Alan Paul Wichinsky (born November 23, 1949) is an American Grammy Award-winning[1] singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the current incarnation of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.

[2] Raised in Newark and Hillside, New Jersey[3] Paul graduated from Hillside High School[4] and attended Newark State College (now Kean University) where he earned a BA in Music Education.

[6] He began his professional career on Broadway at the age of 12 in the original cast of Oliver!

After college, he returned to Broadway as Teen Angel and Johnny Casino in the original cast of Grease, where he introduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Hand Jive".

[6] He also provided Dino Spumoni's singing voice on the animated television series Hey Arnold!