Larry Santos#Album discography

{{short description|American pop music singer-songwriter (born 1941)}}

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Larry Santos (born June 2, 1941, in Oneonta, New York) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Santos wrote songs for several American pop bands in the 1960s, including the 1963 hit "Candy Girl" for The Four Seasons which reached number 3 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite book | title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits | first=Fred | last=Bronson | publisher=Billboard | page=125 | edition=5th | date=October 1, 2003 | isbn=978-0823076772}}

In the mid-Sixties, he recorded singles as part of a group called The Madisons, and then under his own name. He released three albums in the 1970s and scored one pop hit single, produced by Don Davis, "We Can't Hide it Anymore",{{cite journal|date=October 22, 1977|title=Top Album Picks|journal=Billboard Magazine|volume=89|issue=42|page=92}} which peaked on April 10, 1976, at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book|last=Jancik|first=Wayne|title=The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders|date=January 1998|publisher=Billboard|isbn= 9780823076222|page=507}}

From 1976 to 1980 Santos starred in the television show Hot Fudge, a syndicated children's puppet show broadcast from Detroit, Michigan.{{cite book | title=Detroit Television | first1=Tim | last1=Kiska | first2=Ed | last2=Gollick | page=66 | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | series=Images of America | date=2010 | isbn=9780738577074}} Santos scored the program's theme music and other songs, and appeared regularly as a live character actor.{{cite book | title=Children's Television, the First Thirty-five Years, 1946-1981: Live, film, and tape series | first=George W. | last=Woolery | date=May 23, 1995 | publisher=Scarecrow Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/228 228] | isbn=978-0810816510 | url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/228 }} He and lead puppet Seymour would perform a duet at the piano at the end of each episode.

Additionally, Santos built a successful career writing and singing advertising jingles.{{cite magazine | first=Claude | last=Hall | title=Field Productions Offers Client An On-the-Spot Custom Service | magazine=Billboard Magazine | date=September 6, 1969 | page=38 | volume=81 | number=36}} Santos's songs have appeared in television commercials for Pan Am, Admiral, Chevrolet, Marathon Oil, and Budweiser among others.

Santos' baritone singing voice has been described as "gruff, but warm" and said to bear a very strong resemblance to the voice of Richie Havens.{{cite news | title=Richie Havens Sells His Soul | first=Matt | last=Damsker | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=September 16, 1984 | page=Q70}}{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/285328859|title=FOLK WISDOM; Veteran Richie Havens finds a new medium for the music.|last=Colford|first=Paul D.|date=October 16, 1985|work=Newsday|page=3|access-date=November 22, 2013|id={{ProQuest|285328859}} }} His music is considered in the genre of blue-eyed soul.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}