Bobby Bloom
Robert Bloom, born on 15 January 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, was an American
singer-songwriter whose career was marked by a blend of pop, calypso, and rock
influences. In the early 1960s, he was a member of the doo-wop group The
Imaginations. His own breakthrough came in 1969 when he secured a contract to
write and record a jingle for Pepsi, which laid the foundation for his later
success. He co-wrote "Mony Mony" for Tommy James and the Shondells and
"Sunshine" for The Archies, and later contributed songs to the Monkees' album
Changes and their 1971 single "Do It in the Name of L...
