He is a singer-songwriter and record producer born Carmine
Granito in Staten
Island,
New
York.He was the lead man in the parody
group The Detergents and lead vocalist for the cartoon The Chan Clan.In 1968 he became a member and lead vocalist of the cartoon
group The
Archies scoring charts hits with songs including "Bang-Shang-A-Lang
"
and "Sugar Sugar".At the same time he was recording
with The
Archies
he also recorded with The Cufflinks and at the same time
that "Sugar, Sugar" was No. 1 he also entered the Top 10 with
The Cufflinks' " Tracy".He was anonymous on both songs.He also recorded under the
name Dante's Inferno and was a backing vocalist and producer for
Barry Manilow from 1973 to 1981.He received a Tony for his production of Ain't Misbehavin' on Broadway.He still releases albums.
