STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – There’s going to be a big homecoming next week for a native Staten Islander who sang one of the most popular songs of all time. Ron Dante will perform with the Turtles as part of ...

The Monkees passed on the opportunity to record “Sugar, Sugar,” which became a huge hit for The Archies. Subsequently, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz recorded a solo version of the song. Dolenz’s rendition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine me and you and The Turtles and The Association and The Vogues and The Cowsills and Badfinger and Jay and the Americans.

Ron Dante, at right, became the voice of the cartoon music group the Archies in 1968. Fifty years later, in 2018, he became the lead singer of the real-life band the Turtles for the annual “Happy ...

The song’s co-writers, Andy Kim (who later had solo hits produced by Dante) and Jeff Barry, had an inkling “Sugar, Sugar” would be a hit. “Most of the Archies’ songs we did in 20 minutes,” Dante said.

Imagine me and you and The Turtles and The Association and The Vogues and The Cowsills and Badfinger and Jay and the Americans. The “Happy Together” tour began 40 years ago and has become the most ...