Richie Allen

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Richie Allen (actually Richard Podolor ; * 1940 in California ) is a former American surf sound musician from the 1960s.

As a guitarist, Allen was above all a busy session musician on the southern California surf music scene, who was involved in many recordings for producer Gary Usher in particular. a. on Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat . He released some recordings under his own name (with his "backing band" The Pacific Surfers ), but returned to Sessions after only moderate success. Only his single Stranger From Durango was able to place in the US singles charts.

Towards the end of the decade, Allen, now under his birth name Podolor , concentrated on producing, including Iron Butterfly , Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night .

Publications

  • 1963: Stranger from Durango
  • 1963: Rising Surf
  • 1964: Sufer's Slide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The record, US catalog number Imperial 5683, reached number 90. Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 10

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personal data
SURNAME Allen, Richie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Podolor, Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American surf sound musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH California