Bill Richards (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian musician
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Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
About Bill Richards (musician)
- Bill Richards (28 March 1923 – 28 February 1995) was a Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor.
- His compositional output includes several film scores, a Flute Quartet (1964), and a number of fiddle tunes.
- He recorded two of his own fiddle compositions for Spiral Records in 1957 and another of his fiddle compositions was featured in the movie The Pyx.
- He also was active as a musician and concertmaster on a number of studio recordings from the 1950s through the 1990s, and can be heard on recordings by artists Moe Koffman, Catherine McKinnon, Anne Murray, and Gordon Lightfoot among others.
- In 1962 he and a quartet featuring the organist Lou Snider recorded two LP albums for the Canadian Talent Library Trust.
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