Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Jonathan Michael Richman (born 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 acoustic and electric backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected, and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, is influenced by music from around the world.
Genre: boston-rock
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Top Tracks
- Ice Cream Man
- That Summer Feeling
- Abdul and Cleopatra
- Dodge Veg-O-Matic
- Affection
- Hospital (Live Version)
- Back In Your Life
- The Sweeping Wind (Kwa Ti Feng)
- My Love Is a Flower (Just Beginning to Bloom)
- Buzz Buzz Buzz
- Afternoon
- Summer Morning
- Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns
- Give Paris One More Chance
- Fly Into Mystery
- I'm Nature's Mosquito
- Party In the Woods Tonight
- When I'm Walking
- Angels Watching Over Me
- The Wheels On the Bus
Albums (13)
- 100 Greatest 80s (2024)
- 50 Jahre Garage Rock (2021)
- 80s Garage (2021)
- Alternative Summer (2021)
- Anti-folk (2021)
- Indie Outsiders (2020)
- Garage Rock (2019)
- Power Pop Pearls (2019)
- Roadrunner: The Beserkley Collection (2004)
- Back In Your Life (Bonus Track Edition) (2004)
- Jonathan Sings! (1983)
- Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers (Bonus Track Edition) (1977)
- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (Expanded Version) (1976)
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