Paul Richmond

Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter/bassist/performer [wimpLink artistId=”3908774″]Paul Richmond[/wimpLink] has performed and/or recorded with [wimpLink artistId=”28654″]Tyrone Davis[/wimpLink], [wimpLink artistId=”1283″]Champaign[/wimpLink], [wimpLink artistId=”13619″]the Impressions[/wimpLink], and [wimpLink artistId=”6181″]the Five Stairsteps[/wimpLink], and contributed guitar on the Independents’ 1973 number one R&B/number 21 pop hit “Leaving Me.” As a member of Amuzement Park, he’s opened for [wimpLink artistId=”9214″]Tina Turner[/wimpLink], Boy George and the Culture Club, Frankie Beverly and Maze, and [wimpLink artistId=”6990″]Peabo Bryson[/wimpLink]. The group recorded two albums. Amuzement Park, produced by Dunn Pearson Jr., was released on Our Gang Entertainment in 1982. The LP yielded two charting singles; “Groove Your Blues Away” peaked at number 47 R&B in July 1982 and “Do You Still Love Me” went to number 80 R&B in February 1983. The second album, All Points Bulletin by the Amuzement Park Band was released by Atlantic Records in 1984. The LP was produced by David “Hawk” Wolinski, featured members of [wimpLink artistId=”10177857″]Toto[/wimpLink], and included one charting single, “No,” which went as high as number 62 R&B in September 1984. He has two gold records for his contributions to [wimpLink artistId=”1230″]the Manhattans[/wimpLink]’ [wimpLink albumId=”77630181″]After Midnight[/wimpLink] album, which included the single “Shining Star,” one of the first certified platinum singles. It peaked at number four R&B/number five pop around July 1980. [wimpLink artistId=”3941923″]Richmond[/wimpLink] co-wrote the song with producer [wimpLink artistId=”3600671″]Leo Graham[/wimpLink]. The duo also wrote another hit for [wimpLink artistId=”1230″]the Manhattans[/wimpLink], “Just One Moment Away,” number 19 R&B, July 1981. [wimpLink artistId=”3941923″]Richmond[/wimpLink] also co-penned with Amuzement Park members [wimpLink artistId=”6129658″]Darryl Ellis[/wimpLink] and Ruben Locke Jr. [wimpLink artistId=”28654″]Tyrone Davis[/wimpLink]’ “In the Mood,” a number six R&B smash from the 1979 Columbia album of the same name. The song was used as the basis for rapper [wimpLink artistId=”4226406″]MC Eiht[/wimpLink]’s gold single “All for the Money” in 1993. Davis’ follow-up to “In the Mood” was a song co-authored by [wimpLink artistId=”3941923″]Richmond[/wimpLink] and Ellis, the sensual ballad “Aint Nothin I Can Do,” which charted at number 72 R&B in July 1979. “All the Love I Need,” another [wimpLink artistId=”3941923″]Richmond[/wimpLink]/Graham song, was an album favorite from [wimpLink albumId=”82363227″]In the Mood[/wimpLink]. More [wimpLink artistId=”28654″]Tyrone Davis[/wimpLink] hits written or co-written by [wimpLink artistId=”3908774″]Paul Richmond[/wimpLink] were “Be With Me” (number 37 R&B, November 1979) and “Just My Luck” (number 62 R&B, September 1981). The bassist played on tracks for British act [wimpLink artistId=”7993273″]Kokomo[/wimpLink]’s self-titled 1982 Columbia album and co-wrote “Keep on Dancin’.” He’s also produced tracks for [wimpLink artistId=”32990″]Blackstreet[/wimpLink]’s [wimpLink artistId=”31857″]David Hollister[/wimpLink], Micheal Avery, Kino, and a few tracks on Davis’ album For the Good Times. In October 1994, [wimpLink artistId=”3908774″]Paul Richmond[/wimpLink] collaborated with Raynard Mayfield and veteran Chicago soul producer Carl Davis on tracks for a compilation album for Chicago White Sox outfielder Lance Johnson’s production company, Lance Productions. He co-wrote with Mayfield the theme song “Live” for the Jayne Kennedy talk show. In 1998, [wimpLink artistId=”3941923″]Richmond[/wimpLink] began backing saxophonist Ray Silkman and can be heard on his So Saxual album on Silktone Records. He can also be heard on [wimpLink albumId=”82360100″]Call Tyrone[/wimpLink] by [wimpLink artistId=”28654″]Tyrone Davis[/wimpLink], an answer record to [wimpLink artistId=”30395″]Erykah Badu[/wimpLink]’s “Tyrone.” ~ Ed Hogan