Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and producer, and releases albums as a solo artist.
Barone began his career at age 7 as 'The Littlest DJ' on a local Tampa top-40 radio station, and later gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for the Bongos, a new wave band at the center of the early 1980s Hoboken, New Jersey music scene. After their first string of i...
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Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and producer, and releases albums as a solo artist.
Barone began his career at age 7 as 'The Littlest DJ' on a local Tampa top-40 radio station, and later gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for the Bongos, a new wave band at the center of the early 1980s Hoboken, New Jersey music scene. After their first string of independent singles, released on the U.K.- based Fetish label and compiled for the U.S. as Drums Along the Hudson (PVC), the group signed to RCA Records. The Bongos amassed a fierce cult following and critical acclaim , and Barone began to be recognized for his pop songwriting abilities. Stepping out as a solo artist, Barone's albums venture into chamber pop, orchestral, and more narrative singer-songwriter territory.
Barone actually released his first solo album, Cool Blue Halo (recorded live at the Bottom Line in New York) before the Bongos'...
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