157. Ron Dante

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 86 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Pop vocalist, record producer and "Sugar Sugar" singer Ron Dante joins Gilbert and Frank for an engaging and enjoyable conversation about the history of the legendary Brill Building, the birth of The Archies, the magic touch of Don Kirshner (and Barry Manilow) and the lost art of commercial jingles. Also, Ron mimics Donovan, Larry Fine throws in the towel, Paul Shaffer goes deep-sea fishing and Carole King's babysitter tops the charts. PLUS: "Leader of the Laundromat"! The fabulous Toni Wine! The 1910 Fruitgum Company! "The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan"! And the return of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried.
0:51.0	This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host Frank Santopadre,
0:58.0	where once again recording at Nutmeg with our engineer Frank Ferdarosa.
1:04.0	And our guest this week is a true Renaissance man.
1:08.0	He's a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, voice artist, and even a former publisher of the Paris Review.
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1:21.0	You know his singing voice from dozens of popular television commercials,
1:27.0	including spots for Coke, Dr. Pepper, Coppertone, KFC, Tang, Life Savers, and McDonald's.
1:36.0	Trust us, you know them.
1:39.0	While still a teenager, he was working in the fame-brill building
1:44.0	and recording demos for some of music's biggest stars,
1:49.0	including Connie Francis and Neil Sadaka, and touring with acts like the Hollies,
1:56.0	the Rolling Stones.
1:58.0	In 1969, he sang lead vocals on two of the year's biggest records,
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