American singer-songwriter, born 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio.
His songs have been recorded by, Tom Jones, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Kenny Rogers, Engelbert Humperdinck, Frankie Laine, Sammy Davis Jr., Glenn Yarbrough, Jerry Wallace, Jane Olivor, The Standells, Syl Johnson, Z.Z. Hill, Ted Taylor, Papa John Creach, Wolfman Jack, The Righteous Brothers, Rufus, The Chi-Lites, The Magic Lanterns, Carl Carlton, Ringo Starr and many others totaling around six hundred recordings.
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He began songwriting as a young man and received a degree in mathematics.
His first production with Moonglow was "Don't Do it Some More", by "The Cindermen", credited under the pen name "Daddy Dewdrop". After Moonglow, he signed with Four Star Music publishing co. where he stayed for seven years. Most of his recorded song occurred during this period. He was signed to Verve Records as an artist and recorded his first album, Truth, Lies, Magic and Faith.
Two years later after producing music for the Saturday morning cartoon series Groovie Goolies, he released the song "Chick-A-Boom", originally written for the show.[1] Monda put together a backup band of studio musicians, including Tom Hensley, who later became the musical director for Neil Diamond, and Butch Rillera, who later became a member of the group Redbone, and recorded a version of the song, retitled "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)". The tune, which was distributed by Sunflower Records, became a top 10 hit in the United States, peaking on the Billboard Pop Singles chart at #9 in 1971, and #3 on Cashbox.[2] Other charted records include "Fox Huntin' on the Weekend" and "Chantilly Lace", and after a change of labels to "Inphasion Records", he had another chart record, "Nanu, Nanu, (I Wanna Get Funky Wich You)" and "The Real Thing".
He appeared in several underground films, including The Michael Girard directed Troma films, Oversexed Rug Suckers from Mars, Body Parts and the indie film The Artichokes.
He recorded an album called "Or Durvs" under the alias "Lu Janis".
https://daddydewdrop.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/truth-lies-magic-and-faith/
Truth, Lies, Magic, And Faith (1969)
01.Dick Monda - Hallelujah (2:45)
02.Dick Monda - Rivers End (3:58)
03.Dick Monda - God Please Take My Life (3:40)
04.Dick Monda - Swing Low Sweet Charriot - Joshua (4:56)
05.Dick Monda - A Wandering Carpenter (3:27)
06.Dick Monda - The Bible Salesman (3:18)
07.Dick Monda - We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus And A Lot Less Rock And Roll (3:15)
08.Dick Monda - Wade In The Water (3:20)
09.Dick Monda - Chariot To Nineveh (3:52)
10.Dick Monda - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:15)
11.Dick Monda - Go Down Moses (4:45)
12.Dick Monda - Glory Glory Hallelujah (4:21)
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