Emil Richards
Full Name: Emilio Joseph Radocchia
Birth Date: September 2, 1932
Deceased Date: December 13, 2019
Artist Bio:
Veteran vibraphonist, percussionist, bandleader and session musician whose finger-snapping kept time on The Addams Family TV theme song, whose bongo playing underscored the Mission Impossible theme, and who performed as part of the Wrecking Crew team of L.A. studio musicians, appearing on thousands of recordings by George Harrison, Quincy Jones, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and scores of others, issued nine LPs as frontman for the Microtonal Blues Band and other groups, collected over 350 world music instruments and eventually donated or sold the collection before dying from undisclosed causes on 12/13/2019, age 87.
Artist Website:
https://www.facebook.com/Emil-Richards-131904240196237/
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Obituary Link:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8546607/emil-richards-dies-obituary
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