However,me and me friend had a debate on who was singing those songs. Each episode had the kids in usual predictments,and after the band would sing a song regarding the lesson they learned. As a kid growing up,I couldn't wait for it to come on. It was the show that broke the mold and the quinessential animated show of all time.
There was some criticism during this show's run,but when it was on CBS,it garnered more awards and praises then any children's show ever produced. But the one that blew them out of the water and perhaps one of the better Saturday Morning cartoon shows that had a minority in a starring role was that of 'Fat Albert'. They were some that were in fact down right awful,and some that were very successful indeed(like their animated version of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek,and The Archies) to name a few.
In the late 1960's,and throughout the 1970's and 1980's for that matter, Lou Scheimer and his partner Norm Prescott crank out a ton of cartoons for Filmation productions during the time.