Toni Wine (born June 4, 1947 in
Washington Heights, New York City) is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as
The Mindbenders ("
A Groovy Kind of Love"),
Tony Orlando and Dawn ("
Candida"),
Elvis Presley, and
Checkmates, Ltd. ("
Black Pearl") in the late 1960s and 1970s. Wine also sang the female vocals for the
cartoon music group
The Archies, most notably on their #1
hit song "
Sugar, Sugar" (singing the line, "I'm gonna make your life so sweet.") However, she did not sing the lead vocal in the song "
Jingle Jangle", but her voice is quite prevalent in the chorus; the lead was sung by
Ron Dante using his
falsetto voice. In addition, Wine was a backing vocalist on
Gene Pitney's "It Hurts to Be in Love" and on
Willie Nelson's "
Always on My Mind."