Ron Dante (born Carmine John Granito; August 22, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer.

Dante is best known as the real life lead singer of the fictional cartoon band the Archies; he was also the voice of the Cuff Links and co-produced Barry Manilow's first nine albums.

Carmine John Granito was born on August 22, 1945, to an Italian-American family in Staten Island, New York, United States.

Concurrent with his work on the Archies project, Dante was also employed as a session singer and performed many television and commercial jingles.

[1] In 1969, Dante recorded an album under the group name of the Cuff Links – a collaboration with Detergents songwriter-producers Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss.

[1] Also in 1979, Dante performed the theme to the NBC television series $weepstake$: "Don't Be Afraid To Dream", whose lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel with music composed by Charles Fox.