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Johnny Richards

real name Juan Ricardo Cascales

Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico · 1911-11-02 – 1968-10-07

Johnny Richards is credited on 1,171 releases across 310 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,171

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310

Albums

8

Decades active

224

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American jazz composer, orchestra leader and arranger.
Born 2 November 1911 in Querétaro, Mexico. Died 7 October 1968 in New York, USA.
Brother of Chuck Cabot (aka Carlos Guillermo Cascales) and Jack Cascales (aka Juan Adolfo Cascales). Richards married singer Pat Kaye in the early 1940's.
As a songwriter, Richards is best known for writing the music for the song "Young at Heart" by Frank Sinatra (lyrics by Carolyn Leigh).

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1,171 releases · 310 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,531
  • Other credits · 83

Studios: Rendezvous Ballroom · Capitol Studios · Webster Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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