He was born in 1946 in New York.He had a partnership with John
Barry and made several solo recordings as well as singing back-up
vocals on songs by the TV cartoon group The
Archies
.He co-wrote the hit "Mony, Mony" for Tommy
James and had a solo hit with "Montego Bay" which reached No. 8 in the US and No. 3 in the UK in the 1970 charts.He died on 28th
February 1974 in an accidental
shooting after suffering from depression.