Tony Romeo was an American

United States

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 songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

. He is famous for writing the No.1 hit "I Think I Love You

I Think I Love You

"I Think I Love You" is a 1970 single by The Partridge Family, featuring David Cassidy, composed by songwriter Tony Romeo. The song was released at the same time as the debut of the network television sitcom The Partridge Family. During the show's first season the song was featured on the show...

" by The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

 as well as many other hit records, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s.

Other hits written by Romeo include "Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In)

Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In)

"Oh Boy " is a popular song written by Tony Romeo. It has been recorded by Diana Trask and Brotherhood of Man, among others.The song was originally recorded by Australian artist Diana Trask in 1975...

" by both Diana Trask

Diana Trask

Diana Trask is an Australian and American country and pop singer born in Melbourne, Australia. She was a popular country singer during the 1970s in the United States and also was a popular star in her native Australia...

 and Brotherhood of Man

Brotherhood of Man

Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s, most notably by winning the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me"....

; "Walking in the Sand," sung by Al Martino

Al Martino

Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...

, which reached #9 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1970; "Indian Lake

Indian Lake (song)

"Indian Lake" is a song recorded by the pop band, The Cowsills, with music and lyrics by Tony Romeo. The song was included in the Cowsills' album "Best of the Cowsills" in 1968...

" for The Cowsills

The Cowsills

The Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island. They specialized in harmonies and the ability to sing and play music at an early age. The band was formed in the spring of 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and Barry, then shortly thereafter added John...

; and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" by Lou Christie

Lou Christie

Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s , including his 1966 smash, "Lightnin' Strikes" and his incredible 3 octave vocal range.-Biography:Sacco was born in Glenwillard,...

. He wrote songs for The Seekers

The Seekers

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States...

, The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...

, Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....

 and David Cassidy

David Cassidy

David Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and...

 among others.
He also wrote theme music for movies such as Rain Man

Rain Man

Rain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...

(1988) and Gaby: A True Story

Gaby: A True Story

Gaby: A True Story is a 1987 American-Mexican drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and written by Michael Love and Martín Salinas. It chronicles the life of Gabriela Brimmer, Mexican writer and disability rights activist.- Plot :...

(1987). and the TV program The Debbie Reynolds Show

The Debbie Reynolds Show

The Debbie Reynolds Show is an American situation comedy which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969-70 television season. The series was produced by Filmways, but the distribution rights are currently owned by Universal Media Studios through its ownership of NBC Productions...

(1969–1970). Through colleague Wes Farrell

Wes Farrell

Wes Farrell was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s...

's Pocket Full of Tunes songwriting agency, Romeo additionally created commercial jingle

Jingle

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s to advertise such products as Breck

Breck Shampoo

Breck Shampoo is an American brand of shampoo that is also known for its Breck Girls advertising campaign.In 1930 Dr. John H. Breck, Sr. of Springfield, Massachusetts, founded Breck Shampoo. In 1936, son Edward J...

 shampoo, Coty

Coty, Inc.

Coty, Inc. is the world's largest fragrance company, founded in 1904. It is also a beauty products manufacturer whose main businesses are fragrances , followed by color cosmetics , toiletries and skin care...

 cosmetics' fragrance Muguet de Bois, Pall Mall

Pall Mall (cigarette)

Pall Mall cigarettes are a brand of cigarettes produced by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and internationally by British American Tobacco at multiple sites.- History :...

 cigarettes, and Scripto lighters.

Briefly during the 1970s he attempted to make a name as a singer and recorded some singles for Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

, such as "My Ol' Gin Buddy and Me"/"Mr. Hunkachunk." Overall, he wrote over 150 recorded songs, in addition to working as a record producer. In 1970, he co-wrote music and lyrics for a musical-theater version of Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

. He also produced

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 the duo

Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...

, Good & Plenty (cf. Good & Plenty

Good & Plenty

Good & Plenty is an American brand of licorice candy. The candy is a narrow cylinder of sweet black licorice coated in a hard candy shell to form a capsule shape...

 candy).

Romeo's death at the age of 55, in Pleasant Valley, New York, in June 1995, was attributed to a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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.