Real name: John Pennington Richards

Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 1954

American songwriter, known for co-writing hit song "He".
Born 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died January 2, 2011 (age of 85) in Succasunna, New Jersey, USA.

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He co-wrote "He" with Richard Mullan. The song charted three times in the U.S.: 1955, Al Hibbler hit #4 (#13 R&B); also 1955, The McGuire Sisters, #10; and 1966, The Righteous Brothers, #18. Richards also co-wrote "Queen of the Senior Prom" (with Ed Penney & Stella Lee), which charted twice: 1957, by The Mills Brothers, #39; and 1967, Vaughn Monroe, #132.
Richards had two groups he played with: Jack Richards and The Marksmen and Jack Richards And The Nightwinds.