Biography
nick richards born in london 3 april 1960 to ray and audrey richards.
educated at millfield school 73-77.
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signed to nippon columbia as a solo artist in 1978 and then moved on to rca records in 1980.
had huge success in japan and invested heavily in to the music business in the uk.
bought and developed the maison rouge recording studios in london,which became the hit factory of the eighties.
owned 2 compact disc factory's and bought up bronze and pye records.
richards formed legacy records in 1983 with dennis taylor and alan johnson.
the label recorded in dead time at the maison rouge,and it is where boys don't cry was born.
legacy also had artists like sad cafe,judie tzuke,roy wood and sham 69 on it's books for a while.
richards sold the empire in 1992 and moved to the usa.
nick richards is married to long time love debbie,and they have had 7 children together.
there eldest son james is in the new line up for boys don't cry,and eldest daughter,teddy-rae,has written and performed one of the new songs for the upcoming album I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT SEX AT THE TIME.
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