Biography

In his early-1970s days with the Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman was a proto-punk who railed against the hippie drug culture. His subsequent solo career found him toning down his hard-edged sound for a more fun-loving, light-hearted approach and solidifying his image as the quintessential man-child, the irresistible Mr. Rogers of rock & roll.

Top Tracks

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• 1963

• Affection

• As My Mother Lay Lying

• Everyday Clothes

• Give Paris One More Chance

• I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

• If You Want To Leave Our Party Just Go

• I'm A Little Dinosaur

• Let Her Go Into The Darkness

• Lydia

• Me And Her Got A Good Thing Goin' Baby

• My Affected Accent

• My Career As A Homewrecker

• My Little Girl's Got A Full Time Daddy Now

• New England

• No One Was Like Vermeer

• Not Just A 'plus One' On The Guest List Anymore

• Our Drab Ways

• Pablo Picasso

• Parties In The U.s.a.

• Roadrunner (once)

• Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns

• Someone I Care About

• Springtime In New York

• Surrender

• The Night Is Still Young

• The World Is Showing Its Hand

• These Bodies That Came To Cavort

• This Romance Will Be Different For Me

• To Hide A Little Thought

• True Love Is Not Nice

• Vampire Girl

• Vincent Van Gogh

• When I Dance

• When I Say Wife

• When She Kisses Me

• You Can't Talk To The Dude

Discography

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• O Moon, Queen of Night On Earth

  ADA / Vapor / Vapor Records

  2010

• Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild

  Ada/Vapor

  2008

• Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love

  Vapor Records / Sanctuary

  2004

• I'm So Confused

  Vapor Records

  1998

• Surrender to Jonathan

  Vapor Records

  1996

• You Must Ask the Heart

  Rounder

  1995

• Jonathan, Te Vas a Emocionar!

  Rounder Select / Rounder

  1994

• I, Jonathan

  Rounder Select / New Rounder / Rounder

  1992

• Having a Party with Jonathan Richman

  Rounder

  1991

• Jonathan Goes Country

  Rounder

  1990

• Jonathan Richman

  Rounder Select / Rounder

  1989

• Modern Lovers '88

  Rounder

  1988

• It's Time for Jonathan Richman

  Upside

  1986

• Jonathan Sings

  Sire / Warner Bros.

  1983