Real name: Richard Joel Rosenblatt

Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1968

American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. As well as having a brief period as a recording artist, he also spent much of the 1960s as an in-house writer for Kama Sutra, then Roulette Records, before moving on to Super K Productions. During his career, he worked with a variety of artists ranging from Tommy James & the Shondells to Joan Jett, and Paul Simon to Bow Wow Wow.
Born: 10th March 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Died: 13th April 2004, in New York City, New York, USA.