Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1649 or 50
- Died
- 1728
- Works
- 7
Top works
- L'Enigme sacree/Le secret revele de la dynastie de Jesus
- Der Heilige Gral
- Poems, 1675
- Poems, 1675, reprinted with an introd. by Hugh Macdonald
- Poems, upon several occasions, and, to several persons
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947-09-26
ambientartart rockelectronicnew wavenew wave music
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 137
- Total plays
- 688
Richard Leigh (born in Washington, D.C., on 26 May 1951 ) is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (sung by Crystal Gayle) for which, in 1978, he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song". Other prominent singers who have brought his songs number one status over the years include Billy Dean, Mickey Gilley, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Kathy Mattea, Steve Wariner, and Don Williams. In 1994 he was inducted into t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Leigh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Jersey
- Place of death
- London
- Sibling
- Liz Greene
- Occupation
- belletristic literature
- Educated at
- Stony Brook University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-08-16
- date of death
- 2007-11-21
- name in native language
- Richard Harris Leigh
- writing language
- English language
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