Nicholas Richards (born 1960) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as frontman of 1980s

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/ new wave band Boys Don't Cry. As a solo artist, Nikki Richards, aged 18, released the singles "If I Could Tell the World" and "I Wonder What You're Doing Tonight" on Ember Records in 1978.Billboard - 30 Sept. 1978 "and Ember Records has Nikki Richards and Kenny Williams" A third single "Oh Boy!" written by Brian Wade and produced by

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followed in 1979. Richards then moved to

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for three more singles; "Tokyo Rising", "Factory Girl" and "Hot Love" in 1980. In 1983, he became known as Nick Richards, and bought the Maison Rouge Recording Studios in London, where he put together the band Boys Don't Cry, remembered for their 1986 hit, "

I Wanna Be a Cowboy "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" is a single by British pop- rock group Boys Don't Cry. The song was written by four of the band members—Brian Chatton, Nick Richards, Nico Ramsden and Jeff Seopardi—and was released in July 1985 as the first new singl ...

". Boys Don't Cry re-recorded some of Richards' songs from his solo career.

Personal life

Richards has been married to his wife, Debbie, since the mid-1980s and they have seven children. The Richards family currently resides in

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. Richards' eldest children, son James and daughter Teddy-Rae, have joined their father in the newly revived Boys Don't Cry line-up.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Nick English male singers Male new wave singers English new wave musicians English songwriters English record producers 1960 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) British male songwriters