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Toni Wine (born June 4, 1947) is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists asThe Mindbenders ("A Groovy Kind of Love"),Tony Orlando and Dawn ("Candida"), andCheckmates, Ltd. ("Black Pearl") in the late 1960s and 1970s. Wine also sang the female vocals for thecartoon music groupThe Archies, most notably on their #1 hit song "Sugar, Sugar"[1] (singing the line "I'm gonna make your life so sweet"). She shared the lead vocals in the Archies' subsequentsingle, "Jingle Jangle" withRon Dante using hisfalsetto voice.[2] In addition, Wine was a backing vocalist on "It Hurts to Be in Love" (originally recorded forNeil Sedaka, whose vocals were replaced by those ofGene Pitney after Sedaka moved to RCA) and onWillie Nelson's "Always on My Mind."
Wine was born inWashington Heights, New York City, United States.[3] In 1963, Wine had a nationally charted single with "My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas". It reached #22 on Billboard's "Best Bets For Christmas" survey. She co-wroteThe Shirelles' early 1964 mid-chart hit "Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love With Me".
Wine attended theJuilliard School of Music, where she studied piano. She worked as a songwriter forScreen Gems Publishing, where she collaborated with several other artists and then teamed withCarole Bayer Sager. They wrote the song "A Groovy Kind of Love," recorded byThe Mindbenders in 1966 (after the group split with Wayne Fontana) and reached the top of the U.S.Billboard Hot 100 chart. "A Groovy Kind of Love" was also a 1988 hit for Phil Collins.
Wine also recorded as a solo artist. She released 12 singles between 1963 and 1977.[4] She co-wroteThe Ronettes 1969 single "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" withPhil Spector.
Wine became a member ofThe Archies in 1969, along withJeff Barry,Bobby Bloom, and Ron Dante. In 1970, she co-wrote "Candida", which she recorded withLinda November andTony Orlando, kicking off the most successful phase of Orlando's singing career. Wine also sang backup on Orlando's follow-up hit, "Knock Three Times."
After moving to Memphis, Tennessee with her husband, record producerChips Moman, Wine continued to write and record songs and work as a session singer. For over 30 years, she was one of the voices ofMeow Mix Cat Food, sharing with Linda November on the "meow, meow, meow, meow."
In 2007, Wine toured and appeared in concert with Tony Orlando as vocalist and keyboardist.[5] She performed the same function in Orlando's 2011, 2014 and 2016 tours, and continues on Orlando's 2022 tour.
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