Hughes graduated in 1968 from
Chaminade High School, in
Mineola on
Long Island,
New York. He later attended
Manhattan University, where he was initiated as a member of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1969. Hughes was interested in motorcycles, and was working as a toll collector at the
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel when he responded to an advertisement by composer
Jacques Morali seeking "
macho" singers and dancers. Hughes frequented the club. He was a bike fanatic in real life and kept his motorcycle parked inside his house. Hughes was named on
Peoples 1979 list of 'Most Beautiful People' and appeared in the television special
Magic Night at the Playboy Mansion with
Hugh Hefner. In 1996, Hughes retired from the group and launched a successful New York
cabaret act at
Saint Charles Cemetery in
Farmingdale, New York. ==References==