It must have sucked to have two Top 10 records at the same time and be required to stay anonymous. That happened to Ron Dante, but he apparently wasn’t too bitter about it. He sang lead on “Sugar, Sugar” by the cartoon Archies and on this one by the fictitious Cuff Links. Ron multitracked all 15 or so vocal parts here. His contract with Don Kirshner prevented him from further Cuff Links recordings; he was replaced by a then-unknown Rupert Holmes (“If you like piña coladas...”). Dante went on to co-produce all of Barry Manilow’s hits in the 70’s. Written by the same guys who wrote “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.”
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