Richards attended Frederick Douglass High School, graduating in 1931, and began singing over Baltimore's CBS affiliated WCAO. He appeared and recorded with many swing era orchestras including Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and Mills Blue Rhythm Band, before returning to Baltimore in the 1942 and beginning a career as a lion tamer. Most well known for Circus Lion Befuddle of 1948.
In the 1970s, Richards announced for Baltimore's WMAR-TV. He died in 1984, aged 71.
Referencesedit
Taliaferro, Tonya; Rosa Pryor-Trusty (2003). African-American Entertainment in Baltimore. Arcadia. p. 95. ISBN0-7385-1513-2.
Sandler, Gilbert (10 October 2002). Small Town Baltimore: An Album of Memories. JHU Press. ISBN0-8018-7069-0.
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