340:, which ran teenage dance venues. Richards then undertook two review show tours with Ted Quig to "gain more experience in stage work and comedy sketches". His next single, "Raincoat in the River", reached No. 19 in October 1962. He had a four-week tour of rural areas working as a comedy singing duo with Clarence "Buster" Noble, where "One of the things he taught me was facial expression". In December Richards took the lead role in the musical theatre production of
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Express", which Baker noted had "a perky girl chorus, train sounds, and the come-hither note in Dig's voice make a train not to be missed, and there's plenty of intimate appeal in the other song – which Dig wrote himself". It was followed in December
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In August 1958, during a chance meeting at the Nock and Kirbys record bar with already established R'Jays band foundation members, drummer Barry Lewis and guitarist Jon Hayton, Richards was offered the spot, untested, as The R'Jays lead singer. This meeting was fortuitous for all, as the band had
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he had four Top 30 national hit singles, "(My) Little Lover" / "Quarrels (Are a Sad Sad Thing)" (September 1960), "A Little Piece of Peace" (June 1971), "People Call Me
Country" / "The Dancer" (February 1972), and "Do the Spunky Monkey" (June 1974). On 17 February 1983 Digby Richards died of
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Festival were "Come on and Dance with Me" (May 1964), "Mary from the Dairy" (December), "Puff (The Tragic Wagon)" (June 1965) and "I was Yesterday's Hero, Today I'm a Broken Hearted Clown". From October 1964 to January 1965 Richards compered a weekly children's TV
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January 1960 Richards supported a tour by US rocker,
284:'s Top 40 records chart. By that time the line-up was Richards, Hayton, and Lewis with Jay Boogie on piano and Peter Baker on electric bass. The group's second single, "I'm Through", also written by Doug, followed in September and reached the Top 40.
403:. It provided four singles, "A Little Piece of Peace" (June 1971) No. 28, "Just Loving You" (September), "People Call Me Country" (February 1972) No. 24, and "Dirty River" (May). In 1973 he travelled to Los Angeles where he recorded his next album,
407:(February 1974). Four singles were issued from the album, "If I Could Write a Love Song" (December 1973), "New York City (Send My Baby Home)" (No. 35, April 1974), "Do the Spunky Monkey" (No. 21, June) and "Be My Day" (September).
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already booked a venue for a dance night in two weeks time and unfortunately their then singer had turned out to be somewhat average and had departed the scene. Band practice with
Richards started the very next night, he did not disappoint.
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Richards and the R'Jays". They released their first single, "I Wanna Love You", which was written by Richards' 15-year-old brother, Douglas. It peaked at No. 8 on the local radio station,
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singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, musical theatre actor and television presenter, active during the late 1950s and early 1960s as lead singer with the R'Jays. Richards was the first
Australian rock and roll artist to record a
414:(1975) provided three singles, "Mr Hard Times" (January 1975), "Little Suzuki" (May) and a re-recorded version of "Raincoat in the River" (August). By 1977 Richards had relocated to the UK again. His 1978 album,
212:. His father, Gordon Forrest Richards, was a rural-based policeman, and his mother was Mona, (née Dennis). His younger brother is Douglas Ryman Richards (born ca. 1944). Gordon was later an oyster farmer in
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713:(Dig Richards with The Graduates / Dig Richards & the R'Jays)
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890:"I was Yesterday's Hero, Today I'm a Broken Hearted Clown"
1759:. 14 October 1959. p. 83 Supplement: Teenagers Weekly
2532:. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book Ltd.
1698:. 29 July 1959. p. 38 Supplement: Teenagers Weekly
711:"(My) Little Lover" / "Quarrels (Are a Sad Sad Thing)"
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Rock and Roll I Gave You All the Best Years of My Life
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2462:"A Nice Thing Has Happened to Digby Richards"
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1779:"'I Wanna Love You' at APRA search engine"
1767:– via National Library of Australia.
1729:"Dig Richards and the R'Jays / The Rajahs"
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2019:"Unusual Pop Artist Prefers to Sing Jazz"
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1937:. p. 47 Supplement: Teenagers Weekly
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1507:Australasian Performing Right Association
1430:Behind the Rock: The Diary of a Rock Band
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2138:The Oxford Companion to Australian Music
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2048:"The Quiet? Three Are not so Quiet"
2017:Baker, Ainslie (12 December 1962).
1990:"Dig Richards now a Real Performer"
1929:"Thin Men Aren't Having Lean Time!"
562:Dig Richards Gets out of the Groove
330:Dig Richards Gets out of the Groove
1988:Baker, Ainslie (16 January 1963).
1895:Baker, Ainslie (9 November 1960).
1811:Baker, Ainslie (4 November 1959).
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1956:Baker, Ainslie (22 August 1962).
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395:style. That year his next album,
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2434:"'Dig' Dig – He's Engaged, Too!"
2318:"Richards Looks Fitter, Younger"
1927:Baker, Ainslie (1 August 1962).
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1813:"Listen Here with Ainslie Baker"
1185:"You Can Lay My Mind (At Rest)"
118:Musician, television presenter,
2567:Australian Chart Book 1940–1969
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2497:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
1083:"If I Could Write a Love Song"
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317:. Richards' second solo album,
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2432:Roberts, Diane (13 May 1964).
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1882:Hayton & Isackson, p. 1951
1657:"Dig's as Right as Rain Again"
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376:general knowledge quiz show,
248:live on a TV pop music show,
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854:"Come on and Dance with Me"
2470:. 8 January 1975. p. 7
2167:. 14 April 1966. p. 8.
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346:Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney
168:Digby George "Dig" Richards
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