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Top works
- Jonathan Richman Songbook
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known for
- The Velvet Underground — Self2021
- Danny Says — Self2015
- There's Something About Mary — Jonathan1998
- Kingpin — Tavern band1996
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993
- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - TopPop Special — Self1978
- Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)1975
- Vinyl: An Unlikely History — Himself
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Jonathan Michael Richman (Natick, Massachusetts, May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic, backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, often draws on influences from around the world. Jonathan Richman began playing music and writing his own s
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Natick
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- proto-punk
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jonathan Richman of the Modern Lovers, 2009.jpg
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- member of
- The Modern Lovers
- Commons category
- Jonathan Richman
- date of birth
- 1951-05-16
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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