Jonathan Richman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Richman
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	May 16, 1951(1951-05-16)
Age	73
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Taurus

Jonathan Richman Biography

Jonathan Richman is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on May 16, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding member of seminal proto-punk group The Modern Lovers, who set the stage for the New Wave, punk rock and indie music.

His music style established the style for groups such as the His musical style set the tone for groups like Rivers Cuomo‘s band Weezer.’s group Weezer.

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, into a Jewish family, Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s. He became infatuated with the Velvet Underground, and in 1969, he moved to New York City, lived on the couch of their manager, Steve Sesnick, worked odd jobs and tried to break in as a professional musician. Failing at this, he returned to Boston.

Late-1970s studio recordings, such as the Rock and Roll with the Modern Lovers album, also featured Richman playing nylon-stringed acoustic guitar. On a 1979 performance on French television, and in the cover photo of The Best of Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Richman plays a late-1970s Ibanez model 2453CW hollow-body electric guitar, a guitar similar in style to the Epiphone he would use extensively a decade later.

His birthplace was Boston, Massachusetts, home of The Velvet Underground, on which he built a lot the music he composed.

Jonathan Richman Net Worth

Jonathan Richman is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Richman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a child the singer was greatly influenced by the sound that came from the Velvet Underground and used the Underground’s former producer on The Modern Lovers’ demo recording.

In their initial version, Modern Lovers released only one album, but they created a new sound with songs about their hometown of Boston and also about the minor inconveniences of dating.

Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto- punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic and electric backing. He now plays only acoustic to protect his hearing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected, and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, is influenced by music from around the world.

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Who is Jonathan Richman Dating?

According to our records, Jonathan Richman married to Nicole Montalbano , Gail Clook. As of December 1, 2023, Jonathan Richman’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1975, Richman moved to California to record as a solo singer/songwriter with the independent Beserkley Records label. His first released recordings appeared on 1975’s Beserkley Chartbusters compilation, where he was backed by members of Earth Quake and the Rubinoos. The four songs on the compilation also appeared on singles released by Beserkley.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Richman celebrates birthday on May 16 of every year.

In January 1976, Richman put together a new version of the Modern Lovers, which included original Modern Lovers drummer David Robinson, former Rubinoos bassist Greg ‘Curly’ Keranen and Leroy Radcliffe on guitar. The new group, now billed as Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, found Richman turning away from the harder, Velvet Underground-influenced electric rock of the original Modern Lovers, toward gentler sound mixing pop with 1950s rock and roll, and including a bigger emphasis on harmony vocals. During this period Richman recorded a mix of original songs and material by other writers, including Chuck Berry’s “Back in the USA”, the traditional spiritual songs “Amazing Grace” and “Angels Watching Over Me”, and older pop songs like “Emaline”, “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz”, and “Lydia”.

Who is the guy singing in There's Something About Mary?

One of the quirkiest elements of There’s Something About Mary is its singing narrator, appearing unseen alongside the characters throughout the movie. You might not have known that this is Jonathan Richman , a major musical figure in his own right.

How old is Jonathan Richman?

71 years (May 16, 1951)

What genre is Jonathan Richman?

Folk

What movies has Jonathan Richman been in?

Appears in

How many languages does Jonathan Richman speak?

1. The dude speaks, like, five languages. 2. That actually was him and his drummer Tommy Larkins doing the musical interludes in There’s Something About Mary.