* 2006 – Flying High Again: The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne – Performs " Desire " with Richie Kotzen

Reading is the birthplace of graphic artist Jim Steranko, poet Wallace Stevens, Guitar Virtuoso Richie Kotzen and George Baer Hiester.

* Richie Kotzen, Richie Kotzen ( 1989 )

During this time he collaborated twice with fellow guitarist Richie Kotzen for the albums Tilt and Project in 1995 and 1997, respectively.

* 1995: Tilt – with Richie Kotzen

* 1997: Project – with Richie Kotzen

* Change ( Richie Kotzen album )

DeVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen.

* Richie Kotzen – lead guitar, keyboards, piano, mandolin, Dobro, backing vocals

Other notable ( recording / touring ) project involvements are: ( 1979 ) Jeff Beck, ( 1979 ) Ron Wood's New Barbarians, ( 1981, 1983, 1990 ) Clarke / Duke Project with George Duke, ( 1984 ) with Miroslav Vitouš, ( 1989 ) Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, ( 1993 – 94 ), A group with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee & Deron Johnson, ( 1995 ) The Rite of Strings with Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola and ( 1999 ) Vertu ’ with Lenny White and Richie Kotzen.

* Vertu ’ – Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z, Richie Kotzen ( 1999 )

He left the band in 1997 to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by Richie Kotzen.

Rodgers has been cited as a significant influence on a number of notable rock singers, including David Coverdale, John Waite, Steve Overland, Lou Gramm, Jimi Jamison, Eric Martin, Steve Walsh, Joe Lynn Turner, Paul Young, Robin McAuley, Jimmy Barnes, Richie Kotzen and Joe Bonamassa.

DeVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen.

A player noted for his advanced knowledge of the fretboard and unique playing, Holdsworth is cited as an influence by such renowned rock and instrumental guitarists as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, Richie Kotzen, John Petrucci and Alex Lifeson.

He is the cousin of singer and guitarist Richie Kotzen.

The effort, simply called Vertú, featured such artists as Karen Briggs on violin, Richie Kotzen on guitar.

At a young age, Richie Kotzen was taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five.

Currently, there are two Richie Kotzen signature models, made by Fender Japan – a Stratocaster ( STR-145RK ) and a Telecaster ( TLR-155RK ).

At the beginning of his career, Richie Kotzen used Ibanez guitars and Laney amplifiers before switching to Fender guitars and Marshall amplifiers in the early 1990s.

In 2005, Cornford Amplification issued a Richie Kotzen signature model – RK100, a single channel tube amp head developed and designed in collaboration with Kotzen to suit his expansive playing style.

* Lionel B. Richie Jr. ( vocals, saxophone, drums and piano ) – born June 20, 1949, Tuskegee, Alabama.

Richard " Richie " Benaud OBE (; born 6 October 1930 ) is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game.

Richard Michael Daley ( born April 24, 1942 ), sometimes known as " Richie " Daley, is a former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois.

He was born in Tilden, Nebraska ( some sources give his full middle name as " Richie ").

* Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) Leader Margaret Richie MLA was born and also lives in Downpatrick.

* Lionel Richie, born & raised in Tuskegee, then graduated from Tuskegee University, R & B singer, songwriter, composer, producer and occasional actor.

Other prominent persons born and educated in Oamaru include Des Wilson, founder of the UK homelessness charity, Shelter ; Australian Prime Minister Chris Watson ; New Zealand politicians Arnold Nordmeyer and William Steward ; Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams ; Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of University College London ; and All Blacks rugby union captain Richie McCaw.

* In the Broadway musical A Chorus Line, Richie Walters was born in Herculaneum, Missouri.

* Richie Sambora ( born 1959 ), member of rock group Bon Jovi.

* Heather Locklear ( born 1961 ), actress, lived in Rumson while married to Richie Sambora.

* Richie Sambora ( born 1959 ), guitarist for Bon Jovi.

Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske in Forest Hills, Queens, USA, the daughter of Helen ( née Richie ), a salesperson and model, and Gabby Faske, a haberdasher.

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ( born June 20, 1949 ) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

Richie was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Alberta R. ( Foster ) and Lionel Brockman Richie.

Richard " Richie " Hawtin ( born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire ) is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s.

* Richie Hawtin – better known as Plastikman – was born in the town in 1970.

Richard P. " Richie " Havens ( born January 21, 1941 ) is an American folk singer and guitarist.

San Antonio has a thriving Hip Hop community as well, including the R & B-tinged duo Mojoe, of Classic. Ghetto. Soul fame, the rapper Question, collaborator with Talib Kweli and Bun B on the track " I'm So Tall ", the producer / rapper Richie Branson, born Marcus Brown, whose clientele include Def Jam Recordings and Sony Music Entertainment, and the Vultures crew, whose album Desert Eagles, Vol.

Nicole Camille Richie ( born Nicole Camille Escovedo ; September 21, 1981 ) is an American fashion designer, author, actress, singer and television personality.

Nicole Richie was born in Berkeley, California.

Richmond Lockwood " Richie " Sexson ( born December 29, 1974 in Portland, Oregon ) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for five teams from 1997 to 2008.

Raymond (" Richie ") Dalmau ( born 1973 ) is a retired basketball player from Puerto Rico, the eldest son of the legendary Raymond Dalmau.

After three years in Brazil, he then spent four years living in Bandung, Indonesia, where his younger brother, Richie was born.

Richie Wilcox ( born 1980 ) is a Canadian singer, actor and theatre director, who was also a contestant on the first season of reality television show Canadian Idol.