The Detergents
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'''The Detergents''' were an [[United States|American]] [[music group]] consisting of [[Ron Dante|Ronnie (Ron) Dante]], Danny Jordan, and Tommy Wynn. The group's speciality was [[parody]] [[song]]s, as with their first and best-known [[hit parade|hit]] [[gramophone record|record]], "Leader of the Laundromat", written and [[record producer|produced]] by [[Paul Vance]] and Lee Pockriss. It was a [[parody|spoof]] of the then current hit [[song]] "[[Leader of the Pack]]."
The Detergents appeared on several music oriented [[television]] shows of the day, such as ''[[Shindig!]]'' and ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'', and also toured with [[Dick Clark (entertainer)|Dick Clark]]'s Caravan of Stars. The group was active from [[1964]] until [[1966]].
After "Leader of the Laundromat" was released, the composers of "Leader of the Pack", [[Jeff Barry]], [[Ellie Greenwich]] and [[Shadow Morton|George "Shadow" Morton]], filed a [[lawsuit]] against the [[musical group|group]]. The suit was ultimately settled out of court. Coincidentally just three years later, in [[1968]], Dante began working alongside [[songwriter]]-[[record producer|producer]] Jeff Barry as the lead [[vocalist]] for the briefly, hugely successful [[cartoon]] group, [[The Archies]].
==External links==
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*[http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics2/nov_leaderlaun.html Leader Of the Laundromat - Lyrics]
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