Real name: John Abatematteo

US based arranger - conductor - producer - musician. Born in 1938, died in August 2004.

Starting out in the early 1960s working as a freelance arranger based in New York City, he went on to work with such artists, producers, and labels as American Music Makers, Reparata & the Delrons, Steve Jerome/Bill Jerome, The Left Banke, Laurie Records, Real Good Productions, Inc., Dion, Melanie (2), Lobo (3), and was a member of Hot Butter. Later on in his career he worked at Nationwide Digital with long time associate Steve Jerome.

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