Rock musician Rich Robinson is best known for being one of the founding members of The Black Crowes, along with his brother Chris Robinson. When the band when on hiatus, Rich decided to start as a solo artist with a sound that was a bit different than The Black Crowes. His style was more blues rock/ southern rock, and he... read full bio
Richard Ashcroft embodies British cool. Ashcroft, like Syd Barrett or Nick Drake before him, Pete Doherty and Alex Turner after him, is one of those rare rock eccentrics; the kind of imaginative spirit that has made England one of its greatest musical exports. Ashcroft was the hallmark voice of 90s English pop music as the frontman of The Verve. The... read full bio
Richard Butler has been the charismatic front man for The Psychedelic Furs for nigh unto 30 years, the band having initially formed in 1977. For a fair share of the 90s, The Psychedelic Furs were inactive, while Butler recorded and performed with Love Spit Love, which occasionally also featured Furss bassman Tim Butler. Likewise, when the Furs reformed in 2001,... read full bio
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s former frontman, Richard Edwards recorded his powerful and emotional album, Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset, despite the odds being against him. This record, Edwards’ debut solo project, is the phoenix that rose from the ashes of a scrapped album, a broken marriage and a broken body. Even more haunted than haunting, it conveys a... read full bio
Most famously, Richard Goodall won season 19 of America's Got Talent in 2024. Heidi Klum gave him a golden buzzer in the first round, making him the first singer to win the contest in five years. Goodall has been employed for 23 years as a school janitor for the Vigo County School Corporation in Terre Haute, Indiana. He frequently sings to... read full bio
What makes working with a massively charitable, attractive, and caring man such as Richard Marx even more sought-after Perhaps that he was the first male solo artist in history to have his first seven singles go Top 5 - a feat that has remained unchallenged to this day. Richard Marx' years in the music business can be praised as much... read full bio
Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer who is best known for being a member of the indie-rock band Arcade Fire, where he performs with numerous instruments which have included the guitar, bass, drums, celesta, keyboards and accordion. Parry was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and his father and mother were both musicians and so is his sister. Parry... read full bio
Fender-wielding Los Angeles-based guitar hero Richie Kotzen is frequently touted in the international guitar press as one of the world's best guitarists, with a 50-album discography to back it up. Kotzen's big break came in 1991 when, at age 21, he joined multi-platinum glam rockers Poison, with whom he recorded 1993's Native Tongue. The platinum album spawned two top-twenty singles... read full bio
Founding Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora has spent almost three decades as an integral part of one of the worlds most beloved bands. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he has created some of the most instantly recognizable guitar sounds and penned many of the greatest rock anthems in a generation. Richie's solo projects have given him the opportunity... read full bio
Rick Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is best known for his timeless hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up”, which hit number 1 in 25 countries and has reach certified Gold in the UK, Canada, Germany, Sweden, US, and Australia. Other singles that Astley is best known for include, “Whenever You Need Somebody”, “When I Fall... read full bio
Young guitar great, vocalist and entertainer Rick Derringer was just seventeen when his band, The McCoys, recorded the No.1 hit “Hang On Sloopy” in the summer of 1965, knocking “Yesterday” by The Beatles out of the top spot. The McCoys had enjoyed four years of successful touring, when Rick merged his talents with Johnny Winter in 1969 forming Johnny Winter... read full bio
Rick Springfield is most famous for the #1 single “Jessie's Girl”, which became a Grammy Award-winning landmark of 80s pop-rock and helped establish the emerging music video age. Apart from being a performer, he is also an actor and author. Rick Springfield's best-known acting role is that of the character Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama “General Hospital”. Springfield... read full bio
After performing as 1960’s progressive rock band Yes’s on again, off again keyboardist, Rick Wakeman carved out a lucrative career in his own right. Being born in the U.K. back in 1949, Rick has been involved with music his entire life. As a young man, he was trained on the classical organ and as a singer in the Boys Brigade... read full bio
Rich colors and colossal images, literate, intelligent, idiosyncratic, under the guise of an exceptional pop singer. While Rickie Lee Jones has become more and more obscure, her imitators have become very famous indeed. She has not been abandoned by the critics, though. Her music is always written about, and she is pictured in more than one book on the icons... read full bio
When Georgia-born singer, songwriter, and front man Ricky Gunn met keyboardist/guitarist Joel Bridges and bassist Michael Deems, the Ricky Gunn Band was born. After their initial encounter, they were aware right away that they were special. With recently added Nashville-based guitarist Dusty Parker and drummer Tommy Smith, they have a unique synergy that comes through in every performance. They are... read full bio
Just the name Ricky Martin brings words like dedication and hard-work to mind. It is through dedication and hard-work that he has realized international success beyond even his own wildest dreams. There is no doubt that Ricky Martin's spectacular career accomplishments have re-written music industry standards across the world. Ricky Martin first became known throughout South and Latin America as... read full bio
Comprised of rockers Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Loz Colbert, and Steve Qeuralt, the England based band Ride emerged during the ""shoegazing"" scene of the early 1990s. Known for their grungy, distorted guitars and introspective, disconnected performance style (hence the term shoegazer), they produced a total of four albums together before embarking on a hiatus that carried them well into the... read full bio
Best friends Carson Groves, Hyrum Russon, and Asher "Shredder" Winegar form the rock group Riff Wood, which is based in Davis County, Utah. The trio began rocking out together at the age of eleven, perfecting their sound and creating an enduring bond, all because of their mutual love of music. Their status as young musicians to watch was cemented when they... read full bio
Rik Emmett is a gold and platinum, high achieving guitarist. His involvement in the music industry spans over thirty years. Emmett has been awarded the Best Smooth Jazz Guitarist Juno Award and has been inducted into the Canadian Rock Hall of Fame, Music Industry Hall of Fame, and Junos Hall of Fame. The skilled guitarist shows versatility in all of... read full bio
Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey in Liverpool, England in 1940, is a renowned musician, singer, and actor. In 1989, he embarked on his first solo concert tour, forming his own group called Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band. The following year, he released the live music album "Ringo and The All Starr," marking the beginning of a series of... read full bio
