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She was born in Washington
Heights,
New
York and was a songwriter from a
very young age, as well as a student at Julliard. She was first discovered by the songwriter
Paul Kaufman who hired her to do a demo for him and then the rock and roll
arranger Teacho Wiltshire heard her singing in an
elevator and asked her to accompany him on a session. She wrote
"Groovy Kind of Love" which was a No. 2 hit for The Mindbenders
in 1966 as well as "Candida" and
several songs for Elvis Presley and Checkmates Ltd in the '60s and
'70s. She was also a
vocalist for the TV cartoon group The Archies from 1968 to 1970 and had
hits with songs such as "Sugar, Sugar" which went to No. 1 in
the UK and
US charts. She has sung back up
vocals for Gene Pitney and Willie Nelson and currently appears with Tony
Orlando as a vocalist and on keyboards.
The Archies
recordings
Bang Shang-A-Lang (Jeff Barry)
Truck Driver (Jeff
Barry)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Wine
- http://toniwine.com/pg2.html
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