Judi Richards (born 12 August 1949) is a Canadian

pop singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and songwriter. Born in

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, Richards is the daughter of musician Bill Richards and actress

Billie Mae Richards Billie Mae Richards (née Dinsmore, November 21, 1921 – September 10, 2010) was a Canadian voice actress, who also appeared onstage and on television. She was the voice of Rankin/Bass' version of the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer fr ...

(née Dinsmore). She has sung numerous jingles for the

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in Montreal and has performed in concert and on record with a variety of notable Quebec-based pop artists. In the late 1970s she was a member of the bilingual vocal trio

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with Liette Lomez and Laurie Zimmerman, and the ensemble notably recorded a number of Richards's songs. The group became well known for "It Always Happens This Way"/"C'est toujours à recommencer" and won a total of four

Félix Award The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' ( ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian ...

s. She has sung backup on numerous other artists' records. She has three solo French albums to her credit, and she cowrote many of the songs. Her first album, Touche Pas, won a Felix award for best country folk album. Richards has also lent her voice to several animated television series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Favourite Songs''. She has three daughters with author, actor, comedian and producer

Yvon Deschamps Yvon Deschamps (born July 31, 1935, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec author, actor, comedian and producer best known for his monologues. His social-commentary-tinged humour propelled him to prominence in Quebec popular culture in the 1970s and 1 ...

to whom she has been married since 1971.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Judi 1949 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Canadian songwriters Canadian voice actresses Félix Award winners Canadian women pop singers Musicians from Toronto Writers from Toronto