Lionel White (1948–1998) was an American funk and punk rock musician who recorded music under the name Snuky Tate.
[1] He is best remembered for his novelty single He's the Groove (1980) about Pope John Paul II.
[3] In the early 1970s he moved to San Francisco where he adapted a comedy character named Snuky Tate, which he performed on stage during punk concerts.
[1] In 1979 he was part of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys, in which Richard Edson was a member too.
In 1982 he released the album Babylon Under Pressure on Christ Stein's Animal Records.