ABOUT
Richard Hayes (January 5, 1930 - March 10, 2014, b. Richard Herbert Hayes) was a singer, actor, and later a game show and talk radio host who became famous as a recording artist during the late 1940s and early 1950s beginning in his late teens. Best known for his Top 5 rendition of the Beasley Smith/Haven Gillespie-penned pop standard, "The Old Master Painter" (1949), his long string of hits also includes "Out In The Cold Again" (1951) and "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" (1951).
Best known songs (with years) include:
- The Old Master Painter (1949)
- My Foolish Heart (1950)
- Our Lady Of Fatima (1950)
- Come On-A My House (1951)
- Go Go Go Go (1951)
- Out In The Cold Again (1951)
- The Aba Daba Honeymoon (1951)
- Forgetting You (1952)
- Junco Partner (A Worthless Cajun) (1952)
- The Mask Is Off (1952)
Pop charts debut year: 1949
Years active: 1948-1990
Genres: Swing, pop
Labels: Mercury, Decca, Columbia, Contempo
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