Richard Oakley

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Richard Oakley

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Singer / Musician of Rock

Guitarist / Singer / Song Writer - Nova Scotia, Canada Feb 20, 1945 - April 6, 2013 He came to notoriety first as the bass player in the Five Sounds in the mid-60’s, later renamed Central Nervous System, who released their landmark album, “I Could Have Danced All Night” in 1968, recorded in New York. Ritchie joined the Maritime supergroup, Soma, in 1969, and they had a national hit in 1971 with “Train”. But it was in 1980 that Ritchie’s “Oakley” band garnered great reviews, and airplay across the country with their one and only studio album, self-titled.

Instruments

Bass
Guitar
Bass guitar
Sitar

Genres

Rock
Country
R&B/Soul
World

Plays With

Central Nervous System

Oakley

Soma

The Five Sounds

Bob Murphy & Big Buffalo

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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