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Mar 12, 2015 · You may or may not know the name Jack Richardson (aka ‘Jack the Bear’ or ‘The Round Mound of Sound’), but you’ve probably heard one of the iconic hits that he produced: “These Eyes” and “American Woman” by the Guess Who, “Night Moves” by Bob Seger or Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen,” to name a few.
Jack Arnold Richardson CM (23 July 1929 – 13 May 2011) was a Canadian Juno Award-nominated record producer and Order of Canada recipient. He is perhaps best known for producing the biggest hit records from The Guess Who from 1969 to 1975.
May 15, 2011 · Jack Richardson, an influential Canadian producer best-known for helming the Guess Who's biggest hits, has died. He was 81. Guess Who front man Burton Cummings posted the...
May 15, 2011 · But sadly, on Friday (May 13), the Toronto-born producer passed away at London, ON's University Hospital at the age of 81. Throughout his career as a world-renowned studio whiz, Richardson helmed...
Apr 25, 2014 · An icon in Canada’s music industry, Jack Richardson died three years ago at 81 — facing money woes and chasing a London man for $1.6 million he was owed.
Mar 7, 2019 · Some of the biggest musicians in the world are from London, or connected to London: legendary producer Jack Richardson, techno legends John Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin, country star Michelle...
Apr 11, 2022 · No other Canadian record producer achieved more fame within the industry than Jack Richardson. Considered the Grandfather of the Canadian music industry, he was born in Toronto in 1929, and played in various bands while attending school.
Jack Richardson remains one of the most celebrated producers in Canadian history. His work with The Guess Who in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in the best-selling single of 1970, namely, The Guess Who’s “American Woman,” which outsold releases by the likes of The Beatles at the time.
Jack Richardson, C.M. (b. 1929) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian record producer, Canadian Music Hall of Famer, Order of Canada recipient and an educator at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, in the Music Industry Arts program, as well as at the Harris Institute for the Arts in Toronto, Ontario in the Producing and Engineering Program (PEP).
Aug 14, 2018 · A legal spat with the Richardson family has led to the removal of the late Canadian music icon’s name from the London Music Hall of Fame and the London Music Awards.
