramones to Aerosmith to Michael Buble.
June 22, 1955 Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp premieres in theaters. The canine cartoon features music from Peggy Lee, including "He's a Tramp," "La La Lu," and "The Siamese Cat Song." Lee also voices Darling (Lady's owner), Peg the dog, and the ornery Siamese cats.
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