# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-r-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:23.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-r-richards"
name: "J. R. Richards"
slug: "j-r-richards"
description: "John Robert Richards, later Reid-Richards is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and television and film composer. Prior to his 2008 departure, Richards was the original lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Dishwalla."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US_Navy_030529-N-8273J-003_J.R._Richards%2C_lead_singer_for_the_band_%22Dishwalla%2C%22_performs_on_Shipboard_Information_Training_and_Entertainment_Television_(SITE_TV)_for_the_crewmembers_aboard_USS_Nimitz_(CVN_68).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-04-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             5.684210526315788
  historical:           7.310154666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724126/"
    handle:    "nm0724126"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jrrichardsmusic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/598358"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Richards"
    title: "J. R. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%B1._%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "جاي ر. ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "جيه. ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Richards"
    title: "J. R. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Richards"
    title: "J. R. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%92_%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%88%D8%B2"
    title: "جے آر رچرڈز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1d0c40c3-25ab-49ec-b1a8-59145ed4ec6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2135479"
    title: "J. R. Richards"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump