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Billy Richards' Coasters |
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| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 20, 2008 (570 days back) |
About Me |
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Billy Richards is a multi-talented entertainer, having sung, recorded and toured his entire adult life. He got his start in high school as a prominent member of the glee club and church choir. At the early age of 17, he sang with his uncle's famed rock and roll group, The Robins, who later became the ORIGINAL Coasters. In 1962, he joined forces with the original bass singer of The Robins and The Coasters, Bobby Nunn. They performed side by side in a Coasters group for over 24 years until Bobby Nunn's untimely death in 1986. Billy Richards' Coasters have made numerous TV appearances over a wide span of time; from the early years on "Dick Clark's American Bandstand" to present day's "America's Funniest People". The group has also been featured on several national TV commercials. Billy Richards' Coasters are the supreme comedians of rock 'n' roll. What's more, their impact has deepened with time. Their songs, their parodies and the tunes that became million selling records are being revived in this new generation of music. Bobby Nunn with Billy Richards Jr, Bobby Sheen, Grady Chapman, Randy Jones Nunn´s Coasters, originally called "The Coasters, Mark II", started acting in late 1962 and were well established on the West Coast and toured the South and even Germany (during the first years including Billy Richards Jr and Bobby Sheen - and from 1964 also Grady Chapman of the early Robins). Billy Richards Jr is a nephew of the Robins´ and Coasters ORIGINAL, Billy Richards (nowadays often called William Richard). Bobby Sheen (born 1941, died in LA on November 23, 2000) had joined the Robins already in 1958 (after leaving high school) together with Richards Jr. In late 1962 (after having acted with Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans for Phil Spector) Sheen and Richards Jr joined Nunn to form Nunn´s Coasters, Mark II, soon joined by Grady Chapman. The four continued to tour until 1966, when Randy Jones joined (Randy had sung with the Flairs, the Penguins, and the Flares and acted with almost all the fake Coasters groups. He died in 2002). In 1970 Nunn "handed" the name "The Coasters" to Sheen and Richards Jr. HISTORY OF THE COASTERS Many of the early black rock acts were vocal groups with sounds reminiscent of the ballad songs of the "Ink Spots" and "Mills Brothers". R&B came to the forefront in the early 50's with artists such as "Hank Ballard and The Midnighters", "Big Joe Turner" and many others. Once the door was opened, Black artists began to move from R&B to their proper place in the mass market. Such stars as the Robins/Coasters, provided a base for the eventual move of Blues and R&B artists to major status. The four original Coasters members of the group met in Los Angeles' Black ghetto, where most of them grew up. They started singing in small clubs and soon came under the direction of the young songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who helped them get a recording contract from Spark Records in the early 1950's. At the time, they had some success under the name, "THE ROBINS", with such hits a "Cell Block Number 9", "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Framed". The original group took a new name, "THE COASTERS", in 1955 and consciously started performing the watered-down blues material, which gained them a new found popularity in the rock world. They took the title "Coaster" because the group had developed on the west coast. The Coasters first major hit in both R&B and rock markets was "DOWN IN MEXICO" on Spark Records, which was disrtibuted by Atlantic Records. (Later the group moved to Atlantic Records.) "DOWN IN MEXICO" also did well in England, rising high on the charts and selling over a million copies. The group attained international fame. The first single to make the U.S. general pop charts was "ONE KISS LED TO ANOTHER" . Their success continued with the great hits "SEARCHING" and "YOUNG BLOOD". Both songs hit NUMBER 1 on th R&B charts and made TOP 10 in national charts as well. Actually, the two were one single record, with one song on the "A side" and one on the "B side". The songs were aimed at the national market from the start by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, who wrote the songs with an assist by Doc Pomus. For the balance of the 50's The Coasters remained among the most important influences on popular music. Two of the most notable recordings that continued this trend were the 1958 number-one -ranked hit,"YAKETY-YAK" and the 1959 success, "CHARLIE BROWN". Among the other hits The Coasters made were "POISON IVY" (NUMBER ONE IN 1959), "IDOL WITH THE GOLDEN HEAD", "ALONG CAME JONES", "I'M A HOG FOR YOU", WHAT ABOUT US", "RUN RED RUN" and "THAT IS ROCK AND ROLL". The last of these is often cited as the recording that best defines rock music, at least of the 1950's variety. The group also achieved good sales with many of its albums, though its main appeal was always to single buyers. |
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Music:Member Since: 12/18/2006Band Members: Billy Richards Larry Tate Duane Jackson Larry Hicks Technology Directors: James L. Richard II of The Sekret Service Jonathon Richards Influences: Orignal Robins and Coasters member William "Big Billy" Richard 1928-2007 Sounds Like: Great Coaster Hits POISON IVY BABY THAT IS ROCK & ROLL CHARLIE BROWN ALONG CAME JONES YAKETY YAK HOG FOR YOU BABY LITTLE EGYPT SEARCHING SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE DOWN IN MEXICO YOUNG BLOOD LOVE POTION #9 Record Label: DARKAT Music Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / R&B / Pop) |
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Various groups names and songs recorded by the Richard Family Pre 1980 |
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| The Coasters
The A-Sharp Trio (members Ty "Terrell" Leonard, Billy Richard and Roy Richard)
The 4 Bluebirds (members Ty "Terrell" Leonard, Billy Richard, Roy Richard and Bobby Nunn) ... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:30:00 PST |
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Chart Hits |
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THE COASTERS - CHART HITS- compiled by Claus Röhnisch_______________________________________________
U. S. POP TOP 10 HITS ( Million Sellers / Golden Records )
Year ... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:48:00 PST |
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Coasters Singles With Leads |
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| THE COASTERS - SINGLES DISCOGRAPHYNote. The line-ups are presented for general overview and do not always fit with issue dates.Label and catalogue number followed by track titles (with... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:45:00 PST |
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The Robins Story And Discography |
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| THE ROBINSStory & DiscographyCompiled by Claus Röhnisch (with thanks to Michel Ruppli, Fernando L. Gonzales, Kurt Mohr, Galen Gart, Robert Ferlingere, Jim Pewter, Bob Porter, Ray To... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST |
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The Coasters Recording Sessions |
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| THE COASTERS - SESSION DISCOGRAPHY- by Claus Röhnisch
About the Session DiscographyFormula/standards - Headings: Vocal line-up, instrumental accompanists (with arranger, producer, engineer), record... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:36:00 PST |
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The Coasters On Vinyl |
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| THE COASTERS - THE VINYLS
SINGLES DISCOGRAPHYLabel and catalog number followed by date of issue (month/year)THE ROBINS´ SPARK RECORDS (the only Robins´ recordings featuring Carl... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:30:00 PST |
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The Coasters Time Line |
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| THE COASTERS TIME-LINE- by Claus Röhnisch
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Bobby Nunn with The Robins start to make hit records for Johnny Otis on Savoy Records in Los Angeles in December.
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The Pre-Coasters - The Robins |
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| THE ROBINSStory & DiscographyCompiled by Claus Röhnisch (with thanks to Michel Ruppli, Fernando L. Gonzales, Kurt Mohr, Galen Gart, Robert Ferlingere, Jim Pewter, Bob Porter, Ray To... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST |
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Those Hoodlum Friends A Biography - By Claus Rohnisch |
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| THE COASTERS"Those Hoodlum Friends"A Biography - by Claus Röhnisch
"If rock ´n´ roll had produced nothing but the Coasters and Leiber and Stoller, it would still have commanded attention... Posted by The Coasters on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:23:00 PST |
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