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Producer for:
*Ron produced all of Barry Manilow's recordings from
1973 to 1981
Other Album Productions:
On
the Eighth Day (the Eighth Day, 1967); This is Love (The Archies,
1971); Lost in the Wilderness (Brigati [David & Eddie Brigati, Edwin Kobylarz],
1976); So Close (Helen Schneider, 1977); Shut
Out (Paul Jabara, 1977); Double Take (Mark and Clark, 1977);
Bert Sommer (Bert Sommer, 1977); Somewhere in My Lifetime
(Phyllis Hyman, 1979); Dante's Inferno (with Dante's Inferno, 1979);
Alien Sons of the Universe (1979); Street Angel (self, 1981);
Serial Mom (soundtrack, 1994); Rock
& Roll Legends Live series (various artists, 1999); Favorites (self, 1999);
School's Out Christmas (various artists, 2003); Rockin' Christmas
Party (with various artists, 2004); Saturday Night Blast (self, 2004)
Background vocals for:
Barry
Manilow; Neil Sedaka; Tommy James; Dionne Warwick; Bobby Vee;
Jay & The Americans; Mark Lindsay; Tommy Roe; Chris Montez; Lou
Christie
*This is a partial list ... as a general rule, in addition
to session work, Ron also sang backgrounds on most of the recordings he produced (see production credits above)
Broadway credits:
The Freaking
Out of Stephanie Blake (performer), 1967
Billy
(composer), 1969
The Mighty
Gents (producer), 1978
Ain't Misbehavin'
(producer), 1978 (Tony Award winner, Best Musical)
Whose Life
is it Anyway? (producer), 1979
Children
of a Lesser God (producer), 1980 (Tony Award winner, Best Play)
Einstein
and the Polar Bear (producer) 1981
Duet for
One (producer), 1981
Little Me
(producer), 1982
*Above info from
the Internet Broadway Datebase (IBDB)
Movie Credits:
The
Ballad of Josie (singer/composer), as Ronnie Dante, 1967
The
Wiz (uncredited voice, The Wiz Singers Adult Choir), 1978
Tribute
(recording creator, "We Still Have Time"), 1980
Arthur
(vocal soloist), 1981
Walking
Across Egypt (music supervisor), 1999
Television Credits:
$weepstake$ (singer, "Without
a Dream"), 1979
Disney's The Little Mermaid
(music producer), 1992
Full Frontal Comedy (composer),
1994
*Movie and TV
info from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
TV appearances:
60's
and 70's: The Clay Cole Show (New York City), 1964
Hullabaloo
(with The Detergents), 1965
Shindig (with
The Detergents), 1965; Where the Action Is (with The Detergents), 1965
American Bandstand
(with The Detergents), 1970
The Early Show
(John Anthony, host/Milwaukee), 1970
The Larry Kane
Show, 1971
The Midnight Special,
1975
*Some of this info compiled from TV Tome
90's and 2000's: Appearances
on VH1's My Generation (Peter Noone, host) and Bubblegum Babylon; performed on Chapel of Love:
Jeff Barry and Friends (PBS special, 2000; available on home video); also appeared on a Dr. Phil
segment, "Pushy Parents" (as consultant), 2005
TV and Radio Jingles:
60s and 70s:
Johnson's Baby Oil
Devil Shake
General Tire ("Sooner
or later you'll own Generals")
Budweiser ("When you
say Bud")
Carling Black Label
Beer ("TV Beer")
Dentyne gum ("Get
that just-brushed freshness with Dentyne")
Bright Side Shampoo
("Go organic with Bright Side shampoo")
American Airlines
("Doing what we do best")
Tang ("Tang Bang [Do the moonwalk like the astronauts]," writer, producer &
singer)
Pan Am (Clio
award winner, 1970)
Coca-Cola ("I'd Like
to Buy the World a Coke")
Pepsi ("You've got
a lot to live")
Dr. Pepper ("I'm a
Pepper;" "Dr. Pepper, so misunderstood")
Kentucky Fried Chicken
McDonald's ("You deserve
a break today")
Life Savers (Clio
Award winner, 1978)
90s and 2000s:
Publishers Clearing
House; "Sugar, Sugar" (2003)
Other Names (credited
as) and Studio Groups:
Ronnie Dante
Franklin & Benjamin
The Two Dollar Question
Noah's Ark
The California Gold Rush
Pearly Gate
The Definitive Rock Chorale
(with others)
Bo Cooper
C. G. Rose
Ronnie & the Dirtriders
Single discography (partial):
(Plug sides only) "Don't
Stand Up in a Canoe" (as Ronnie Dante), 1964; "Leader of the Laundromat" (with The Detergents), 1964;
"Double O-Seven" (with The Detergents/lead vocals), 1965; "Hold Back the Sun" (as Noah's Ark), 1966;
"I Can Never Eat Home Anymore" (with The Detergents), 1966; "221 East Maple" (as Ronnie Dante), 1966;
"The Absence of Lisa" (as Ronnie Dante), 1967; "He's Raining in My Sunshine" (as Ronnie Dante), 1968; "Bang
Shang a-Lang" (as The Archies), 1968; "Feelin' So Good" (as The Archies), 1969; "Free" (as Pearly
Gate), 1969; "Sugar, Sugar" (as The Archies), 1969 (RIAA gold record & Record
of the Year); "Tracy" (as The Cuff Links), 1969; "Jingle Jangle" (as The Archies), 1969 (RIAA gold record, 1970); "When Julie Comes Around" (as The Cuff Links), 1970; "Who's
Your Baby" (as The Archies), 1970; "Sunshine" (as The Archies), 1970; "Let Me Bring You Up," 1970;
"Together We Two" (as The Archies), 1970; "This is Love" (as The Archies), 1971; "That's
What Life is All About," 1971; "Midnight Show," 1974; "Sugar, Sugar" (dance version), 1975; "Yellow Van" (with Ronnie & The Dirtriders), 1976
Album discography:
The
Many Faces of the Detergents (1965) (with The Detergents) / The Archies (1968) (as The Archies) / Everything's Archie (1969) (as The Archies) /
Tracy
(1969) (as The Cuff Links) / Jingle Jangle (1969) (as The Archies) / Sunshine (1970) (as The Archies) / The Archies' Greatest Hits (1970) (as The Archies)
/ Ron Dante Brings
You Up (1970) / This
is Love (1971) (as The Archies) / Spiderman: A Rockomic (1972) (as The Webspinners) / The Joe Brooks Group (1978) (appears on) / Dante's Inferno (1979) / Street Angel (1981) / Rock &
Roll Legends Live,
Volume 1: Mark Lindsay and Friends (1999) (appears on) / Legends Live, Volume 2: Lou Christie and Friends (1999) (appears on) /
Favorites (1999)
/ Saturday Night Blast (2004)
/ Rockin' Christmas Party, Vol. 1 (2004) (various
artists)
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